Chinese Air Force

[rockdog]

China reportedly navalized the GJ-11. Right after the launch of the new LHD.
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The 076 is ready for this:

 

[Noob]

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These guys are on a spree

 

[shiphone]

outdated news...

this naval varient would have another code name...they were spotted in the ground simulation test facility located in the shipyard... this GJ-1X would be operated both on CV and the newly launched LHA


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another model from the other R&D team...

 

[helin]

The surprises aren't over yet.

Get ready for the H20

 

[rockdog]

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50m width, Boeing 737 size

 

[rockdog]

New tech and features used by new fighter, made by some military magazine.

 

[rockdog]

New tech and features used by new fighter, made by some military magazine.

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[pixxel]

 

[helin]

Number 36011 means this is the 11th J36

The paint color is probably close to mass production

 

[helin]

 

[Ayan Barat]

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Three identical, so no 3rd ramjet, adaptive cycle, APU or anything...but more in line with my earliest guesstimation

To match similar level of thrust they're using perhaps three WS-10s.

Also someone said morphing control surfaces, morphing is bit different in aeronautics where it means a wing or surface that can change its aerodynamic properties by changing its surface WITHOUT USING ANY MOVING PARTS LIKE FLAPS OR SLATS.
These are simple brakes that are deployed on both sides for braking and on one to slow that side more than the other resulting in it turning...acting as rudders for aircraft without vertical stabilizer or tail.

What's ingenious compared to say B2 or any flying wing UAVs is the fact that these brakes too are at an angle so even when they'll be deployed they'd generate less RCS compared to their traditional counterparts.


This same thing is evident in the wing bumps housing the flap actuators, in everything from F-22 to J-20 they're pretty much following the angle of the fuselage but here we can see that even those are trying to match the angle of wing; so drag would be slightly increased but similarly RCS would go down.