SAC FC-31 Stealth Fighter: News & Discussions

[White and Green with M/S]

Yes and also Lockheed martin‘s F-16 proposal for India is called F-21, but how is this relevant for the FC-31?

sorry sir but you ask WHAT IS F-21 so i gave the answer am not trying to derail the thread

 

[khanasifm]

Well ... Also, it seems, that these are in fact two ... but also just for curiosity: the old ones were seen in June 2012 and the real FC-31 was spotted first in mid-September.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1380753572028104706

Couple years old pic was posted long time ago or this is new ???

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

What’s F-21?

The J-31 was originally referred to as Project 21 by China.

 

[Deino]

The J-31 was originally referred to as Project 21 by China.

Really? I thought it was called Project 310?

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Really? I thought it was called Project 310?

Yes. You may be right.
My memory may have failed me this time.
I could have mixed it up the other way round.
The J-31 was originally refer to as J-21 but they keep calling J-31 after the project number. It is has been quite a while.

 

[python-000]

J-31/J-35 is best option for PAF as an stealth fighter hope our Brother Country China starts its production soon...

 

[python-000]

Dose any our Chinese bro translate it...

 

[LKJ86]

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[Deino]

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But with the pitot again??

 

[ziaulislam]

Slow pace of FC31has been really disapointing

 

[Reichsmarschall]

But with the pitot again??



But with the pitot again??

What do you mean by that? Was it supposed to fly without the pilot?

 

[siegecrossbow]

What do you mean by that? Was it supposed to fly without the pilot?

We saw an image of a FC-31 without pitot before. On an actual prototype, they need to remove the pitot tube on the nose cone since it negatively impacts stealth in production aircraft. Maybe that image we saw earlier was photoshopped.

 

[clibra]

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Is this a recent photo?

 

[LKJ86]

Slow pace of FC31has been really disapointing

What can you expect of a technology demonstrator?

 

[Deino]

What can you expect of a technology demonstrator?

But are there any hints concerning the J-35 prototype? I remember last year a short period where nearly each week a new rumour was leaked suggesting an unveiling "soon".