honestly not a big deal .. WS-15 entered in low production stage. its been a year already. so we could see more J-20s powered by WS-15 engines..
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
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Indeed, but it would prove there are already five J-20A available.
Doesn't look like it to me
PSed, and a very very stupid PS work with so many errors.
- The red circled DSI bump is the supposed right one, the blue circled bump shows the "old" bump in current operational J-20 with a middle ridge of different matrial painted in yellow.
- The green circle shows a j-20 in final paint, what is it doing in a track of J-20 in yellow primer?
- the yellow circled J-20s have their HUDs covered in red clothes, why?
Please pay more attentions when posting in this forum in the future. We shouldn't flood this forum with fanboy trashes.
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I agree the pictures look super sus and are probably doctored, though 2. and 3. aren't necessarily that odd
2., having a J-20 in grey in a line with J-20s in yellow primer, is not necessarily that odd because as part of CAC's duties at the factory it involves pre-delivery of painted J-20s as well. It is not necessarily odd that a J-20 in grey would be part of the busy schedule of the overall airfield and it happened to coincide in a lineup with other J-20s at a slightly earlier stage of pre-delivery. What is a bit odd is why we don't see other distinctively grey parts of that J-20 (third from the back relative to the camera) and only the aircraft's right V tail, but it's possible it is just obscured.
3., the red covers over the HUDs aren't necessarily odd either -- we've seen J-20s and other fighters have a red high visibility cover over their HUDs as well.
And even 1. seems like it would be an odd mistake for someone to make if they were wanting to doctor the photo
.... that said, I am tempted to say that this picture is suspicious and likely doctored, something about the framing of it just doesn't look right.
More importantly, A man made two mistakes with his post -- "J-20B" under current nomenclature doesn't exist; instead he means J-20A. The second mistake is why does he think any of these are J-20As to begin with. There are no obvious distinguishing features from this angle.
(and of course I'm sure you mean "CAC" when you wrote "no technical reason for SAC to do so")
What's the difference between the J-20A and the normal J-20s again?
Externally WS-15 and hump behind canopy.
Pretty sure it's a redesigned radome, a slightly changed dsi hump, ws-15 engines, a extended hump behind the cockpit and perhaps a upgraded irst eots sensor? not too sure about that last one.
