J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V

[Deino]

The one on tower 31° 2'4.31"N 103°39'11.37"E, same site for plane on the "rail" track.

Thanks ...

 

[latenlazy]

Here's an interesting but somewhat baseless piece of speculation. What if we're seeing such rapid emergence of new J-20 airframes because of an accelerated production cycle from 3D printed bulkheads?

 

[Deino]

Just a few completely different questions:

- Can anyone explain why we are so sure that the second prototype '2002' was renumbered to '2004' ???
- What's the source of this, since I can't think that CAC reported or even confirmed this?
- Was there ever a similar other situation, when a prototype was completely renumbered? (as far as I know for both the J-7 and J-10 never)
- Could it be that '2004' is probably another prototype ? ... or in return if there is a "habit" to renumber prototypes for the J-20 program, why we are then so sure that all "201x" prototypes are indeed different aircraft ? I

I'm quite sure that they are all true ... but this "renumbering" issue is a story I simply do not understand.

Deino

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Gangwa from CJDBY (Chengdu resident and J-20 photographer) supposedly saw 2101, 2102, and 2103! Let's wait for the photos.

 

[Deino]

Arrrrg !!!

Again the CAC-based "Touture-Deino"-group at work !

 

[jobjed]

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Gangwa from CJDBY (Chengdu resident and J-20 photographer) supposedly saw 2011, 2012, and 2013! Let's wait for the photos.

Do you mean 2101, 2102 and 2103?

 

[Deino]

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Gangwa from CJDBY (Chengdu resident and J-20 photographer) supposedly saw 2011, 2012, and 2013! Let's wait for the photos.

... but lets wait ! You mean '2101', '2102' and '2103' and not '2011', '2012', and '2013' !


PS: "jobjed" beat me by a minute !

 

[Deino]

By the way regarding the faked 2x '210x' in one image ...

FAKE confirmed.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Do you mean 2101, 2102 and 2103?

That's exactly what I meant. Thanks!

 

[weig2000]

Just a few completely different questions:

- Can anyone explain why we are so sure that the second prototype '2002' was renumbered to '2004' ???
- What's the source of this, since I can't think that CAC reported or even confirmed this?
- Was there ever a similar other situation, when a prototype was completely renumbered? (as far as I know for both the J-7 and J-10 never)
- Could it be that '2004' is probably another prototype ? ... or in return if there is a "habit" to renumber prototypes for the J-20 program, why we are then so sure that all "201x" prototypes are indeed different aircraft ? I

I'm quite sure that they are all true ... but this "renumbering" issue is a story I simply do not understand.

Deino

I can't answer your questions, but here is one reason that I think it's unlikely that we'll have a 2004, just like we don't have a 2014. The number '4' sounds like "death" in Chinese.

By the way, have we seen any picture of 2004?