What’s the point of using variable tail? I dont see any advantages
stealth maybe, and if it can go supersonic this will give it much better control and stability
but imo its extra parts and weight for something that can be fixed with competent airframe design
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Are the flight control surfaces aeroelastic?
Not sure, maybe
Here’s a video of it.
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Because it is more powerful than su33 in all aspects, whether it is radar or avionics system. J15D will not be made in the game until Russia has a stronger aircraft.
“6th gen” is pretty much just a meaningless buzzword invented on social media. There are so many definitions of it floating around that now it just generally means “5th generation + ability for operation of loyal wingman airframes”.
Since the tentative “J-36” was debuted alongside smaller Shenyang J-XX, it’s plausible that the latter is a loyal wingman drone for the former.
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Some new photos.
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It does seem to have decently low wing loading, AOA is fairly mild when coming in to land.
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well it is a flying wing so its pretty hard not to have a low wing loading
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pretty curious what those flaps on the wings are
Split rudders to control yaw, you see them on flying wings like the B-2/B-21.
its not split tho, they just open on the top, i first thought this was it too
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there is no bottom fin extending
so it wuld tecnically just pitch the plane up, unless its some sort of autotrim sys. for low speeds
I find it interesting the Shenyang fighter doesnt have a BWB design
Why would a drone be smaller? Okay, take out the life support system, still, why design a whole new plane?
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New Image of Shenyang aircraft underside from low flyover.
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ok nvm