There are visible gaps between the flaps behind every engine.
Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread
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There are visible gaps between the flaps behind every engine.
Given what we see on the aircraft, what else could it be? Why else are those things at the back separate from the rest of the fuselage? It may not be the kind of 2D TVCs you are thinking of. I think being imaginative is good. It definitely appears there is a mechanism at the back meant the exhaust from the engine. And Some users here have offered possible reasons why those exist, which leads us to some kind of method of controlling thrust direction. Despite the J-36 being optimized for long stand off engagements, maneuverability should not be completely disregarded. The ability to alter it's own vector quickly is tactically necessary for a fighter.
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So that was the first aircraft. And as we were sort of reeling from that, because those images started actually appearing at 4:00 PM in China, it's 3:00 AM here, and I was getting hip to all this as I was waking up very abruptly the day after Christmas. And after a few hours of this, something else started appearing, another aircraft that we also had not seen before. And it was also a tailless configuration.
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"The Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) is the world’s first sensor that
combines forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and infrared search and track
(IRST) functionality."
This is a major advancement in the sensor's casing enclosure/window that so far only the US achieved on an operational or planned jet. Electro-optical sensor and IRST operate at a different thermal frequencies so the enclosures are made of specific material tailored for that particular frenquency (the enclosure has to be transparent for the sensor). F-35's EOTS's enclosure is made to be transparent for wide range of frequency capable of accommodating both functions.
The f-22's AN/AAR-56 (not to be confused with AN/ALR-56) is a system comprised of six infrared sensors providing 360 degrees missile launch detection that detect and track enemy's missile's entire flight envelop from moment of launching and even after the rocket motor has burnt off by detecting "aerodynamic heat gain from approaching missiles".
As a side consequence, the system can provide good resolution video 360 around aircraft but the software was not coded to support feeding that directly to the pilot. This might change once the f-22 receive its HMD and I suspect the apertures upgraded to latest f-35 resolution.
Anyway, to circle back to the J-36. I see on J-36 seemingly 2 IR/EO sensors facing the same direction on each side of the nose radome (2 on one side 2 on the other). This could be indicative that it still need 2 separate housings for each function (IRST and EOS). I don't think it's likely but it is a possibillity nonetheless. Time will tell.
It's fun listening to Americans trying to map next gen designs into their last gen understanding.
- Every design is for sniping tankers because they can't imagine their fighters getting shot down
- J-36 is once again for projecting power to 2IC because they can't imagine losing those islands
- J-36 being mature must mean it's not as advanced because they can't imagine US is really that far behind.
- US having nothing to show for must be because US have higher requirements because they can't imagine US can't meet Chinese requirements
- China must struggle to fund all those projects because they can't imagine America is infact a far smaller economy than China.
- GCAP is a thing because they live under the delusion that UK and Japan are solvent and remotely relevant.
Some people think J-36/J-50 is great for NGAD, I think it's actually the worst thing that could happen to it. Without J-36 they could redefine NGAD to be something more within America's limited capabilities, but with J-36, J-50 and other systems, and with American refusal to acknowledge their limitations, they'll get trapped into perpetually unhappy with whatever they come up with, either because it's beyond their abilities, or its too low-end to fit their imperial delusions, with end result being they end up with nothing.
So they get F-35's in perpetuity...