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My guesstimate is that there would have to be at least 5 PTs. 31001 to me is a 'Naval' prototype. The air superiority or multirole J-31 would be slightly different.
Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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My guesstimate is that there would have to be at least 5 PTs. 31001 to me is a 'Naval' prototype. The air superiority or multirole J-31 would be slightly different.
of course they would, so that means the 31001 is actually a "proof of concept" or tech demonstrator more accurately, its flight test program has been much more limited and much more "sporadic' in frequency. While I would prefer a slightly larger aircraft , say SHornet rather than Hornet, it may well be that it is the lo in the old Hi/Lo concept, and thus best served as a smaller aircraft?... I believe it will likely be built as a Naval aircraft, but as of yet, there are no concrete RFPs, so we shall see?
Even as the F-35 is in LRIP, you can see numbers of aircraft assigned to "test"????
YES and NO, especially since actually I don't think that there will be a specialised air superiority J-31, even more since the current 31001 is for sure not a naval prototype, since it lacks the folding wing and tail hook.
IMO aircraft 01 is simply a proof of concept prototype, maybe comparable to the British EAP in relation to the €F or the YF-22 to the serial Raptor. But that will require new decent engines most of all.
I agree with You that in the end if the decision was made to develop this into an operational type there will be more prototypes - IMO even more than 5 - and in the end there will be a true naval multirole version and a land-based multirole version. I don't think that there will me to seperate multirole and air superiority versions even more for both the PLAAF and PLANAF.
As such like Bill Sweetman once said, the J-31 could be in fact the better JSF - maybe to be called a Joint Sino Fighter
- since it can leave the STOVL-requirement aside.Deino
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Having a naval version of the J-31 would be awesome
They have the experience from the J15 and J15S and all the developmental knowledge which they can apply to the J-31 programme
In addition J-31 would make for a fine export aircraft for Pakistan post 2020
I hope Sino-Pak can secure some exports before 2020 with the Super Mushak, K-8 and JF-17 Block II package
They have the experience from the J15 and J15S and all the developmental knowledge which they can apply to the J-31 programme
In addition J-31 would make for a fine export aircraft for Pakistan post 2020
I hope Sino-Pak can secure some exports before 2020 with the Super Mushak, K-8 and JF-17 Block II package
Deino
Pinkov will be there though... Some photographers on CJDBY are planning on pelting him with rotten eggs since he stole their photos for his publication.
Blackstone
Brigadier
Do you see Sino-Pak J-31 arrangements derailed by China's improving relations with Iran and Pakistan's problems with the same?
danielchin
Junior Member
A J-31 had arrived in Zhuhai (photos from cjdby)
Um, hell yes?!
Blackstone
Brigadier
I thought maybe, just maybe Shenyang would surprise everyone with a second J-31, but nope.