China's New Transport aircraft has done the first flight

[karambiatos]

 

It's like in the good old days when some people accused the MiG-25 of being an F-15 copy. :D

 

 

 

i thought it was the other way around, since the mig was introduced first

[EtherealN]

i thought it was the other way around, since the mig was introduced first

 

That's the funny part. :)

 

(It was people that didn't see the MiG-25 until later, since Belenkos defection around the time the F-15 was entering service, and thus assumed it was more recent.)

[RIPTIDE]

Probably rolls royce copies since there are rolls royce subsidiaries in china building the original items.

 

EDIT: Looking at the clearer footage above it looks like they are using russian engines in them (at least for now).

Probably PS-90's? Or D-30's?

[Phantom88]

That's the funny part. :)

 

(It was people that didn't see the MiG-25 until later, since Belenkos defection around the time the F-15 was entering service, and thus assumed it was more recent.)

 

Those sneaky Ruskies! Reverse Engineering things they already have!!:D Tricky,Very,Very Tricky!!

[NOLA]

Probably PS-90's? Or D-30's?

 

PS-90's are much larger in diameter. These are D-30's, Chinese ordered a lot of them.

[Silver_Dragon]

[EtherealN]

Now that's not fair! From that angle the J-20 dosn't look like an F-22 copy anymore! :cry:

 

It's always easy to find a specific angle where things look more similar than in others:

 

Note how F-22 and PAK-FA look similar in configuration from above, but not from the front. And J-20 and F-22A look similar from the front, but definitely not from above. Phantom88, thought these might help you consider that previous comparison you made. ;)

Edited January 27, 2013 by EtherealN

[Tbag]

ye nah, its all good because Plagiarism is neither illegal or unethical right?

 

I think there is no consensus on this planet what is ethical or not (not only with respect to plagiarism I might add). In some societies, plagiarism is a sign of appreciation and that, to me, makes sense in a way. Also helps competition :D

[Phantom88]

Who put Canards on The F-22???????????????:D

[swift]

[marcos]

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

Serbian news (RTS) reports that the engines are of Russian design, but it doesn't say who manufacutred them.

[Stickers]

I wonder what the capabilities of this thing are. I noticed in the video she has clam shell TRs instead of sleeves. To me it looks like a 141 and a 17 had a Chinese baby. The Crew Chief in me really wants to know how they change the MLG tires. Can it integral jack or do they have to use a jack on site. Would really like to peak inside her cargo bay.