J-20... The New Generation Fighter III

you are right Blitzo, i'm seeing things

now to quote Deino, hi res please!

can we conclude the weapon bay doors go a bit past the back end edge of the main landing gear doors? it sure looks like that from all these pictures. they protrude some 10-20 cm, its hard to tell precisely.

People read too much into the "somebody visit China, and China 'show off' things" stuff.

And to those members who can read Chinese - please don't look for anything other than plain pictures, at that mil.new.sina website. Pick a random military picture shot by TRUE Chinese military fans, it have a good chance having this watermark saying "禁止新浪，&&，××，##，转载" (not authorized to be used in any means at sina, &&, ##, and few other toilet sites).

paintgun said:

perspective really screw the length of the weapon bay there

and i hope they change the mlg bay, it' sticking out like a sore thumb

so can we confirm that it's a two piece door main weapon bay now?

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mlg???

airsuperiority said:

mlg???

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Main landing gear.

Thanks for clearing the mystery. And how are we supposed to know that mlg is "Main landing gear".

Quickie said:

Thanks for clearing the mystery. And how are we supposed to know that mlg is "Main landing gear".

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By knowing the only door that stood out like a sore thumb was the main landing gear's?

Or maybe I'm just that smart (and conceited).

Totoro said:

can we conclude the weapon bay doors go a bit past the back end edge of the main landing gear doors? it sure looks like that from all these pictures. they protrude some 10-20 cm, its hard to tell precisely.

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That is, unfortunately, wishful thinking. We have high def photos of the J-20's underside and it is obvious that the weapons bays don't extend past the landing gears.

Photo courtesy of mpleio

so what is fundamentally wrong with my measurements and my photo analysis here?




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