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Some more pictures of J-20 model 2101.
 

 

 

The full scale prototype was first revealed to the public on a televised program last year, around May, if I recall correctly. So you've probably have seen it. Before that, it was a somewhat smaller black mock up built to test the stealth capabilities which was tested in France about 5 years ago or so. Before this black mock up was a smaller, 1/5 scale or so RC to test the designs ability to fly. The whole program has been going for a long time.
 
Originally, the earliest flight test for the full prototype was announced to be late 2014. But they kept on delaying, month after months, delays. It actually still hasn't had it's first flight test. The latest announced first flight plan is the earliest by the middle of this month, but could be later. The reasons they gave was restart-up issues with the engines.
 
After it's first flight, it's planned that the X-2 will fly at most 200 hours for 2016. And it is planned that a decision will be in 2018 as to whether or not to entirely develop a new F3 fighter from the prototype entirely domestically or to seek joint development with international partners. Decisions on whether or not should it be available for export will also be decided on in 2018. Entry into service of the F3 is currently aimed for the 2030s.
 
It's first flight is planned to be a flight from Nagoya airport to ASDF Gifu airbase. Here are some pictures of it in Nagoya.
 

 
 

 

Japan has plans to purchase 42 F-35As. The first 6 are to be payed for by the 2016 defense budget. Of the 42, the first 4 are being manufactured in the US. The rest will be licensed produced in Japan. That will come with a lot of technology transfers. Here are pictures of Japanese F-35As being built in the US.
 

 

 

 

Some more pictures of J-20 model 2101.
 

 

 

The full scale prototype was first revealed to the public on a televised program last year, around May, if I recall correctly. So you've probably have seen it. Before that, it was a somewhat smaller black mock up built to test the stealth capabilities which was tested in France about 5 years ago or so. Before this black mock up was a smaller, 1/5 scale or so RC to test the designs ability to fly. The whole program has been going for a long time.
 
Originally, the earliest flight test for the full prototype was announced to be late 2014. But they kept on delaying, month after months, delays. It actually still hasn't had it's first flight test. The latest announced first flight plan is the earliest by the middle of this month, but could be later. The reasons they gave was restart-up issues with the engines.
 
After it's first flight, it's planned that the X-2 will fly at most 200 hours for 2016. And it is planned that a decision will be in 2018 as to whether or not to entirely develop a new F3 fighter from the prototype entirely domestically or to seek joint development with international partners. Decisions on whether or not should it be available for export will also be decided on in 2018. Entry into service of the F3 is currently aimed for the 2030s.
 
It's first flight is planned to be a flight from Nagoya airport to ASDF Gifu airbase. Here are some pictures of it in Nagoya.
 

 
 

 

The full scale prototype was first revealed to the public on a televised program last year, around May, if I recall correctly. So you've probably have seen it. Before that, it was a somewhat smaller black mock up built to test the stealth capabilities which was tested in France about 5 years ago or so. Before this black mock up was a smaller, 1/5 scale or so RC to test the designs ability to fly. The whole program has been going for a long time.
 
Originally, the earliest flight test for the full prototype was announced to be late 2014. But they kept on delaying, month after months, delays. It actually still hasn't had it's first flight test. The latest announced first flight plan is the earliest by the middle of this month, but could be later. The reasons they gave was restart-up issues with the engines.
 
After it's first flight, it's planned that the X-2 will fly at most 200 hours for 2016. And it is planned that a decision will be in 2018 as to whether or not to entirely develop a new F3 fighter from the prototype entirely domestically or to seek joint development with international partners. Decisions on whether or not should it be available for export will also be decided on in 2018. Entry into service of the F3 is currently aimed for the 2030s.
 
It's first flight is planned to be a flight from Nagoya airport to ASDF Gifu airbase. Here are some pictures of it in Nagoya.
 

 
 

 

Hello Waffentrager,
 
I am making my first post on these boards in concern to what you wrote in the quote above. "The article" must be implying a single article about Japanese heavy tanks which I will assume is the one I will link below.
 
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/11/19/superheavy-japanese-tanks/
 
First correction is that Daigensui had no involvement in "Superheavy Japanese Tanks." She contributed to the STB-1 article, not to "Superheavy Japanese Tanks."
 
Second correction, "to make something thats actually accurate to the reports" can be interpreted that the same sources were available when "Superheavy Japanese Tanks" was created. That is incorrect. "Superheavytanks" was posted in November 2013. Including the process of searching for and acquiring the books, the article was the result of many months of research. In respects to those materials, "Superheavy Japanese Tanks" attempted the most accurate and fair presentation possible out of materials that presented different interpretations.
 
What is changing what is now acknowledged as true history about the O-I are the materials you sourced below:
 
- O-I documentation, Finemolds - O-I project report notebook 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 (Finemolds)   These documents were not available at the time. They only just became available in the Autumn/winter of 2015, about two years after "Superheavy Japanese Tanks." There was no way of knowing what and when such new information would be released.   What would have been fair to say is instead of "to make something thats actually accurate to the reports" but something to the effect of "upon the release of new information about the O-I".   Please do be more careful about how you reflect on previous work of others. Congratulations on your article.