First Chinese aircraft with onboard ladders?
J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread
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First Chinese aircraft with onboard ladders?
yes..
Short clip
Looks like there are 11 airframes in that video
by78
General
This is a Chengdu patent that was shared previously. SAC has its own patent on a boarding ladder design, which differs (see images below).
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If this is the CCTV interview that you are referring to , the designer attributed the choice of central stick in J-35 NOT because of pilot accustomed to older jet, but rather the advantage of central stick for carrier landing. He did not relate to J-15 or J-20 in his speech.
Here is a paper from PLAAF avaition medicine institute.
or this zhuhu link, one of the answers copy/pasted the content of the paper
The paper basically says that side stick still struggles to match the advantage of central stick in terms of feedback from control surfaces. This feedback is critical in carrier landing because there is no room for mistakes. I know F-35C uses side stick but that is not due to side sticks natural advantage but rather a compromise of F-35's 3-in-1 nature. It is like touch screen is fancy but can never give the feeling of physical buttons, it works for mobile phone but it is dangerous in operating a car while one can not move eyesight away from the road. This once again tells that F-35 program is something of "样样皆通，样样稀松“, "can in everything, but so-so in everything", while PLA's philosophy is never compromise (relatively speaking).
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plawolf
Lieutenant General
That’s a lot of empty space behind the ejection seat. I’m surprised they didn’t try to utilise that for something given how precise space is on fighter aircraft.