New J-10 thread II
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Humm.
.some members such as tphuang & croboto seem to have some inside info from time to time. In tphuang's case he can read Chinese..That is a big plus for him.
Chinese military information is actually more open than a lot of people think. For example, you can see exactly how many military ships are built in which shipyard. I bet you get far more photos of 054A than say Formidable or type 45 or P-17.
And if you know Chinese and visit enough Chinese bbs often enough, you will know exactly which posters genuinely have some semi-confidential material that they are unveiling.
according to that guy, you might see a built in IRST in J-10 (right now, J-10 can carry IRST pod similar to JF-17), more composite material used, more powerful TVC engine, better situation awareness on the aircraft in general, more stealthy concept (possibly internal carriage) and improved aerodynamics. I normally don't report stuff like this, but this guy is apparently really close to the high ups at CAC. (we will see)
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maglomanic
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Just wondering if the next iteration of J-10 will do something to the intake structurally? That has always looked like a not so graceful solution to whatver design issue they encountered. Fixed intake seems to be out of question since J-10s primary role as high speed fighter. perhaps a repositioning resizing of the intake would take care of this?
I don't believe they would. It seems they are satisfied with the intake for now. "Graceful" is not an important quality to be sought of. However, between the prototypes and the production planes, there have been visible changes to the rods so they are not just thicker but specially canted and angled in consideration of aerodynamics.
maglomanic
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Tp mentioned RCS reduction measures including internal carriage. My post was more geared towards that. perhaps there is an opportunity to improve frontal RCS there?
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If they go to a DSI, it may improve frontal RCS, although its likely that the current intake has already been subjected to RCS reduction measures similar to what is applied on the J-11B.
The DSI intake may require a new batch of flight tests and wind tunneling to see what it's effects on the canards and so on. This is the other way I can think of they can modify the intake.
The DSI intake may require a new batch of flight tests and wind tunneling to see what it's effects on the canards and so on. This is the other way I can think of they can modify the intake.
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