Details of New-Version J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet with Lots of Improvement

On January 18, 2014, a photo of a new version of J-20 prototype appeared at the website of a well-known Chinese military forum. Military fanx call the new J-20 No. 2011 “Galaxy Warship” in their microblogs. Its gray coating is similar to US F-22 stealth fighter believed to be a new stealth coating. According to its outside appearance there are at least ten differences from the old version:

1. Reduced size of the cylinders for driving the major wings;

2. Air inlet tilting down to integrate with the fuselage;

3. A yellow EOTS sensor is installed in the bottom of its nose;

4. Perpendicular tail wings have been tapered;

5. Improved parachute cabin on top of the fuselage;

6. The nozzle at the tail of the engine is almost entirely shaded by its ventral fin to improve its stealth function and is zigzag-shaped;

7. Pilot cabin cover strengthened by a rib and has a prima-cord installed to enable the seat to eject through the cover in emergency;

8. The above-mentioned new coating;

9. Obviously smaller cover of the cabin for its major landing gear;

10. Relatively great change in its strake wings

11. The use of new diffraction flat-screen monitor with lighter weight and sharper display;

12. In the photo, we see a refuel-receiving hose on the right side of the nose suggesting China’s intention to make J-20 a carrier-based aircraft as buddy refueling is the only refueling method for carrier-based aircrafts.

Source: huanqiu.com “Exposure of photos of details of new-version J-20 fighter jet, which military fans call Galaxy Warship”