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

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[A.Man]

Rumor Says: Today, J-20 2002 is taking off for Yanliang

 

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Rumor Says: Today, J-20 2002 is taking off for Yanliang

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[Lion]

I suspect the new erected high wall got to do something with J-20 flying to Yanliang.

Is 2003 coming?

 

[FirstImpulse]

Is 2003 coming?

Would you guys say the J-20 is in developmental or operational testing now? Still seems developmental to me.

 

[FarkTypeSoldier]

I suspect the new erected high wall got to do something with J-20 flying to Yanliang.

Is 2003 coming?

Rumor Says: Today, J-20 2002 is taking off for Yanliang

Would you guys say the J-20 is in developmental or operational testing now? Still seems developmental to me.

My 2 cents thoughts:

2001 - Flight testing; First prototype; Initial data gathering
2002 - Flight testing; Second prototype; Advance data collection
2003 - Combat flight / weapons testing; Improved airframe; Initial combat tests

As for the walls, fans could easily mount the DV cam onto a RC helicopter to take the videos. You can hinder them, but there is no stopping of them.

 

[Engineer]

My 2 cents thoughts:

2001 - Flight testing; First prototype; Initial data gathering
2002 - Flight testing; Second prototype; Advance data collection
2003 - Combat flight / weapons testing; Improved airframe; Initial combat tests

Weapon integration should occur near the end of the flight test phase, which I don't expect to happen until 2015 the earliest.

As for the walls, fans could easily mount the DV cam onto a RC helicopter to take the videos. You can hinder them, but there is no stopping of them.

There are LD-2000s that protect the airfield.

 

[ladioussupp]

Even mnore strange ... and as such I have some strong reservations !

Deino

Look what JDW said?

Is it appropriate to put it in this thread?

 

[hardware]

twin engine STOl aircraft? twin engine will mean much heavier aircraft will require bigger lift fan.
or alternative solution will be single engine WS-15 power VTOL. aircraft.

 

[Player99]

My 2 cents thoughts:

2001 - Flight testing; First prototype; Initial data gathering
2002 - Flight testing; Second prototype; Advance data collection
2003 - Combat flight / weapons testing; Improved airframe; Initial combat tests

As for the walls, fans could easily mount the DV cam onto a RC helicopter to take the videos. You can hinder them, but there is no stopping of them.

And one rumor has it that: 2004 - WS-15 installed... not sure about the 2002 - weapons testing though.

Big shrimp, Pupu, also says that WS-15 project is going well and there are many J-20's out there.

P.S. For those of you non-Chinese who might be interested: Big Shrimp sounds like 大侠 and 大侠 means sort of a kungfu master, especially a legendary one. So those who enjoys lots of followers/believers (say, on the web forums) are jokingly called 大侠 (in the internet world), hence 大虾（big shrimps）.