J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[talonn]

Some very odd rumors about 4 models of J-20s present
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"What we thought is not what it is"

Expect the unexpected? Either carrier or EW variants.

 

[mack8]

TVC flat nozzles? Just speculating like everyone else.

 

[ougoah]

TVC flat nozzles? Just speculating like everyone else.

Then J-20A would have been superseded. There's no sense in having two separate J-20A types for different engine types.

 

[Hitomi]

No one betting it's going to be a reconnaissance variant? I know drones are the fad these days and all but you never know.

 

[Tomboy]

What I'm more interested is what the actual relation between WS-10C2 and WS-10C

C2 does not have the iconic annular ring inside the nozzle that every single WS-10 variant had before. What makes us so sure that this is actually a WS-10 at all.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

What I'm more interested is what the actual relation between WS-10C2 and WS-10C
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C2 does not have the iconic annular ring inside the nozzle that every single WS-10 variant had before. What makes us so sure that this is actually a WS-10 at all.

The ring of slits just behind the petals, which is the hallmark trait of the WS-10 family, not the ejector nozzle.

Plus, your statement is false. WS-10D/B-3 has a convergent-divergent nozzle (without the inner ring). Likely the same thing going on here.

 

[Phantom Chuck]

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Never noticed before the j-20A‘s Radome has a different shape. The shape of leading edge extension before the wing root also appears subtly different.