The J-10B TVC demonstrator finally made full use of its thrusting vectoring nozzle during the opening display at Zhuhai airshow 2018
The aircraft climbed after takeoff to perform a TVC loop. Returning back to show center, it did a spin roll.
It then return to show center to climb and execute a loop tumble yaw maneuver. Some mistaken this as falling leaf maneuver.
The pilot then executed the first cobra followed by a J-turn at high altitude.
The last maneuver was another cobra done at a lower altitude. Compared to the Russians, the Chinese version of the cobra was less than a second shorter as the pilot quickly pushed the nose down for recovery.
Foreign pilots who have performed the cobra at airshows praised the flying display sequence of the J-10B TVC after watching online videos of its display.
The aircraft also demonstrated its full use of the TVC in all three axis.