J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread

[Richard Santos]

We got on this tangent because FC-31 is now the odds on favorite to become the next new Chinese carrier borne fighter. Which naturally led to comparative merits of FC-31 and J-20 as basis for a naval fighter. This in turn led to review of how another armed force in which naval aviation plays a dominant part (unlike the USSR) tried to adapt land based stealth fighters for carrier use.

I think it is a legitimate question because china is set to become the second most naval-aviation dominant armed force in the world, far more so then the USSR ever was, and much more so than either Britain or France. Within the service life span of the next new chinese carrier borne fighter, I think the chinese carrier fleet will also have to adapt itself to a role more similar to that of the US carrier fleet during the cold war, and not all that much like the US carrier fleet now, or the carriers of other countries in the world after the end of WWII.

 

[by78]

Photo release from SAC. It might have something to do with J-35. Here's my attempt at a translation:

Two task force teams have been formed for assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane, under the department of new equipment test and development center.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Photo release from SAC. It might have something to do with J-35. Here's my attempt at a translation:

Two task force teams have been formed for assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane, under the department of new equipment test and development center.

@Deino.

 

[davidau]

Photo release from SAC. It might have something to do with J-35. Here's my attempt at a translation:

Two task force teams have been formed for assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane, under the department of new equipment test and development center.

By the young Luoyang crack teams of SAC

 

[Deino]

Photo release from SAC. It might have something to do with J-35. Here's my attempt at a translation:

Two task force teams have been formed for assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane, under the department of new equipment test and development center.

@Deino.

Thank you both, but are these recent images? If yes, to begin with the "assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane" only now seems a bit late for a prototype that should fly soon? Or are these older ones posted only now?

 

[by78]

Thank you both, but are these recent images? If yes, to begin with the "assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane" only now seems a bit late for a prototype that should fly soon? Or are these older ones posted only now?

The

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containing the images is from four days ago. Assuming this has to do with 'J-35' – it might not be – I don't know what this means for the project's progress. The article mentions that No. 37 or 37th plant/factory is where the static test frame assembly is being carried out. Have you heard of this 37th plant under SAC?

 

[siegecrossbow]

Thank you both, but are these recent images? If yes, to begin with the "assembling(?) a static test frame of a certain plane" only now seems a bit late for a prototype that should fly soon? Or are these older ones posted only now?

Like by78 it was released only a few days ago. Since the team’s name contains Luo Yang, who worked on the J-15, it isn’t much of a stretch to guess what they are working on now.

 

[Deino]

The

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containing the images is from four days ago. Assuming this has to do with 'J-35' – it might not be – I don't know what this means for the project's progress. The article mentions that No. 37 or 37th plant/factory is where the static test frame assembly is being carried out. Have you heard of this 37th plant under SAC?

Like by78 it was released only a few days ago. Since the team’s name contains Luo Yang, who worked on the J-15, it isn’t much of a stretch to guess what they are working on now.

Wow ... this is interesting!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1404784762821038081

 

[Richard Santos]

If the static airframe has just been assembled, then it seems a good bet whatever prototype flying in the near future would be unsafe to use for exploring flight characteristics near the edge of flight envelop, or doing things like rigorous testing of deck landing characteristics.

so it would be at least a couple of years before a serious development airframe close to eventual service configuration would be flying.

 

[Volpler11]

Like by78 it was released only a few days ago. Since the team’s name contains Luo Yang, who worked on the J-15, it isn’t much of a stretch to guess what they are working on now.

Luo Yang youth assault(?) team appear to be some sort of gimmicky motivational thing that AVIC does.

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