J-10 Thread IV

[by78]

A high-resolution version of a recently shared image.

 

[by78]

A wind tunnel model used for the J-10s development on display at an aviation museum.

 

[_killuminati_]

I suspect the J-10 probably has a slight advantage over the Rafale.

Rafale, Active Cancellation. Unknown (to me) if this system is practical. Always thought of it as a marketing gimmick with no usable functionality.

Rafale twin engine + lack of DSI may result in higher RCS than J-10.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Rafale, Active Cancellation. Unknown (to me) if this system is practical. Always thought of it as a marketing gimmick with no usable functionality.

Rafale twin engine + lack of DSI may result in higher RCS than J-10.

Rafale has S-duct and sawtooth patterns on the fuselage though. I think it is debatable which one is smaller clean.

 

[test1979]

Rafale, Active Cancellation. Unknown (to me) if this system is practical. Always thought of it as a marketing gimmick with no usable functionality.

Rafale twin engine + lack of DSI may result in higher RCS than J-10.

Personally, it seems meaningless to consider RCS for a fighter without a built-in magazine. According to Cheng Fei's paper, the RCS of a combat missile plus a pylon is around 0.5 square meters, so the RCS of the missile carried in air combat can be said to basically offset the airframe Design efforts to reduce RCS

 

[tphuang]

Rafale has S-duct and sawtooth patterns on the fuselage though. I think it is debatable which one is smaller clean.

they are probably close enough that it doesn't matter all that much in battlefield.

 

[Viperzero]

they are probably close enough that it doesn't matter all that much in battlefield.

Exactly my thoughts, especially loaded

most of their features are just to avoid having something glaringly that would spike the RCS

 

[aahyan]

J-10C of Pakistan Air Force belongs to No. 15th "Cobras" Squadron, at Qatar for Zilzal-II exercise....

 

[siegecrossbow]

J-10C of Pakistan Air Force belongs to No. 15th "Cobras" Squadron, at Qatar for Zilzal-II exercise....

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PAF works this bird so hard lol. The nozzles have turned black even.

 

[Deino]

…This prompted PLAAF to switch to air-cooled AESA for J-10A.

But do we have any evidence on a fleetwide upgrade to lets say J-10AG standard? AFAIK we have only a single image of one aircraft and not even a certain detail - like a grey radome - to differ between A and AG.