J-XY/J-35 carrier-borne fighter thread

Atomicfrog said:

In any case, if you need to look over your shoulder in a stealth plane, you have already screwed yourself bigtime

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WVR isn't the only situation where one needs to look over the shoulder. Good visibility matters literally from preflight checkup onwards.
And WVR is still relevant enough to matter - especially when stealth becomes widespread.

Atomicfrog said:

I can see practically see armored windowless cockpit in next generation of combat aircraft...

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We've already gone through near- or totally blind cockpits in the 1960s.
No point going there again unless wide-angle VR environements will evolve enough to outdo human eyes.

Gloire_bb said:

WVR isn't the only situation where one needs to look over the shoulder. Good visibility matters literally from preflight checkup onwards.
And WVR is still relevant enough to matter - especially when stealth becomes widespread.


We've already gone through near- or totally blind cockpits in the 1960s.
No point going there again unless wide-angle VR environements will evolve enough to outdo human eyes.

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I can see wide angle 360 enhanced VR environment in 20 years for sure, I can see unmanned fighter too...

An enhanced version of a previously shared image.

by78 said:

An enhanced version of a previously shared image.

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No pitot tube? Incoporated in the nose cone?

davidau said:

No pitot tube? Incoporated in the nose cone?

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There is a pitot tube on the nose tip, visible in other pictures of the painted aircraft
The enhancement has removed it's appearance.

Blitzo said:

There is a pitot tube on the nose tip, visible in other pictures of the painted aircraft
The enhancement has removed it's appearance.

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Thanks. Why can't it be configured like J 20, with pitot incoporsted in the nose cone?

davidau said:

Thanks. Why can't it be configured like J 20, with pitot incoporsted in the nose cone?

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It is a prototype plane. J-20 had it too.

davidau said:

Thanks. Why can't it be configured like J 20, with pitot incoporsted in the nose cone?

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Production J-20 has air data probes on the side of its nose immediately aft of the nose radome.

But prototype J-20s also had a large pitot tube on the nose radome.

The J-XY/35 here are early prototypes, and it is normal for prototypes to have pitot tubes in that location.
Later prototypes, and production aircraft, will certainly dispense of the nose pitot tube.


This is very normal practice for testing of new aircraft.

I advise reviewing images of J-20 tech demo prototypes s/n 2001, 2002, and prototypes s/n 2011, 2012, and then all the way to prototype s/n 2016/7, and then production aircraft... And seeing the change of the presence of the nose tip air data probe.

Why it doesn’t have all moving tail…smh

longmarch said:

Why it doesn’t have all moving tail…smh

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My guess is that to ensure stability at low speed during landing on an aircraft carrier, it needs a larger tail, or at least larger than J-20. If the tail has to be large, it is pointless to make it all-moving.