I don't think you can tell if a glass is coated or not without seeing light going through it and reflected from it from multiple directions.
J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
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From some pictures I can see the F35 cockpit is tinted way darker than the J35 or J20
That's because those pictures are taken from a specific angle with light reflected in a specific angle. Here are some photos where F-35 looks much lighter.
This F-35's glass looks like plain uncoated.
Then this F-35, slightly darker.
This J-35A is darker than the two F-35 photos above.
This J-20 is darker too with green and purple tints, typical of multi-layer coating like you would see in high end camera lenses.
The bottom line is that glass coating is not some super tech nowadays. It should be taken for granted that any decent fighter jet from strong industrial countries have cockpit coated.
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Yeah I've heard they have ito on airliners so it's not top notch super tech. Also thanks for the pictures, they're really goodThat's because those pictures are taken from a specific angle with light reflected in a specific angle. Here are some photos where F-35 looks much lighter.
This F-35's glass looks like plain uncoated.
Then this F-35, slightly darker.
This J-35A is darker than the two F-35 photos above.
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This J-20 is darker too with green and purple tints, typical of multi-layer coating like you would see in high end camera lenses.
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The bottom line is that glass coating is not some super tech nowadays. It should be taken for granted that any decent fighter jet from strong industrial countries have cockpit coated.
