Taiwan withdrawal: better performance than US made F-35, mainland announces new "vertical takeoff and landing fighter" vertical | mainland | performance ratio
According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network", a design and research institute of an airline in Chinese Mainland recently announced a new patent for "twin engine tandem vertical takeoff and landing aircraft". Former Taiwanese Navy captain Huang Zhenghui pointed out that for mainland designed vertical takeoff and landing fighter jets, when two engines rush together, the required runway will be shorter. "When the combat runway is attacked, its probability of takeoff is greater."
Huang Zhenghui stated that the biggest problem with Taiwan's purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the United States during vertical takeoff and landing is that the vertical fans are "too heavy". The vertical takeoff and landing fighter designed by the mainland has removed a vertical lift fan in front of the aircraft and replaced it with a front and rear two seat engine. When it performs vertical takeoff and landing, two engines rush together at a faster speed, so it requires a shorter runway.
"In this way, even if the runway is attacked during combat, its takeoff success rate is almost not affected," Huang Zhenghui said bluntly. It can be seen that mainland designed vertical takeoff and landing fighter jets have better performance than the US made F-35.