JH-7/JH-7A/JH-7B Thread

siegecrossbow

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Re: JH-7/JH-7A Thread

Deino said:
... and now I'm more than interested to see the rear parts, the wing-part, the bottom parts, the front parts and .... :)


Actually I was a bit surprised about the last very quiet weeks after the story about the spotter being arrested, who took the J-15/J-10B-photos ...
Therefore, does anyone know where that picture was taken ??
At Xian, Shenyang, ... or again at Chengdu ?

Deino
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Rumors on CD say that it is taken at Chengdu.

Latest info from CD: All threads on the JH-7B are being locked down. Don't know why this is happening.
 
Deino

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At Chengdu again ... that's even more a surprise !!

As such - and here to Your question - I don't know. Either it's a very bug bluff, everything on that "thing" is FAKe (what I don't think) or there's a lot more behind and again a spotter will get some unexpected visitors within the next hours.

Deino
 
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I was hoping for levcons, but evidently this plane lacks them.

That's the beauty of being shameless copycats; creativity is when the number of people you copy has become so immense you can start calling them "influences".
 
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Deino said:
Actually I was a bit surprised about the last very quiet weeks after the story about the spotter being arrested, who took the J-15/J-10B-photos ...
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He didn't get arrested, just got invited for a chat over tea. And personally, I don't think his J-15 photos were the reason he got invited, after all, the J-15 looks no different than the Su-33. I think the real reason he got invited is because SAC is pushing something out, and doesn't want plane spotters to be around.
 
plawolf

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Interesting new development.

I always held the view that when it comes to LO/stealth designs, its all or nothing. You either go full-on stealth with internal weapons bays and all the other bells and whistles, or don't even bother trying and save yourself the cost and hassle of designing some LO features in only to have all the gains eroded once you hang a decent payload on.

This is especially true with a striker.

If this bird was really photoed in Chengdu, then there is a possibility of some kind of collaborative work between CAC and Xian. It might be a totally voluntary commercial agreement, or it could be a top-down directive.

It would make sense for Xian to maybe make use of the advanced computing and machining tools as well as software and skills that CAC has developed in getting the J20 into the air instead of Xian duplicating the efforts at huge cost and delays.

Since the J20 is in the flight testing phase, all the design and some of the fabrication assets at CAC might have a little idle time to help Xian out. The design teams especially, the fabrication teams might be busy building more prototypes to speed up developing, or they might not.

But the DSI and stealth features are CAC hallmarks, so I would not be surprised if they had a hand in this new mystery plane.

Just when you thought we had all the surprises we can expect with the J20 coming out, this comes right out of the blue.
 
Engineer

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plawolf said:
Interesting new development.

I always held the view that when it comes to LO/stealth designs, its all or nothing. You either go full-on stealth with internal weapons bays and all the other bells and whistles, or don't even bother trying and save yourself the cost and hassle of designing some LO features in only to have all the gains eroded once you hang a decent payload on.

This is especially true with a striker.
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Only AShM and LACM are too big to be carried inside the aircraft. Miniaturized PGMs should be able to fit inside internal bays without problems, and this latter reason should well justify the modification of JH-7.
 
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Engineer: that's garbage. Levcons have significantly reduced radar signatures and drag when compared to canard designs, while offering comparable levels of maneuverability. Whether you opt for canards, levcons, or lerxes is up to the plane designer and the mission needed, but you cannot discard levcons as a design approach altogether.
 
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