The latter. Judging by its dimension and its unusual number of high-thrust engines, we expect the J-36 to have MTOWs of ~50+ tons.
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Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread
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The latter. Judging by its dimension and its unusual number of high-thrust engines, we expect the J-36 to have MTOWs of ~50+ tons.
seeing as the cheek eo windows have been quite reflective in the higher resolution shots we've seen, i think its most likely glint from those apertures
Probably++.
1.42 was already 45-ish, on two 18t class engines. J-36 is significantly over that.
The only question is how much J-36 can use, compared to the number it can in theory lift. External payload is just unlikely, and you can fit only so much of useful payload into iwbs.
i was surprised to hear in another forum remarks from us commenters discussing the f-47 to the point that that they didnt feel [their?] ccas were mature enough to really offload weapons carriage from the parent plane to the ccas. i was surprised because i was under the impression that 5thgen would be where unmanned teaming would be explored and matured, and that 6thgen should represent a full expression of the manned-unmanned-teaming concept. this may of course be a faulty premise, and of course, who knows what anyone on the internet really knows?
but it has made me reframe my perspective regarding the state of 6th gens, and my burning question now is, is the situation different in china? if there is much more confidence in cca logistics and capability in china, how should we approach the idea of ownship weapons carriage capacity for what very well might be the command and control node (thinking back to the remark regarding the j-36 as the "kettle of the tea set")?
but it has made me reframe my perspective regarding the state of 6th gens, and my burning question now is, is the situation different in china? if there is much more confidence in cca logistics and capability in china, how should we approach the idea of ownship weapons carriage capacity for what very well might be the command and control node (thinking back to the remark regarding the j-36 as the "kettle of the tea set")?
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superdog
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This video should settle it, you can clearly see landing gear being retracted at 1:20
AssassinsMace
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Here’s a nice video.
Woah, with the amount of footage in that compilation half the city must have seen the plane. Only a matter of time before someone with a serious camera setup will snap a pic with the frequency of test flights.
Probably already have, just on an embargo.
There is an unspoken rule on how hi-def a photo can be before he/she gets invited for tea. As per Yankee there are a lot of professionals who snapped very high quality photos on Dec 26th.
asif iqbal
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this is one very advanced fighter jet
I can imagine a squadron of these in a V-formation flying over 003
would send shock waves around the world
I can imagine a squadron of these in a V-formation flying over 003
would send shock waves around the world