Pratik Sawerdekar is a free lance aviation observer and is active in two defense organizations namely Defense Aviation and Indian Defense Research Wing(IDRW). He has written articles for defenseaviation.com and IDRW's magazine "Security" and is also a forum moderator of Defense Aviation Forum
Source: angle-of-attack.blogspot.com/2010/11/jf-17-maneuverability.html
JF-17's Maneuverability !
Came across this video posted by a Pakistani on Orkut Community named Fighter Planes. This is probably the first video showcasing the true maneuvering capability of the JF-17 and I have to say that I am impressed.
The JF-17 certainly flies much better than the Mirage-2000 thanks to lower weight and 85kN (approx) thrust of its Russian engine. This makes me thankful that India didn't get the Mirage-2000 for MMRCA because looking at the video it makes me believe that the JF-17 is a solid platform. However in terms of avionics, electronics and other capabilities I believe that it still lags behind. But with European help coming to upgrade the current JF-17 Block-1 into Block-2 we can expect it to become as good as F-16 Block 50 depending upon what the Pakistani's put into it. IAF officials were right in saying that JF-17 can quickly become a threat which was dismissed by many in the online community including myself.
However India's domination of the Sub-continental skies will continue with 270 Su-30MKI, LCA-Tejas induction in 6 months time and with Typhoon, Rafael and F/A-18SH leading the MMRCA race. But the question to you guys is that has JF-17 matured enough to challenge the IAF in someway ?
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