J-10 Thread IV

[kwaigonegin]

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J10B canopy is gold plated? look similar in color to F35 canopy.

Nothing new, the viper have tinted canopies for 15+ years. It tinted primarily to protect the pilot from radiation either externally or from emissions from own aircraft.
The ea6b etc have tinted canopies going back even further. Some of those EW pods are quite hazardous to humans especially when tunred on full power.

 

[aquauant]

Nothing new, the viper have tinted canopies for 15+ years. It tinted primarily to protect the pilot from radiation either externally or from emissions from own aircraft.
The ea6b etc have tinted canopies going back even further. Some of those EW pods are quite hazardous to humans especially when tunred on full power.

I did not say it is new, did I? There are also other fighter canopies that do not have gold tinted canopies. And I am not saying this is new neither.

 

[A.Man]

A Detail

 

[antiterror13]

A Detail

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woow, Chinese workmanship and the quality are much improved, looks clean and neat. If you compare to J-10A, you will know what I mean

 

[Blackstone]

woow, Chinese workmanship and the quality are much improved, looks clean and neat. If you compare to J-10A, you will know what I mean

Too clean and too smooth; I suspect air brushing.

 

[Deino]

Come on ... the J-10A was surely not painted by hand with a huge brush !

... it is simply that the manufacturing tolerances are vastly improved over the J-10A.

Deino

PS: but I still have no clear image with serials !

 

[Blackstone]

I meant air brushing as in photo touch-ups a-la fashion model images.

 

[Franklin]

Too clean and too smooth; I suspect air brushing.

Not necessarily. Since China is now paying more attention to RCS reduction and China has improved on its production craftsmanship, techniques and technologies considerably over the years. Lets not forget Chengdu is also building the J-20 stealth fighter. That means a lot of hand me downs to the J-10's. including much more smoother surface area's.

 

[latenlazy]

Too clean and too smooth; I suspect air brushing.

There's notable noise in the picture. If it were airbrushed there would be notable inconsistencies in noise grain.

 

[Blitzo]

Too clean and too smooth; I suspect air brushing.

Not sure why you think that -- we've had lots of detailed pictures of J-10B from that angle over the years in pretty good picture quality and the workmanship has not looked any different to this photo.