Haven't seen anyone posting this anywhere on Twitter.
Looks CGI-ish - Also, what's with that angled vertical stabilizers (which shouldn't really exist on a 6th-gen manned combat aircraft)? And where are the canards?
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US F/A-XX and F-X & NGAD - 6th Gen Aircraft News Thread
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Haven't seen anyone posting this anywhere on Twitter.
Looks CGI-ish - Also, what's with that angled vertical stabilizers (which shouldn't really exist on a 6th-gen manned combat aircraft)? And where are the canards?
as another comment on youtube said. if 47 was chosen in honor of Trump then the way F-47 is spelled sounds like how you would insult some one by censoring the F word and saying "f u".
so the plane has been named F-Trump.
this is the anti Trump equivelant of FJB.
so the plane has been named F-Trump.
this is the anti Trump equivelant of FJB.
It’s even worse in Chinese. 47 sounds like 死去. It literally is telling them to eff off and die…
These visuals are from a Boeing Phantom Works promo video that was released over a year ago, if not more dated. Here are a few more screenshots.
We probably shouldn't be surprised if the above design represents some iteration of or proposal for the would be F-47 design as an X-plane, especially given its resemblance to the F-47 depicted in the .
However, it'd be reckless to assume, without additional information, that this design necessarily represents the F-47 prototype or prototypes that are currently in existence, never mind what production airframes will look like.
If we apply the J-20 = Mig-1.44 knockoff logic from back in 2011 can we now conclude that GCAP = J-20 with no canards and F-47 = J-20 with no vertical slabs?
So... NG lying or?
Edit: ok they specifically said the F-47 is the first 6th gen fighter. This is like that giving yourself a medal meme, but twice.
They are holding up much better than I thought they would. However they’ve maintained an unspoken dignified silence over any analysis of canards, which is quickly becoming the “control surface that must not be named”. Over all the atmosphere there is one of somber introspection and not of jubilant chest thumping one usually sees there.
Yeah, no. America is rapidly converging on India levels of credibility.
The rational part of my brain agrees with you but the sentimental side realizes that they (aviation fans on reddit, forums, TWZ/Youtube comment sections) for around 14 fucking years and are you seriously suggesting that one day of gloating is too friggin much?