Ask anything Thread (Air Force)

[Deino]

I've noticed that the newly built helicopters such as the Z-10 and Z-20

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are mostly painted black instead of army green or camo. What is the reason?

Are you sure? IMO they not black but painted in a very dark oliv green

How many fighters does a air brigade have?

That seems to vary … usually for long when just transformed from their former regiments, a number of 24-28 was normal. Now it seems, several brigades have been expanded in since to more than 30, but I don‘t know for sure.

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

Are you sure? IMO they not black but painted in a very dark oliv green




That seems to vary … usually for long when just transformed from their former regiments, a number of 24-28 was normal. Now it seems, several brigades have been expanded in since to more than 30, but I don‘t know for sure.

AFAICT the standard for brigades is 30 "combat" aircraft + a certain number (6?) of twin-seat conversion types, i.e. JJ-7A, J-10S and J-11BS.

 

[_killuminati_]

Why do some aircraft (i.e. J-20) require a landing chute, but not other aircraft? Is it an issue with poor braking system?

 

[gelgoog]

You can typically land without landing chutes on a lot of those aircraft which use them but you need a longer runway space to land.
Alternatives to landing chutes typically include either air brakes or thrust-reversal mechanisms on jet engines.

 

[PersianPrince]

Why do some aircraft (i.e. J-20) require a landing chute, but not other aircraft? Is it an issue with poor braking system?

It is PLA's tradition to use landing chutes to save the lifespan of brakes, and brakes don't work on an icy runway in the cold winter of northern China. Norway's F-35s have a drag chute for this reason too.

 

[lcloo]

Why do some aircraft (i.e. J-20) require a landing chute, but not other aircraft? Is it an issue with poor braking system?

If you make an effort to make a google search, you will find practically almost every airforce combat jets used landing chutes, be it China USA, UK, France etc etc. Just type "F-16/15, Eurofighter and Rafale etc etc landing with braking chutes - images" on google search.

Larger aircraft normally thrust reverser to slow down their landing speed.

 

[iBBz]

Are there any photos out there of a kd-20 with its wings deployed?

 

[Deino]

Are there any photos out there of a kd-20 with its wings deployed?

Not from the KD-20 but the similar DH-10 (CJ-10 ?)



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[iBBz]

Not from the KD-20 but the similar DH-10 (CJ-10 ?)

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Appreciate you taking the time to find it.

 

[Deino]

Appreciate you taking the time to find it.

In order to find even more I posted this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1745848977872863334