SAC FC-31 Stealth Fighter: News & Discussions

[Beast]

WS-13 will be ready in 2 years time. AVIC spokesmen at Singapore airshow 2014 mention that.

 

[Kompromat]

Yes，Also note the engine model with sawtooth setup in the acrylic box to the left of the J-31 model。

yea it seems to have bigger wing area too.

 

[Genesis]

WS-13 will be ready in 2 years time. AVIC spokesmen at Singapore airshow 2014 mention that.

if that's the case, I really don't expect J-20 before 2020. It's not a big deal, in the big picture of modernizing the military, what's a couple more years, as long as we get the essentials down. Maybe we can eve make a few more J-10B, J-11Ds in that time to increase our number of 4+ and 4++ fighters.

It makes more sense, Korea and Japan will have 40 and 100 F-35 respectively and those with manufacturing times and this and that won't come at least until 2025 in full numbers, then a number of years to achieve full combat readiness.

So we are well on schedule even if the time is 2020. A few hundred more advanced 4th gen is always good investment.

 

[siegecrossbow]

A very interesting picture：

Mr. Xu Dazhe，left，Vice Minister for Information Industry and Director of National Defence Science and Industry conveys greetings to 88-year old Lin Zhongtang，formerly Minister of （now defunct）Aerospace Industry

许达哲慰问航空工业老领导林宗棠

Some believe that the presence of PLA insignia on the wings might be proof that the plane got official backing from the Chinese military.

 

[nomi007]

 

[Genesis]

unofficial reports of a test flight today, and that some surprises in store for this year.

Let's wait for the photos....

 

[Genesis]

 

[cirr]

unofficial reports of a test flight today, and that some surprises in store for this year.

Let's wait for the photos....

Two，one in the morning and other in the afternoon。

Looking forward to the “good tidings” later in the year。

 

[cirr]

More test flights carried out today 04.03.2014.

Looking forward to V2.0 with first WS-13B then WS-17。

 

[nomi007]

cockpit of j-31

 

[Sasquatch]

More test flights carried out today 04.03.2014.

Looking forward to V2.0 with first WS-13B then WS-17。

It's pretty clear the final version will have a single frame canopy.

 

[nomi007]

 

[Akasa]

More test flights carried out today 04.03.2014.

Looking forward to V2.0 with first WS-13B then WS-17。

How authentic is this; where was this posted?

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Apparently AVIC is actually responsible for making these. Trying to cash in on the media attention, I presume?

 

[Akasa]

More test flights carried out today 04.03.2014.

Looking forward to V2.0 with first WS-13B then WS-17。