Isn't the ability to perform it at a very low air speed even MORE impressive? One would think it would stall...
J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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Are any non-Chinese planes this impressive or even more impressive?
We saw either this video before.
There are (previous to this recent video) two examples of J-20 either showing TVC moves and/or extreme maneuverability. The first was a video showing an extremely high alpha barrel roll climb. Climbing is easy, performing a barrel roll is easy, performing a climbing barrel roll is also easy. This video (Vid 1) shows high alpha barrel roll climb at the very least demonstrating exceptional nose authority at extremely difficult flight regime for nose authority.
The second video (same as the one in the tweet Deino posted re. WS-15 suggestion) shows in my opinion a much more impressive demonstration that suggests to me like it's using TVC. If it ain't using TVC then hats off and hands together for the CAC aerodynamicists and FCS engineers. It shows the aircraft rolling in basically zero velocity with little to no airflow across control surfaces and yet it rolled around in midair, during stall, and rolled quickly.
There are (previous to this recent video) two examples of J-20 either showing TVC moves and/or extreme maneuverability. The first was a video showing an extremely high alpha barrel roll climb. Climbing is easy, performing a barrel roll is easy, performing a climbing barrel roll is also easy. This video (Vid 1) shows high alpha barrel roll climb at the very least demonstrating exceptional nose authority at extremely difficult flight regime for nose authority.
The second video (same as the one in the tweet Deino posted re. WS-15 suggestion) shows in my opinion a much more impressive demonstration that suggests to me like it's using TVC. If it ain't using TVC then hats off and hands together for the CAC aerodynamicists and FCS engineers. It shows the aircraft rolling in basically zero velocity with little to no airflow across control surfaces and yet it rolled around in midair, during stall, and rolled quickly.
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That's a shame we can't see it's craziest moves.
The video is from one of the airshow in Zhuhai. Therefore, the engine is not TVC but either AL31 or WS-10C.
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