asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Looks like progress to me:
v1: prototype + demo
v2: redesign
v2: testing
I was waiting for this
this does not constitute a fully fledged aircraft development process, far from it
Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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I was waiting for this
this does not constitute a fully fledged aircraft development process, far from it
For all we know , the FC-31 is a demonstrator. The real version maybe flying under the cover of darkness. I backpack in the remote mountains of the US within a couple hundred miles of air force secret bases. I have heard jets gone for 30min full blast once the sky goes dark.
It constitutes everything you listed in your post, so blame your own list lolz. There have been prototypes, redesigns, milestones, development and testing. The issue here is that we don't know the current state of the program. But the lack of open source data does not equal "nothing is really happening."
I am afraid that you can not argue with or convince a person who demands daily progress reports from SAC and PLA, without such reports there is no progress in his mind.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
yes because I am a realist and not a low quality fan boy like you lot
who keep crying at any criticism of your favourite toy planes
bottom line FC-31 has not progressed full stop
keep crying you will not get any sympathy from me
who keep crying at any criticism of your favourite toy planes
bottom line FC-31 has not progressed full stop
keep crying you will not get any sympathy from me
It was never meant to. The FC-31 is basically an X-plane used to test rapid design and manufacturing methods. The airframe itself was a secondary consideration. Only later was Chinese government funding granted to develop an actual plane based on it.
Compare this with the ATF competition which we knew was meant to develop and actual plane for combat use.
The US government funded the ATF prototypes. AFAIK Shenyang funded the FC-31 themselves.
The slow progress is because initially this was done on a shoestring budget it is as simple as that.
Given what we heard of, the airplane the government wants is to be larger so they likely had to completely redesign it.
Compare this with the ATF competition which we knew was meant to develop and actual plane for combat use.
The US government funded the ATF prototypes. AFAIK Shenyang funded the FC-31 themselves.
The slow progress is because initially this was done on a shoestring budget it is as simple as that.
Given what we heard of, the airplane the government wants is to be larger so they likely had to completely redesign it.
i wonder why they would keep it in the dark though if they goin for the export market.