Brothers, let's talk about the J-35 Air Force version today, and I am very anxious to see that there are many military fans here, saying that the J-35 Air Force version is really there? I can only say that you don't worry, you see that the Saudi master F35 can't be bought, just wait for this J-35 Air Force version, and no one else is in such a hurry. Here's the thing, the 055 drive recently said to the air chief that the new fighters of the Air Force made the 055 drive suffer during the exercise. This has triggered many military fans to associate with the J-35 Air Force version, and recently it is said that the appearance of the model has been unveiled, so this time we will see how many catties can be weighed up.
This picture of the J-35 Air Force on social media is not particularly clear, and it is also a partial photo, mainly on the nose part. Let's not be so particular, the nose is the nose, and the eyes can also see the fame. Judging from the picture, this should be in the middle of the nose, and you can't see the radome in front of you. Of course, some military fans say that there is a problem with this picture, because domestic fighters will not print the "August 1st" military emblem on the nose. In fact, this is not necessarily the case, the carrier-based version of the J-35 that was parked on the runway before has this logo.
Let's move on to the details, the upper part of the nose is an atmospheric sensor, a formation signal light, and a green dot, and below is a diamond-shaped object that should be the EOTS optoelectronic sighting system. Then the equipment layout of this nose is very close to the J-35's 3.0 fuselage, except for the EODAS optoelectronic distributed aperture system, the other parts are basically only subtle differences in position, and their parts are basically the same. So this also raises the question, can it be said that the J-35 air force version and the carrier-based version share the same fuselage mechanism?
In fact, this possibility is still very large, generally the same model to develop different versions, the more common design parts, then the corresponding post-manufacturing cost will be reduced a lot, at the same time, the versatility of parts is high, and the later maintenance cost will also be reduced. Of course, there will definitely be obvious differences between the J-35 Air Force version and the carrier-based, such as the wing part, because the Air Force type pursues a high thrust-to-weight ratio, then the wing will definitely be reduced in weight, and the folding part of the carrier-based type will be omitted, and the wing will also change, which is almost very certain. This may also be because this J-35 Air Force version only exposes the nose, and there is nothing to talk about when it is fully exposed.
As for the engine, everyone generally believes that the best aviation engine of the J-35 is the WS-19, so will different versions provide different power? For example, there are also twin-engine WS-15 statements, of course, there are many military fans who deny it, but whether the power system of different versions will be differentiated, this still has room for discussion.
The current information shows that the J-35 air force model is available, and even the progress is faster than the carrier-based version, because Yuan Huazhi said that the J-35 carrier-based aircraft has not yet been finalized. Now it is nothing more than the Air Force version may be faster, perhaps the 2.0 version of the fuselage used, and the J-35 carrier-based aircraft is a reconstructed 3.0 fuselage. Of course, it is also possible that both parties will share the 3.0 fuselage. This is also what I said above, it is estimated that the fuselage will not be released, so there will be too much room for speculation. But no matter what the result is, this at least shows that this year or next year, we will have two more carrier-based aircraft, so that the domestic navy will have a fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft for the first time, and the domestic air force will have two carrier-based aircraft at the same time. Looking at the current global air force, especially in the case of the serious shortage of F22 logistics support in the United States and the West, I believe that no one objects to say that this is a top-level configuration.