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I guess nobody got a picture when it was on the way out. Only after the test was done, it afforded a bit of showoff.Hmm ??? There are reports about the FC-31.V2 being back to Shenyang ...????
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I guess nobody got a picture when it was on the way out. Only after the test was done, it afforded a bit of showoff.
Size comparison 01, 02 to F-22
This latest news might make many people disappointed if the returned static airframe turn up to be 1.0 instead of 2.0.
Just take a ponder, how could static tests for the assumed 2.0 airframe be completed and returned back to manufacturer so soon? Also think of the absence of sighting of retuned 1.0 air frame prior to this one?
I was talking about 1.0 static test air frame, the one which is not flight capable.The FC-31 v1.0 had just completed a flight with a pair of WS-13E turbofans. There is no way it could have been disassembled and transported in such short time.
I was talking about 1.0 static test air frame, the one which is not flight capable.
Think; why would they test the v1.0 static airframe after the flying prototype has flown and the project has been shifted to the v2.0?
I was talking about 1.0 static test air frame, the one which is not flight capable.
Think; why would they test the v1.0 static airframe after the flying prototype has flown and the project has been shifted to the v2.0?
I was suggesting that they never bring back the 1.0 static test frame until now. I never said that they tested the 1.0 static air frame a second round which is practically meaningless. After static tests, the airframe is practically in near destructive condition, you can't have a second round of test on this air frame.
Give you an example, after a drop test has been carried out, what do you think the condition of the structure will be? A drop test could be done by dropping the airframe free fall from 10 metres and hit the concrete ground hundreds of times.
Also there is a possibility that there was never a 2.0 static airframe as at this moment, there is no visual proof.
I don't think they tested it after the flying prototype; which is still tested !
A reason could be that indeed structural testing of V1 has been completed and now they transport it back to SAC where it will become a museum's exhibit or where it will be mounted on a pile similar to the J-10-prototypes as some sort of gate-guard now with the project has shifted to V2.
Then however the question remains: where is V2 ??
Deino
Size comparison 01, 02 to F-22
I don't know, I like J31 version 01 vertical tail much than the ver. 02, seem something it's not right with ver 02 tail.