J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

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Last batch.

latenlazy said:

Because that’s what the units that have the most experience flying the J-20 have.

Yeah sure let’s use air shows rather than production schedules as our mark of technological confidence.

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If there is serious reliability concerns with the engine then it would never have been okayed for production. There are several preferences. They didn’t okay the WS-10 for J-10A. Then didn’t okay it for J-11B initially, and to this day they haven’t okayed the naval variant for the J-15. The idea that China would rush a engine into service for face saving reasons is preposterous.

by78 said:

J-20 pilots, crème de la crème of the Chinese Air Force.

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We have not seen Bai Long for a long time!

The one elusive shot of the J-20 I haven't seen yet is one that has to be taken from the air is a high angle flying frontal shot close up at high resolution. There was a shot a couple years ago that came close only because the J-20 was upside down diving down from a loop and someone got a shot from the ground so you had to rotate the image 180 degrees but it wasn't high resolution.

Orthan said:

Why did they choose to fly j-20 equipped with russian engines?

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KampfAlwin said:

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Could be any reason, really. Maybe since there were about 15+ J-20s in the parade, there wouldn't be enough WS-10 jets to do it. Maybe the pilots flying the Russian-engine jets are more experienced than the WS-10 jet pilots.

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Possibly. Other reasons might be to reserve the newer WS-10X J-20s for training, or to send a show of solidarity with the Russians.

Besides, we know that the J-20s are being trialed either with WS-10XX with TVC or WS-15s. It is faintly possible that the J-20s will never use the WS-10X in bulk due to the apparently rapid maturity of the WS-15s.

The maturity of WS-10Xs are apparently a non-factor anyways. The J-20 went from interim Russian engines to interim Chinese engines thus far; it'd be more interesting to see them standardize on the finalized WS-15s than for the WS-10s to be produced in bulk.

@by78 Video, my dude.