J 20 taking off....
nose up...
So many beautiful vortices.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V
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So many beautiful vortices.
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Colonel
I think I've mentioned this before, but I've never seen any other Chinese fighters generating so many vortices. I think someone suggested that it might be the humid weather in Chengdu (but I'm sure the J-20 is now deployed to many other places, many of which may be less humid...). Some also suggested that it was the superior aerodynamics. Others suggested that it was the more aggressive flying.
My guess is that it would be the combination of all of the above... What's your thought on this?
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Colonel
Imo, the thread-like vortexes point to the J-20 doing a slow speed maneuver. A tight high speed maneuver would result in vortexes that is mist like.
It does look like the J-20 produces more vortexes than what is normal for other fighter jets during slow speed maneuver.
It is a bit odd if you think about it, since we know the Flanker airframe is designed to shed some pretty prominent vortices, even though I don't think we've ever seen any Sinoflankers do it. We have some pictures of the J-10 shedding vortices too, but because the J-10 doesn't have LERXes and sheds its vortices through canards which function as vortex control devices, that's going to look different than what we see on the J-20.
Do we know if they are participating in exercises yet?
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