The wing geometry does in fact play a big role. Read Bill Sweetman's articles.
Yes, that is what I said, and the fact is the J-20 has poor wing geometry.
Here is what may impede the T-50's stealthiness when compared to the J-20:
- The T-50 does not have a smooth underside
Right, and the J-20 has a smooth 'underside'? It doesn't have four large objects, most likely hydraulic mechanisms) hanging from underneath the wings?
- Lack of panel alignment
You will provide a credible scientific source (not a magazine quote or blog quote) explaining 'panel alignment', than you will point out and be very specific where the J-20 has 'panel alignment' and where the pak-fa lacks 'panel alignment' than you will give an explanation as to why it is important, than you will make a quote from your credible chosen source that supports your claim.
Same routine, as above ,but what is most delightful and plainly ignorant on your part is that the F-22 also has these 'gaps around the inlet'. Reading too much of Martians propaganda?
Please, I would like for you to explain yourself out of this one, here are those 'gaps':
Seems like you and Martian know better than the two largest and most experienced aircraft manufacturers in the world, correct?
And the four large spheres underneath the J-20's wings don't apply? I forgot, physics don't apply to the J-20. By the way, the F-22 and pak-fa have the same spheres only much , much, much smaller. I wonder why the J-20's sphere are as large.........
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The J-20 also has (which the T-50 does not):
- DSI
- Frameless bubble canopy
Don't care, half of the 'stealth' aircraft the US developed didn't have a bubble canopy.
- IR reducing tiles on the engines
As does the pak-fa.
- Possible plasma stealth technology
Lets keep the conversation realistic and relevant.
Looking at its airframe is possible to tell if it has at least a good chance at being a highly agile fighter.
Yes, like the Americans thought the Mig-25 was an agile fighter?
The reason why Chinese chose the canard delta design in its J-10A (which defeated J-11A 6:0) is because of its enhanced maneuverability.
Just because the Chinese chose a delta design doesn't mean they did it for maneuverability, there are a number of delta aircraft that would get humiliated in a dogfight. And the J-11A reference just proves that the J-11 pilot was an armature or incompetent or both, in Russian aggressor squadrons Mig-23's have achieved Mig-29 kills, despite having inferior avionics and very inferior maneuverability. That same J-11 pilot wound get spanked by the Mig-23.
The French, British, and Swedish also incorporated it into their fighters. The canards will definitely boost the J-20's maneuverability, while the deltas will decrease drag and increase performance in transonic and supersonic flight.
A good reason for the J-20's delta design was an attempt to improve the aircraft's range. While the canards may have been designed for improved maneuverability, they could also have been put in place because the radar and other avionics caused the J-20 to be too heavy in the nose, thus they had no other choice, this is the same problem early Sukhois had, until they managed to correct it.
In fact, the main reason the F-22 didn't adopt canards for maneuverability is its contribution to RCS. With the J-20's plasma stealth technology, however, the problem is solved.
How many American aircraft use canards? What makes you think the designers of the F-22 would ever use canards even if it had no consequences to RCS?
Even if the 117S derivative was upgraded as you described, it would produce an afterburning thrust of about 155 kN. That is about the same as the WS-10G engines installed on the J-20 prototype, and far less than that of the WS-15 engine, which will become the production engine of the J-20.
One of the Chinese members claimed that the WS-15 program was recently terminated.