Some people claimed they saw J-20 with TVC flew at CAC, but there’s no official news yet.
J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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*If* a J-20 is flying for integration testing reasons that means the production engine design has been locked, so barring serious unforeseen problems I think the timeline for serial production is maybe 3-5 years away. But that’s conjecture on my part.
Maybe I‘m indeed getting old, but AFAIR I noticed no changes - at least in size, shape externally - between the AL-31FN-powered ones and those using the WS-10C.
As such I would be happy if you could show what was modified.
As long as we have no confirmation that the intakes are larger, wider or at least modified and go even deeper into speculations based on guesswork, this fits better in this thread:
Aerodynamics thread
Please continue any possible aerodynamic changes and why they are to be expected in the aerodynamics thread.
Aerodynamics thread
Please continue any possible aerodynamic changes and why they are to be expected in the aerodynamics thread.
Re: Xi Jinping visit to Chengdu area
Could this be more related to the opening of Sichuan-Tibetan highspeed railway on June 25, 2021 (Nyingchi-Ya'an line) which btw passes VERY close to the disputed Sino-Indian border near Arunachal Pradesh.
Could Xi Jinping be more visiting to inaugurate that HSR line, rather than visiting CAC / J20 related event?
Could this be more related to the opening of Sichuan-Tibetan highspeed railway on June 25, 2021 (Nyingchi-Ya'an line) which btw passes VERY close to the disputed Sino-Indian border near Arunachal Pradesh.
Could Xi Jinping be more visiting to inaugurate that HSR line, rather than visiting CAC / J20 related event?
No I don't think so. If it's about that, it would have been reported. BTW the section opened is from Lhasa to Nyingchi, not Nyingchi to Yaan.
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