J-10 Thread III (Closed to posting)

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arla

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Just curious; since the display team doesn't need long range maneuver, why does the plane need to carry an external fuel tank?
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Most probably what the above poster said. They do need to travel long distances to reach the airshows.
 
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jwangyue

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I give the training missiles some thought and remember something I read about 10 years go. The article was describing the "August 1st" fly demonstration team and said unlike most other air show teams out there, the aircraft they use is not a stripped down version but fully combat capable. That might explain, why they have training missile.
 
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nemo

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jwangyue said:
I give the training missiles some thought and remember something I read about 10 years go. The article was describing the "August 1st" fly demonstration team and said unlike most other air show teams out there, the aircraft they use is not a stripped down version but fully combat capable. That might explain, why they have training missile.
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Or they may fly better with the missiles than without. Some fighters are actually designed that way.
 
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HKSDU

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J-10B Cockpit?
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plawolf

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The biggest give away that it might be the J10/J11B would be the new rounded wide angel holographic HUDs they are sporting.

PS, notice how the last picture is slightly different then the ones above, with two small MFDs replacing all the dials and gauges on the bottom.
 
crobato

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Londo Molari said:
I don't think that's true for J-10, as we saw during the demo at the 2008 ZhuHai Air Show.
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That demo was mainly about the climb, which means minimal weight. I don't agree with you because all the flight prototypes of the J-10, right from the very start, always had dummy PL-8s. That means as they are calibrating flight performance and collecting flight telemetry with those dummy missiles on board.
 
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Munir

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crobato said:
That demo was mainly about the climb, which means minimal weight. I don't agree with you because all the flight prototypes of the J-10, right from the very start, always had dummy PL-8s. That means as they are calibrating flight performance and collecting flight telemetry with those dummy missiles on board.
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Like the F16 the J10 is optimized for having two WVR on its wings. As said, even the prototypes flew with them.
 
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