J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread

[iantsai]

It is said that the front opening canopy allow lift the ejection seat w/o removing the canopy, which is good for carrier maintenance ops.

I think it's also possible to remove the ejection seat without removing the canopy if it's mounted from the behind.

This is just a problem of mechanical design.

 

[Jingle Bells]

Hmm, ws13 is probably a strong option for jf17 now that Russian military industrial complex needs to concentrate on war effort. Especially for new buyers that don't want to face secondary sanctions. Non ab ws13 are also widely used on the ucavs.

Having said that, I do expect WS-13E to be the initial engines for testing j35.

Wait, do you mean that these engines seen on this particular green primer J-35 are WS-13E?

 

[latenlazy]

Wait, do you mean that these engines seen on this particular green primer J-35 are WS-13E?

I think they likely are, judging by how the petals curve toward the fuselage at its fitting point.

 

[Jingle Bells]

I think they likely are, judging by how the petals curve toward the fuselage at its fitting point.

So you guys are saying that this serrated petal engine is a WS-13E. What does the "E" stand for though? Export?

 

[Deino]

So you guys are saying that this serrated petal engine is a WS-13E. What does the "E" stand for though? Export?

I think it is more like being "enhanced"!

 

[Totoro]

What are the odds that the naval variant alone will have the J35 label, while any export or even PLAAF oriented variant will have the J31 label? A loose basis for that would be the J11 and J15 names. Both are largely the same plane, but with certain modifications.

 

[lcloo]

What are the odds that the naval variant alone will have the J35 label, while any export or even PLAAF oriented variant will have the J31 label? A loose basis for that would be the J11 and J15 names. Both are largely the same plane, but with certain modifications.

Is this just a coincidence or intentionally?

J11 land based, J15 aircraft carrier based
J31 land based, J35 aircraft carrier based

 

[taxiya]

So you guys are saying that this serrated petal engine is a WS-13E. What does the "E" stand for though? Export?

I think it is only given by internet observes to a variant of WS-13 that is supposedly improved. It may be WS-13A,B,C...E officially eventually.

Remember, Chinese designation either use Chinese counting characters 甲乙丙丁 or ABCD in their place when using latin letters in documentation. The latin letters can also be used to represent Pinyin of Chinese words. They don't represent English words.

 

[Jingle Bells]

I think it is only given by internet observes to a variant of WS-13 that is supposedly improved. It may be WS-13A,B,C...E officially eventually.

Remember, Chinese designation either use Chinese counting characters 甲乙丙丁 or ABCD in their place when using latin letters in documentation. The latin letters can also be used to represent Pinyin of Chinese words. They don't represent English words.

The problem about 天干 （Tiangan, aka. the 甲乙丙丁..）system is that it only has 10 elements.
The 地支 （Dizhi, aka. the 子丑寅卯...) has 12 elements.
Either of these are as good as simple as the standard English alphabet which has 26 letters.

 

[blindsight]

The problem about 天干 （Tiangan, aka. the 甲乙丙丁..）system is that it only has 10 elements.
The 地支 （Dizhi, aka. the 子丑寅卯...) has 12 elements.
Either of these are as good as simple as the standard English alphabet which has 26 letters.

I do think you'd better develop a whole new generation before worrying about the 天干地支 limitation issue