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

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Two more photos of the J-36, likely taken during its 2nd flight.

 

[Wrought]

I fully support CAC's pragmatism in maximizing performance at all costs. But that is one very ugly plane and nobody can convince me otherwise. Talk about a flying brick.

 

[plawolf]

You fly a flanker for the joy of flying, you fly a J36 for the job of killing.

 

[GyrfalconFC31]

From another angle

 

[BillRamengod]

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From another angle

It's not as thick as I thought. Preety good looking side view I would say.

 

[sequ]

Those EO windows are larger than many expected.

 

[xiabonan]

I strongly believe whatever you believe about the J-36's look now, your views will change (for the better) once high-res photos started coming out, especially when it's near production. They will look more polished, more intimidating, more futuristic, and more lethal. All we see right now is but an overall shape.

 

[talonn]

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From another angle

The profile actually looks better than some of the fan-made renders! Thank gawd

 

[CaribouTruth]

Video of the plane making a turn downloaded from Hurin's twitter post.

https://imgur.com/a/PWiuOtY

 

[sequ]

Video of the plane making a turn downloaded from Hurin's twitter post.

https://imgur.com/a/PWiuOtY

That's a good turn rate. 180 degrees in 10-ish seconds?