J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

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Blitzo

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But honestly, no-one is sharing this image with me! Someone posted it on Twitter and I retweeted and published - as such shared - it with others! So what‘s his point?

Probably under the wrong impression that someone shared it with you rather than recognizing other twitter users posted it before you. I suppose your higher profile and higher follower count on twitter means they think it was first posted on western internet by "you".
 

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But honestly, no-one is sharing this image with me! Someone posted it on Twitter and I retweeted and published an already published - as such I indeed shared - image with others! So what‘s his point?

He is mad that it is shared on Twitter before Weibo. It means that some of the photos were not intended to be shared in the first place.
 

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He is mad that it is shared on Twitter before Weibo. It means that some of the photos were not intended to be shared in the first place.

Probably under the wrong impression that someone shared it with you rather than recognizing other twitter users posted it before you. I suppose your higher profile and higher follower count on twitter means they think it was first posted on western internet by "you".

So it is not directly aimed against me but against that guy who posted it on Twitter first? But in fact I received the low-quality version via Facebook.
 
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The TVC looks very different from WS-10 TVC. At this quality, it should be clear to see the details. WS-10 TVC's outer petals are two pieces joint by a hinge. This one has a ridge without hinge. WS-10 TVC's interior petals also have joints with hinges connecting to neighbouring petals. This one doesn't.

The other possible explanation is that this is WS-15TVC. But the ridges serving no purpose kills this explanation IMO.

So I am inclined to say it is a PS.

BTW, the tail boom look alright for me. The other photo in #7,255 does show very faint but noticeable composite sections of the booms. It fits the photos that I have of prototype 2012.
 

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The TVC looks very different from WS-10 TVC. At this quality, it should be clear to see the details. WS-10 TVC's outer petals are two pieces joint by a hinge. This one has a ridge without hinge. WS-10 TVC's interior petals also have joints with hinges connecting to neighbouring petals. This one doesn't.

The other possible explanation is that this is WS-15TVC. But the ridges serving no purpose kills this explanation IMO.

So I am inclined to say it is a PS.

BTW, the tail boom look alright for me. The other photo in #7,255 does show very faint but noticeable composite sections of the booms. It fits the photos that I have of prototype 2012.

I mean, the picture isn't very high quality, and also the WS-10 with TVC nozzle on the J-10B was a testbed anyhow.

There's certainly no reason why a TVC nozzle on J-20 testbed (whether it's WS-10 or WS-15) needs to look identical to the WS-10 TVC nozzle on J-10B. If anything it would be a bit strange if it was fully identical imo.


That isn't to say I think the pic is 100% real, but imo any external differences or similarities from the WS-10 TVC on the J-10B testbed, is largely not useful for the purposes of determining this picture's authenticity.
 
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