J-20... The New Generation Fighter II

[siegecrossbow]

Re: First time: J-20 Mighty Dragon retracts its landing gear

First time: J-20 Mighty Dragon retracts its landing gear

[Note: Thank you to "Aimarraul" (and "Bltizo") for the pictures.]

I like how this image is almost exactly the same as my profile picture.

 

[mack8]

Aww, it doesn't work. It says the vids can only be streamed from Mainland China . Hopefully top81 will have some nice shots with the gear up soon.

 

[Schumacher]

Aww, it doesn't work. It says the vids can only be streamed from Mainland China . Hopefully top81 will have some nice shots with the gear up soon.

I'm definitely not in China. Works fine for me.

 

[bd popeye]

Schumacher, do you have another link for those videos? They are not loading up. Could be the hosting website is very busy.

 

[latenlazy]

Youku is usually pretty bad with traffic. I had to try two or three times for the video to load properly.

 

[airsuperiority]

Re: First time: J-20 Mighty Dragon retracts its landing gear

I like how this image is almost exactly the same as my profile picture.

Rest assured, you won't need a fake picture anymore real soon.

 

[Schumacher]

Schumacher, do you have another link for those videos? They are not loading up. Could be the hosting website is very busy.

Unfortunately no, I don't think Youku allows me to save the video.

 

[latenlazy]

On another note, anyone hear about the stealth black hawk rotor that was left around Bin Laden's compound? Apparently its got a silver loaded finish meant to suppress IR signatures...do I smell a correlation with those shiny engine fairings on the J-20?

 

[mack8]

I have found 3 videos on Youtube, showing the bird taking of and landing , can't post links but if you search "J-20" and click "last 24hrs" , check the user himmitechworld ( i think )

 

[Engineer]

On the contrary, though I think China's design and development speed has been nothing short of remarkable, there is no substitute for time when it comes to the testing phase, especially since there are so many new technologies on this plane. Because of that I think >6 years is actually quite reasonable.

Various big shrimps on Chinese BBS said that PLAAF wants the aircraft to be inducted by 2016. If it's true, flight tests would have to be completed before then.