It's a research paper from October, and the original source was SCMP, so take that entire thing with large lumps of salt, large enough to cure a whole pig's worth of meat, and then some.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
- Thread starter Blitzo
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Might be useful for stealth hypersonics if true.
This is just to close the loop on my dumbassery (see above): I was INCORRECT in asserting that the J-20A/J-20S had a splitter/diverter/whatever next to the DSI bump, and @Nx4eu and others were CORRECT in stating that there was no such thing. I scoured this thread for pictures to support or undermine my position, and I found two that "sealed the deal" for me. I've cropped them to isolate the relevant details and posted them below:
These images are suitable for an apples-to-apples comparison to the ones posted by @slithly above, as they show the aircraft in their in-service finish. They clearly show (at least to me) that the aircraft "skin" flows smoothly from the DSI bump to the proximal inner surface of the engine intake, with no structure standing proud or outboard of the DSI bump.
I must say, though, that the seeming existence of a J-20A/J-20S splitter/diverter/whatever at certain angles and under cetain lighting is one of the darnedest illusions I've ever seen.
4 J-20s passing low and loud (probably occasioned by the recent return of chinese soldiers KIA in the korean war?).
A J-20A with WS-15 spotted. Posted by @欧阳振我86468 on Weibo.
Don’t see a hump. Must be vanilla.
Saw Oneninety's post. The more likely explanation is that the first batch of J-20s with AL-31Fs are being retrofitted with WS-10Cs, whether that be for testing or not.