J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread

taxiya

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Three different J-35 key-fobs … I want one! :p

(Image via @太湖啥个 from Weibo)

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why? it isn't real as in made by anyone related to PLA.
Top one has the PLAAF emblem. The other two are PLAN.
No point to comment, it isn't real.

First of all, why English? PLA isn't made of English speakers. Secondly, there is similar real items photographed. In Chinese "起飞前卸下", literally "Remove before flight".

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taxiya

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The engine shielding from the sides is quite poor, at least compared to the F-35.
Are you sure you are comparing the real airframe of FC-31 (J-35) with F-35? And what observation exactly made you reach your conclusion? An one line assertion without acompanying reasoning is very low quality post.

Wasn't implying that it was an oversight or technical deficiency. The observation stands, whether it be unintended or something that was sacrificed for another technical advantage.

FC-31's side is flat and smooth, it uses DSI, the intake cover lip swapped forwardly to cover the bump and adding more curve. There is nothing different from F-35 in oversight, deficiency, nor any sacrifice of anything.

Your conclusion is based the CGI photo whose intake lips expose DSI more because it does not swap forward as much as the real thing.

In engineering we usually say "shit in, shit out". If you take the wrong input, you will get crappy output.
 

FirebirdFan

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why? it isn't real as in made by anyone related to PLA.

No point to comment, it isn't real.

First of all, why English? PLA isn't made of English speakers. Secondly, there is similar real items photographed. In Chinese "起飞前卸下", literally "Remove before flight".

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Kind of off topic but interesting seeing PL-8 training aide on a PF10.
 

manqiangrexue

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Wasn't implying that it was an oversight or technical deficiency. The observation stands, whether it be unintended or something that was sacrificed for another technical advantage.
There's very little going on back there that would be compromised by rear flaps to cover the sides of the engines. Your observation is based on eyeballing. The design was based on thorough thermodynamic studies of the engine and the petal materials as well as the movement/dissipation of the heat in relation to the airflow of the jet while it is flying. They likely covered up what was identified as a risk and left open what they determined to be safe, even if it appears to an untrained eye that they could have hidden the engine much more.

The F-35 also leaves the lover part of the engine nacelle and petals exposed and I doubt it's because they couldn't design the tail to cover a little lower.
 
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Blitzo

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Wasn't implying that it was an oversight or technical deficiency. The observation stands, whether it be unintended or something that was sacrificed for another technical advantage.

Indeed it is all about tradeoffs, but, you were implying it was an inferior design decision and there's no need to beat around the bush from that, just own it.

A more neutral comment on that observation would be something like "the engine placement of J-35 is more posterior relative to the overall length of the aircraft, while the engine placement of F-35 is more anterior relative to the overall length of the aircraft".

If all other things are held equal:
- Placing the engine (and thus the nozzle) more anteriorly in enables a little bit more transverse obstruction by the tails of the aircraft, relative to if it is place more posteriorly.
- However, placing the engine more posteriorly also means you extend the overall length of the fuselage (as measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the engine nozzle), giving you additional fuselage volume for fuel and internal subsystems.


Anyway in that specific drawing the nozzles are dilated which exaggerates their transverse visual profile somewhat. In flight, they would be much more contracted and more significantly obstructed by the tails and tailbooms, albeit of course still possessing a slightly more less obstructed transverse signature than F-35. The importance of the extent of direct line of sight to the engine nozzle from the transverse aspect in context of contemporary sensors and the rest of the signature of the aircraft... who knows.


All of which is to say this was a stupid discussion to begin with.
 

Schwerter_

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Three different J-35 key-fobs … I want one! :p

(Image via @太湖啥个 from Weibo)

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Interestingly enough, with the recent official release of air force variant J-35 photo (the closeup one with the vertical tail) and what we previously had regarding the naval variant, these key-fobs did a surprisingly good job regarding the details. Note that the control surfaces are different between the variants, which is consistent with the actual aircrafts and, in the case of the air force variant, shows correct detail that was unavailable to the general public at the time that these key-fobs were made. (That is, unless we have previously had good quality photos of the air force variant that I was not aware of that made the vertical tail control surface design public knowledge)

Based on the above, I would say that these key-fobs are definitely made by someone with inside knowledge (if not by the military itself)
 

ACuriousPLAFan

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Discussion moved here to avoid derailing initial thread.
Oh Liaoning already changed the wheel chocks? Do you have a picture? I couldn't tell when I checked with Liaoning's dual carrier op pics

Seen not exactly on Liaoning, but in the PLAN NAU. Though it is certainly reasonable to expect that the post-MLU Liaoning will have similar modifications.

For reference:
Speaking of which, an update:


Roughly translated:

Have a closer look at the older wheel chock:

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And compare it with the newer wheel chock:

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The older wheel chocks have 11 "blades", while the newer wheel chocks have 14 "blades". Also, the widening of the wheel chocks involved adding additional "blades" inwards (i.e. towards the center).

On one hand, this should confirm that the J-35s is indeed STOBAR-capable and will be capable of operating from Liaoning (and Shandong after her mid-life upgrade sometime in the future).

On the other hand, comparing the newer, wider wheel chocks at the PLAN NAU to the even wider wheel chocks on the Kuznetsov CV:

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We can see that while each of the twin wheel chocks on the Kuznetsov are divided into two halves with 11 "blades" on each halves (i.e. 22 "blades" in total), such that the outer halves are used for the SU-33 while the inner halves are used for the MiG-29K - The newer, wider wheel chocks at the PLAN NAU are operated as a whole.

This should mean that spacing between the rear undercarriages of the J-35 is pretty wide. Not as wide as the J-15, but certainly nowhere as narrow as the MiG-29K.

Original video segment of the wheel chocks:


@Deino @Blitzo FYA.
 
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