Chengdu J-10 Multirole Fighter Air Craft News & Discussions

[kungfugymnast]

Really??

These are the original prototypes ... and several operatiional one: The J-10SY for the Ba Yi), a J-10SH or ASH for the Naval Aviation and a regular J-10AS in PLAAF service. However there is not a twim-seater of the latest J-10B/C available.

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There probably won't be twin seater based J-10C until numbers of existing J-10AS/ASH trainers are no longer fit to fly requiring replacement. Or when more combat trainers required. If J-10A based twin seat trainers cheaper and convenient to build, then Chengdu scrap the plan for J-10C based twin seater. Export market demand would determine the twinseat variant as well.

US F-16D aren't many sort of rare in US inventory despite the USAF flown F-16 mostly in air to ground sorties. It is mainly because they are small and fly in high risk ground threat area in search and destroy, having just 1 pilot is adequate for small fighter with short combat radius below 300nm. Only Israeli and Singapore Air Force favors twinseat F-16D to safeguard their small borders conducting air strikes. Apart from these 2 countries, Turkish, NATO operators didn't emphasize much on twinseat F-16D as well. Newer F-16F didn't find much sales.

PLAAF & PLAN look into these factors and retain the twinseat J-10 as trainers

 

[LKJ86]

J-10C

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[Daniel808]

J-10C

 

[LKJ86]

J-9VI-2

Via 中国航空报

 

[LKJ86]

J-10C "shot down" J-16

 

[siegecrossbow]

J-9VI-2
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Via 中国航空报

J-9VI-2 had a sort of rebirth via J-20.

 

[LKJ86]

J-9VI-2 had a sort of rebirth via J-20.

And J-9VI-1 to J-10.

 

[ACE OF HEARTS]

And J-9VI-1 to J-10.

How would you compare the RCS of J-10 C as compared to an F 16 Block 70?

 

[Daniel808]

How would you compare the RCS of J-10 C as compared to an F 16 Block 70?

I don't know about other aspect. It will need deep study & analysis to determine that.
But What I know, J-10B/C already Equipped with DSIs INTAKE. Meanwhile, F-16 Block 70 not.

DSIs on J-10 B/C

DSIs itself have many benefits in reducing RCS of the Aircraft, and used not only on J-10 B/C.
But also with other 5th Gen Stealth Aircraft like China's J-20 & J-31/35, and US F-35.

DSIs improve the aircraft's very-low-observable characteristics by eliminating radar reflections between the diverter and the aircraft's skin. Additionally, the "bump" surface reduces the engine's exposure to radar, significantly reducing a strong source of radar reflection, because they provide an additional shielding of engine fans against radar waves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diverterless_supersonic_inlet

 

[LKJ86]

SAC's J-13 and the chief designer of J-11B and J-15

 

[siegecrossbow]

J-10C "shot down" J-16
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Here is the video.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[LKJ86]

Via @空军新闻 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

J-10A

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[LKJ86]

J-10S

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