Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G) thread

[Temstar]

In the latest Chahuahui Yankee said not only was that GJ-21 not a model, but it in fact flew to Beijing under its own power rather than get trucked in.

 

[mack8]

OMG….do I see folding wing lines or are my eyes deceiving me? Or whatever AI photography is making things up…..

You mean the twin diagonal lines roughly across the cockades, rather than the all moving wingtips? Well, wouldn't surprise me, maybe that's why they have two similar size UADFs, one for PLAAF and one for PLANAF. Could be just a structural seam though. What do others think?

 

[FriedRiceNSpice]

Presumably because integrating fully optimized VLO engines would substantially increase cost for a platform (CCA) that is meant to be produced in large numbers and reasonably attritable, albeit not exactly cheap.

Stealth nozzles will increase cost and weight. Considering this is an aircraft similar in size to the JF-17, the slight RCS (Radar Cross-Section) increase is acceptable—it might even make it appear like a larger manned aircraft on radar.

Yet they decided to adopt stealthy rectangular nozzles on one of the smaller, less capable CCAs shown in the parade?

 

[laurenjia]

You mean the twin diagonal lines roughly across the cockades, rather than the all moving wingtips? Well, wouldn't surprise me, maybe that's why they have two similar size UADFs, one for PLAAF and one for PLANAF. Could be just a structural seam though. What do others think?

yes...where the PLA AIr Force insignia is. The landing gear was not suggestive of it being a naval version.....sneaky of them....

 

[DesertPilot]

OMG….do I see folding wing lines or are my eyes deceiving me? Or whatever AI photography is making things up…..

I don't know about folding wings, but it appears to have all-moving wingtips ala-J-50...

 

[SanWenYu]

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The tarp covers the gap you are trying to point out but you can see the middle hump and overall shape still be the same. If we had a better resolution we could have compared the truck numbers. But I think they are the same.

It could be due to the angles of the views but the one wrapped in tarp looks shorter and having a different angle of wing sweeping.

 

[siegecrossbow]

In the latest Chahuahui Yankee said not only was that GJ-21 not a model, but it in fact flew to Beijing under its own power rather than get trucked in.

What about the four CCA drones?

 

[huitong]

Then how do you explain the drone in the below post. Did they switch tarps?

Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G) thread

Various posts moved to the engine thread.

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We are talking about the Type B with diamond wings here, aren't we?