Posted on 12/27/2024 7:23:30 AM PST by whyilovetexas111
China has unveiled two prototype sixth-generation stealth fighters, potentially surpassing the J-20. The Chengdu design is notable for its large size, tailless configuration, and unique three-engine setup. The Shenyang prototype appears smaller and more traditional.
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Those engine inlets don’t look right at all. They look fake. And if the fans really are right there, they’ll light up like a Christmas tree to any radar system.
The engine inlets on the top picture are fake as hell.
Looks can be deceiving. Each segment is at a different angle so as to reflect the radar signal in a different direction...........
I’m not sure he’s said ‘exclusively’...drones are being very effective in Ukraine.
...but would like to understand your thoughts.
Never judge war with beating up on third-world terrorists.
It's not a mainline aircraft but it's still in use.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-retired-f-117-stealth-fighter-still-soaring-us-air-force-210244
It's been used in aerial refueling certifications, and for simulating enemy aircraft. (And whatever else is classified).
Those look like covers.
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You got that right.
the engine size is much smaller than you’d expect, because the mass is lower on this aircraft due to not having human cargo, nor needing the infrastructure to carry support them. Your thrust demands are lower due to the ‘weight’ side of the t/w ratio being significantly lower.
They would have to be if that was a real plane.
1. You would NEVER put the inlet fan where a radar beam could hit it. You have to hide them behind a serpentine inlet to keep them out of direct line-of-sight to radar. Those fans are absolutely laughable. They look like something a kid who knew nothing about airplanes would create.
2. The fan would NEVER be so small with respect to the inlet. It’s needlessly restricting airflow into the engine. The fan needs to cover the entire inlet area.
3. The face-on inlet portions directly surrounding the fan would create a lot of needless drag. You do NOT want air hitting them; you want all air going into the fan.
4. The yellow portions of the inlets don’t look real at all. They look like they’re made of plastic. The flat, face-on leading edges look especially suspect. They could be inserts, but the shape suggests to me that they would be especially hard to insert and remove.
5. The side landing gear looks off. The primary portion of a landing gear strut is a hydraulic shock. The ram portion needs to be highly polished stainless steel so they make a proper seal as to not let the hydraulic fluid out. Those don’t look anything of the sort. They look like mockups painted silver.
I don’t think this is a real plane. I really don’t.
I watched a video from a fighter pilot yesterday where he was evaluating the pictures and video of this plane, and he stated that he was CERTAIN that there was no way this was a fighter. Too big, not enough material or articulation in the control surfaces, no obvious thrust vectoring, etc. He surmised that it could be a drone mothership, a bomber, or carry a bunch of stand-off missiles, but in a dog fight it would be dead meat.
I could go on. The raised rivets on the nose: BIG no-no for stealth purposes.
Sorry. Fake.
The missiles lying on the ground also point toward the whole thing being a mockup.
“The engine inlets on the top picture are fake as hell.”
Unless they are purposely designed to create a pressure bubble in front of the intake?
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