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

[AndrewJ]

Unfortunately I‘m just on my way to a conference and cannot check if legit or again psed, but I just found this on
@琴石2022‘s Weibo site:

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Is the left engine's trust smaller than the other two? IMO it was using differential thrust to turn left while taking off?!

 

[lcloo]

I do wonder if that was deliberate, in terms of the plane's programming and the configuration of the tailfins. Keeping a more level flight during a turn would help avoid exposing the highly reflective 'flat' of the plane's belly like it would during an aggressive bank.

It is just part of flight testing. They will fly it in many turn rates and also many angles, turn at level flight, turn at descending flight and turn at ascending flights etc. That is the purpose of flight testing a prototype.

 

[BillRamengod]

Unfortunately I‘m just on my way to a conference and cannot check if legit or again psed, but I just found this on
@琴石2022‘s Weibo site:

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He mentioned on his Weibo that this picture was captured from a short video, but I couldn't find it. Can anyone post it here?

 

[siegecrossbow]

He mentioned on his Weibo that this picture was captured from a short video, but I couldn't find it. Can anyone post it here?

If it is legit then it is possible that the flaps near the wingtips might be permanently “stuck” in the deployed position for this phase of testing.

 

[latenlazy]

Unfortunately I‘m just on my way to a conference and cannot check if legit or again psed, but I just found this on
@琴石2022‘s Weibo site:

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That is a massive hump. Maybe we should nickname it dorito bison or something.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

That is a massive hump. Maybe we should nickname it dorito bison or something.

Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Chengdu.

 

[kwaigonegin]

Yeah, it looks great from the bottom. But you look up top and...

For me it's the side profile. Looks like the Quasimodo of jets.

 

[Totoro]

Afterburner use on second test flight would be fairly unorthodox.

 

[lcloo]

Against those who judged J36 as ugly, I think it is beautiful. It looks like off-spring of a unicon fish and trumpet fish. Just a personal taste.

The out of this world look is simply futuristic.

Ths absence of chase plane possibly indicate that the earlier flight was going well. Pitot tube was there as expected, and as well as the extension of the landing gears. Still very early stage of testings. The next 5-6 years will test your patience and expectation.

 

[Deino]

Afterburner takeoff while the wingtip flaps are extended looks like a fake to me. But I could be wrong though.

I know and me too I'm not sure or even think it looks highly fishy ... but I thought I did something wrong with my post!