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Is it flatter though? I think in the space anterior to the muzzle of the gunport for F-22 and the space anterior to my proposed gunport muzzle for the J-20 the fuselage is about similar.


The dent/groove on the F-22's gunport from what I see is at the same location as the gunport's panel/muzzle, rather than in front of the panel/muzzle. That suggests to me that the dent/groove upon the F-22's gunport's panel is unrelated to clearance anterior to the gun.


edit: if the F-22's dent/groove for its gunport extended forward to near the air intake before the fuselage there begins to slope downwards, then I think it would make sense to argue that such a thing would be expected for my proposed J-20 gunport as well. But the fact that F-22's dent/groove barely extends beyond the gunport's firing panel suggests to me it is unnecessary.


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