J-20... The New Generation Fighter II

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Report: China stealth fighter makes second test flight

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"Report: China stealth fighter makes second test flight
April 19th, 2011
07:29 AM ET

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China's J-20 stealth fighter appears on a runway in Chengdu in January.

China has had a second test flight of its J-20 stealth fighter jet, according to a report from the government-owned newspaper Global Times.

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the paper cited witness accounts that the jet flew Sunday in Chengdu as part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of China's aviation industry.

The flight lasted almost an hour and a half, an unnamed witness told Global Times.

"The J-20 made several passes and waggled its wings (rolling the plane first to one side then to the other) to salute the crowd near the airfield," Global Times quotes the witness as saying.

The J-20 "has been touted as a potential challenger to the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor, the world's only fifth-generation fighter jet," Global Times said.

The J-20 made its
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as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting China."
 
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rhino123 said:
Those rumours are pure BS. How could the RAM be not waterproof. Afterall, one of the biggest thing in aircraft is water, water condensation, etc. So if F-22 RAM is not waterproof, after awhile of flying, the RAM would loose its capability and reveal the F-22 to enemy's radar.
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Good point, plausible.
 
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pugachev_diver said:
Speaking of fifth generation fighters, I wonder if those similar projects from South Korea, India, and Japan are jokes or if they are real fully fledged projects.
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It's complicated. Basically, their projects are reflection of their requirement, tech ability, and finantial resources. It isn't a joke, though none is fully fledged.
 
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Bltizo said:
The test in Janruary was the "public" flight test though... Before that they were taxiing the plane on the runway most likely to test the engines out, and they had two prototypes with the Al-31 equipped one most likely testing to see if it could fly and then the WS-1X one for the "public" test for a bit more national prestige/show off to the military/political leaders who had went to see.

Fair enough, but I think that opinion is a bit skewed. I mean the PLA hardly ever likes to show off what they have in development, but they knew it was going to get out eventually so may as well make the plane look good in its first test and try to spook a defense secretary or two.
(Assuming that test was the first) I don't think it can be called rushed -- the PAK FA flew for a similar amount of time with landing gear down for its maiden flight. But again I feel the need to emphasise the flight test we saw was probably not the first and was merely the unofficial "disclosure". There were probably numbers of taxiing and a test flight or two of both 2001 prototypes to make sure everything worked on the big day of the public "disclosure".
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Any way, it's not a typical PLAF style, too high profile.
 
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Bltizo said:
Agile enough to take on the F-22 I presume ^^
It's not that much bigger than the T-50.



Bit harsh -- the painted up T-50 looks quite good, and we don't know how good the build quality of the J-20 actually is with this paint scheme, at this far distance.
But those couple of pictures certainly make the plain look awesome.
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I say evil.
 
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Red___Sword said:
Bltizo, just with you, a friendly discussion:

Linking other topics in this fourm, do you (or, don't you) have already sense that, people around here, are all HIGH RANKING OFFICERS FROM CMC THEMSELVES!!!

Why? Because they believe:"As long as a people as important like me - didn't see anything. That thing did not exist! For sure!"

I mean, sure, the AshBM program did not DELIVER a test report to them, it thus do not exist;

Just FREAKING 5 MONTH AGO, nobody DELIVER a signed report to them, the freaking J-20 is only a joke made up by fanboys at amateurs non-creditable Chinese fourms;

Sure, type 99 MBT can not conduct mission at desert, because I DIDN'T SEE IT! The only thing I heard is they use russian engine, russian gun, russian... what the hell - RUSSIAN TANK WITH A PLA STAR PAINT, ONLY!

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Laughable, right? I (Red___Sword) laugh every time when saw these posts, and I laugh THE MOST at this J-20 thread.

Just a friendly sharing.
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Modest sceptical is essential.
 
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