Removing Hud Altogether , don't you think is a little extreme? For the rudandancy's sake alone it would make more sense in my opinion. It does make sense to use HMS/HMD on helmet for effective Off boresight and perhaps for PGMs like JHMS but boy something goes wrong with that screen or anyof those gizmos right around pilot's head (short circuit and u have fried brain ) and u r left with your MFDS.Anyone?
I believe a similar system is being worked for the F-35.
If you look at the pictures closely, there is HUD controls, but there is no actual HUD display on the cockpit. And again, the tester is using a helmet under stationary indoor conditions. We have seen pictures of testers in this facility testing other cockpits for other aircraft like the J-10's, and they were not wearing helmets, just to clear off this idea they were wearing helmets just to see how the cockpit looks like inside a helmet visor.
Of course, a lot of people, like me, have their misgivings about a HUDless all helmet display, as that is a lot of display clutter in front of your eyes, which makes for eye fatigue, and all that equipment on your helmet makes a heavier helmet, which makes for neck fatigue.
So this cockpit is more of an experimental development one, and should not be taken as a final cockpit to any plane, even the J-XX. PLAAF tends to be a bit conservative even though China now is gizmo crazy.
Now I've heard news and people talking about the two next fourth generation fighters know as J-XX (Stealth) and Super-10 (Twin Engine J-10). Super-10 sounds like and enlarged J-10, but still has the basic J-10 form while the J-XX has a different design not present in the PLAAF, simular to the F-22 in design.
Now wouldn't this be a theory that yes the PLAAF is developing the J-XX and Super-10 with normal liftoff. But what if now this is my theory that the J-XX is trying to distract the US in that they are just devloping a conventional take off fighter but in fact that is only half the story behind the J-XX project.
In fact the J-XX has two sides of the project a conventional take off and VSTOL fighter, one that everybody knows is the conventional take off but the other side which the PLAAF have hush hushed is the VSTOL. But the conventional one will comeout first as VSTOL is really damn hard. Probably like 2020ish VSTOL, 2013 Conventional, 2011 Super-10.
Just my thoughts, what are yours?
I'm not really sure what you're trying to say. J-XX is so speculative at this point, I don't really like speculating on it because that tends to reflect the wishes of the thinker as compared to the actual plane. That only means its going to get actual valid data separate from the clutter of wishy thinking.
Its hard to say what Super 10 is.
To the Russians and I feel they have a valid point, the Super 10 is the J-10 with an enhanced thrust engine with TVC and a phase array for radar. Mind you, a J-10 fitted with TVC with high enough thrust can be a challenge to anything on the air in WVR combat.
Second Super 10 form is a Rafale like fighter with a single rudder and two WS-13 engines, Maybe the intakes are underslung with DSI, but they can also be twin V'ed like the FC-1 on the side with DSI.
Third Super 10 form is a MiG 1.44 like fighter with twin rudders and two WS-13 engines. Intakes underslung, either variable ramp or DSI.
Fourth Super 10 form is like the third but with bigger WS-10A engines.
Fifth Super 10 form is a much more radical redesign of the fighter from the 4th with VLO features. Looks more like an F-23 combined with a delta-canard.
My opinion. For the current J-10, the first alternative is the best way to go.
2nd and 4th options don't really have that much of a benefit over the first. IMO, probably a waste of time.
The fifth is what they should go after. Its better to redesign the plane completely if you're going to make that many changes rather than hobble yourself trying to reuse as much of the existing airframe.
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