J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
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Well, I would also note that I've came to that conclusion last year when we saw that bird with engines without the carbon ceramic petals, in which I pointed out both that render and the engines have 12 petals (weirdly an even number) and look suspiciously like each other:
Here's 3506's engines for reference. Looks to me like an evolution of the same engines with (potentially) darkened petals (possibly simply due to lighting or now using carbon ceramic petals, if not the same nozzles):
(side note: I don't think the TVC in that render is accurate. If there's any TVC at all, most likely it'll be some form of AVEN, instead of the whole nozzle pivoting)
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This is interesting because J-20A with WS-15 hasn't took part in airshow but J-35 with WS-19 has. Is J-20A going to take part in September parade like J-35 or not?
Well we don't know for sure if WS-19 J-35As have attended Zhuhai...
J-35 looks smaller than J-15
It should be. A plane that is powered by two medium engines should be smaller than one powered two heavy engines. The size difference should be similar to a F/A-18 to a F-14 Tomcat.
Yes it is.
That airframe is the first J-35 flying prototype. The first prototypes of most aircraft tend to have a more prominent pitot for initial flight test purposes. Prototypes further down the line, and of course production aircraft, tend to omit them.
Rotated version of above image.
