Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36)
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Crosspost from the H-20 thread:
Interesting correction regarding this rumour: Allegedly this claim is not related for the H-20 but „I meant to say that the third prototype of the J-36 has gone through multiple taxiing tests.“
Interesting correction regarding this rumour: Allegedly this claim is not related for the H-20 but „I meant to say that the third prototype of the J-36 has gone through multiple taxiing tests.“
He also hinted at the existence of a No.4 J-36, but they just didn't have enough time for further testing since it was the end of the year.
lcloo
Major
The purpose of flight testing prototypes is to verify if the designs work as intented, and also to find any flaw or sub-optimal features, after evaluating test flight data they will then modify the design and test again. And the circle goes on until all are satisfied.
Therefore testing different configurations is normal. They will ultimately choose the one that they deem the best to their requirement.
#3 first flight
Back to 1# nozzle, I'm fall in love again.
EDIT: Or not?
No. With that obvious gap at the tail end, it looks just like the 2D TVC nozzles found on the 2nd prototype.
