Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

[ozranger]

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It looks to be a fighter-bomber, like FB-22.

What about those designs from Institute 601?

 

[Ultima Thule]

It's almost like a hybrid of F16 cranked arrow and J20.

no crank arrow head is the wholly different designs its a conventional delta wing design with LERX and with head on stealth look the F-16 XL

F-16 XL

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[cirr]

any back ground or description of the attached pic ... ???

Rumours circulating that the bigger of the two is being worked on.

 

[Cookie Monster]

no crank arrow head is the wholly different designs its a conventional delta wing design with LERX and with head on stealth look the F-16 XL

F-16 XL
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Dude try to understand a post before u reply. This is like the second time u've replied to my post without fully understanding it.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Dude try to understand a post before u reply. This is like the second time u've replied to my post without fully understanding it.

Its more like a Lockheed Martin cancelled FB-22 rather than F-16 XL @Cookie Monster

 

[siegecrossbow]

It looks to be a fighter-bomber, like FB-22.

What about those designs from Institute 601?

The fighter-bomber variant of J-20 probably won't need ventral strakes because it wouldn't need to fly at high AOA.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Its more like a Lockheed Martin cancelled FB-22 rather than F-16 XL @Cookie Monster

I don't have the patience to deal with stupidity today.

 

[ozranger]

The fighter-bomber variant of J-20 probably won't need ventral strakes because it wouldn't need to fly at high AOA.

If you look at FB-22, you will see that they removed horizontal stabilizer but still keep those 2 huge vertical stabilizer. So I think J-20 fighter-bomber can do the same, which is also removing some horizontal control surfaces like canards.

I mean, although I don't have profession in aerodynamics, but I think there must be a reason that they all look to reduce number of horizontal control surfaces but retain all the vertical ones.

 

[Gomig-21]

That has to be the best angle to take a pic of that monster. It's so intimidating-looking made even cooler with that radical deflection angle of the V-stabs. The fact that they're all-movable too makes it look even more rad. That's a huge chunk of metal turning on a dime.

Weapon bay doors open is pretty cool too, especially with protruding missiles. Any idea what those are, PL-9?

 

[LKJ86]

That has to be the best angle to take a pic of that monster. It's so intimidating-looking made even cooler with that radical deflection angle of the V-stabs. The fact that they're all-movable too makes it look even more rad. That's a huge chunk of metal turning on a dime.

Weapon bay doors open is pretty cool too, especially with protruding missiles. Any idea what those are, PL-9?

PL-10

 

[Gomig-21]

PL-10

Ah, that's right I forgot the PL-10s are the smaller missiles for those upper bays.
So is this the current complete set of armament for the J-20 or has the list changed?

- Side bays (PL-10)
- Bottom bays (PL-9, PL-12C/D, PL-15 & PL-21)

 

[Deino]

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Not sure if You missed it ... but that's the WS-10B-powered prototype !

 

[Gomig-21]

Not sure if You missed it ... but that's the WS-10B-powered prototype !

I didn't miss it but I wasn't sure of the veracity of that information, so I was reluctant to post it. But thanks for mentioning it! Big milestone!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1003273623220568064

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1003322008002859009

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But how likely is such a project? There is the XAC H-20, then this rumoured JH-18/H-18, which some claim as an enlarged, evolved JH-XX transferred from SAC also to XAC ... so yet another heavy striker is IMO a bit too much?!!

 

[LKJ86]

不容易啊。。。

https://twitter.com/x/status/1003322008002859009

But how likely is such a project? There is the XAC H-20, then this rumoured JH-18/H-18, which some claim as an enlarged, evolved JH-XX transferred from SAC also to XAC ... so yet another heavy striker is IMO a bit too much?!!

IMO, not all of them will survive, and it is good competition and pleasing for me to see.