omg we're at this stage again...
PLA next/6th generation fighter thread
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The post is not gone, and the cover is still the same as you've shown.
However it's content feels more like a EOFY or end of calender year PR article, rather than any hint of next generation project.
Still I think it's worth listing out what its editor said to be the "10 new product moments"
However it's content feels more like a EOFY or end of calender year PR article, rather than any hint of next generation project.
Still I think it's worth listing out what its editor said to be the "10 new product moments"
- demo flight of F35A
- demo model of J20S
- The 3 variants of J15 over Zhuhai
- demo flight of Z20J and Z8C
- Haolong Spaceplane for China Space Station commercial cargo program
- HH-100 commercial cargo UAV demonstrator first flight
- Y5U UAV transporter first flight
- AG50 sports plane firstflight
- AC311A first flight with water tank and water cannon
- First customer of AS700 airship
even more since a J-16 is never a Chase-plane at CAC
But still, rotary weapon bays are not unprecedented in fighter designs.
The problem is more with there to place such a deep bay, so it won't compromise structural rigidity.
Should also be a little larger than the flanker chase plane.
Honestly, at this point I wouldn’t mind some really good (but clearly marked) PS and CGI renders, to tide me over.
Not unprecedented yes, but also I think not preferable if the alternative configuration is viable
IMO obvious/blatant PSes may be better off not being posted on SDF, or if they have to be posted for archival purposes, posting them and not discussing them further is probably the best course of action.
Disclaimer - I don't know how dependable this guy is, since I've not followed him before.
Translation:
TL; DR - Basically similar information as what has been posted this morning.
Speaking of which, what's more noteworthy is that SA has echoed similar information (with the caption "南北并进" (i.e. "north-&-south going together")) in a now-deleted Weibo post sometime this afternoon, of which he quote-posted a hint post by AI with a Chinese show/skit screenshot that has a subtitle "黑土". SA also explained in the comment section that was related to both Chengdu and Shenyang.
I didn't manage to save the post before it was deleted.
Though, I think we can confidently say that we might be able to expect that Shenyang's demonstrator/prototype to take flight within one year (or even one month) of Chengdu's demonstrator/prototype.
(The underlined two-capital-letter phrases are short abbreviations of well-known sources on the Chinese internet that are deemed highly dependable/reliable.)
Translation:
TL; DR - Basically similar information as what has been posted this morning.
Speaking of which, what's more noteworthy is that SA has echoed similar information (with the caption "南北并进" (i.e. "north-&-south going together")) in a now-deleted Weibo post sometime this afternoon, of which he quote-posted a hint post by AI with a Chinese show/skit screenshot that has a subtitle "黑土". SA also explained in the comment section that was related to both Chengdu and Shenyang.
I didn't manage to save the post before it was deleted.
Though, I think we can confidently say that we might be able to expect that Shenyang's demonstrator/prototype to take flight within one year (or even one month) of Chengdu's demonstrator/prototype.
(The underlined two-capital-letter phrases are short abbreviations of well-known sources on the Chinese internet that are deemed highly dependable/reliable.)