Yes, but with a black radome and the old canted vertical tail still a standard J-10AS.
J-10 Thread IV
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Yes, but with a black radome and the old canted vertical tail still a standard J-10AS.
duncanidaho
Junior Member
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Yes I didn't think it was J10BS if such exists but batch 3 J10AS ended in 2014 and still we have them in yellow primer? Interesting
There's also a J-20 on the left in the first picture.
Hey ... You are the spotter of the month !
Indeed, but what's strange, it has a yellow primer-coloured front fuselage and an otherwise dark fuselage; the tails however are clearly an old prototype with the non-cropped fins !
Since both demonstrators 2001 & 2002 are said to be at the CFTE ... so what bird is this ?
Perhaps a non-flying 2003?
When was that photo taken ? The trees and grass looks too green for this time of year.
Equation
Lieutenant General
That depends on the weather in that location. Heck here in Houston the majority of the grass and leaves are still green during this time.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
There is camo grey just behind the yellow. Also, you can see bits of yellow in front of the intake.
Seems very good to be only painting part of the plane in final camo, yet the areas we see yellow are not where we can see changes as having been made from the first to later prototypes, meaning there would have been no reason for them to have replaced those sections.
In my opinion, the yellow isn't primer, but maybe part of the covering fabric material (underlay insulation perhaps?).
Quickie
Colonel
It's also possible the tail covering was not cropped since it's just a covering.