Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread

[Blitzo]

Who knows why J36 uses a pitot tube similar to Mig25's?

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Lots of aircraft have pitot tubes, it is not exclusive to Mig-25.

Of course, it is now more common for contemporary aircraft to not have a nosetip pitot.


And as latenlazy wrote, this specific airframe having a pitot tube is reflective of it being a prototypes, which is normal.

 

[Biscuits]

Who knows why J36 uses a pitot tube similar to Mig25's?

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If by what you're implying is that it can do mig-25 speeds because it has the same design pitot tube, that's not valid logic

 

[EmoBirb]

Who knows why J36 uses a pitot tube similar to Mig25's?

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Pitot tubes all serve the same function, so they're all kinda samey. Generally speaking though modern fighter jets don't have them on the tip of their nose anymore. Here you can see the J-20 through it's early development, notice how it started out with a pitot tube up front and later dropped it? The same will happen with the J-36.
You can also see a weird pitot tube setup on the B-21 prototypes, there it will also disappear in the future.