I think now they are overhauled in SL. MiG-27s have been around since 2000.

Yup…. agreed…

that pretty much says it

These pictures to me seem the closest to a reality

The 1st image you posted is a follow-on to the JH-7/7A. Some have dubbed it JH-7B – Link. This is a project by XAC.

The 2nd image you posted is a follow-on to the J-15 (shipborne variant of the J-11B) from SAC

None of those are by CAC who won the contract for the J-XX. Very strictly speaking there are NO official images of the J-XX. Certain requirements have been stated officially such as All-Aspect Stealth, supercruise Mach 1.5+, will be some sort of delta-canard etc… But no images

There have been some fan-art that is said to resemble the real thing from the top (for example, the images Deino posted). But these are from internet posters who claim they know someone from the inside. Whether it represents reality or not is another matter…

Well my personal pick is the below image for illustrating the upcoming J-XX(J-20?)
[img*] http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a184/Military_Pictures/20080926231536…]

The only thing I don’t agree on the above J-xx picture is the vertical tail in the picture is too tall. Otherwise, the image duly reflects the following J-XX characteristics:

Canard, lERX, DSI, lifting body with short vertical tail.
Besides: the frontal view of the plane really looks like a “FROG”

Probably it’s the reason that J-xx is nicknamed as ” FROG” among Chinese fans.

But isn’t it supposed to be small. From the rumor-mill J-xx/J-20 compared to the F-22 is said the have a smaller all-moving vertical tail?

There were a number of images that popped up a while back from some Chinese demo something-or-other about future aircraft design. The one thing in common that all of the 3D models shown was that they all held a resemblance to the Mig 1.44 Demonstrator of some sort.

Apparently those were initial test subjects by CAC & SAC – Link. Check out the separate folders for CAC, SAC. The MiG 1.42 like design was one them.

But it seem those were just very early stuff and pretty much mute now. What does the thing actually look like? Well…. hopefully that’ll be revealed in the near future.

The things that were officially stated were need for All-Aspect-Stealth and supercruise with an internal load at Mach 1.5+. It’ll be a delta-canard (canards and main wing in the same level. Canards won’t be above the main with like the J-10/MiG-1.42).

So again… we will have to be patient

I like the look of the JF-17. Sleek and sharp. I read somewhere that one will participate at this years Farnborough. I hope it’s true!:)

[IMG*]http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/j10/j10_schem_04.jpg%5B/IMG]

[IMG*]http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm34/fawadsyed/miscellaneous/JF-17in…]

[IMG*]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_htvjsmtPrmc/Swe_Pi7FCPI/AAAAAAAAEQE/xqsr-Fx34…]

Great stuff (as usual) robban

Could you add the J-10B as well…

they need Typhoons in order to take back Gwadar from Pakistan.
They also need Typhoons against Bulgaria. Very unlikely threat but you never know!

😀

Clearly Bulgaria is the biggest threat :p

In-service : Classic Su-27 & MiG-29 (Rafale gets an honorable mention)

If we take into account experimental planes, planes that never made into service, then hands down : YF-23

Just compare the beauty and the beast : Link-1, Link-2, Link-3, Link-4