Interesting: PLAAF once considered a J-6 VTOL

SinoSoldier

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• Sep 20, 2013

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latenlazy

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• Sep 20, 2013

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SinoSoldier said:

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That looks so...impractical.

 

Blitzo

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• Sep 20, 2013

• #3

J-6 -- cheesegrater edition.

 

Hyperwarp

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• Sep 20, 2013

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just imagine the drag on that thing

 

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chuck731

Banned Idiot

• Sep 20, 2013

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Where do the lift fans get their power?

 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King

• Sep 20, 2013

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Likely some kind of transmission using the main engine. The drag the weight would slow this to nothing for speed and I doubt you would have any armaments other then the cannons.

 

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chuck731

Banned Idiot

• Sep 20, 2013

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These fans are do low to the ground they might as well mow the grass.

 

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chuck731

Banned Idiot

• Sep 20, 2013

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These fans are do low to the ground they might as well mow the grass.

 

Jeff Head

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• Sep 22, 2013

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TerraN_EmpirE said:

Likely some kind of transmission using the main engine. The drag the weight would slow this to nothing for speed and I doubt you would have any armaments other then the cannons.

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PLAAF once considered a J-6 VTOL...briefly.

 

thunderchief

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• Sep 23, 2013

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Well , Mig-19 could take-off with without airstrip ,as we can see from video below . Landing was out of the question , but even VTOL aircraft need big ship (i.e. helicopter carrier at least) to land . At the time when J-6 was relatively modern China didn't have anything bigger then destroyer , so even true VTOL aircraft could not be used . On the other hand , onboard J-6 could be useful in some circumstances providing there is enough fuel to safely land on (J-6 has relativity short range)

[video=youtube;u20tHzjXMgU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20tHzjXMgU[/video]