J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread IV (Closed to posting)
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plawolf
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I wonder where they are putting the air brakes now if the removed it from the back like they had on the first few prototypes.
Looking at the size of the new larger stingers, that would have been an ideal place for them. Maybe the incorporated the air brakes and whatever sensors the have in the tips of the stingers into the same structure? That might explain when the area with the different colour/material is so large?
Looking at the size of the new larger stingers, that would have been an ideal place for them. Maybe the incorporated the air brakes and whatever sensors the have in the tips of the stingers into the same structure? That might explain when the area with the different colour/material is so large?
I think its likely that the airbrake is defunct, likely upon application they noticed some aerodynamic rumble or "buffeting", or even blanking out of the elevons/ruddervators, so no dice on a speedbrake. The YF-23 offered split-flaps for drag control, which though complicated, offer far fewer aerodynamic complications with the aft surfaces. The whole airframe is likely draggy enough when alpha is increased without a thrust increase, so a slight pitch increase is used to slow it down on approach.
no doubt the stings are loaded with goodies, passive and otherwise, prolly why the different size and shape??
Letters on the top left corner tells you this is a screen shot from a video. Whether an actual video or a montage is hard to tell.
mwanamwale
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Hello everyone, I just had a quick question, can someone please list the fuselage numbers(BORT) of the J20 prototypes?
I am sorry there is no need to be gleeful to the any perceived misfortune of an ally (Russia).
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Zool
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I don't think it was a slam on Russia, if you read the post by Phoenix and the one he was responding to. He noted an issue that did indeed come up with PAK-FA in the first prototypes and basically agreed that the J-20 was in a position to achieve IOC first, based on the pace we are witnessing in the development process.
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Quickie
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The front-wheel bay door is different too. It's odd the other picture of the 2015 is showing the usual FW bay door as the other prototypes. So which of them is photoshopped?
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