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why would you believe that?hi could someone provide me a chinese source which says that j31 will enter production by 2019 or 2020 plz
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why would you believe that?hi could someone provide me a chinese source which says that j31 will enter production by 2019 or 2020 plz
huitong confirms domestic WS-13E engines.
http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com/2012/07/fighters_18.html#FC-31
The latest images suggested that the high-speed taxi test of the 02 prototype started on December 18, 2016. Its first flight took place on December 23, 2016, powered by two smokeless WS-13E engines.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/chinas-second-fc-31-takes-flight-432720/
A brief, grainy video purported to be of the flight also indicates that the engines are not smoking. The J-31 that performed during Airshow China in Zhuhai in 2014 was notable for the exhaust produced by its pair of Klimov R-93 engines. This is the same powerplant used in the single-engined Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17, which is also notable for engine exhaust.
So if the RD-93 doesn't smoke that much then there could be a possibility that FC-31 1.0 wasn't carrying RD-93 and maybe an early version of WS-XXJF-17 didn't smoke that bad with same Ruskie engine.
yes the rear view is newAn old image from the taxi test on 18. December ... but these two images are new (at least to me) !
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Looks like this is also a carrier borne prototype , Front Pair of wheelsAn old image from the taxi test on 18. December ... but these two images are new (at least to me) !
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The gap between the rear end and the engine disappear, means the engine on V2 has large diameter.Russian RD-33K is smokeless.
It still has a chance to be inducted for PLAN.Looks like this is also a carrier borne prototype , Front Pair of wheels
If these engine are still some Russian stuff, SAC can just explode themself.Russian RD-33K is smokeless.
An old image from the taxi test on 18. December ... but these two images are new (at least to me) !
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