Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread

[WaterbDoge]

A CG in similar angle (mirrored) from @能量机动工作室 on weibo, I think this can explain something on the top intake, the back of the top intake should be verry steep, dont think the white in photo is part of the aircraft

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Either way, just pointing out the different positions/levels of the engine intakes and exhausts on the J-36.

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

If it’s ugly it’s ugly. We should all get over it (I will keep making fun of its appearance because I’ll be honest it’s actually really funny to me that it can look so awkward in some angles but honestly it’s not a big deal the point of this thing isn’t to win beauty pageants).

The J-36 is beyond such pedestrian notions as "beautiful" and "ugly".

It Is that It Is.

 

[latenlazy]

The J-36 is beyond such pedestrian notions as "beautiful" and "ugly".

It Is that It Is.

Okay (but I still think it’s ugly. If you have an ugly child you will love them anyways but you can’t lie about who your child is. It’s okay).

 

[Mearex]

If it’s ugly it’s ugly. We should all get over it (I will keep making fun of its appearance because I’ll be honest it’s actually really funny to me that it can look so awkward in some angles but honestly it’s not a big deal the point of this thing isn’t to win beauty pageants).

If it wants to be a fighter, it needs aura. Good aesthetics usually mean good aerodynamics too. I think the J-XDS is beautiful, as close to perfection as can be. The J-36 on the other hand is just straight up alien

 

[latenlazy]

If it wants to be a fighter, it needs aura. I think the J-XDS is beautiful, as close to perfection as can be. The J-36 on the other hand is just straight up alien

The only aura it needs is the frightening electromagnetic waveforms emanating out of its electrically overpowered body.

 

[Wrought]

What is all with the cope, we knew it was ugly as hell from its very first appearance. How it looks has zero bearing on its performance, of course, but it is nonetheless one ugly bird.

Sorry, but Shenyang superiority is undeniable in the looks department.

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

The only aura it needs is the frightening electromagnetic waveforms emanating out of its electrically overpowered body.

"The J-36 is beautiful when viewed in the EM spectrum".

 

[latenlazy]

What is all with the cope, we knew it was ugly as hell from its very first appearance. How it looks has zero bearing on its performance, of course, but it is nonetheless one ugly bird.

Sorry, but Shenyang superiority is undeniable in the looks department.

I’m very much preferential to northern beauties but I’m biased.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

How the photo was potentially taken:

Re the plane's looks: it's a perpetual state of "it's so over" and "we're so back". Some angles look gorgeous, but once that top intake comes into focus...