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H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:29 pm
by angster
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:04 pm
by mikmykWS
Pretty cool. Probably can implement once more stats arrive.
Mike
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:31 pm
by tjhkkr
That is pretty neat looking bird.
Still, though I like the 'nose' cone, I wonder how much that impedes stealth!
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:42 pm
by M1A2G
This photo was PS from H-6,not the real H-20.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:27 pm
by tjhkkr
ORIGINAL: M1A2G
This photo was PS from H-6,not the real H-20.
Forgive me: what does PS mean?
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:42 pm
by tjhkkr
ORIGINAL: tjhkkr
ORIGINAL: M1A2G
This photo was PS from H-6,not the real H-20.
Forgive me: what does PS mean?
[:D]

Never mind, I figured it out... I originally thought it MIGHT mean port/starboard. I know better now.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:44 pm
by tjhkkr
http://www.atimes.com/article/beijing-a ... -new-h-20/
Here is the whole article... It does claim it is the H-20. It does not look like any of the other depictions of the H-20.
The intakes are so big; they may be willing to compromise SOME stealth for the sake of improved speed.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:22 am
by Dysta
I was thinking if this thread is making PS jokes, then I realized some foreign medias don’t recheck sources properly.
H-20 can be so many things, even back then it is looks like a Tu-22 or a large UCAV, but they are all photoshopped and made a death trap for many sensational journalists. China is surely trying to develop their next-gen bomber, but so far the H-6K/N is the only bomber they can make so far.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:46 am
by angster
Yeah that photo sure fooled me. Guess we'll have to wait a few more years to see the real thing.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 3:59 am
by Rory Noonan
Checked out ok on that forensic photo link you provided; but then so did a couple of test .jpgs that I PS'd to hell
Shame, the forensic photo thing looked really cool.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 3:37 pm
by gosnold
Air intake placement is suspicious for a stealth bomber. It should have been over the wings. That's one indication the photo is probably fake.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:15 pm
by Filitch
ORIGINAL: gosnold
Air intake placement is suspicious for a stealth bomber. It should have been over the wings. That's one indication the photo is probably fake.
Hmmm...

RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:26 pm
by gosnold
That's not a bomber.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:47 pm
by Filitch
I think that principles of stealth are equal for fighters and bombers
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:52 pm
by gosnold
The requirements are different, so the compromises between stealth and aerodynamics are different. A bomber does not need to use high angles of attack, a fighter does. Since the wings mask the airflow if the intakes are above the wings, this configuration cannot be used for a fighter. It can be used for a bomber with the added benefit that the wing hide the intakes from ground radars.
RE: H-20? Need An Eye Doctor
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:09 pm
by Filitch
You are right about airflows and angels of attack. I think only about visibility of intakes from radar side.