Nice post. Just a heads-up;: "loosing" means to make something not tight. "Losing" is the act of not winning. I believe you got them mixed up when describing the M2 vs 117 situation.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V
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Nice post. Just a heads-up;: "loosing" means to make something not tight. "Losing" is the act of not winning. I believe you got them mixed up when describing the M2 vs 117 situation.
Hmmm ?? In which way? The FM2 was the loosing contender- since it did not win - the original Russian RFP or an engine suited for the Su-35/T-50. Or am I wrong?
Anyway thanks for Your reply.
Deino
Heh, jobjed is just talking about spelling/grammar.
Losing =/= "loosing".
Though to be fair "loosing" is probably more often seen as "loosening"... But this isn't an english class lol, so don't worry about it.
Hahaha, sorry for failing to express myself clearly.
I mean, you're using the wrong spelling. "Loosing" means to make something not tight, e.g. loosing an arrow. "Losing" means to not win, AKA to 'lose', e.g. the M2 was the losing contender to the 117.
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Uppps ... that's even more embarrassing !
Then again, losing is pronounced as "loo sing".
Uppps ... that's even more embarrassing !
No, don't feel "too" bad, "to" be honest English has lots of words spelled nearly the same, sounding the same, and having "two" separate meanings. LOL
That looks like vortex trail to me. Fuel contrail is more detached and cloud like. AFAIK, the J-20 vent its fuel through its engine nozzles.
This aircraft is "dumping fuel", which is an intentional mechanical fuel "dump", to lighten the aircraft for landing, as well as offload excess fuel in case there were an accident to reduce the risk of fire.
Fuel produces "explosive" vapors and all fuel tanks are vented, to allow those vapors to vent, those vents are typically in the wing tips and vent when pressure builds up.
All automobiles produced these days have a mandated system to take those vapors and condense them in a canister, which has a "return line" to return to the fuel tank
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Yes, the aircraft is dumping fuel, no doubt about it. I posted the picture to show how different the fuel vapor contrail would look compared to a vortex trail.
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