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PAF at Zuhai Airshow 2016

isnt there any new video of 2nd and 3rd november thunder?
 
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Muhammad Omar said:
Any news about Pakistan investing in J-31????
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(In Chinese Military Forum) Heard about a team of foreign Customer, traveling from Zhuhai to Shen-Yang to see FC-31 V2.0 bird/production, though details are unknown. (Only development/related news yet unknown from Zhuhai w.r.t. FC-31 V2.0)
 
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The PAF may not go for it at all ... two things need to be observed in the coming years ... one is whether PAF will again go for a platform that is not going to be bought by the Chinese air force or naval air-arm ... the other is the J-31's limited space inside the weapon's bay i.e. meaning majority of the munitions would have to be carried on the external hard-points ... which in turn would imply sacrificing its stealthy-ness. It's not going to be cheap to induct and neither will it be cheap to operate ... and if there is even slightest of chance of China acquiescing to sell the J-20 Pakistan should go for it. J-20 will be much more expensive but at least it would also be offering a lot more than the J-31. It's been 3 years since the first prototype flew ... and since then the improved version 2.0 has not flown yet. Zhuhai 2016 was a good opportunity ... but it failed to appear.
 
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aliyusuf said:
The PAF may not go for it at all ... two things need to be observed in the coming years ... one is whether PAF will again go for a platform that is not going to be bought by the Chinese air force or naval air-arm ... the other is the J-31's limited space inside the weapon's bay i.e. meaning majority of the munitions would have to be carried on the external hard-points ... which in turn would imply sacrificing its stealthy-ness. It's not going to be cheap to induct and neither will it be cheap to operate ... and if there is even slightest of chance of China acquiescing to sell the J-20 Pakistan should go for it. J-20 will be much more expensive but at least it would also be offering a lot more than the J-31. It's been 3 years since the first prototype flew ... and since then the improved version 2.0 has not flown yet. Zhuhai 2016 was a good opportunity ... but it failed to appear.
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Sorry to say but J-20 is not our requirement even...J-31 u ppl agree or not but will come to PAF ...my source is very very strong. And yes...FC-31 V2.0 without mounting missiles externally even gives an excellent capacity...this is the maximum any 5th gen fighter can give...just check J-20 internal bay config , F-35,F-22
 
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MarvellousThunder@PDC said:
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Sorry to say but J-20 is not our requirement even...J-31 u ppl agree or not but will come to PAF ...my source is very very strong. And yes...FC-31 V2.0 without mounting missiles externally even gives an excellent capacity...this is the maximum any 5th gen fighter can give...just check J-20 internal bay config , F-35,F-22
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If these are pics of J-31 underbelly then space problem has been solved ... which would mean either the aircraft dimensions have been revised or it has been done at the expense of internal fuel storage as it is a twin-engine aircraft and not that much internal space to play around with.

By the way why are you showing just the underbelly lets see the plane if possible ... or are these just generic add-ons for export ... do these pics belong to J-31?
 
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aliyusuf said:
If these are pics of J-31 underbelly then space problem has been solved ... which would mean either the aircraft dimensions have been revised or it has been done at the expense of internal fuel storage as it is a twin-engine aircraft and not that much internal space to play around with.

By the way why are you showing just the underbelly lets see the plane if possible ... or are these just generic add-ons for export ... do these pics belong to J-31?
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Ahhh i guess bro u are not on a regular update...so ok these are the updates on second prototype which make it an awesome machine
○ Length increased by 1 meter
○ internal bay widened to accumulate more weapons
○ wing tips cut
○ tail shape is like j20 now...more opened V shape
○silver stealthy nozzles
○EOTS
○BUBBLE CANOPY
 
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