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

[tankphobia]

If you think the J-36 looks ugly, have you seen the PLA next generation main battle tank?

A key feature of next generation combat platforms. To look ugly.

That being said, plan has been pumping out absolutely gorgeous ships one after another.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Question: should we expect to see no test flight sightings after this one (or maybe one or two more) for a while, since they might move the plane to a more remote location for testing?

Was this something they did with the J-20?

 

[KFX]

It does looked fake, after burner flame look static, video was too short, and lastly the extension of the wing tip flaps in "Air Brake" configuration is normally applies in landing, not take off (check A-6 Intruder landing with air brakeAir

As it seems, it is part of that video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1151273793208128

Anyway, I'm still not sure if legit or faked!

Wouldn't deploying air brakes defeat the purpose of firing up the afterburners?

 

[KFX]

Don’t know how much it is the camera but it seems to turn quickly for an aircraft of its size, especially considering that the banking angle is so low…

Why isn't there a chase plane this time around?

 

[BoraTas]

Those EO windows are larger than many expected.

My hopium is they are designed for eventually housing lasers. Soft kill at first, hard kill later.

 

[hkvaryag]

View attachment 148029
insightful analysis of Wanwanese
“J-36 second test flight, observers speculate its role as a JH-7 replacement”

Editor 江飛宇 is a fucking paranoid guy.

 

[Deino]

 

[Gloire_bb]

My hopium is they are designed for eventually housing lasers. Soft kill at first, hard kill later.

Very improbable, the very last thing laser of any consequential energy needs is angled glass.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Humour

 

[yugocrosrb95]

Wouldn't deploying air brakes defeat the purpose of firing up the afterburners?

Those are not airbrakes.