Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

[Deino]

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That's well known a faked image only!

 

[TheSolution]

WS15 for medium 5th gen

J-35? Or is this an unknown 5th gen?

 

[GiantPanda]

J-35? Or is this an unknown 5th gen?

No, the intended engine for J-35 would be the medium WS-19 (WS-13 variant interim.)

The WS-15 is a heavy engine for the J-20 and in the same size/weight class as the WS-10.

It would therefore be a new single-engine design.

 

[TheSolution]

It would therefore be a new single-engine design.

Has anything about this single engine design been revealed?

This might be the first reference to it

 

[luciferdd]

No, the intended engine for J-35 would be the medium WS-19 (WS-13 variant interim.)

The WS-15 is a heavy engine for the J-20 and in the same size/weight class as the WS-10.

It would therefore be a new single-engine design.

PLAN likes the double-engines J-35 as carrier-borne fighter,but PLAAF don't like it at all=>it's still too expensive and it has a different engine to J-20.

 

[GiantPanda]

PLAN likes the double-engines J-35 as carrier-borne fighter,but PLAAF don't like it at all=>it's still too expensive and it has a different engine to J-20.

Yes going by their doctrine, PLAAF will most likely end up with a single WS-15 engined fighter as a complement to the J-20 and a successor to the J-10.

That said, if the J-35 turns out to be successful then the PLAAF might buy some. It has traditionally dealt with multiple engines in its fleet. The JH-7 has a different engine and will be around for a while and it was initially a PLANAF plane too.

 

[Scorpiooo]

Mean

No, the intended engine for J-35 would be the medium WS-19 (WS-13 variant interim.)

The WS-15 is a heavy engine for the J-20 and in the same size/weight class as the WS-10.

It would therefore be a new single-engine design.

Mean can be something 5th generation plus like 6th generation

Yes going by their doctrine, PLAAF will most likely end up with a single WS-15 engined fighter as a complement to the J-20 and a successor to the J-10.

That said, if the J-35 turns out to be successful then the PLAAF might buy some. It has traditionally dealt with multiple engines in its fleet. The JH-7 has a different engine and will be around for a while and it was initially a PLANAF plane too.

Why Chinese will go for 3rd 5th generation when they know American are very close to 6th generation jets induction so they definitely focus on there 6th generation jet or atleast 5.5 th Gen these engine definitely will part of them

 

[ozranger]

Mean
Mean can be something 5th generation plus like 6th generation


Why Chinese will go for 3rd 5th generation when they know American are very close to 6th generation jets induction so they definitely focus on there 6th generation jet or atleast 5.5 th Gen these engine definitely will part of them

Probably a Su-75 like model dedicated for export? With a single engine on high thrust, more cost friendly for foreign customers.

BTW a flyable drone for verifying aerodynamic designs for 6 gen fighters spotted at CAC airfield in Chengdu.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/satellite-images-reveal-unusual-airframe-resembling-tailless-fighter-design-at-chinese-test-airfield/news-story/cfa82b84b1a0610c46a3c973c0c75dab

 

[Rank]

That's well known a faked image only!

Sorry I wasn't aware of this...

 

[rcrmj]

Yes going by their doctrine, PLAAF will most likely end up with a single WS-15 engined fighter as a complement to the J-20 and a successor to the J-10.

That said, if the J-35 turns out to be successful then the PLAAF might buy some. It has traditionally dealt with multiple engines in its fleet. The JH-7 has a different engine and will be around for a while and it was initially a PLANAF plane too.

there is no such single engined 5th gen fighter in development in China atm. The closest assumption would go to J-10D.
anyway, J-35 is by far the most collaborated, advanced, reliable and technologically integrated fighter in China, of course PLAAF will "buy some"`````

not only PLAAF others will buy that too!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502606254925291523

Can any one say what the video says. Are they saying WS 15 engine is ready ?

far from being ready``````

 

[luciferdd]

there is no such single engined 5th gen fighter in development in China atm. The closest assumption would go to J-10D.
anyway, J-35 is by far the most collaborated, advanced, reliable and technologically integrated fighter in China, of course PLAAF will "buy some"`````

not only PLAAF others will buy that too!


far from being ready``````

PLAAF didn't spend even one coin on J-35 projet at the past ten years,obviously they want a mini j-20 with single WS-15 as their low end fighter.

 

[rcrmj]

PLAAF didn't spend even one coin on J-35 projet at the past ten years,obviously they want a mini j-20 with single WS-15 as their low end fighter.

funniest "obvious" ever`````and why should PLAAF or PLAAN spend money on a plane that is still on development? dont assume how the China's weapon acquisition processes work. it has nothing to do with your "thinking'```lol

 

[Scorpiooo]

Probably a Su-75 like model dedicated for export? With a single engine on high thrust, more cost friendly for foreign customers.

BTW a flyable drone for verifying aerodynamic designs for 6 gen fighters spotted at CAC airfield in Chengdu.

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https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/satellite-images-reveal-unusual-airframe-resembling-tailless-fighter-design-at-chinese-test-airfield/news-story/cfa82b84b1a0610c46a3c973c0c75dab

Russian are still very much behind in 5th generation from American and even Chinese

 

[onebyone]

China’s J-20 stealth fighters are getting an engine upgrade, source says

State television reports that the new engine has been put through a series of tests.

www.scmp.com

WS-15

 

[The SC]

After J-10, Pakistan will get J-20 stealth fighters from China

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan's interior minister, was the first official to announce the J-10C deal last December when he said the newly acquired aircraft would take part in the Pakistan Day celebration on March 23, 2022..

The minister also made a surprising comment, saying: “We have the J-10C...God willing, the time will come...I am not sure when the J-20C will also arrive in Pakistan, which will be the most recent aircraft in the world...”

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed's comments came just weeks after Pakistani and Turkish authorities indicated that the two countries were working together on a stealth aircraft.