I‘m actually not sure what you mean with your post above - aka that brown part? - and IMO the strangest detail that maybe does not seem right is that on both images the nozzles appear slightly different!
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I‘m actually not sure what you mean with your post above - aka that brown part? - and IMO the strangest detail that maybe does not seem right is that on both images the nozzles appear slightly different!
It's most definitely the integrated AI algorithm messing the details up.
It is a very big plane. Over 20m long and with a bigger wingspan than a flanker. We know that from weapon bay outline measurement. (Bays having to fit 4 m long missiles) Weight wise, even though new tech can bring weight down, its almost unheard of that such savings aren't used for actually stuffing more systems inside a plane, thus making it just as heavy per volume as the previous generation plane.
I've seen some excerpts that said it is operational up to M2 and have a design point at M1.8, possibly meaning supercruise up to M1.8? IMO, Shenyang outdid Chengdu with intake design.
The bulge on the J-20 is there so that the MLG wheel fits into the fuselage, I would imagine that its primary function isn’t aerodynamic. The bugle on the J-50 is very unlikely to also be for the MLG wheel (bulge is way too forward in relation to the main gear) but it’s probably also there so that something can fit inside. No idea what tho.
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Yup. Not surprised if further development could push it past M2 also...
the m1.8 supercruise is huge if true. Also, could this special intake be the reason for the groove?
EDIT: oh my god r/aviation is straight up crashing out over this photo right now
I have never seen this much cope
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