Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

[grey boy 2]

Some new HD pictures with weapons bay completely opened

 

[cirr]

Some new HD pictures with weapons bay completely opened

I am gonna save this one for posterity.

 

[grey boy 2]

Some more

 

[grey boy 2]

 

[Deino]

Looks modified in comparison to the original demonstrator's bays ... and so the question remains: will now fit 3 PL-15 per bay ?

... IMO more likely than before !

 

[Deino]

Looks modified in comparison to the original demonstrator's bays ... and so the question remains: will now fit 3 PL-15 per bay ?

... IMO more likely than before !

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However I think I need to correct myself; I'm not sure anymore:

 

[帅的一匹]

I love the paint job.

 

[grey boy 2]

 

[Pepsi Cola]

uh... that's not good then?

 

[Deino]

uh... that's not good then?

I had a similar thought, however that image seems "enhanced" (light, contrast, brightness, ..) by some sort, so that the exhaust may be more visible.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Another video. Please excuse the poor camerawork.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc2NDg3OTI1Mg==.html

 

[Deino]

Hmmmmmm ....

 

[Deino]

Guys ... that's not fair ! Really

I'm sitting here on my desk while I need to prepare the Chemistry-exams for my pupils that will be written in January. I have to sign in my exams exactly on next Monday 8 o'clock ....

I really cannot work this way.

 

[j20blackdragon]

Exactly and like I already explained yesterday following @ChineseTiger1986 's post from yesterday, that reported about the J-20A using NOT the AL-31FN but a specialised version based on the AL-31FM2 !

But according to Xi Yazhou, the frontrunner Internet pundit who claims that the J-20A uses the AL-31FM2

The AL-31FM2 appears to be a phantom engine program.

Do we have evidence that the engine was successfully bench-tested, flight-tested, and certified?

In 2012, Aviation Week reported that the AL-31FM2 had completed the climatic bench tests.
http://aviationweek.com/awin/some-tests-complete-sukhoi-engine-upgrade

This news was also confirmed on Salut's website.
http://www.salut.ru/ViewTopic.php?Id=1459

Unfortunately, there appears to be an absence of information past this point.

Here is the Salut news archive. I don't see anything concerning the AL-31FM2 past 2012.
http://www.salut.ru/NewsArchive.php

When did the engine complete flight testing?

When did the engine complete the State Validation Tests?

Salut's website prominently displays the year when the previous AL-31FM1 completed State Validation Tests.

http://www.salut.ru/ViewTopic.php?Id=149

I even found news that the AL-31FN Series 3 was approved for full-scale engine production in 2014.
http://www.salut.ru/ViewTopic.php?Id=2325

But where exactly is the news concerning the AL-31FM2? And what evidence do we have that this is even an ongoing program?

 

[asia2000]

What are those bumps?