CCTV said that the J-20 could travel at Mach 2.8 too. Don’t trust it too much.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
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CCTV said that the J-20 could travel at Mach 2.8 too. Don’t trust it too much.
...did they now.
I mean, I suppose it's aerodynamically possible... But it's not like it's gonna cruise at M2.8.
It's odd that this opening was covered in such brutal way. Also the coating must be strong enough to withstand the peeling of the tapes.
Maybe whatever supposed to be installed behind the mesh is not installed yet, so it is just temperarily covered from rain and dust. It is in the factory so the aircraft can be in any status of production or maintenance. The coating even RAM coating today should not be that weak from duct tape and likes.
These aircraft have to maneuver at supersonic speeds, their skin goes through numerous heating and cooling cycles throughout their life time. The times where RAM coatings were fragile and needed to be pampered are long past us. That's for example one of the many advantages the F-35A has over the F-22A, it's coating is very sturdy by comparison. I hope and definitely assume that it's similar with the J-20.
When your RAM would get peeled off when you rip some tape off, you have much bigger problems to worry about.
Plus, the J-20's coating and RAM is designed to withstand extreme natural circumstances like the blazing sun and heat at certain airfields.
