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

[Equation]

By comparison between the 2011 and 2012, I say it's real. For one, the engine on the 2012 are different.

 

[AssassinsMace]

Are these images of the 2011 actually the ones suggesting where they were PSed from? There are just too many things that are different. I don't think the PSers will waste that much time. Besides I would assume the fans boys and photographers would be perched at the same spot getting the same angles all the time. The J-20 would be parked in the same spots and travel the same path. So similarities in pics wouldn't be surprising.

 

[SteelBird]

By comparison between the 2011 and 2012, I say it's real. For one, the engine on the 2012 are different.

Are you sure the engines are different? To me only the nozzle covers that are different, and the engines on the 2012 look pretty like the AL-31 series. China hasn't got the right engines for their J-20!

 

[siegecrossbow]

Are you sure the engines are different? To me only the nozzle covers that are different, and the engines on the 2012 look pretty like the AL-31 series. China hasn't got the right engines for their J-20!

The first batch of J-20s will probably enter service with AL-31 engines. Once WS-15 is ready for batch B we may see true 4S performances from the plane.

 

[Blackstone]

The first batch of J-20s will probably enter service with AL-31 engines. Once WS-15 is ready for batch B we may see true 4S performances from the plane.

I wouldn't hold my breath on WS-15s. Given the spectacular success of Chinese jet engine development, it might be the year 2050 before we see them in J-20s. Meanwhile, they better hope the AL-31 engine factory doesn't catch on fire.

 

[tphuang]

O.k. ... and what's Your opinion on that bird or the few images released so far ???

I think the pictures themselves look real to me =)

 

[AeroEngineer]

The first batch of J-20s will probably enter service with AL-31 engines. Once WS-15 is ready for batch B we may see true 4S performances from the plane.

This is already a known fact. No point stating them again.

 

[AeroEngineer]

I wouldn't hold my breath on WS-15s. Given the spectacular success of Chinese jet engine development, it might be the year 2050 before we see them in J-20s. Meanwhile, they better hope the AL-31 engine factory doesn't catch on fire.

That is your dream right?

You know that in just 6 years when China fully solve the engine problem you and your USAF dominance will be gone forever !!!

 

[broadsword]

I wouldn't hold my breath on WS-15s. Given the spectacular success of Chinese jet engine development, it might be the year 2050 before we see them in J-20s. Meanwhile, they better hope the AL-31 engine factory doesn't catch on fire.

You have seen the progress China has made economically, scientifically and technologically in various fields. You have seen the various military technologies China has mastered over the years. You bubble will burst well before 2050.

 

[Air Force Brat]

That is your dream right?

You know that in just 6 years when China fully solve the engine problem you and your USAF dominance will be gone forever !!!

Come on guys, he's just toying with you, lighten up, and really aero eng how are you able to state something like that, been reading tea leaves again, oh??? you keep your slide rule packed in tea leaves.