Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

[AndrewJ]

Something like this:

there are NO folding V tail

Is that a V tail in the pic?

Sorry I'm late, but have we confirmed there are NO? How?

 

[plawolf]

Seems more likely that the ‘tail’ is just an optical illusion caused why the flaps deployed creating a gap and the illusion of a tail.

 

[InsaneHum]

Is that a V tail in the pic?

Sorry I'm late, but have we confirmed there are NO? How?

Nothing is confirmed but likely no folding tails.

 

[Nx4eu]

Based on the image we've seen of the underside of the supposed aircraft, we can see it has large control surfaces but not an outline for a moving V-tail, and this makes complete sense. From the paper posted by78 previously, it shows that all moving wingtips cause undeniable strain and fluttering of the wings. a large V-tail that cuts into the wing would weaken the wing structure severely. A folding V-tail would also bring unnecessary complexity and as the 'J-36' demonstrates, China is fully capable of making completely tailless aircraft designs, so why would Shenyang compromise.

Based on these, it's highly likely, no almost certain that this Shenyang aircraft does not feature folding tail surfaces.

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on the fluttering characteristics of wings with all-moving wingtips.