PLAN 6th gen carrierborne fighter thread

[Alfa_Particle]

(Discussion moved here to avoid derailing original thread.)


Well, that's the problem.

WS-15 has been developed (or shall I say, tailor-made) with the J-20/A in mind, and that the J-20 wasn't planned for carrier-based operations in the first place. So if this situation does happen (i.e. navalized variant of WS-15 isn't ready in time as interim engine for the J-XDSH), then the WS-10H must be ready, no matter what.

In the meantime, given that the probable J-XDSH likely won't be entering service onboard PLAN CV(N)s until the mid-2030s - Given the additional time available for the AECC and SAC engineers, the best-case scenario would be having the new J-XDSH units to use WS-XX from the get-go. But then, I'm still very cautiously optimistic and borderline pessimistic.

I would suspect after the alleged 2018 revamp they would future-proof it too tbh

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Mmm. Some interesting patent applications from the Northwestern Polytechnical University (西工大) on 6th-gen carrier-based fighters, with an illustration depicting the J-XDS in one of the patent documents. Note that the illustration may or may not be related to the actual J-XDS project itself.

Posted by @nuwangzi on Twitter.

 

[Tomboy]

Mmm. Some interesting patent applications from the Northwestern Polytechnical University (西工大) on 6th-gen carrier-based fighters, with an illustration depicting the J-XDS in one of the patent documents. Posted by @nuwangzi on Twitter.

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Are you sure? This is describing a variable sweep wing aircraft with a complete different nozzle and aft design than the current J-XDS. This is probably just some generic graphic or a completely different project especially considering this isn't directly related to SAC.