it's a small plane, not easy to add hardpoints. Granted, there are examples of similarly small planes, such as Gripens, that have them. But there are also examples such as the larger Eurofighter, which too uses the centerline hardpoint for targeting pod.
JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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it's a small plane, not easy to add hardpoints. Granted, there are examples of similarly small planes, such as Gripens, that have them. But there are also examples such as the larger Eurofighter, which too uses the centerline hardpoint for targeting pod.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Waiting for JF17 fly past
Let’s see what formation they fly
Let’s see what formation they fly
plawolf
Lieutenant General
I would argue it needs pod hardpoints precisely because it is a small fighter.
The likes of the Eurofughter and Rafale have over a dozen hardpoints, so using a couple for pods is going to have a far smaller impact on storeage capacity.
But even for medium weight fighters, the Rafale has dedicated pod hardpoints also, and the main reason the Eurofigher doesn’t is because it has semi-recessed missile hardpoints in the best place for pods already.
Advance targeting pod by Turkish OEM called ASELPOD is now operational with Pakistan Air Force's JF-17 Thunder fighters. It is a 4th generation piece of equipment which greatly enhances all weather ground and sea attack capabilities.
for the underlined part
as per many previous report one dedicated hard point for targeting pod was planed under the chin, hopefully we will see this change incorporated blk-III
MastanKhan
Junior Member
Hi,
The Aselpod weighs around 240Kg---so---it might not be an easy job to mount a hard point under the nose---.
The Aselpod weighs around 240Kg---so---it might not be an easy job to mount a hard point under the nose---.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
I honestly thought that targeting pod for Block III
This is very good news !
No longer need to rely on F16 for high value precision targeting
This is very good news !
No longer need to rely on F16 for high value precision targeting
timepass
Brigadier
JF17 - BLK II.....
JF-17 Thunder with new tail markings arrives in KSA to participate in a joint exercise called ''Gulf Shield''....
JF-17 Thunder with new tail markings arrives in KSA to participate in a joint exercise called ''Gulf Shield''....
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Some screen shots of probe
plawolf
Lieutenant General
The J10’s intake hardpoints can carry 250kg at least, it should be perfectly feasible to reinforce the JF17 intake structure enough to take a similar hardpoints.
If they can add one to each side, that would be even better. Although being air superiority primarily, maybe the PAF don’t want to take the extra weight and performance hit from the structural reinforcement for both intakes and just opt to do one side.
Although I do wonder if the PAF should not instead look at the wide array of UCAVs on offer from China as a precision strike alternative to potentially risking having the JF17 go through a similar weight gain and agility performance hit as the F16s did when they went from air superiority to multirole, despite the continuing engine uprating.