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First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report
Evidence is mounting that China’s highly anticipated next-generation stealth bomber is being readied to fly.
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First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report
Evidence is mounting that China’s highly anticipated next-generation stealth bomber is being readied to fly.www.thedrive.com
Sounds like an exciting race to the unveiling line now.
H-20 is now neck and neck with B-21, with PAK-DA now in 3rd place (unless Russia can crack the whip for a sudden burst of speed. Unlikely as it's distracted by events off the course).
But is the H-20 a B-2 equivalent or a B-21 equivalent?Sounds like an exciting race to the unveiling line now.
H-20 is now neck and neck with B-21, with PAK-DA now in 3rd place (unless Russia can crack the whip for a sudden burst of speed. Unlikely as it's distracted by events off the course).
Last I heard they cut annual government by 7% as well, that's on top of the 'extra costs' currently being taken out of the annual budget.I personally don't think that we will see the PAK-DA until the end of the current decade because the Russians are still going with the Tu-160M at present.
Last I heard they cut annual government by 7% as well, that's on top of the 'extra costs' currently being taken out of the annual budget.
But is the H-20 a B-2 equivalent or a B-21 equivalent?
But is the H-20 a B-2 equivalent or a B-21 equivalent?
Judging by their progress in spaceflight I’d say the odds are against this being the outcome. They’ve literally eaten up the gaps in the area much faster than many expected. Yes they still lag in a number of areas but the gap is much smaller now. Also some areas they lag in such as reusable launchers is the same for ESA for example.What would be interesting is to see if that giant step forward isn't at the end possible even with all the resources and dedication of China. It would serve as a metering unit for all the projects worldwide that claim to pop out a 6th gen systems like a devil in a box with a complete disregard of the building block nature of stealth technology.
The real proof lies in the performance of the platform/system which affects everyone who develops new aircraft, how good is your mousetrap in real-world application.What would be interesting is to see if that giant step forward isn't at the end possible even with all the resources and dedication of China. It would serve as a metering unit for all the projects worldwide that claim to pop out a 6th gen systems like a devil in a box with a complete disregard of the building block nature of stealth technology.
....bad laidthis is all a campaign of disinformation
Well, now it’s getting interesting… a few days ago a strange tweet again posted that unique model we’ve seen some time ago and now this!
So either this is all a campaign of disinformation well laid out to confuse us enthusiasts and analysts or is there actually something to this configuration and the H-20 actually looks like or similar to it? ... maybe a first leak similar to the first painting of the B-2 back then and in retrospect, one of the very first wind tunnel images of the J-20 looked also exactly like the final type and at least I didn’t care much back then.
Interesting that already three slightly different images of the same image popped up almost simultaneously… just for completeness here are all three!
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I have no idea why someone would build a tunnel inlet like that.
Granted that it gives a short moment arm, I could see it if their flight control hardware and/or software isn't up to what Northrop did with the B-2A. Alternatively, they could be equivalent to the B-2A's GLAS (Gust Load Alleviation System) on it's aft center section.No way it's going to have a separate tail, even if only for political reasons.
they did for j-20, back when it was only known as j-xx. Models that have very minor differences from when the real thing appeared on taxi runway.I guess we'll find out when we find out. I doubt the Chinese will release any preliminary illustrations like we do in the US.
yupthey did for j-20, back when it was only known as j-xx. Models that have very minor differences from when the real thing appeared on taxi runway.I guess we'll find out when we find out. I doubt the Chinese will release any preliminary illustrations like we do in the US.
Anyway, the model is nothing official. The company (Xi'an Meilian Aviation/西安美联航空技术有限责任公司) behind the concept is not affiliated with AVIC. Its major area of expertise is producing flight simulators for the civil aviation market, which explains the guy in an airline pilot uniform in one of the images, which is itself a dead giveaway that this has nothing to do with H-20. There's no way XAC would let a mere civilian pilot near the project.
So nothing to see here, but as usual, that stupid fanboy is trying to put a sensationalist spin on it. I still can't get over the fact how someone can be so stupid and dishonest at the same time.
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yupthey did for j-20, back when it was only known as j-xx. Models that have very minor differences from when the real thing appeared on taxi runway.I guess we'll find out when we find out. I doubt the Chinese will release any preliminary illustrations like we do in the US.
some of these models appeared before the J-20 debut, many of which were on Hui Tong's website
like this one when it was a Triplane
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