J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread IV (Closed to posting)

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latenlazy

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Speaking of wheel bay doors, I JUST noticed that 2012, 2013, and 2015 ALL have different sawtoothing on the wheel doors compared to 2011.
 

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Quite interesting, by now we have more and better images of 2015 than of 2013 !
 

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Speaking of wheel bay doors, I JUST noticed that 2012, 2013, and 2015 ALL have different sawtoothing on the wheel doors compared to 2011.

Are You sure ... at least the front gear doors look the same.

There are also 2001 and 2002, now it seems renumbered to 2003 and 2004.

Since when is 2001 now 2004 ??? :confused::confused: That's the first time I've heard that.
 

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does anyone have a list of various f35 prototypes and their first flight dates? i tried googleing that data but had no luck finding a source listing them all. if we really do see further prototypes next year, it might signal CAC went the f35 route and was told to rush the testing process and perhaps even start early production phase before development of the plane is finished. we all know how that turned out for f35. but, if plaaf is willing to pay more for such development process, while it may not get earlier entry into service than it wiuld have gotten with regular tesdting and development process - when the plane does go into service there may be, just as with f35, already several regiments worth of planes entering service.
 
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