Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread
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What a lame joke pfft
According to the takeoff of B2, I think there is no need to open the flaps that wide.
lcloo
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Yes.
According to Copilot:-
The B-2 Spirit bomber uses split elevons located on the trailing edge of its wing. These split elevons act as air brakes to reduce speed during landing or specific maneuvers. When deployed, the elevons create additional drag, effectively slowing down the aircraft.
During take-off, the Split Elevon should be in all down position as in normal flaps to increase lift. During landing the elevon should be one up and one down to increase drag.
Actually this is not something new, frequent flyers sitting next to the wings will always notice "Flap Up" positions just infront of the main flap, while the main flaps are down, whenever the (Boeing/Airbus) airliners are landing at an airport
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By the way ... Am I wrong or are these the two pilots sitting behind each other and so the cockpit arrangement looks more like not side by side (tandem) as many assumed but actually a classic front and back arrangement?
Enhance
Too low resolution. No point trying to squint through it.
No, for me, it’s obvious just one pilot room from the side. It is obvious that the design concept is similar to that of the J-35, which does not take into account the pilot's rearward vision. Considering the width of the aircraft's nose, a side-by-side two-seater is still the most likely design solution.
The debut of the J-20 was actually captured through covert photography, and the person responsible was later subjected to legal consequences. Following this, skeptics—including some local military enthusiasts—suspected for a long time that the J-20 might only be a prototype for model validation. This controversy persisted until official reports confirmed its successful maiden flight. In contrast, the high-profile debut of the J-36 is markedly different from the J-20's case. I won’t speculate on the intentions behind this, but I want to emphasize that the transparency of these two maiden flights differs.
J-36 is not super long, maybe 0.5 to 1 m longer than J-20. So when a tandem twin seat J20s is compared with it, it's obvious the canopy is much longer when in tandem configuration. Leading to the conclusion that the J-36 indeed does not likely have tandem seating. Which again leads to the strong possibility of side by side seating.
Even if one believes J-36 is 2-3 m longer than J20, the canopy length difference isn't that great, with the J20S one still being visibly longer.