Yeah i had a look at it and last message was from 2024 so I decided to post it here
so without using double pylons the j-16 and j-15t can carry 8? pl-15, 2 belly, 2 under engine ducts and 3 on each wing? plus 4 pl-10?
Going by confirmed information from pictures, for ARH its 2 under intakes 2 between the intakes and 2 per wing and the two outermost wing pylons is only for IR so 8+4
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and for gaijing to implement the double rack pylons on the belly like the j-10c we would need pictures right? we are not going to get as lucky as the su-30sm and sm2 which magically have double racks for the r-77-1 lol
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Well, we’d need some way to prove they’re “technically compatible” which isnt possible since there’s no information or pictures. So its up to gaijin
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yeah thats a likely no, what about the kd-88 do we know if they can carry double pylons or is it like the kh-38? we might be able to do a 6kd-88, 2 pl-15 and 4 pl-10?
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Its capable of carrying 4 YJ-83’s on the wings so presumably KD-88’s aswell. I dont ever recall seing it mount any KD-88/YJ-83/YJ91 on the intakes or between them so im not sure if its possible
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maaaaan, i usually love chinese aircraft but the j-35 just doesnt hit for me, looks a bit scuffed, j-20 for life
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Based on my previous discussion with the moderator Gunjob, I believe that the J-16 is capable of carrying ARH missiles on all underwing hardpoints, for a total of 10. The wingtip hardpoints are limited to IR missiles and electronic warfare pods only. Therefore, this would allow the J-16 to carry a 10+2 missile loadout. The specific arguments and supporting evidence can be found in our discussion thread at that time.
But unfortunately, I have not been able to find direct photographic evidence showing those hardpoints fully loaded with air-to-air missiles. Therefore, the exact loadout ultimately depends on Gaijin’s decision.
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Yeah ive seen and read this, but as I said I was going purely of hard confirmed information
Jsut cause a plane can carry a pylon doesn’t mean weapon can be suspended/put onto it and have it work
Hence why I went with only visually confirmed options
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6+4.
edit: nvm ignored the inner pylon. 8+4
They are 100% compatible, and there are ways around it, like the pylon type and the physical space, but that’s up to Gaijin.
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So I saw that China was a user of the KH-31, this anti-radar missile weighs about 600 kg. There are photos showing Russian Su-30s carrying them under their air intakes. I don’t know if the Su-30s have reinforced air intakes, but China bought Su-30 MKKs. The engineers could have kept this additional payload for the J-16, but we just don’t have any photos of J-16s with KD-88s under their air intakes.
knowing that the KD-88 also weighs approximately 600 kg
I also checked the dimensions; the KH-31 mod 1 and the KD-88 have practically the same dimensions, differing by only a few centimeters, nothing that could interfere with the landing gear or cause the missile to be positioned too close to the ground during takeoff.
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Whether we believe they are or aren’t really doesn’t matter. Whatever gaijin decides, Good luck convincing them otherwise without actual evidence.
We’ll just be met with this
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yeah, we literally need pics because there are almost no sources
I think as far as 5th gen’s go, the J-35 is second in looks only to the F-22.
I also just like the approach china has taken with the aircraft.
J-16D(?) the EW one is probably my favourite of all China’s current aircraft designs
J35 looks to american’ish for my liking. I prefer the j20 extremely unique airframe. Dame reason im not a big fan of the boramae
I do think it looks very American as they’ve been the premier force for research into VLO airframe development.
But I’d say that it looks a lot damn better than the F-35.
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