Shilao had mentioned the goal set by the air force was US$80 million total cost per unit and the navy catapult variant had no such budget concerns for getting relatively higher specifications as they would likely be purchasing fewer numbers of the J-35.
J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread
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To me it looks a lot big. J-31A. I think it might be 30% bigger not surprise.More images taken from different angles.
antiterror13
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okay, so roughly 20% less than J-20, if J-20 unit cost is $100M which I think is getting lower and lower
If it is true, the main reason for PLAAF to get J-35 may not be the lower unit cost, but something else as @tphuang mentioned before here J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31 thread
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Yes I know I have those relatives too XD
What's that green stuff? Is the coating wearing off?
Yup. The primer is showing because it's an older airframe that seems to be test flied pretty hard.
If you look at other pictures of that aircraft, it seems like this is a prototype that they'd applied a coating on somewhat partially -- the trailing edge flaps of the wings also show a thin line of the exposed green primer below.
Either it's a prototype that was flown very thoroughly, or it's a prototype that was only recently painted possibly for purposes of the air show.
Regardless, there's not too much to read into, and I am not sure I would call it a "coating" because that implies it is covered by some sort of RAM.
