Those TVC nozzles really do look good on it.
Shenyang next gen combat aircraft (?J-XDS)
- Thread starter Blitzo
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Scary thing is that J-36/J-XDS flights aren’t even newsworthy anymore.
Wish they do some similar tweaking for the J-36 hind quarters.
The all-moving wingtips are not flapping anymore in late footages, I dont know if its wind conditions or flight control updates but it look way sharper.
I really wouldn't extrapolate anything from either the past footage or current footage.
Past movements may have been deliberate for example
Did it flap during the landing phase in the past?
I saw them constantly flapping in this video, it is just that the time frame when the video is close and clear enough is less than 2 seconds and flapped 2 to 3 times.
Also, I don't get many people believe or wish that there be no constant flapping. The aircraft is deliberately designed to be statically unstable and it removed large control surfaces like conventional stablizers for stealth, so it is only physically reasonable that the smaller control surfaces move faster and more frequent. Also remember that the AMTs are mounted at an angle to the wing, they serve functions of both horizontal and vertical stablizers which the aircraft totally eliminated for stealth.
This is same wish like removing J-20's ventrl fins or canards. But perfect stealthy things don't fly at all.
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There will be always corrections, its the purpose of these control surfaces but they are not supposed to look like they are panicking.
Im still seeing less wild corrections in late videos but I can be wrong.
I don’t see how you can tell from such a short video.