The figures I've seen previously were a 5-10% penalty for thrust vectoring (for existing aircraft)
Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36)
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The figures I've seen previously were a 5-10% penalty for thrust vectoring (for existing aircraft)
They should seriously move out of heavily populated big city for flight tests of military planes.
It adds to safety hazard and also brings too much undue attention to it.
This dead horse has been beaten many times, but it's pretty obvious that the issues you raise aren't actual concerns.
Last year, December 26 was a Thursday.
So this year, I actually think December 25 (Thursday) to be the predominant deadline date this year.
1. China doesn't do Christmas, so it's just a normal working month in December, until the holiday on New Year's Day.
2. It's bad form to set a deadline on a Friday, because there's no leeway for delays before the weekend arrives. And I suspect there will be people leaving that weekend, to make use of the New Year's Day holiday.
It was likely last year there was an exceptionally early CNY, this year CNY is much later.