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RD-33MK is a better choice
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RD-33MK[edit]I thought the RD-93MA was/is the RD-33 performance level?
Exactly my thinking tooI assumed RD-93MA would basically be RD-33MK. It's lighter, more powerful, uses FADEC, and is smokeless. It's a natural evolution for the JF-17 program (similar to how Gripen went from F404 to F414).
My friend all I would say at the risk of it being obvious is that Pakistan cannot match India buck for buck or in this case fighter for fighter. The lack of parity will exist due to sheer difference in resources. That doesn't mean PAF cannot hold to it's objective which is to deny India air superiority on Pakistani soil. Smart planning involving - Air defence systems, SIGINT/ELINT capabilities and mid tier interceptors with top end avionics and BVR capability should prove sufficient enough to deter IAF at the fraction of money IAF spends.
It would do well to remember that even USAF doesn't attack Iran and N.Korea in the absence of certainty that their forces will prevail with minimum losses.
I'm just quoting what he said. You would know better than me.
The RD-93MA is just the RD-33Mk with the required gearbox changes along with uprated power(at the expense of MTBO when compared to the MK)I thought the RD-93MA was/is the RD-33 performance level?
Somewhere last week I read that 4 new F 16 will be delivered to PAF later this month.
For example if rd 93 replaced with Rd-33 mk(FADEC) so how much loiter timeand range will increase of jft.I assumed RD-93MA would basically be RD-33MK. It's lighter, more powerful, uses FADEC, and is smokeless. It's a natural evolution for the JF-17 program (similar to how Gripen went from F404 to F414).
I wouldn't be able to help with specific info, but a more efficient engine could help in fuel consumption, which could help increase the loiter time and range. The difference won't be huge. To increase range and loiter time substantially, one would need to enlarge and lighten the airframe, which I don't recall being on the cards for Block-III (or at all). One way around that could be to incorporate conformal fuel tanks.For example if rd 93 replaced with Rd-33 mk(FADEC) so how much loiter timeand range will increase of jft.