Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

[Alfa_Particle]

True, if it’s indeed a service hatch maybe it’s for ease of access? The J-XDS is much bigger than the J-35 and I won’t be surprised if it sits higher on the ground, and this thin and long-ish hatch is just so that all the panels, ports and such within are positioned at a comfortable height for the ground crew

I would be surprised that it's so much taller than the J-20 that they'll opt for a longer hatch instead of a taller one.

 

[Schwerter_]

I would be surprised that it's so much taller than the J-20 that they'll opt for a longer hatch instead of a taller one.

True, it’s anyone’s guess at this point and I won’t be surprised if it’s indeed some sort of side bay for mini SRAAMs

 

[enroger]

Rocket pods, take it or leave it

On a more serious note the hatch and its bulge is imo the biggest mystery on the J-XDS rn. It can be just a service hatch like the one on the J-35 with a bulge for ECM antenna maybe, or it can be a bay for small CUDA-like AAMs, or something even fancier. I for one want to wait and see before deciding on what I think it is, since currently there is so little information to go off of.

as to diagonally inserting SRAAMs in there, I feel like that will eat away space for the main landing gear and intake, making it really awkward in terms of internal space usage. Also if they really wanted a side weapon bay they could have just designed a longer intake manifold to accommodate a full-size door akin to J20’s design, instead of making a very complicated attempt at reducing bay door length

Maybe dispenser for point defense missile

 

[siegecrossbow]

Also interesting what looks like massive accuators

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They are needed to swivel the whole wingtips, so frankly quite expected.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

No side weapons bays meaning no importance to WVR fights for Chinese 6th gens, as I expected.

I just hope that the main (split?) IWBs are deep enough to permit multi-stacking of AAMs.

 

[HailingTX20]

I'm not sure if this video was already posted here:

https://imgur.com/v9cZJBG

 

[HailingTX20]

And a couple more size comparisons. Though I'm not totally sure as to how accurate they are:

 

[BillRamengod]

And a couple more size comparisons. Though I'm not totally sure as to how accurate they are:

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兰墨飞花 tends to use big numbers, his graphics is preety good but i won't count on his numerical accuracy.

 

[Atomicfrog]

No side weapons bays meaning no importance to WVR fights for Chinese 6th gens, as I expected.

Fuselage is wide, could it have them on top ?

 

[Atomicfrog]

Also interesting what looks like massive accuators


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The notch in the center after the weapon bay could be for the arresting hook door or it's a Luneburg lens?