News China's stealth fighter drives down a runway

[cHodAX]

No really, they are developing one and it is looking good. It can do 30mph so far down a runway!

DailyTech - U.S. on Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter: "Fugetaboutit, For Now"

Video: China's J-20 stealth fighter on film - Telegraph

 

[leviathane]

think i read somewhere they aim to have it ready by like 2017.

 

[cHodAX]

think i read somewhere they aim to have it ready by like 2017.

Yep, it should be up to 300mph by then and able to beat the Veyron around the Top Gear test track!

 

[megadave]

good for them

 

[Exioce]

Near identical profile to the F22 and F35. Convergent design or blatant rip off?

 

[ECA]

How many possible profiles are there for a stealth aircraft ? There's 1 mathematical best solution, so ofc designs will converge.

 

[Chosen]

The chinese J-20 is a littlebit wider then the raptor. But as ECA said, it's kinda hard to change the design to much on a stealth plane

Just look at the Raptor and the JSF

 

[Exioce]

Raptor and JSF were both built by the same company, you'd expect them to look similar.
But don't look at the B2 and F117 then tell me every stealth plane must follow the same shape.

The chinese jet just reminded me of the soviet shuttle is all.

 

[Chosen]

Raptor and JSF were both built by the same company, you'd expect them to look similar.
But don't look at the B2 and F117 then tell me every stealth plane must follow the same shape.

Both B2 and F117 is air to ground bombers, both with outdated stealth technology aswell(Taken out of production).

F22 raptor is a multi purpose stealther, both air to ground and air to air. You don't have much of a choice construction a plane then(If you want the same features)

The reason there is a little difference between the Raptor and JSF is the US do not want to sell the technology from the raptor to any other countries(Hence they made the f35lightning, which can be considered a smaller version of f22 with a little bit different stealth techonolgy). But even tho there is a slight difference, you can see the resemblence very clearly. Since there is only one way to avoid the radars(The angles on the plane have to be exact)

If China wanted to produce a 5th generation stealther, ofcourse they wont use the technology which the US used for nearly 40 years ago.(F117) And the planes will in the end resemble eachother, whatever nations they come from.

 

[cHodAX]

Both B2 and F117 is air to ground bombers, both with outdated stealth technology aswell(Taken out of production).

F22 raptor is a multi purpose stealther, both air to ground and air to air. You don't have much of a choice construction a plane then(If you want the same features)

The reason there is a little difference between the Raptor and JSF is the US do not want to sell the technology from the raptor to any other countries(Hence they made the f35lightning, which can be considered a smaller version of f22 with a little bit different stealth techonolgy). But even tho there is a slight difference, you can see the resemblence very clearly. Since there is only one way to avoid the radars(The angles on the plane have to be exact)

If China wanted to produce a 5th generation stealther, ofcourse they wont use the technology which the US used for nearly 40 years ago.(F117) And the planes will in the end resemble eachother, whatever nations they come from.

Bullshit, Britian's prototype stealth figher looks like nothing else and the stealth is at least twenty generations ahead of the F35.

 

[Chosen]

Bullshit, Britian's prototype stealth figher looks like nothing else and the stealth is at least twenty generations ahead of the F35.

Oh, f***. I didn't see that coming

 

[cHodAX]

Oh, f***. I didn't see that coming

Neither will the Chinese when we invade and steal all their prawn crackers!

 

[Embattle]

Stealth is expensive and may be broken and even worse often the defense against such things is often a lot cheaper.

 

[DaGaffer]

Actually it looks more like the YF-23 design that lost to F-22, but its not really that stealthy; its got front canard wings (not stealthy) and there's no profiling of the exhaust venturis to deflect the heat signature. In other words, a typical Chinese copy of the real thing.

 

[- English -]

stealth bombers are FOTM

ftw

 

[Gwadien]

Do the british actually have any stealth bombers or are we tied down with the Europeans and the Eurofighter?

 

[Raven]

Probably made of monkey metal and all the buttons will fall out leaving sharp points.

 

[Exioce]

There are many designs for stealth planes and they do not have to conform to the F22/F35 rules, like Dark Star.

Anyway here's the British one, Taranis, a UAV. I can see the current crop of manned fighter jets being the last generation ever, with future skies belonging to similar UAVs.

 

[megadave]

that last pic looks like it's from a computer game

 

[Chosen]

There are many designs for stealth planes and they do not have to conform to the F22/F35 rules, like Dark Star.

Anyway here's the British one, Taranis, a UAV. I can see the current crop of manned fighter jets being the last generation ever, with future skies belonging to similar UAVs.

Please, read what I wrote before you comment! Those are still not multi purpose stealthers. Hence, you can't really set them up against F-22 or F-35 when it comes to design

And the proper term for the Taranis is UCAS.(And ofcourse the design opens up, when they are unmanned, hence they can make it different.)

The answer here is: If you want a manned stealth plane, for multi purpose function(Both air to air, and air to ground). Limits the design on the plane alot, and it is inevitable to not make it look a little like the american F-22 and/or F-35.

 

[leviathane]

ucas? the way people apply to uni? xD Surely ucav XD hehe

 

[Chosen]

ucas? the way people apply to uni? xD Surely ucav XD hehe

It stands for Unmanned Combat Aircraft System =) So no, it is UCAS.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Never heard of unmanned combat aircraft system, have heard of unmanned combat air vehicles though.

UCAS are in use too in terminology it seems, so wouldn't argue much myself about which one the tanaris is.

It's a frigate class startship anyway.

 

[cHodAX]

This has a really low stealth profile...

 

[Exioce]

The vehicle pictured is called Taranis.

Taranis - BAE Systems

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeap, that's the one, mispeel there. Frigate class, gallente really.

Not a stealthship at ALL.

 

[Chosen]

Yeap, that's the one, mispeel there. Frigate class, gallente really.

Not a stealthship at ALL.

It is viewed as a stealth bomber, tho I can't say I know how good the stealth technology in it is

First metal cut on BAE's 'Taranis' robot stealth bomber ? The Register

 

[old.Tohtori]

Nah, if i remember correctly, it's an interceptor. Mostly used for tactical support to tackle larger ships. Pretty useless by itself, but man, the speed is great if you're moving small packages through hostile territory.

 

[Chosen]

You didn't bother to click my link did you ?

 

[old.Tohtori]

I was just pulling your leg a bit, Taranis is also a frigate class interceptor spaceship in EVE Online