Sir,
If you are an educated person---then you need to read up on it---the design is either stealth or it is not---same with super cruise. Rumors in Pakistan mean nothing----. Pakistanis on the average do not have enough brains to talk about technical issues or understand them.
Carrier based aircraft needs to carry heavy loads---JF 17 is not designed for a carrier based aircraft now or in the future---.
Instead of a more powerful engine---JF 17 needs an AESA radar----. Engine will not do much---but Aesa is a force multiplier---and make the aircraft do wonders.
Sir I do have a lot of respect for you but your
Quote "If you are an educated person ---then you need to read up on it" is out of proportion. In my earlier post # 1655 that you have referred to states
"Stealth variant JF-17 perhaps that might be able to super cruise.".
It does not specify any design parameters that would categorically be able to say this aircraft is a new design or the same with some sort of lower RCS configuration. With my limited ability to understand what stealth means in todays terms is an aircraft that is invisible to electronic early warning i.e radars but it can be visible by other means i.e human eye. I even know that there are many other ways in which it is possible to detect stealth.
As far as the technical aspect an aircraft can be stealth and also be able to super cruise or it is not stealth but has the ability to super cruise.
If we do try to look into what exactly is transonic and supersonic then we can come to a very simple conclusion that during transonic flight some parts of the aircraft may be supersonic but in supersonic flight the entire aircraft would be supersonic. Supersonic flight has a major weakness it can not be done for a long period, where as transonic flight can be done for a longer duration. In super cruise the supersonic flight is able to overcome the limitation of short distance i.e. in super cruise an aircraft can fly for a longer period of time in supersonic flight.
For attaining any kind of flight one requires a power plant i.e Engine. The most important aspect of super cruise is that the engine is more efficient i.e consumes less fuel.
At the end Sir your quote
"Pakistanis on the average do not have enough brains to talk about technical issues or understand them."
IS RACIST, AND DEROGATORY.
I understand that you live in USA and have come across many Pakistani persons who are not that well educated because they have been trying to full fill their needs of hunger and poverty, for which they have worked their life or have gone for easy money by cheating the system. One must also look from an other point of view these people who have cheated the system and survived are rather more intelligent than the people who are making or running the system. It cannot be a crime till it is not defined to be a crime, hence crime leads and law follows.
As far as the AESA radar for JF-17 is concerned I fully agree. How ever I did read in some earlier post there were some issues regarding the limited power available form the current JF-17 engines that forces PAF in not to proceed with AESA radar due to the power is not enough to run the cooling system required for an AESA system.
I am unaware if this is still the case.
Any country with an aircraft carrier has much better options than a carrier variant of JF17... if that ever even reaches the drawing board;; so I dont know which countries you are talking about.
Saudis have better options than the JF17. It does not give them anything new.
Sir,
You are correct that there are many better options available. As per my post # 1655
"A single engined aircraft based on aircraft carrier is a market that is open. Mostly all the aircraft that are being used at the moment are twin engined. The last single engined were Sea Harrier and Super Étendard. F-35 would be the future"
Multi engined aircraft are expensive to maintain hence F-35 with VTOL is the American answer. How many countries would F-35 be sold is a question because it is a stealth. France, China and Russia manufacture carrier based aircraft but they are multi engined, so far they are not interested in producing single engined one to counter the F-35. LCA (Tejas) is being tested by the the Indian Navy which could possibly be aimed at the low end market.
So it was loud thinking that Pakistan might want to spoil the Indian dream of a low cost naval aircraft / carrier based aircraft.
Thinking LOUD
