J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread IV (Closed to posting)

[Kurt]

........... and it could also be a plastic toy plane hanging from my kid's ceiling taken with a $3 wal mart toy camera from my neighbor's balcony.... but see that's the entire point.. I seriously doubt the author/s at JDW knows anymore than we do.. most likely less. If what they assumed is true or even an educated guess than they had better based their assumptions on something a LOT clearer and meaningful than that picture! Fact is they didn't or if they did, then they were disingenuous and shame on them for not posting said picture which led to their possible conclusions about China's STOVL program.

Instead they posted 'that' particular picture and wrote an associated article underneath it. Not sure to be mad or sad.. maybe a lil of both.

Either way their credibility is shot.

The image is just bad and in most magazines there's a massive demand for images - people try to use anything available as an image just to have something on their article. It's a shame a simple sketch is not sufficient.
I don't want to judge the accuracy of the report of theJ 20 going towards a STOVL development or not, possibly a rumour, because there's not much going on that can be reported (without a major research investment).

My point is that I see no reason, as to why it is not feasible on a control level with twin engines at a degree of problems compareable to single jet engines. The more pressure exhanges between the engines exist, the less they act different, but the pressue exchange is a whole new field of efficiency reduction problems that usually defies the main reason for twin engines (R&D can still conduct experiments).

 

[AssassinsMace]

Huitong wrote on his site that 2003 is going to make its maiden flight soon.

 

[cloyce]

Huitong wrote on his site that 2003 is going to make its maiden flight soon.

Who is Huitong?

 

[AssassinsMace]

Who is Huitong?

The guy who reported the first prototype was built three months before the first flight that no one saw coming.

 

[cloyce]

The guy who reported the first prototype was built three months before the first flight that no one saw coming.

And where can I find his website?

 

[AssassinsMace]

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Pardon, I should've posted it before.

 

[escobar]

from Chengdu to CFTE...

[video=youtube;HcMDwnNs1m0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcMDwnNs1m0[/video]

 

[Deino]

Bai Wei again at his best !!!!

 

[escobar]

from Huitong

The next generation carrier-based stealth fighter was rumored to be under development at 611 Institute (based on J-20?). First flight is expected between 2013 and 2014.

 

[airsuperiority]

from Huitong

PLAN trying to make up for lesser numbers of aircraft carriers with more capable naval fighters? Since J-15 is comparable to F-18E/F, and if J-21 serves onboard too, it will/should overwhelm F-35 like curb stomp.