J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V
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Do they have smoke pods on these or something???
That really does not look like a vapor trail.
Turbulent compressed vortex column flowing off the "vortex generators" which are on there to "energize" and increase the velocity of air over the top of the wing in order to increase lift. This is an "active" system, to keep the airflow energized, and the J-20 flying. He is obviously pulling out of a shallow dive!
vesicles
Colonel
What do you mean "he"? It could've been a "she"...
P.S. My wife made me post this...
I did briefly consider that when I typed he, but in my experience, we haven't witnessed any "chicks" flying the J-20, sorry??? Test flight does remain a predominantly male experience, while some girls might enjoy flight test, most would not??? so, apologies to your lovely lady, but as Rush Limbaugh laughingly jests, "I am the Mayor of Realville!"
I was worried about you until that last sentence, indeed our wives exert considerable persuasion over each of us, and to admit in this "testosterone deprived land?" the whole ejection seat system of the F-35 was redesigned, so that someone less than 136 pounds and likely female could safely eject from an F-35??? LOL absolutely ridiculous in the real world, but?? just shows the length to which "political correctness" has take over our formerly great nation.
With all due respect to your lovely wife, #1 she should join SDF, it would be lovely to have a lovely lady making her own contributions here, then she could try to keep us on the straight and narrow??? but with due respect, I have found it quite out of the ordinary for girls/women to take an interest in aviation in particular, but defense matters as a whole?? for instance there did seem to be 1 lady on SDF the other day, but in many years to my knowledge only a very few???
So thank her for her contribution, it could have been a chickie, but most often the flying details are carried out by the lads. The aviation industry, and military flying world is open to female applicants and does seek them out. So not that I don't think women are capable, but mainly that they lack interest, and often "aptitude"?? for instance you very seldom find women in a mechanical shop, and flying does require "aptitude" to truly excel??
I do have seven lovely and very capable daughters, several who do like to fly, all are somewhat interested?? but not one has expressed a motivation to seek her pilots license??? in spite of my allowing them to "fly" the airplane, they liked it, but didn't express the drive to "follow it up"??
What is the small thing under the fuselage?
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The centre of a vortex has a lower pressure. When the air pressure falls its temperature falls too. In a nearly water vapour saturated air this lets to condensation. So that is what you see: a multitude of very small water droplets.
Do they have smoke pods on these or something???
That really does not look like a vapor trail.
Cross your fingers. We will see who has last laugh.
SamuraiBlue
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I understand how it works.
It's the scrolling motion of the cloud and the dispersal pattern that looks dubious to me
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