J-10 Thread III (Closed to posting)

[i.e.]

Hmm...that intake reminds me of the XF8U-3, that competed against the F-4 Phantom for the US Navy. It won in almost every technical category...but was not selected because at that time the Navy wanted a two engine aircraft.


Not nearly as pronounced (form obvious reasons) but just reminds me of it.

Its a common design method to get more intake area with out getting more frontal area.

 

[Deino]

Hey, besides all J-10B hype it seems as if the 124. Brig / Nanning Base is our missing last J-10A unit !!!

 

[chuck731]

Hmm...that intake reminds me of the XF8U-3, that competed against the F-4 Phantom for the US Navy. It won in almost every technical category...but was not selected because at that time the Navy wanted a two engine aircraft.

J-10B Air intake

XF8U-3 Air intake
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Not nearly as pronounced (form obvious reasons) but just reminds me of it.

I believe the similarity is superficial. J-10B's intake design is driven by diverterless boundry layer control system. This appears to be a fairly new concept only tested in the early 1990s, and didn't exist in the days of XF8U-3.

 

[xiabonan]

Bottom view of the 10B

 

[A.Man]

Guangxi Baise base receiving J-10's while Vietnam got $18 million security aid from Kerry to buy a F-16 tail to counter China

 

[Hyperwarp]

Guangxi Baise base receiving J-10's while Vietnam got $18 million security aid from Kerry to buy a F-16 tail to counter China

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Huh? How many F-16 can you get for $18 million? An F-16 BLK 60 cost over $80 million a piece. Even early 2nd-hand F-16 in storage cost $ 7 million IIRC.

 

[jobjed]

Huh? How many F-16 can you get for $18 million? An F-16 BLK 60 cost over $80 million a piece. Even early 2nd-hand F-16 in storage cost $ 7 million IIRC.

Here's the joke.....




And here's your head.

 

[Blackstone]

Guangxi Baise base receiving J-10's while Vietnam got $18 million security aid from Kerry to buy a F-16 tail to counter China

The Kerry-Dung air kiss is just for show. Vietnam is usually good at walking a fine line between asserting its own interests, while not excessively annoying China.

 

[vesicles]

Huh? How many F-16 can you get for $18 million? An F-16 BLK 60 cost over $80 million a piece. Even early 2nd-hand F-16 in storage cost $ 7 million IIRC.

That's why A.Man said "to buy an F-16 tail"...

 

[latenlazy]

Yano, after some discussion in the engine thread, I suddenly remembered to ask, what happened to J-10B number 1035?