You could put a bunch of them in...
Chinese Trainer Aircraft (JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 (L-15), etc.)
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In a book called 简明中国飞机手册 that’s officially published by AVIC it is mentioned that FTC-2000G could carry AESA radar. Does anyone here have a copy of that book?
Turns out that "mini-Hornet" i.e. JL-10 with twin vertical stabilizers isn't exactly fan-fiction.
Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.
Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.
Strange, it have a sting between the engines ? Changing the tail end engine configurations give us a new airframe...
Here another page from the patent and it looks IMO not like a JL-10-based design, but like something different.
Hongdu AC is responsible for the patent.
Other than the twin vertical stabilizers, the aircraft is visibly longer than the JL-10, alongside the wingtip pylons.
They might be doing concept studies for a next-gen advanced trainer. Could be hinting at preliminary works on a JL-10-successor? Though I have no way to verify that at present.
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In fact I had a similar idea or it was / is a concept on the way to the navalised trainer?
Twin vertical slabs for the sake of twin vertical
slabs is usually a bad idea. Not only do you have to deal with increased drag but also have to account for vortices from LERX hitting the vertical slabs.
slabs is usually a bad idea. Not only do you have to deal with increased drag but also have to account for vortices from LERX hitting the vertical slabs.
Do you have the book?