Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

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[siegecrossbow]

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1968469502795932059

Fly over Changchun and watch people freak out!

 

[hkvaryag]

Yes, it is twin engines.

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MAY BE THIS?????

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1968469502795932059

Fly over Changchun and watch people freak out!

Really over Changchun?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

MAY BE THIS????? View attachment 161126

Given that the horizontal plane of the aircraft is almost parallel to the line-sight of the camera, I don't think we can infer much based on presently-available photo and information.

 

[TK3600]

Do we even know it is for combat. Could be for refuel or recon.

 

[Blitzo]

Do we even know it is for combat. Could be for refuel or recon.

What are you talking about? Are you talking about the new, large flying wing UCAV? If so, you could be asking about it in the main UCAV/CCA thread rather than this thread.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

New flight allegedly. Via Captain小潇, original poster see watermark

 

[enroger]

I notice that wingtip flutter is not as aggressive as it was in footage of earlier flights. Can this be taken as SAC working out kinks in using the wingtips to maintain aircraft orientation and direction of movement?

I predicted it many months ago that they'll fix the aggressive fluttering, many people debated with me over it. I stand by my original comment, that aggressive fluttering wingtip was sub-optimal and it would be fixed sooner or later.

Having said that, this is too short of a footage to tell for sure, we'll see more clearly if we get more footage of it doing more aggressive maneuvers. The footage we saw back then the plane did some mild banking then leveled, the new footage is just the plane in leveled flight.

 

[talonn]

I predicted it many months ago that they'll fix the aggressive fluttering, many people debated with me over it. I stand by my original comment, that aggressive fluttering wingtip was sub-optimal and it would be fixed sooner or later.

Having said that, this is too short of a footage to tell for sure, we'll see more clearly if we get more footage of it doing more aggressive maneuvers. The footage we saw back then the plane did some mild banking then leveled, the new footage is just the plane in leveled flight.

I am still reserving my judgment until I see much longer footage