SinoSoldier
Colonel
Well, I think it's somewhat betterThank you again .
Glad I could help, although a text scanner with Google Translate would've fared far better.
J-10 Thread IV
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Glad I could help, although a text scanner with Google Translate would've fared far better.
An ASEA radar with more than 1000 T/R units is quite a feat. There are few countries outside of the US to have achieve that. We will have to wait for some official confirmation untill then this is just speculation.
Hmm ... if this is indeed a recent image, then it is a pity, since we know this bird in exactly the same status already since November 11 last year.
Yes, confirmed by several sources - esp. the Russian engine manufacture itself - they are using AL-31FN Series III !
Deino
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, the upgraded Al-31 is rather reliable and relatively new but its not domestic...
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Blackstone
Brigadier
So much for the wonderful, great, and heroic improvements in WS-10x development.
Well to be fair, the WS-10 has been successfully installed on the J-10A/J-11A and J-11B series as well as some of the J-16s...
No ... no J-10A so far ever flew with that engine, only J-10B prototype no. 1035, the same with the J-11A ... they are all AL-31F-powered.
For the J-11B series - sans the first production block - and all J-16s You are correct.
Deino
Huh, interesting, so the WS-10 engine seems to be attuned to the J-11B and J-16 series. In light of this, the whole idea of using upgraded AL-31s seems to make a lot more sense. The Al-31 IIIs are rather optimal engines for the J-10B as it has roughly the same capabilities of the WS-10B(correct me if Im wrong here) and given the current political/financial situation, Russia will be guaranteed to provide the engines for decades to come. Meanwhile, the J-11Bs and the J-16s can be outfitted with the domestic variants. It's a rather optimistic assessment but I think the current course of action is the best.