J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V
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Gotta wait till January.
I'm never convinced by these little vignettes, but "strangely enough" an airplane usually appears, so I hope you are right Bubba, Merry Christmas!
However, the J-15s on the Liaoning are a nice "stocking stuffers" and congratulations on your latest article on Flankers.
asif iqbal
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Just when you think 2015 could not be a bigger year it just went bigger
Every year we think they can't surpass the previous but they keep doing it !!
Every year we think they can't surpass the previous but they keep doing it !!
I will repeat myself (as I enjoy nagging 
) that we probably will not see J-20 in yellow primer on the tarmac, ever.
We have seen two color schemes of J-20, 2001 and 2002 in dark green, 2011 and onwards in lighter grayish green. We have seen all other prototypes of J-10 and J-11 in yellow primer but never J-20, why?
Some say that J-20 is painted in its final state to test stealthiness which is unique from all other types of planes. That is only true to 2011 and later, which are clearly equipped with radar and avionics. But not to 2001 and 2002 which do not have these stuff and only meant for aerodynamic and flight characteristic verification just like all other non-stealthy planes, but they are still fully painted.
I remember some say that J-20's fully painting has something to do with pride of the PLA. I am skeptical about it. That is not the kind of mentality of Chinese state/millitary that I know of.
One possibility of the "final painting" approach is to conceal the material composition of the whole fuselage, so it makes it very difficult (if it is even possible) to estimate some parameters of the plane, such as weight, strengh (therefor) load, G numbers in different flight regimes. One good example is that the DSI bump getting lighter (composite?) paint has suggested some electronical devices/sensors inside, if they could have managed to conceal that we wouldn't know these extra sensors.
) that we probably will not see J-20 in yellow primer on the tarmac, ever.We have seen two color schemes of J-20, 2001 and 2002 in dark green, 2011 and onwards in lighter grayish green. We have seen all other prototypes of J-10 and J-11 in yellow primer but never J-20, why?
Some say that J-20 is painted in its final state to test stealthiness which is unique from all other types of planes. That is only true to 2011 and later, which are clearly equipped with radar and avionics. But not to 2001 and 2002 which do not have these stuff and only meant for aerodynamic and flight characteristic verification just like all other non-stealthy planes, but they are still fully painted.
I remember some say that J-20's fully painting has something to do with pride of the PLA. I am skeptical about it. That is not the kind of mentality of Chinese state/millitary that I know of.
One possibility of the "final painting" approach is to conceal the material composition of the whole fuselage, so it makes it very difficult (if it is even possible) to estimate some parameters of the plane, such as weight, strengh (therefor) load, G numbers in different flight regimes. One good example is that the DSI bump getting lighter (composite?) paint has suggested some electronical devices/sensors inside, if they could have managed to conceal that we wouldn't know these extra sensors.
AssassinsMace
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Why is it the reason all these things happen around Christmas? Is it just a end of the year thing or is it a little jab at the US?
More the former than the latter. They're the natural results of the cumulative progress of China's defense industry. We'll see more of these in the decade and half ahead when China is rapidly catching up and narrowing the gap with the best of the world ...
janjak desalin
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You're hilarious!!!
Well, as the saying goes, make your own dreams come true!
manqiangrexue
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There is definitely direct mention of the J-20. Siegecrossbow's translation is correct.
End of the year has nothing to do with the US. The Chinese believe that January first and January 11th are both auspicious days. They are most likely getting ready for something nice to happen on those days. What happens might be publicly view-able or it might not.
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