J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VI

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A clear, albeit familiar view of J-20's cockpit. Whereas previous versions were mostly screen grabs from TV broadcast, this is an actual photo. Love the details on the explosive cord. And you can clearly see the reflection of the HUD on the pilot's visor, as well as that of the GoPro-style action cam . Unfortunately, the MFD is not reflected on the visor.

Notice that to the pilot's right, on the canopy glass, there's a thin piece of tape: it's likely used for formation alignment with other J-20s.

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by78 said:
A clear, albeit familiar view of J-20's cockpit. Whereas previous versions were mostly screen grabs from TV broadcast, this is an actual photo. Love the details on the explosive cord. And you can clearly see the reflection of the HUD on the pilot's visor, as well as that of the GoPro-style action cam . Unfortunately, the MFD is not reflected on the visor.

Notice that to the pilot's right, on the canopy glass, there's a thin piece of tape: it's likely used for formation alignment with other J-20s.
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Was it ever confirmed the helmet has HMD integrated? Doesn't look like it from this photo
 
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Rachmaninov said:
I almost gave up reading the thread when it happened...!
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I've always preferred discussion to debate. In a discussion of parties can contribute and learn from one another while furthering everyone's understanding of a particular subject. In a debate the objective is merely to win; to prove one self right and another wrong, regardless of who may, or may not, be correct.

There is a debate ongoing, currently, in the J-31 thread involving one of the above-mentioned comentators.
 
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that's not operationally safe or practical, say you are post-stall and have lost directional stability, how are you going to modulate throttles,, twin engine aircraft are always operated with the throttles in one hand, and operated in unison, recipe propeller driven aircraft do have a "synchronizer", where you incrementally increase or decrease thrust on one engine to "sync your props"..

Multi engine aircraft are accelerated beyond best climb speed to "blue line", that airspeed where if you lose an engine, you will not lose yaw control, because the rudder has enough control authority to maintain directional control. so NO that's not a practical means for directional control, if your multi engine examiner found you messing around with that, he would "bust your check ride"!

Yes, I do realize that in extreme situations, such as the Sioux City DC-10 crash, that differential throttle was used for yaw/roll control, but you see the results of that landing attempted in those conditions where the complete destruction of the aircraft, and the loss of many lives.
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Nozzle control; the wideness of the nozzle can be used to reduce effective thrust without spinning down the engines. We've seen J-20s vary nozzle position differentially on almost the first few pictures.
 
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