Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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So, that is bad, but sometimes things do break in static testing, better now than in the air later, but it sounds like somebody boo booed on this one, and I was holding my breath waiting for the first flight in September. Oh stinko
I know it is difficult to confirm, but what's the source of this report ???
Besides that if that was an accident/incident not caoused by the stress tests and every other items could have been tested until then or later on ... a maiden flight of the first flying prototype not really has to be in danker.
Deino
Besides that if that was an accident/incident not caoused by the stress tests and every other items could have been tested until then or later on ... a maiden flight of the first flying prototype not really has to be in danker.
Deino
I know it is difficult to confirm, but what's the source of this report ???
Besides that if that was an accident/incident not caoused by the stress tests and every other items could have been tested until then or later on ... a maiden flight of the first flying prototype not really has to be in danker.
Deino
Besides that if that was an accident/incident not caoused by the stress tests and every other items could have been tested until then or later on ... a maiden flight of the first flying prototype not really has to be in danker.
Deino
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Well, I also read it on CD a few days ago about some stupid mistakes made by the workers. I wasn't 100% sure they were talking about this plane because the kind of "coded" language they use when talking about such things. Anyway, someone said that the workers used the drill bit of a wrong diameter to drill the holes for the canopy that had arrived later. When they found that the holes were a little bigger than the screws, they somehow decided to go on with it, hoping it would work. But it didn't in the folloing stress test...
I read in an earlier article posted in the J-10III thread that these kinds of mistakes were prevalent in the Chinese aviation industry in the 1970s and 80s hence why their planes were of such low quality. An example being the inability of the J-8 to fly in the 20th anniversary of the PRC parade. So Song Weng Cong made do with those attitudes in CAC in preparation for the development of the J-10. It appears that the rest of the Chinese Aviation Industry are still plagued with poor workmanship.
Its shenyang. What do u expect?
Lets not just blame Shenyang, all mechanics who drill too large a hole, fill them with a bigger screw, really, how would you like to go tell the boss, sorry boss, "I just jacked our 60 million dollar prototype and threw our whole plan into the dumpster by using too large of a drill bit". Much better to throw in the larger screws, and hope for the best, been there and done that. Then when it breaks you can blame the next guy, "he told me to". Really, it happens everyday, on every planet in the solar system, and yes I have been paid to work on real airplanes, and I have been chewed out by Klem, when I messed something up. No, really, and yes I have flown those same airplanes that I worked on, most of the time thats the recommended fix, so until we get more details, lets lighten up on Shenyang!
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