J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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Most likely they are electric actuactors, judging by how fast they stop and start.
They're almost certainly electro-hydraulically actuated, as in flight control inputs are electrically commanded and hydraulically actuated (i.e fly-by-wire). Electrically actuated system of this day and age just aren't as reliable and as safe as a hydraulic system, and more importantly it does not have the power density or speed to operate an aircraft's control surfaces effectively.... let alone when operating at the corners of the flight envelope under high-G situations.
I'm sure electric actuators may become more popular with advancements in technology... I can see brakes becoming electrically actuated, where a rotor and stator doesn't need to move nearly as much as an aileron/rudder/canard. However we're just not at the point where we can effectively replace hydraulic actuators from primary flight controls.
Pilot Chen Liu and his sweet ride.
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Interesting info. Pilot Chen Liu has entered the Air Force Academy in 2003 and currently has 2000 hours of flight time logged on various aircraft. How long could someone start flying after joining the academy? We can gauge the flight training time based on this.
Interesting info. Pilot Chen Liu has entered the Air Force Academy in 2003 and currently has 2000 hours of flight time logged on various aircraft. How long could someone start flying after joining the academy? We can gauge the flight training time based on this.
30 months of academic theory, 18 months in the aviation college flying CJ-6 as well as JL-8 and/or JJ-7 (about 200 hours in total), before conversion onto a fighter aircraft that takes roughly a year (includes conversion and combat application training). Plan is to have pilots in front line units in before mid-20s.
Do new pilots start on J-20s?
Based on my interpretation, it sounds like they're starting to. New pilots tracked for the J-20 will see their intermediate and advanced flight training combined on the JL-10, instead of the usual pipeline that sees them go through JL-8s for intermediate phase and JJ-7/JL-9s for advanced phase.
In case of guys at Dingxin they train on J-20, J-16, and J-10C.
According to a report from 2019, Chen Liu had flown 1500 hours by 2018. That means he flew 500 hours between 2018 and now and depending on what time of the year the cutoff is at, he could’ve flown an average of 200-166 hours annually.
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