After the 2004 Zhuhai Air Show, a number of online statistics reached a surprising fact: the most attractive User eye it is not the blue sky became well-known SU-27 fighter, nor is it pretty lightweight L-15 advanced trainer, but rather bizarre appearance on stage in your air show LFC-16 high-agility fighter model.
In fact it is not just interested in China Netizen, even foreign media, this aircraft also showed some interest in the U.S., "Aviation Week and Space Technology" magazine for its evaluation: "It is confusing model" .
Yes, this aircraft will not only shape confusing, confusing numbers, and even its life experience, use all a bunch of confusing issues. So, let us approached the plane and look at history, a common theme behind these fans.
According to the official explanation of your flight, LFC-16 stands for "light (Light) fighter (Fighter) Chinese (China) -16", 16 for your flight's internal numbers. The fighter is your CSC and civil aircraft,
Design
Company "super wing" companies to "Mountain Eagle" advanced trainer based on the body, using side-duck-style layout of the technical design made of lightweight fighter program of high mobility. The fighter program is characterized by: low price, high mobility, the installation of more advanced electronic equipment, are super-fighting-type low-cost models at the same time have the right to attack capability.
Aroused the last air show enthusiasts and professionals pay attention to side-duck layout fighter CY-1 (super-wing one type), in this air show with the name of the re-LFC-16 debut.
It is noteworthy that the aircraft used by the Chinese side of duck pneumatic original layout, with the patented technology such as moving side fins; if the aircraft used in a series of innovative pneumatic technology, including the fuselage side + duck Pneumatic layout, with the moving side fins, and other controllable vortex. Through the application of these techniques can improve aircraft maneuverability and stability, and even to reach the level of propeller aircraft, while mobility will also be greatly improved. Allegedly, the aircraft, if successfully developed, will likely become the world's first fighter maneuverability. In addition the cost of development of this aircraft from the private venture capital funds, it can be said of China's fighter development to create a precedent in history.
LFC-16 used in the fuselage side rather unique, its location slightly below the canard plane, the width of great. Estimates that its role is to have a strong eddy under the large angle of elevation, coupled with the canard vortex, on the wing, inducing a high lift. Help to improve the aircraft takeoff and landing performance and hovering capabilities. Aircraft control and stability improvements, largely rely on the active eddy current control and servo deflection with lateral fins, making the aircraft could not use fly-by and the thrust vector control technology, was able to maintain a stable high angle of attack and better handling. Perhaps the real value of the LFC-16 or its secrecy of the eddy current control technology. This is a new type of aircraft will enhance the fighting capability of great significance.
