Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

Atomicfrog

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We not even know if there will be a "land and naval one" or just one of them?
Indeed but what would it be ?

If we look at the possibility of carrier use, the hook can be where the groove is.

Or we could see the position of the hook moved forward too, a bit like the old Cutlass naval fighter, it have a bit the same wing look. The groove would remain in that case but hook position could impede the weapon bay.

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For the hook position lovers... the Cutlass prototype had an internal hook on the rear top of the airframe :

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00CuriousObserver

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I wish he didn't draw the smoke around the plane... But damn this thing is beautiful
 

iewgnem

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I think we should take a moment to appreciate that Shenyang's 6th gen would, under any other circumstances and in any other country, be the the most advanced fighter in history and symbolizes 6th gen air dominance, and it's only in China with J-36 taking the spotlight that it gets relegated to "just another 6th gen"
 

Aval

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I think we should take a moment to appreciate that Shenyang's 6th gen would, under any other circumstances and in any other country, be the the most advanced fighter in history and symbolizes 6th gen air dominance, and it's only in China with J-36 taking the spotlight that it gets relegated to "just another 6th gen"
Poor J-50, it most likely flew before the J-36 and also had leaks online days to weeks earlier. Only for those leaks to be dismissed because everyone was looking for the rumoured tri-jet while no one expected a next-gen fighter from SAC. Such dismissal wasn't even illogical given the complete secrecy of the project relative to CAC's programme.

History won't remember that, technically, the J-50 was the first to break cover. J-36 was the second.
 
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