Najam Khan
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0.95 T/W ratio of JF-17 is based on max thrust and we know aircraft does not operate on max thrust and rd-93 can not sustain afterburner for long.. So operating T/W of JF-17 in normal conditions would be 0.80-0.85
How do you know thats true? IMO its just a forum myth, in reality a 20-30second afterburner is enough to dry out two 360 gallon fuel tanks. This assumption might have evolved from some related stories of Mig-29, but the case of Thunder isnt actually the same.
In simple words, PAF would never gamble on such vital element in JF-17. If such problems related to RD-93 exist, we might never have seen 40 thunders leaving the production lines.