Subedei
Banned Idiot
the new kid got hazed by the j-10as!
J-10 Thread III (Closed to posting)
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the new kid got hazed by the j-10as!
sigh... should not have visited Detroit.
kwaigonegin
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The way it looks on 'blocks' and what looks to be RAM like materials on the ground makes perfect sense... however shouldn't like RCS testing be done ages ago? LOL
Anyway I found an image of an old SU-27 doing RCS testing.
That begs the question when this photo is taken. Now that one photo that Deino posted had a J-10A sitting next to it. It had the serial number 539 on it. Can someone based on that number know what production batch that plane is from and when that is produced. Based on that we would know when that picture is taken.
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As far as I know these are the most recent images from CAC just taken a few days ago ... and the number is 6-39 not 5-39, which would then be a hint for an older image.
Deino
plawolf
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Why are they testing the RCS after almost 4 years of test flights and 5 prototypes ?
Maybe they switched to a different composite to make the fuselage/added more composites and/or added new RAM paint and wanted to see how that affected the RCS?
Or maybe this isn't RCS testing at all, maybe they are testing how well the avionics stand up to jamming or other high powered microwave interference? I can see that being something they would not want to be doing in the air as if the jamming/microwaves does interfere with the avionics, you might cause the plane to crash.
Since they are only interested in seeing what effects such microwaves might have on the avionics instead of actual RCS testing, they would not be that worried about interference from the environment or other structures, and also if they were only using UHF microwaves, the range should be very low, so they would not need to worry about frying the nearby civilian electronics and/or civilian bystanders.
Regardless of what they are doing, maybe someone should tell the wall climbers to start wearing lead-lined underwear just to be on the safe side.
I remember a Luftwaffe Tornado flying too near a TV transmitter antenna in Bavaria some twenty years ago and crashing as a result.Maybe they switched to a different composite to make the fuselage/added more composites and/or added new RAM paint and wanted to see how that affected the RCS?
Or maybe this isn't RCS testing at all, maybe they are testing how well the avionics stand up to jamming or other high powered microwave interference? I can see that being something they would not want to be doing in the air as if the jamming/microwaves does interfere with the avionics, you might cause the plane to crash.
Since they are only interested in seeing what effects such microwaves might have on the avionics instead of actual RCS testing, they would not be that worried about interference from the environment or other structures, and also if they were only using UHF microwaves, the range should be very low, so they would not need to worry about frying the nearby civilian electronics and/or civilian bystanders.
Regardless of what they are doing, maybe someone should tell the wall climbers to start wearing lead-lined underwear just to be on the safe side.
it could also be they are doing a final check of quality of RAM work on production example plane. Since it would be constructed with different procedure than hand-made prototypes, maybe one needs to check the RCS values are still within acceptable limits.
On another note, are these images of newly built j10a being delivered someplace recent? What is the consensus? Those are planes for 8th plaaf regiment? (and 9th regiment in total so far?)
On another note, are these images of newly built j10a being delivered someplace recent? What is the consensus? Those are planes for 8th plaaf regiment? (and 9th regiment in total so far?)
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