I think we should not make huge deal out of it. If the planes flies that high and it is overall very stealth the canards are not the big issue. let us focus on configuration. Stealth is made to fly high and out of range of everything. Just relaying info to and from sats and attacking from distance and using altitude, speed (non AB), superb sensors and weapon load as its advantages. If you fly high... A delta is far better suited then conventional lay-out. The canards add lots of agility no matter the speed (EF2000). The contribute to lift and not drag alone like conventional lay-out. The wingloading is lower. Fuel storage is efficient.
The USA went for something they trusted. They excelled in air superiority (dogfights)... But the last thing stealth wants is getting close and have a conventional dogfight. It does not even have HMS!
Now Munir, a delta is far better suited,,,, OK, the SR-71, oops, Kelly Johnson forgot the canards, oohh, Ok, the Concorde,,ahh OK,, but actually the time to climb and high altitude records were set by F-4s, Mig-25s, F-15s, and General Norton Schwartz---"the F-22 will MAINTAIN 6Gs at 50,000 ft, what other aircraft will do that?", answer NONE, and none of the fifth gens in waiting will be banging 6Gs at 50 Grand either,,, so and these wide ranging broad declaritive statements, without even anecdotal evidence from a credible source, well if not for the canard love, I would have sworn Mig wrote that post. As for your last line about the USA, the F-22 says bring it baby, get in a turning match with that chick and you will DIE,,,,, sounds like the emperor Palpatine doesn't it. Now I love these debates, but as of yet we haven't seen the T-50 or the J-20 bustin any real moves, and as for the J-20, we don't even have a test pilot Yacking it UP,,,, now I know they would if they could, but until we see it pulling a 7 or even 8 G turn, we don't know, the T-50, yeah it should turn, lots of wing and OVT, and the J-20 it should as well, it is a little down on thrust, there is no doubt the canards will help, thats what the bossman says, so I will give him that....
Now I will give you that the J-20 is a very uniquely Chinese aircraft, the configuration has been well thought out, and it appears to fly "very well", and it gets off the ground in an energetic fashion,,,,, all very positive indicators, so I'm actually glad to hear you brag, reminds me how much we are all really alike, and I heard they are shutting down the HMS program for the F-22 for now due to sequestration, and I really hate to see all our birds sitting, and I LOVE that last vid with the J-20 blowing by as she sucks up the gear, and in her own right, she is a beautifull lady, and I don't really hate canards, in fact the Navy bird grows on me by the day, so I guess I should confess, I love your little blackbird too, but the honey-badger says I like to argue, Nah who ME????? Good post brother, brag all ya want to, I know I will,,, Brat
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That 'Chinese AESA' you linked looks an aweful lot like the good old RBE2 AESA - 