J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

Can anyone help with a translation??


I only saw, there was an interview with the first chief test pilot Li gang, but i wasn't able to find out on what:

"CCTV News: Li Gang, the first flight test pilot of the J-20, said in an interview that the thrust vectoring engine of the J-20 should be a dual thrust vector, and the next step is to strengthen the air-to-ground capabilities of the J-20."

Since I don't understand him since I don't understand Chinese I don't get what he says, but the text says so. Otherwise I would have expected TVC on the J-20 more related to aerial warfare not air to ground?!

Deino said:

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I only saw, there was an interview with the first chief test pilot Li gang, but i wasn't able to find out on what:

"CCTV News: Li Gang, the first flight test pilot of the J-20, said in an interview that the thrust vectoring engine of the J-20 should be a dual thrust vector, and the next step is to strengthen the air-to-ground capabilities of the J-20."

Since I don't understand him since I don't understand Chinese I don't get what he says, but the text says so. Otherwise I would have expected TVC on the J-20 more related to aerial warfare not air to ground?!

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Nothing of worth was said. It was purely personal opinion on what the test pilot thinks would be the J20’s TVC, which he said was 2D only.

Deino said:

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I only saw, there was an interview with the first chief test pilot Li gang, but i wasn't able to find out on what:

"CCTV News: Li Gang, the first flight test pilot of the J-20, said in an interview that the thrust vectoring engine of the J-20 should be a dual thrust vector, and the next step is to strengthen the air-to-ground capabilities of the J-20."

Since I don't understand him since I don't understand Chinese I don't get what he says, but the text says so. Otherwise I would have expected TVC on the J-20 more related to aerial warfare not air to ground?!

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He meant 2D TVC, which I take to mean F-22 style nozzles.

Honestly the whole thing seems a little suspicious, the pilot only talks for like 3 seconds and it seems as if it was spliced from a bigger interview. Its just one quick blurb about thrust-vector engines, not even mentioning anything specific to J-20.

Brief translation:
ifeng: In your opinion, what kind of TVC should J-20 have?
Li Gang: 2D TVC works like this. (demonstrating with his hands).

My observation:

1. It is ifeng reporter, not CCTV reporter.
2. The video belongs to "Xiao Yang Shi Pin", a youtube like video platform operated by CCTV. It does not belong to any CCTV official channel. Therefor this reporter is more like a "Self Media".
3. Apperantly Li Gang's words were cut out from a full sentence. So he might not even talk about J-20's TVC. He might not even talk to the ifeng reporter.
4. Even he was interviewed by this ifeng reporter, he did not say anything about J-20, not shown by the video at least.

My conclusion is, there is no value in this video. From the way the video is cut, I highly suspect that the ifeng reporter is deliberately fabricating 2D TVC using Li Gang's position. A very common practice by "Self Media".

Supposedly spotted at Anshan. @Deino

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If the Chinese adopt 2D thrust vectoring nozzles for the J-20, it would be interesting to see if they opt for the big and heavy, bulky design used on the F-22, which effectively reduced the T:W ratio of the new generation F119 engine to be equal to that of the previous generation F100 engine, but which is stealthy and on the j-20 would help facilitated improved rear aspect stealth compared to its current nozzle, Or would they adopt a lighter, more compact derivative of the axial symmetric thrust vectoring nozzle, which reduces weight penalty, but does not improve rear aspect stealth.

I think which way they go will help clarify much about how the Chinese really intend to use the J-20 in a serious war.

From back in Jan, interview with the same test pilot. Talks about the advantage of side joystick and working with plane designer.

Some other clips