Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator

Deino

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Wow that's some claim. New J-31 prototype or another test flight of V2? Can't be sure and requires other eyewitness confirmation. Carrier version for 003?


That's exactly - as so often before - the most important question: Who's the one who posted this? Is he reliable, credible ...?? ... or again a fan-boy who wants to get attention?

Can anyone please provide a link to that forum and post?
 

Deino

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Naval V3.0 has flown ?

what’s the latest ?


I think, and please don't take is as an offence, but this is exactly how rumours explode!

There is so far only a post "a prototype has been seen" ... followed up by "where and who posted this" ... and after only two posts this "rumoured prototype has already flown"! ;) :p
 

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We know the airframe must at least be diffrerent from FC-31 v1 and v2 because it's a navalized/carrierborne variant.

But we've never had any indication that WS-19 would be ready for the prototype, so I dont' think there's any reason to entertain the question of whether WS-19 is installed in the prototype... because that idea was never a possibility to begin with.
 

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We know the airframe must at least be diffrerent from FC-31 v1 and v2 because it's a navalized/carrierborne variant.

But we've never had any indication that WS-19 would be ready for the prototype, so I dont' think there's any reason to entertain the question of whether WS-19 is installed in the prototype... because that idea was never a possibility to begin with.



Sorry, if this was the conclusion from my previous post, I think it is quite clear that similar to the J-20/WS-15 the J-35/WS-19 combination won't be ready and that any prototype would use interim engines first.
 
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