It seems the engines are still WS-21.Some speculation on a potential J-35AE?
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Aircraft 0001, but the font of the serial number looks a bit off. Very strange. [thinking]
The canopy detonation cord is still the old style, and some of the sensor antennas used for testing are still there.
If we rule out post-production editing of the video, the nose has the English “AVIC” lettering painted on it, so it should be an in-house retained aircraft. Whether it could serve as a demonstrator for the wealthy Gulf clients is hard to say.
齐天的孙猴子 responds:
"J-35AE"
鼎盛大彪 says:
"This AVIC aircraft already appeared before the Zhuhai Airshow the year before last. [laughs] Too bad it wasn’t able to go."
J-35A fighter (PLAAF) + FC-31
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People are so eager to draw conclusions from anything. The engine model in the hands of Huang Weina could be very likely brought in by the TV crew to make that shot, it could be just a model of nothing specific. Media crew doesn't care much of accuracy, nor do they want to risk of revealing something sensitive, Huang Weina has no reason to show the model of the real thing.
Certainly hope so cause I sure as hell won't recognise any engine without contra-rotating spools as an actual 5th gen engine /s
Some speculation on a potential J-35AE?
Original poster:
Aircraft 0001, but the font of the serial number looks a bit off. Very strange. [thinking]
The canopy detonation cord is still the old style, and some of the sensor antennas used for testing are still there.
If we rule out post-production editing of the video, the nose has the English “AVIC” lettering painted on it, so it should be an in-house retained aircraft. Whether it could serve as a demonstrator for the wealthy Gulf clients is hard to say.
齐天的孙猴子 responds:
"J-35AE"
鼎盛大彪 says:
"This AVIC aircraft already appeared before the Zhuhai Airshow the year before last. [laughs] Too bad it wasn’t able to go."
伏尔戈星图 says it's J-35AE
(It might actually be four variants: naval, air force, export, twin seat or land based naval (??) )
Does anyone knows is WS21 have engine blockers? Like ws19
as per Hurin, 0001 number is similar to this J-10CE in context with export variant.. interestingSome speculation on a potential J-35AE?
Original poster:
Aircraft 0001, but the font of the serial number looks a bit off. Very strange. [thinking]
The canopy detonation cord is still the old style, and some of the sensor antennas used for testing are still there.
If we rule out post-production editing of the video, the nose has the English “AVIC” lettering painted on it, so it should be an in-house retained aircraft. Whether it could serve as a demonstrator for the wealthy Gulf clients is hard to say.
齐天的孙猴子 responds:
"J-35AE"
鼎盛大彪 says:
"This AVIC aircraft already appeared before the Zhuhai Airshow the year before last. [laughs] Too bad it wasn’t able to go."
Btw, he had a deleted Tweet earlier that said he wasn't totally sure if it's AE. I think he's reading off this forum
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Here you go Deino. We found the serial.
I don't think those are (necessarily) the same plane
Wonder if the J-35AE would have WS-19s. Would China risk exporting its flagship engine tech (I know it's not technically flagship, that's the WS-15 currently but it's still pretty up there)