Nope, Collins aerospace is a big name in ejection seats for American aircraft as well but the ejection seat contract for the F-35 to appease the British.
Not as good as American engines he is right, I don't expect them to be able to compete when Americans have much more money for R&D.
No questions but are they at par with the US engines. As to engines the EJ series are really good but then again are they in the class of PW 129 or GE 135,? That is the question.
I would agree with the assumption. Offsets would require larger numbers than 10 to 12. However Argintinian economy remains a concern .
They do not have the economy of scale to do so. Economically it is dire straits here in any case. You talk of corruption in the third world but the corruption in UK has resulted in a massive outflow of basic jobs that most of the not so intelligent girls and boys would have gone for( even some of the intelligent ones do these jobs as a means to earning quick money during holidays). The situation is going to result in UK going downhill soon. Even in other spheres they have been unable to maintain the industries which once fuelped British growth.
I keep hearing about these "supporting industries" needed to build jet engines. Can you please shed some light on them?
Indeed K8 were sold like hot cakes still they do not fall in the category of front line fighter aircraft. An Airforce is not know by its trainers rather its frontline aircraft.
British Engine program was at its pinnacle during WW2.
Indeed K8 were sold like hot cakes still they do not fall in the category of front line fighter aircraft. An Airforce is not know by its trainers rather its frontline aircraft.
China would benefit if those countries procure JF-17's that operate K-8 as it would be easier induction for pilots and technical staff.
British Engine program was at its pinnacle during WW2.
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Merlin-engine
However with jet engines and now high by pass turbofan engines RR Engines fell behind in regards to military engines but on the Civilian side have shown they are very very good.
Please do read about the STOVL technology for the F-35.
We all know tajas mark 1 even 1A has alot design flaws even there IAF and IN do not want to induct at first place and now IAF have to induct in limited numbers due government force, in simple word tajas mark is flop case thats way they want to move to mark 2 asap
J10C is good option if inducted in limited numbers at max 3 to 4 sqr. They will fill in the number with F16
Make sense, might even better engine too in coming blocks with minor enhancement
3-4 sqr are 50-70 aircraft not limited numbers. Remember PAF operated only 70 odd F-16 for a very long time.
To the numbers PAF would like F-16's.
To fill this role PAF needs to procure more F-16. If unable then it need to develop a Medium weight JF-17 derivative similar to F-16 XL.
J-10's do not provide any capability over to that JF-17 provides.
There is no point comparing if one does not bring anything significant.
The work horse that PAF wants is JF-17.
As of intial plan PAF want 150 f16 and 250 JFT that make numbers 400
As you know JF17 production rate has increased hence it is highly possible that the missing numbers can be filled by JF-17's otherwise F-16 has been provided by US as a carrot that would always find ways into PAF.
Gas turbines, crystal blades, power management, cooling, cabling, computerized system management, fuel management, etc. I'm sure there are people in Pakistan who can start working on it, but we need a solid 10-15 years of investment before we see a demonstrator (much less a serviceable product). There's nothing wrong with that, but we should've started this back in 1979, 1989, or even 1999.
