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Description

A mod aircraft called J-20A. Built with 93 of the finest parts, its root part is type-20Cockpit.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.12.5.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 93
• Mods: 11
• KSP: 1.12.5

The Chengdu J-20 (Chinese: 歼-20; pinyin: Jiān-Èrlíng), also known as Mighty Dragon (Chinese: 威龙; pinyin: Wēilóng),[9][10][11] is a twinjet all-weather stealth[12] fighter aircraft developed by China’s Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).[5] The J-20 is designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability.[13] The aircraft has three variants: the initial production model J-20A, the thrust-vectoring J-20B, and twin-seat aircraft teaming capable J-20S.

Descending from the J-XX program of the 1990s,[14] the aircraft made its maiden flight on 11 January 2011,[1][2] and was officially revealed at the 2016 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.[15] The aircraft entered service in March 2017[5] with the first J-20 combat unit formed in February 2018,[5] making China the second country in the world and the first in Asia to field an operational stealth aircraft.[16] The J-20 is the world’s third operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft after the F-22 and F-35.[16]

The J-20 emerged from the late-1990s J-XX program. In 2008, the PLAAF endorsed Chengdu Aerospace Corporation’s proposal, Project 718; Shenyang’s proposed aircraft was larger than the J-20.[14] Chengdu had previously used the double-canard configuration in the J-9, its first design and cancelled in the 1970s, and the J-10.[17][18]

In 2009, a senior PLAAF official revealed that the first flight was expected in 2010–11, with a service entry date by 2019.[19] On 22 December 2010, the first J-20 prototype underwent high speed taxiing tests outside the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute (CADI).[6][20] Three months later, the first J-20 prototype made its maiden flight in Chengdu.[1][2] The first prototype was painted with the number 2001. In May 2012, the second prototype took flight in the CADI facility.[21][22]

Several changes were made to the third J-20 prototype, numbered 2011, which made its maiden flight in March 2014.[23] The new prototype showed increasing sophistication in design, including numerous subtle changes from the first two prototypes.[23] The new airframe introduced modified diverterless supersonic inlet (DSI) intakes, stealth coating, streamlined underwing fairings, and redesigned vertical stabilizers. Analysts noted new equipment and devices for multi-role operations, such as integrated targeting pods for precision-guided munition, and six additional passive infrared sensors can also be spotted around the aircraft.[24][25][26]

In December 2015, the low rate initial production (LRIP) version of the J-20 was spotted by military observers.[27][28] The LRIP aircraft revealed dielectric surfaces that were previously painted for prototypes, potentially containing various sensors or baked-in radar absorbing materials.[27] C:WIKI

Mods

• B9 Procedural Wings Modified
• BD Armory Continued
• Nice MKseries Body
• Procedural Parts
• QuizTechAeroPackContinued
• SXTContinued
• Squad (stock)
• TweakScale - Rescale Everything!
• coldwaraerospace
• kerbalfield
• nmb