I rate him higher than Ayi and Orca
On the same level as Yankee and Pop3
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
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On the same level as Yankee and Pop3
I I remember that post, I was one of the commenters. He said "you're getting [J-20A] at the very least," not "you're only gonna get the [J-20A]." I wouldn't be going all "this is so over" just yet.
052D is considered quite credible within the insiders circle (if not one of the top ones tbh, it's from him that I heard there'll be new missiles alongside the PL-16A).
Perhaps the talk of a WS-10CXX was more pertinent than we thought, I hope this WS-15 delay is false or at least not long lasting.
Can you give a bit more background info as to what 052D meant?
Well, he posted a cryptic post on 29/4 saying "how come the dragon's neck is a bit thick?" and one of the commenters said "please let me see WS-15 J20As in service colours" and 052D replied"you're getting at least half."
He didn't say "you're getting half", or the "WS-15 J-20A ain't happening this year", just that "at least half is happening", which IMO is a completely reasonable non-answer.
People need to stop dooming.
Edit: it's under this exact thread that I got the info for an upcoming long-range AAM that's exclusive to stealth fighters that's NOT the PL-16A.
Even if it is genuinely bad news (which is still possible), you have to be able to take it in without getting emotional. That's just a part of PLA watching.
It's very possible to face far worse news during an actual conflict. Jumping to 速败 is big NG.
It's very possible to face far worse news during an actual conflict. Jumping to 速败 is big NG.
This is what he actually said just 2 days ago.
"Not in a rush" my ar$e.
Shame the AECC to hell. What an effing disappointment.
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Tbh, even if WS-15 do happen this year. WS-15 isn't advanced anymore, it might be considered advanced(Not even bleeding edge) when it was drawn up in the 90s but right now it's basically at the average western level of 4th generation engines. F-119 still has a higher TIT and F-135 is a distant dream. XA102/103 is supposedly going to push it even further and right now I'm doubting China's ability to keep up. Hopefully the current version of WS-15 is not based on the original spec of 1850K TIT or it truly is 遥遥落后 especially if they are still having trouble getting it into service. This of course also implicates the civilian sector, as higher TIT often means higher efficiency and from what I could find LEAP-1's TIT is around 2100K so for CJ-1000A to be atleast competitive against the LEAP-1 it'll probably need a spec similar to LEAP-1's and if they still can't even get an less advanced engine into service well you could probably think of the rest...
Ah, we're cooked after all
Man I'm getting tired of the WS-10 family c*ckblocking every good thing. Not good enough to be on J-15Ts, but good enough to be on J-20A to flip us a big middle finger. What's this BS man...
Ignore that spec sheet. The design was overhauled and the WS-15 was basically redeveloped from scratch since 2018.
