J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

Ringsword

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Not sure if a good idea. According to the article, "the AI has no psychological or physiological limit of human pilot, forcing pilots to give everything they have got..." That don't sound like a good practice. Being more difficult is not better, if it is not realistic. It could even breed bad habits.
Not necessarily-in East Asian cultures as you well know ,Chinese,Japanese,Korean and Vietnamese-one can never study too hard or be diligent enough in studies or work .a good trait actually ....if not taken to harmful extremes/or used as a way to reject or condemn wrongly.Bad examples:suicides of students or dying at work.
 

Deino

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In fact I find it interesting that recently more and more images of the J-20A were leaked including rumours mentioning additional prototypes (like 2053 & 2056) but all are too blurry to really show something meaningful. As such, they are playing with us again.

(Image via @地产画匠 from Weibo)

J-20A side blurry - 地产画匠.jpg
 

Deino

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Just spoke with a photo decipher guy and he thinks its in fact 65654, which would be neither the 55th AB at Jining, nor the 54th AB (STC) at but the 44th AB (NTC) at Hohhot-Bikeqi, a J-7G unit!

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And back again … NOw after amother round of considerations I agree with @huitong it is most likely 66654 !

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ACuriousPLAFan

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Alfa_Particle

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Just a little interesting thing:
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This was apparently shown in Zhuhai Airshow 2021. Can't help but notice the striking similarities between this and the actual WS-15 we saw:
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The lack of white in the actual nozzles also seems to indicate that the material the nozzles are made of don't need ceramic coatings.
 

siegecrossbow

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Just a little interesting thing:
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This was apparently shown in Zhuhai Airshow 2021. Can't help but notice the striking similarities between this and the actual WS-15 we saw:
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The lack of white in the actual nozzles also seems to indicate that the material the nozzles are made of don't need ceramic coatings.

Interesting how the engine at Zhuhai has two layers as well, albeit jigsawed. I’m not sure whether that is in WS-15.
 
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