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

[HailingTX20]

Here are some cool CG renderings of what the cockpit might look like. Though it should be clear that they aren't based on any real available information other than that it's a side-by-side cockpit.

Credit: See watermark

 

[talonn]

OOT but after looking at picture above, I was wondering if we have dedicated thread to discuss about pilot's helmets. I couldn't find it

 

[BillRamengod]

A little teaser
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Pictures from Research on All-Domain Fire Field in Future Air Combat


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[BillRamengod]

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[Coach46]

To be fair, the US has been developing and testing tailless designs (for future supersonic fighter applications) since at least the 1990s.

The most visible examples being the Bird of Prey and X-36.

Based on what we've witnessed, it's plausible or arguably more likely than not that China has since surpassed the US in this domain, as it has in other areas like HGVs and MaRVs, in part due to years of DoD misprioritizations.

However, unless you have access to highly classified data from SAC, CAC, Lockheed, Northrop and Boeing on the current states of their tailless efforts, we ought to maintain an open mind and a measure of humility until enough information emerges to allow for a reasonably comprehensive comparison of next gen Chinese and American tailless designs.

This is not the Bird of Prey, its McDonnell Douglas X-36

 

[Tomboy]

This is not the Bird of Prey, its McDonnell Douglas X-36

Imagine if F-47 is just a bigger version of BoP