Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator

Blitzo

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Bagu document honoring Wang Xiangming.

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CSAA is about as official as you can get @Deino @Bltizo.

Are we sure that the document is written by staff that is technical and not by someone who just got designations from baidu though?

Not that it is impossible for it to be named J-31, but this reads a bit too "PR-y" for me.
 

yungho

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Key takeaways:

1) Looks like FC-31 is officially J-31 now. That means PLAAF should be interested, otherwise it wouldn't receive an official designation.
2) Carrier fighter uses a different designation (J-35???). It is not revealed here, so it is still J-XX.
3) Both aircraft utilize laser 3D printed structural components that enhance structural strength and reduce weight.
Does that mean they are not following the J-10/J-11 naming convention or does the PLAAF consider the FC-31/J-31 a next gen compared to the J-20?
 

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Are we sure that the document is written by staff that is technical and not by someone who just got designations from baidu though?

Not that it is impossible for it to be named J-31, but this reads a bit too "PR-y" for me.

If they are following bandy why call the naval fighter J-XX instead of J-35? The details are all very technical.
 

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So there is the J-31, J-35 and J-21.

Or the J-21 ( One reserved for the PLAAF) is re-rebranded as J-31.
And the Naval version be J-35.
 

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Are we sure that J-XX is referring to the naval fighter?
王向明(推荐渠道:航空工业沈阳飞机设计研究所),研究员,航空工业沈阳飞机设计研究所项目总设计师,提出基于先进制造的整体主承力部件多约束设计方法,建立翼-身整体部件、铰链式平尾部件,突破结构重量、寿命等极限束缚;提出基于增材制造的飞机结构创新设计、舰载机结构损伤抢修设计方法,建立多种增材创新主承力结构和功能结构,单机用量(重量)高达复合材料的1/7(3%);建立新机快速试制新模式,在歼-31、歼-XX等研制中发挥了核心支撑作用。
Pretty sure that this hasn’t been implemented on the J-15 yet. His contribution also explicitly mentions horizontal stabilizers, which are not used on the J-20.
 

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Pretty sure that this hasn’t been implemented on the J-15 yet. His contribution also explicitly mentions horizontal stabilizers, which are not used on the J-20.

The way I read it, there's a possibility that the parts are meant to be separated by semicolon.

In which case the part about "J-31" and "J-XX" is only here:
"建立新机快速试制新模式,在歼-31、歼-XX等研制中发挥了核心支撑作用"

Rapid trial production could have usefulness for FC-31 (J-XY as well), and other upcoming fighter projects...
 
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