J-10 Thread III (Closed to posting)

[andyhugfan]

A question: Why has the nose on j-10B been redesigned for AESA? Because of its weight, size etc?

 

[maozedong]

Re: Four easy steps to posting a picture

At 1:10 when the plane fires the missile, it's definitely a J-10, but the plane getting blown to pieces definitely looks like one of the "enemy" planes in Top Gun (The fictional Mig. 28 in the movie?).

Looking at the plane firing a missile, I noticed how much smoke the missile is generating. Is this normal to have smoke this thick? I mean it's almost completely blocking the plane. I think the missiles fired by F-15/16/18's have much thinner smoke...

the news report about the division of PLANAF, those J-10 fighters service in PLANAF.
about firing the missile, I think seeing video is different, you must be the pilot then you can fell the real.

 

[Blitzo]

A question: Why has the nose on j-10B been redesigned for AESA? Because of its weight, size etc?

Well AESAs don't have to necessarily be placed in canted noses, but I think that the cant of the nose allows for better "turn" performance? Now the nose/radome itself doesn't have to be canted, just the radar, so you can have a holder inside the nose cant the radar while outside it looks normal.

 

[cloyce]

The nose is canted in order to reflect enemy radar waves upward.
An AESA don't need to steer the radar plate mechanicaly, so the nose cone is built accordingtly.

 

[no_name]

I think the nose has to be transparent to radar since your own radar is housed within the nose section.

 

[Lion]

Re: Four easy steps to posting a picture

Looking at the plane firing a missile, I noticed how much smoke the missile is generating. Is this normal to have smoke this thick? I mean it's almost completely blocking the plane. I think the missiles fired by F-15/16/18's have much thinner smoke...

The video of J-10 firing missile is from of the CAC video of J-10 test firing WVRAAM. In order to track the firing properly. Definitely thick smoke must be present. Just like in air show, jet sprut smoke to give viewers a better sense of their flying track.

Do not worry, in war time. Such thick smoke will be absent.

 

[AssassinsMace]

Does someone think there's some sort of conspiracy here?

It's not surprising and I recall seeing Top Gun footage before in another context. I'm sure they just did it for effect and it was cheap to use it.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Well they do show a drone getting shot down near the end of the video. I think they added the top-gun footage for dramatic effects. CCTV is known for inserting random footages into their videos.

 

[challenge]

Well AESAs don't have to necessarily be placed in canted noses, but I think that the cant of the nose allows for better "turn" performance? Now the nose/radome itself doesn't have to be canted, just the radar, so you can have a holder inside the nose cant the radar while outside it looks normal.

canted nose is design to deflect RF ,reducing aircraft over all RCS.

 

[maozedong]

J-10 firing missile is real, but the tacket plane explosion is from the movie, but what ever J-10 firing, J-11, JH-7a appeared in the video are not relate to the news report, the news reported about the division of PLANAF confrontation exercises, one J-10 fighter defeated 13 " enemy " fighters, CCTV can not have such confrontation exercises video, they only can show any video about PLAAF fighters.
but the news is real.