asif iqbal
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Naval V3.0 has flown ?
what’s the latest ?
what’s the latest ?
Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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That's exactly - as so often before - the most important question: Who's the one who posted this? Is he reliable, credible ...?? ... or again a fan-boy who wants to get attention?
Can anyone please provide a link to that forum and post?
I think, and please don't take is as an offence, but this is exactly how rumours explode!
There is so far only a post "a prototype has been seen" ... followed up by "where and who posted this" ... and after only two posts this "rumoured prototype has already flown"!
Allegedly it will use the new WS-19, if this is however already installed in the prototype, I don't know.
drunkmunky
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very skeptical that they would fly a new chassis AND a new engine at the same time.
I think it's either or
I think it's either or
We know the airframe must at least be diffrerent from FC-31 v1 and v2 because it's a navalized/carrierborne variant.
But we've never had any indication that WS-19 would be ready for the prototype, so I dont' think there's any reason to entertain the question of whether WS-19 is installed in the prototype... because that idea was never a possibility to begin with.
But we've never had any indication that WS-19 would be ready for the prototype, so I dont' think there's any reason to entertain the question of whether WS-19 is installed in the prototype... because that idea was never a possibility to begin with.
Sorry, if this was the conclusion from my previous post, I think it is quite clear that similar to the J-20/WS-15 the J-35/WS-19 combination won't be ready and that any prototype would use interim engines first.
SinoSoldier
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Haha, flashback to the golden days of the Cold War when the PLA would be brash enough to test a prototype nuclear warhead on a prototype missile.
I'm not sure if brash is the right word so much as "resource deplete"
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