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Again something strange .. Anyone with idea what's this??
Posted by LKJ86/PDF in the "China Civil Aviation" section, but IMO looks more like an UCAV than a civil project?
(Image via @航空工业气动院 from Weixin)
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Looks like one of the twenty flying wing drones being pitched.
It couldn’t be a drone though. There is clearly a cockpit that would be replaced by an intake in a drone.
broadsword
Brigadier
Hypersonic missile is what the front of the object looks like att
Hypersonic missile is what the front of the object looks like. Behind it is the rocket it is attached to.
Hypersonic missile is what the front of the object looks like. Behind it is the rocket it is attached to.
That isnt a rocket. It is a model support or .
This is, just as others said, a UAV model. Subsonic UAV, Very Low Observable. Single Engined.
This is likely to be the Sharp sword. So, this photo is either a dated one ( few years ago) or them trying to improve upon the Sharp sword.
edit : presumably
by78
General
There was an unmanned flying wing transport concept as well.
by78
General
I've tracked down the . This is not a civilian project. The explanation accompanying the photo says the following:
So, it would seem the model is a Shenyang project.
Interestingly, Zhao Xia was a classmate of both Yang Wei (designer of J-10, J-20, etc.) and Tang Changhong (designer of Y-20 and JH-7A). All three were in the "class of 5381" at Northwest Industrial University; that class was dubbed the best aviation class in history. Yang Wei and Tang Changhong were also dorm mates. Below is an image of class 5381, dated July 12, 1982.
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plawolf
Lieutenant General
I've tracked down the . This is not a civilian project. The explanation accompanying the photo says the following:
So, it would seem the model is a Shenyang project.
Interestingly, Zhao Xia was a classmate of both Yang Wei (designer of J-10, J-20, etc.) and Tang Changhong (designer of Y-20 and JH-7A). All three were in the "class of 5381" at Northwest Industrial University; that class was dubbed the best aviation class in history. Yang Wei and Tang Changhong were also dorm mates. Below is an image of class 5381, dated July 12, 1982.
The rest of the class must hate class reunions...
I've tracked down the . This is not a civilian project. The explanation accompanying the photo says the following:
So, it would seem the model is a Shenyang project.
Interestingly, Zhao Xia was a classmate of both Yang Wei (designer of J-10, J-20, etc.) and Tang Changhong (designer of Y-20 and JH-7A). All three were in the "class of 5381" at Northwest Industrial University; that class was dubbed the best aviation class in history. Yang Wei and Tang Changhong were also dorm mates. Below is an image of class 5381, dated July 12, 1982.
Maybe some of their classmates are working under them now.
"The full name of this model in the FL-62 wind tunnel is called "Small aspect ratio flying wing standard model". This model seems to be fired once a year, so it is better to introduce it
The standard model is like a reference object. It is a commonly used research model in the aerodynamic field. Carrying out wind tunnel tests and CFD calculations on this common standard model and comparing the results with the published standard model aerodynamic data can verify your own Whether the wind tunnel and the CFD program have reached sufficient measurements ..."
Joint exercise between PLAAF and PLANAF. Both sides employed AWACs and EW.