China Claims Innovation in J-20 Weapons Bay Design
China’s under-development J-20 combat aircraft recently demonstrated its missile-launch mechanism, which the Chinese media tout as a simple but “more efficient” design than that of the American F-22.
J-20 number 2002, one of the two prototypes that have been made known to the public, carried a short-range air-to-air missile (AAM) aft of the air intake. The missile, identified as China’s newly developed PL-10, was shown in a video inside the starboard intake weapons bay before being moved outside the airplane by an ejection system. The door of the bay then closed, leaving the missile outside, but still attached to the airframe.
This arrangement is said to allow the missile to be fired in the shortest time possible. In the F-22 design, the door of its side internal weapons bay has to remain open for the launch of a missile, thus possibly compromising its stealth capability. By contrast, the J-20 could stay stealthy throughout the missile-launch process by keeping the bay door closed.
Despite the Chinese media’s acclaim for the J-20’s missile launch mechanism, Chen Kuo-ming, senior editor with the Taiwan-based Defence International magazine, said what’s more important is whether the J-20 could fire short-range AAMs from off-boresight angles as acute as those possible from the F-22. For the moment, the PL-10 does not seem to be comparable to the AIM-9X AAM of the F-22 in respect to off-boresight capability.
The J-20 is expected to begin air-to-air weapons firing tests soon. It carries two short-range PL-10s, one in each air-intake bay, and six to eight medium-range P-12s in the main internal weapons bay below the mid-fuselage.
China Claims Innovation in J-20 Weapons Bay Design | Aviation International News
That actually a REALLY STUPID solution to simple problem.
1. With bays open for 5 secs only ground forces and an aircraft directly facing your bay can target you assuming they have sufficient L band radar. But in normal scenario you are creating in effect a bloody retractable external pylon for a 1 time use that DEFEATS the purpose of an internal bay.
2. The process involves
a> Load missile from rack
b> Open Doors
c> Deploy Missile
d> Close Doors
e> Acquire target and fire
f> Open Door
g> Retract pylon
h> Close Door
More movement make it like a cheerleader in a men's toilet!
3. Americans knew this and they made autolock and fire missile AIM 9X BLK II and JHMDS where you just need to
a> Worry about your GF/family problems as your computer auto aims the target for your lazy arse.
b> Press the trigger
c> Doors open
d> Missile runs out like a kid going to a restricted party.
e>Doors close.
f> BOOM! J20 dead!
g> You feel the need to urinate and use the technician's toolkit instead.
See Simple Science!
In 2010 the F-135 achieved 50,000 lbs or 220 KN in ideal conditions.
Actually in Combat Thrust and at Sea Level testing.