No plane on earth its as balanced as the F-22, whats your point? J-20 cant win a dog fight with a Raptor, so lets avoid one and be as stealthy as possible...YF-23 lost because it was not as balanced as the YF-22, plain and simple.
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No plane on earth its as balanced as the F-22, whats your point? J-20 cant win a dog fight with a Raptor, so lets avoid one and be as stealthy as possible...YF-23 lost because it was not as balanced as the YF-22, plain and simple.
so was the YF-23... we dont need a flanker like fighter, why to get in to fights when you can kill your agile enemies before they even know you are there?
Just like the Raptor`s ceramic-matrix RAM?The engine nozzles on J-20 also have radar-absorbing tiles.
I just read some Russian articles. Their experts seem to think J-20 is optimized to fly at a speed between M1.3 and M1.6.
It really depends on the role of the aircraft.
You can emphasize on stealthiness, or you can emphasize on maneuverability.
3D thrust vectoring has its advantages as well in close quarter combat, especially when stealth aircraft will have a tough time locking each other. If your RCS is not as good as your enemy's, it's better to sacrifice for some maneuverability.
That is another dangerous and quite ignorant assumption. With WS-15 3D TVC nozzle, all moving tail and canard, the J-20 can exceed F-22's manoevurability. It is designed from the start to be more agile than the Raptor, with better supercruise ability.No plane on earth its as balanced as the F-22, whats your point? J-20 cant win a dog fight with a Raptor, so lets avoid one and be as stealthy as possible...
The F-22 is able to supercruise at Mach 1.6. The reason they design the J-20 to have a long body is to reduce drag at supersonic speed, and rumored to have obtained very good results. They're aiming for at least Mach 1.7.I just read some Russian articles. Their experts seem to think J-20 is optimized to fly at a speed between M1.3 and M1.6.
To be honest, 2D TVC found on YF-23 and F-22 seems to suppress radar and IR signature better. On the other hand, 3D TVC provides all around better manoevurability and control, but at the cost of increased signature and complexity. With that said, there are things that can be done to reduce the nozzle radar and IR return, but there is a certain limit.
Nope...No assumptions there.That is another dangerous and quite ignorant assumption. With WS-15 3D TVC nozzle, all moving tail and canard, the J-20 can exceed F-22's manoevurability. It is designed from the start to be more agile than the Raptor, with better supercruise ability.
Nope...No assumptions there.