J-20... The New Generation Fighter III

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AssassinsMace

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Video taken on May 29th. No take-off but the J-20 rolls to the other end of the runway and throttles up from that end so we get an angle we haven't seen before.

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AssassinsMace

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I guess it flew. Too bad you can't see the panel through the reflection on the inside. So what's the purpose of dumping fuel all the time?

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opkeyen said:
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Hmmm ... maybe You did not notice, but as far as I remember this is the third of Your five post without any substantial contex !! :(

Could You please elaborate to say what You want to say ... otherwise I take this as a SPAM-account ....

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AssassinsMace said:
I guess it flew. Too bad you can't see the panel through the reflection on the inside. So what's the purpose of dumping fuel all the time?
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It is a testing plane. You go up with enough to cope diversion, longer testing due to problems but when you come back you better reduce risk with weight so dump it... Same happens with commercial planes during testing. Hope that explains.
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... but over such a densely populated area like Chengdu !!!!! :(
 
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I'm still more fond of the YF-23 over the F-22; the YF-23 was stealthier, had greater range, and if I heard correctly, better sustained turning rates. The unfortunate thing was that it wasn't capable as a knife fighter due to lower instantaneous turning rates.
 
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fuel dumping could be more important to j20 than to older planes because j20 may have larger percentages of fuel without the benefit of jettisonable external tanks. maybe it needs a system where it can dumb A LOT of fuel and make itself lighter for a ton or two within a very short period of time. I do hope that plume of fuel isnt visible to radar though...
 
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F-22 combat radius is between 640 km and 960 km. The Su-35 has a combat radius of approximately 1370 km. So, a thrust-oriented approach sacrificing drag performance would still result in poor combat radius and poor fuel efficiency, but the F-22 has the tanker support to get away with it. However, if anti-AWACs missiles start hitting the scene, you can say goodbye to your tankers.
 
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Yup. This book is by the very same Yang Wei responsible for the Chengdu J-20. He also wrote a book on the JSF which is also available online. Guess he is a big fan of Lockmart.

Please buy the book and support the development of the Chengdu J-20 :D :D :D.
 
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Totoro said:
fuel dumping could be more important to j20 than to older planes because j20 may have larger percentages of fuel without the benefit of jettisonable external tanks. maybe it needs a system where it can dumb A LOT of fuel and make itself lighter for a ton or two within a very short period of time. I do hope that plume of fuel isnt visible to radar though...
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drop tanks are easy for china.
 
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