No there was a comment (that might be deleted now) where he directly implies Ayi is wrong and is just speculating
Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread
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No there was a comment (that might be deleted now) where he directly implies Ayi is wrong and is just speculating
I wouldn't be so sure about whether or not Orca is the correct party in this case, nor the fact that he did directly imply anything. Would be helpful if you had records of said comment or at least how he worded it. In fact, what's to definitively say that he isn't the speculating one too?
Besides, no one suggested a radical difference. My guess right now is a hybrid electrified turbofan based on the other two engines that can "encourage" the compressors to keep turning and forcing air in during scenario with tricky airflows, like air from a dorsal intake during high AoA. It will have some parts incompatibility with the other two engines, but not so that it's an entirely different engine.
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Not sure why the comment was deleted, but someone said "Ayi is making up rumours", to which Orca responded with a friendly "well, we don't have definitive info and so he is allowed to speculate"
Either way, the point is to treat it with more uncertainty.
I watched it, and I think he is just not familiar with PLA. He said the J10 is a multi-role aircraft, which is …. not quite true. PLA probably will not keep those J10A when they have 600 J20.
Besides, the J36 number is somewhat just guessing, but I am confident it can IOC in early 2030 if compared with the J20 test timeline. (the reason why J-XX will not be there by 2035 is also kinda guessing. It seems a lot of Western PLA watchers do not get used to reading Chinese materials)
He's not very familiar with the PLA, but my understanding is that he's got a background in aircraft design so can offer some good insights on that. His initial video on the J-36 was solid.
He's a generalist enthusiast like most of us, half a year ago he mentioned his professional career was as an IT Enterprise Architect (though he's now a full time content creator)
Quite liked his 90 minute long-form vid on the Su-57 as I seldom look at Russian systems and it's convenient to have a comprehensive overview like that in one place. I'm sure though that the Russian equivalent of SDF would probably still find inaccuracies in his analysis, just a matter of generalist vs specialist knowledge base where the latter has wider context, local language sources etc.
For most things, YouTube can make for good aperitifs before you dive into better sources but shouldn't be considered authoritative
Where did you get this information from? Or are you just speculating?