the landing gear isn't that small. http : // luckybogey files wordpress com/2009/12/f-22_1128jpg. the landing gear on the f-22 is around the same size, i guess landing gear technology has improved significantly lately. (remove the space and replace it with a .)
J-20... The New Generation Fighter III
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the landing gear isn't that small. http : // luckybogey files wordpress com/2009/12/f-22_1128jpg. the landing gear on the f-22 is around the same size, i guess landing gear technology has improved significantly lately. (remove the space and replace it with a .)
Pepe, just to share with you what the more or less informed belief in China as to what J-20 was designed for and will be:
The J-20 was designed to counter the F-22, not F-35. It was to do so not by matching F-22's stealth, which the Chinese think has become a mistake to sacrifice maneuverability for stealth in a world where F-22 is no longer the only stealth one. China places very high (if not the highest) importance to manuvorability and the J-20 will be (Gasp) more maneuverable than F-22... and T-50.
So if one day it is to be exported, it would not be an alternative to the F-35, but one to the F22.
Agreed, Agreed, like her looks, but Pak Fa is a little more aesthetic, prolly why F-22 has no canards, like Player says, looks like a butterfly, Gods own design. I do agree, shes not as long as it appears in some photos. Gizmo are position lights for night formation and orientation to other aircraft, series of lights to give you a linear perspective are extremely helpfull, when its dark.
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The J-XX was designed to counter ANY possible enemy and this includes the F-35. It will be a cheap alternative to both of them. India and Russia are working in a light stealth fighter, but we have no info about a Chinese light stealth fighter.
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Pepe
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In my opinion, F-23 was the most pleasant stealth fighter and PAK-Fa has a lot in common with it.
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Pepe
Precisely my point, perhaps what's surprising here is how close US and China's tax receipts are (2.3 vs 1.64 trillion) vis-a-vis the big difference in defense spending. The result can be seen , infrastructure cost way more than J-20s. These things contribute far more to the economy during peace time, though in wartime they are just targets.
As far as exports, that will be long long way off, if ever. Example, if the future is truly in UAV, when the Chinese air force finally is okay with exporting J-20 because they now have some fancy combat UAV. The countries that can afford something like J-20 would want some sort of UAV too.
I'm afraid, Pepe, you didn't get the point... Um, I didn't make my point clear:
1、I was referring to the Chinese military fans' belief, not yours.
2、When the J-20 was first concieved, there was only the F-22 that worried the Chinese. Then the F-35 came out, the belief is that the J-20's designers and PLAAF watched it and determined it was not as worthy an enemy as the F-22. So the benchmark for J-20 was still the F-22.
3、The belief is that the J-20 is to fight the F-22 and to crush the rest, including the F-35...and therefore, the F-35 is already obsolete, and the Japanese would be wasting money buying this aircraft with China in their mind.
P.S. I am not trying to prove anything, as nobody knows enough to prove much of anything. I aim to present what many Chinese fans think or believe.
1、I was referring to the Chinese military fans' belief, not yours.
2、When the J-20 was first concieved, there was only the F-22 that worried the Chinese. Then the F-35 came out, the belief is that the J-20's designers and PLAAF watched it and determined it was not as worthy an enemy as the F-22. So the benchmark for J-20 was still the F-22.
3、The belief is that the J-20 is to fight the F-22 and to crush the rest, including the F-35...and therefore, the F-35 is already obsolete, and the Japanese would be wasting money buying this aircraft with China in their mind.
P.S. I am not trying to prove anything, as nobody knows enough to prove much of anything. I aim to present what many Chinese fans think or believe.
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Not really. The opened panels on the side are very likely the wheelbay panels/doors. The side-weapon-bay doors are much thinner and shorter breadthwise.
that paint looks gorgeous under the sun and skylight
Huh? Are we talking about the same thing?
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Guys, I picked up this bit about the J-2001:
At 1:30 this afternoon, 2001 took off. It came back about half an hour later. Before landing, it dumped lots of fuel, giving a magnificent view!
Around 4:00, it took off again.... And this time it never came back!! Then everybody on site left, leaving the wall climbers wondering: Where did it go? To Yanliang?
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It does, doesn't it?! Can you figure out why the door panel of the side weapon bay look so thick?
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It does, doesn't it?! Can you figure out why the door panel of the side weapon bay looks so thick?
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