J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VI
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Jura The idiot
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now noticed the tweet
Yanliang, près de Xi'an, le 12 Décembre 2018.
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Yanliang, near Xi'an, 12 December 2018.
Yanliang, près de Xi'an, le 12 Décembre 2018.
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Yanliang, near Xi'an, 12 December 2018.
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Jura The idiot
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now noticed the tweet
Répondant à la question des journalistes sur le modèle du chasseur qu’il aimerait piloter le plus, l’un des députés de l’Assemblée nationale populaire, également pilote dans la force d’aviation de la marine chinoise, dit sans hésitation : « Bien sûr que c’est le J-20... »
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Replying to the question of journalists on the model of the Hunter he would like to fly the most, one of the members of the National Assembly, also a pilot in the naval force of the Chinese Navy, said without hesitation: "of course it is the J-20 ... »
Répondant à la question des journalistes sur le modèle du chasseur qu’il aimerait piloter le plus, l’un des députés de l’Assemblée nationale populaire, également pilote dans la force d’aviation de la marine chinoise, dit sans hésitation : « Bien sûr que c’est le J-20... »
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Replying to the question of journalists on the model of the Hunter he would like to fly the most, one of the members of the National Assembly, also a pilot in the naval force of the Chinese Navy, said without hesitation: "of course it is the J-20 ... »
Not sure how this would apply to J-20 in specifically. May be the dorsal fins are there to also improve IR characteristics?
to my knowledge no one has flown an inward canted tail on an L/O aircraft since the SR-71, it worked on the SR-71 because the tails were far apart on the tops of the engine nacelles, they did not interfere with one another's airflow. the illustration above will indeed cause a great deal of turbulent flow,,,
there are aerodynamic reasons why it was discontinued...
Some high-resolution photos for the weekend...
Has anyone else noticed the tape like markings/additions on some J-20s. The example above has this running along the fuselage, spanning the entire left wing and curiously also applied at the edge of the ventral fin, visible in the photo above. We've seen similar treatment to F-35 where certain panels lie.
Can't help but feel these details are somehow important in how the "stealth" in these designs work.
J-20's top surface are sometimes photographed with these and they are often also absent (at least less obvious due to lighting).
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