" Chinese Flankers are a unique family of aircraft ! " - reconfirmed

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Carlo Knop seems to have taken quite a liking to Chinese nowadays. Probably demanding a raise.

Carlo Kopp has fixation: F-35 is trash, Australia urgently needs F-22 otherwise it will be conquered by Indonesia and China. All his "analyses" are designed to prove this fixation.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Carlo Kopp has fixation: F-35 is trash, Australia urgently needs F-22 otherwise it will be conquered by Indonesia and China. All his "analyses" are designed to prove this fixation.

Indonesia?

 

[Akasa]

And YOU happen to know about the secrets of every advanced Flanker variant out there?

ROFL. At. YOUR. STUPIDITY.
Carlo Kopp is an academic. The nearest he ever experienced a combat fight would be at his computer simulation desk. And the bots take his word as the word from Gods!!
R.O.F.L.

See those letters "Ph.D" on his profile? Yeah, chew on that. And I'm not saying he's the most perfect analyst out there; I'm pointing out that his articles are based on non-ambiguous statements which are far more reliable than the "other ones" that often feature a marketing tone.

Regarding your first comment; I do happen to know that no other Flanker besides the Su-35S feature those things seen on the PLAAF indigenous Flankers

 

[Speeder 2]

See those letters "Ph.D" on his profile? Yeah, chew on that. And I'm not saying he's the most perfect analyst out there; I'm pointing out that his articles are based on non-ambiguous statements which are far more reliable than the "other ones" that often feature a marketing tone.

Regarding your first comment; I do happen to know that no other Flanker besides the Su-35S feature those things seen on the PLAAF indigenous Flankers

TAs we all know that this gubbi, likely living on unemployeement handout, is a proven intellecturally-challenged gruppy dumppy.

Acutally Kopp is quite distinguished fellow, not only with Ph.D in Aeronautics & Astronautics but also MSc in Computer Science and a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

When Kopp started to analise defence-related matters in 1980 for renouned int'l institutions such as Journal of Electronic Defence, Australian Aviation, Jane's Missiles and Rockets, Air International, Jamestown Foundation, the United States Air Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force to name a few , Gubbi's dad perhaps was still slumming somewhere amongst Indian train wrecks before meeting his future wife, trying their luck together during Economic Refugee VISA Application process outside US consulate of Slumbai...

More importantly, unlike his F-35-related complains (most are rightly justisfiable though), Kopp has absolutely no vested interests whatsoever on the characteristics of Chinese Frankers in relation to those of Sukhoi's.

Also as you said, a renouned academics with highly speicialised fields like Kopp is precisely and definitely one of the best qualified 3rd party opinions out there for the matter, far better than most "popular" sources & jackar$e claims written by some 3-rated pilots (good ones have a univeristy degree and many even don't) or worse defence-related politicians or journalists (particularly Indian ones: read "81", oke spare me with that IS-tROll , "Dr"DOnot and HALlow here ) who have next to zero academic knowledge whatsoever.


There are the reasons why I opened the thread to begin with.

 

[gambit]

Acutally Kopp is quite distinguished fellow, not only with Ph.D in Aeronautics & Astronautics but also MSc in Computer Science and a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

That does not mean the man himself is immunized against human weaknesses. Plenty of accredited scientists have been caught in frauds, lies, collusions for financial reasons, infidelities, etc. The 'appeal to authority' fallacy is applicable here.

 

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More importantly, unlike his F-35-related complains (most are rightly justisfiable though), Kopp has absolutely no vested interests whatsoever on the characteristics of Chinese Frankers in relation to those of Sukhoi's.

Yes, he does.

He wants to portrait them as super dooper so that they present more threat then they actually do. All in support of the agenda that Australia should push the US for F-22's not 35's.
That is also the reason he bashes the F-35 on a regular basis, on supported arguments or just downright mud slinging.

Also as you said, a renouned academics with highly speicialised fields like Kopp is precisely and definitely one of the best qualified 3rd party opinions out there for the matter, far better than most "popular" sources & jackar$e claims written by some 3-rated pilots (good ones have a univeristy degree and many even don't) or worse defence-related politicians or journalists (particularly Indian ones: read "81", oke spare me with that IS-tROll , "Dr"DOnot and HALlow here ) who have next to zero academic knowledge whatsoever.


There are the reasons why I opened the thread to begin with.

All of his expertise goes out the window when you realize just how much of a hard on this man has for the F-22. And he has already been proven wrong on a number of points regarding the F-35.

Simply put: you choose this man's article because you liked what he wrote, nevermind that it's full of hype and written in a totally populist way.

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There is a blunder in the article already in 2nd paragraph.
Lists Su-35S to be in PLA inventory when that version is the version for use with the Russian AF.

"Best" analyst and all....

 

[Juice]

I have a unique family of Honda, painted it, up-graded the stereo and threw on some spinners.

 

[ptldM3]

So, you mean that all car engines are copies of the German Otto engine, since they all are based on the same priciple with over 100 years of baby steps improvements.

IIRC, the Chinese Flankers use a lot of composite materials that Russia cannot even produce.How about you prove that the Chinese Flanker is less efficient?

Really? Name one.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I'm sorry but I fail to see the logic behind this. Any average person without a degree in aeronautical design can see the clear similarities of the two. It is clear there is a high degree of commonality. Just like the MKI is a customised version of the SU-27 series similarly with Chinese Flankers. Just because someone reverse engineers technology then modifies a design slightly and gives it a new designation doesn't change a thing. There is a reason Russia refuses to sell certain tech to the Chinese.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I'm sorry but I fail to see the logic behind this. Any average person without a degree in aeronautical design can see the clear similarities of the two. It is clear there is a high degree of commonality. Just like the MKI is a customised version of the SU-27 series similarly with Chinese Flankers. Just because someone reverse engineers technology then modifies a design slightly and gives it a new designation doesn't change a thing. There is a reason Russia refuses to sell certain tech to the Chinese.

The average person sees wrong.

What does the average person see when they see a soap float on water, and what does a physicist see?

Dr. Kopp clearly sees things that we don't precisely because he has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering.