Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator

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mr.bean

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sorry, but i'm a kid in a candy shop. china has GOT to get both the j-20 and j-31. they've just GOT to!!!

Shenyang has just wished a HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everybody, giving us quite a treat!!!

i think the suits in shenyang must have a smile on their faces today after enduring 2 years of watching chengdu get all the praise, attention and kudos for their J-20! today they can tell everyone "hey we are still here and we're back in the game and dont you doubt it"!
 

kwaigonegin

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It's nice and clean now, but so was the X-35.

How much bloat this gains (or doesn't), depends on a lot of things we don't know yet, like how close this is to the final production design, what the J-31 is ultimately for, etc.

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Anyways, the pictures are great, and the plane is indeed a looker.


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Weren't there better estimates from previous images? (I mean the images of it when it wasn't fully assembled yet.)

I'm still perplexed as to why SAC didn;t go for one piece canopy with plating to reduce signature and radar scatter.
 

paintgun

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Weren't there better estimates from previous images? (I mean the images of it when it wasn't fully assembled yet.)

there was the estimate from highway section width, and some other

oh btw, smokeless engine, so clear we can see vortex but no smoke/soot
WS-13 maybe :)
 
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Broccoli

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It seems to have done more tighter turns when compared to J-20's first flight, or perhaps this is all just my imagination.
 

Blitzo

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From that angle this plane looks so much like an F-22 it's hilarious.

Not bad haha.
 
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