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J-20... The New Generation Fighter III
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You forgot about the intake ducts.
well i took J-20 numbers from the recent Huzhigeng number
F-22 numbers from wiki
and T-50 numbers from Paralay's own drawing, let's just say the T-50's number is provisional, but hey the engine is a fit
Well eyeballing whether the engine sizes look right isn't quite accurate.
But I see now, the PAK FA drawing on paralay lists T-50 as 20.9 meters long -- I'm not sure how recent that is, but a comparison paralay made in late may gave J-20 about a half meter more than PAK FA. Also comparisons between the flanker and T-50 during the first flight and the airshow gave numbers in the 19m range.
From here:
^^ i didn't mean it to be really accurate
i still have some reservation about the pic above, AFAIK the 3 planes were flying in an arrow formation (seen a pic, probably in sukhoi.ru forum), and that is going to make the measurement off a bit (if not quite abit, depending on the distance between the a/cs)
what seemingly close on air shows can be quite a few metres apart
i still have some reservation about the pic above, AFAIK the 3 planes were flying in an arrow formation (seen a pic, probably in sukhoi.ru forum), and that is going to make the measurement off a bit (if not quite abit, depending on the distance between the a/cs)
what seemingly close on air shows can be quite a few metres apart
Really depends if they are in formation I suppose.
But previous estimates have placed it in the 19m range as well -- there was a flanker chase plane for the T-50s maiden flight which people used to get pretty good estimates.
In any case I'm quite confident PAK FA is not longer than J-20.
But previous estimates have placed it in the 19m range as well -- there was a flanker chase plane for the T-50s maiden flight which people used to get pretty good estimates.
In any case I'm quite confident PAK FA is not longer than J-20.
The T-50 is actually quite close to the "Raptor size". Given the fact that it took weigh saving measures such as a thinner body and all moving vertical stabilisors there is a good chance that it might be the lightest of the "big three".
Could be why we keep hearing about the potential thrust of the WS-15 constantly being pushed up?
I don't quite see the connection. Has WS-15's thrust been constantly being pushed up?
If I remember correctly, a couple of years ago the target being circulated around was 150-160 kn, and now we're hearing 180 kn. It's probably just bad information though.
That's WS-13.
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