Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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Potentially new screenshots.
These pics aren't from a movie or documentary is it? I'm just curious.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
So propaganda pics. Movie, CCTV infomercial, Video game all the same really.Potentially new screenshots.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Nice !
2 prototypes under going testing
3rd prototype hopefully flys next year in 2018 carrier capable for the Navy
Pakistan puts in $500 million into land based programme
Then PAF starts getting deliverys after JF17 Block III is complete somewhere around 2021-2022
By that time the platform matures and PAF gets a true high end 5th generation fighter under project Azm
In the meantime Block IV starts with stealth features
In 5 years we have JF17 Block 4 and FC-31
J-31 has a bright future
2 prototypes under going testing
3rd prototype hopefully flys next year in 2018 carrier capable for the Navy
Pakistan puts in $500 million into land based programme
Then PAF starts getting deliverys after JF17 Block III is complete somewhere around 2021-2022
By that time the platform matures and PAF gets a true high end 5th generation fighter under project Azm
In the meantime Block IV starts with stealth features
In 5 years we have JF17 Block 4 and FC-31
J-31 has a bright future
wow that is a lot of kites you are flying in that post asif. 
If the FC-31 is developed into a carrier borne fighter it will not be an ideal platform for the PAF. A catapult launched aircraft incurs a significant airframe weight penalty which for an airforce fighter is just dead weight reducing flight performance of the plane.
If the FC-31 is developed into a carrier borne fighter it will not be an ideal platform for the PAF. A catapult launched aircraft incurs a significant airframe weight penalty which for an airforce fighter is just dead weight reducing flight performance of the plane.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
JF-17 Block IV is just a concept study done by CAC. I don't think it has evolved into an official project yet.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
wow that is a lot of kites you are flying in that post asif.
He made the distinction between the naval FC-31 for the PLAN and the land-based version for the PAF.
I know. A land based version will still have the same airframe as the carrier plane it is derived from. If you go to the length of changing the airframe, you might as well design a new aircraft from scratch. In reality, what is likely to change on a PAF variant is the sensors, datalinks, avionics, munitions because export variants of these systems will be installed.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
The FC-31 is designed to be modular and flexible to each customer's requirements, but there will be a difference between a land-based and carrier-based FC-31.
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