Zhuhai Air Show 2018

Alleged translation:
300 rpm, for targets going up to mach 2.5
aircraft detection 20 km, missile detection 15 km
aircraft radar tracking 15 km, missile 12 km
aircraft optical tracking 12 km, missile 6 km
effective engagement ranges: 6 km for aircraft, 4 km for missiles, ground targets 15 km
reaction time when autonomous 10 seconds
reaction time when part of network 5 seconds

Can switch ammo types during engagement. (own comment: since we're talking about 300 rpm, anything other than belt fed ammo seems out of the question. Which may suggest there are two belt feeds in there, each with a different kind of ammo. Sadly no mention of ammo capacity.)

Bltizo said:

I doubt it lol, I imagine something along the lines of "likely copied from foreign TVC" or "copied from Su-35 engines" will emerge.

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It is just so easily counterable. J-10 TVC uses entirely different system of thrust control, compared with su-35.
Even if normal logic(su-35 in plaaf is a very...recent addition) isn't enough.

I can almost see Deino from here... Christmas came early for him.

Imagine Deino there

What he has seen in photos now in flesh !

Good on him

asif iqbal said:

Imagine Deino there

What he has seen in photos now in flesh !

Good on him

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Could have been detained for espionage,

Air Force Brat said:

Well, try not to be too disappointed, hopefully there will be surprise additions..... I was so disgusted when I drove 4 hours one way to the Terra Haute Airshow, only to be tied up on the interstate exit ramp for nearly two hours... so I did not get onto the airfield as the big parking lot was flooded, but I had a great seat about 200 yds from the departure end of the runway, so, things do sometimes work out..

I would have loved to have seen all the display aircraft, crawled about, and been at "Air Show Center", but, I would have missed the full afterburner departure of the F-22, F-86, F-100, and F-5 now that was awesome..

I hadn't seen the F-86 or F-100 before, I was dismayed by their lazy displays and lack of hard pulling, it served a vivid reminder that the F-15, F-16, and to an even greater extent the F-22 and F-35 are otherworldly compared to the past!

like you, I will be very disappointed if we don't see the J-20 and FC-31!

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Well, I must say I was right! nothing has surprised me as much as the OVT J-10 in a long time, and a very vigorous display showing exemplary control authority, a very pleasant surprise and one that opens up a great many options with ALL of China's 3rd and 4th generation aircraft! I think its safe to say that the Russian Su-35 has likely been a very pleasant surprise for the Chinese, and no doubt feed back from the pilots has been very encouraging to this long developmental period of OVT on the WS-10, looks like they've got it down very nicely....

and, the best for last, the J-20 has put on a brilliant display, leaving us wanting more, but being very impressed non the less, all in all a brilliant display of showmanship and marketing! I do love the J-20, and it has executed its mission brilliantly, lots of beautiful photo's and videos attest to that, a very nice airplane, and one that Yang Wei has hinted is possibly already flying with OVT, a big surprise as well...

Now, I do hope to complete my own little desire to see the FC-31 put on a flying display, but I'm not feeling terribly hopeful at present, so all in all, I'm very satisfied by the Zhuhai flying displays, hopefully the J-20 will put on another amazing display later this week.....

redragon said:

Could have been detained for espionage,

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Lets hope not, or Webby, Siege Crossbow, Jeff Head, and BDPopeye will be mounting a rescue mission!

Bltizo said:

I doubt it lol, I imagine something along the lines of "likely copied from foreign TVC" or "copied from Su-35 engines" will emerge.

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"Imagine"? You won't have to, Twitter and Facebook and other social media (especially those Taiwan-based ones) platforms are awash with such comments.

MwRYum said:

"Imagine"? You won't have to, Twitter and Facebook and other social media (especially those Taiwan-based ones) platforms are awash with such comments.

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Yes, and I'm very sorry about that, since the J-31 demo 4 years ago?? and two years ago the J-20 two ship and "break-out" solo, Zhuhai has become China's international showcase! I am overwhelmed by the two flight demos of the J-10 OVT and the J-20 3 ship with the "break-out" solo, very outstanding, as exciting for me as RIAT, really, I have looked forward to seeing the J-20, and boy, did we get some amazing images...

no doubt Deino is beside himself, like a kid at Christmas? wouldn't surprise me a bit for him to get a "factory tour", not a bit!

Yang Wei stated that thrust vectoring will be used on any aircraft variant that needs it!