Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

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[Deino]

I want more ....

 

[The Eagle]

A welcome news and finally the wait is over. Happy flying guys.

 

[Brainsucker]

That's a welcome news! Has mass production begun or is it going to be after incorporating the WS-15?

I don't think that they will wait for the WS-15. I'm sure that J-20 will receive WS-15, but not now. Not after they start to hatched the 2101, (2102?). As changing the engine now will put the J-20 into the development phase all over again.

I think China will produce the initial batch with AL-31 engine. And only when the WS-15 ready, they'll put it into the future batches.

 

[Ultima Thule]

I don't think that they will wait for the WS-15. I'm sure that J-20 will receive WS-15, but not now. Not after they start to hatched the 2101, (2102?). As changing the engine now will put the J-20 into the development phase all over again.

I think China will produce the initial batch with AL-31 engine. And only when the WS-15 ready, they'll put it into the future batches.

But @ChineseTiger1986 said that J-20B flying with WS-15 in 2017?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

But @ChineseTiger1986 said that J-20B flying with WS-15 in 2017?

The first prototype of the J-20B (WS-15 version) will make its maiden flight by 2017.

 

[Brainsucker]

But @ChineseTiger1986 said that J-20B flying with WS-15 in 2017?

And they will test it again and again. Do you think that putting a new engine to the J-20 would mean that they'll mass produced them immediately? There will a lot of tests after that. And that mean, J-20 will back into the development phase, just like what I said in my previous post. aka, a reschedule for the mass producing phase. We won't see a deployment of the first batch of J-20 in near future.

My point is that they will mass produce the current J-20. At least for the first batch. And after they're sure that WS-15 is good enough for this fighter, then they'll mass produce the next generation of J-20.

 

[Ultima Thule]

And they will test it again and again. Do you think that putting a new engine to the J-20 would mean that they'll mass produced them immediately? There will a lot of tests after that. And that mean, J-20 will back into the development phase, just like what I said in my previous post. aka, a reschedule for the mass producing phase.

definitely but not that much, i think its year and a half

 

[Brainsucker]

definitely but not that much, i think its year and a half

I won't be as optimistic as you. WS-15 is a new engine. They need to make sure that this new engine is reliable enough for the new fighters before they can accept it. And this safety test will require a lot of time to accomplished. So If they really want to skip the current version of J-20, we can expect that they will mass produce the J-20 longer than what you're predicted.

 

[Ultima Thule]

I won't be as optimistic as you. WS-15 is a new engine. They need to make sure that this new engine is reliable enough for the new fighters before they can accept it. And this safety test will require a lot of time to accomplished. So If they really want to skip the current version of J-20, we can expect that they will mass produce the J-20 longer than what you're predicted.

So what is your estimation for J-20B to be mass produce?

 

[Brainsucker]

So what is your estimation for J-20B to be mass produce?

I don't know. It depend on the test. If the test is successful, we'll get a WS-15 powered J-20 sooner. But if there are some problem, then it will longer.

 

[Pepsi Cola]

@Brainsucker Great insight. Thank you.

 

[Deino]

Still nothing more from this "historic event" ??? Nothing ... no reports, no images ??? NOTHING !??

 

[星海军事]

Still nothing more from this "historic event" ??? Nothing ... no reports, no images ??? NOTHING !??

J-10 was first delivered in 2003 but made public in 2006.

 

[Deino]

J-10 was first delivered in 2003 but made public in 2006.

Again agreed, but in at least constant intervals we got some updates, even a few images showing them with their "then" two-digit pre-serial numbers. I remember when I was collecting them ...

You are surely correct ... all I have is to wait. But I hate waiting.

Deino