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@Windjammer
It's a well known fact that F-7s have short legs, however in the F-6 we had Gondola tanks, can these be put on our newer F-7 fleet?. Or is a dorsal fuel tank feasible?.
 
@Windjammer
It's a well known fact that F-7s have short legs, however in the F-6 we had Gondola tanks, can these be put on our newer F-7 fleet?. Or is a dorsal fuel tank feasible?.
With a combat range of around 850km, the F-7 has about 200km advantage over the older F-6s.
The gondola tanks caused extra drag thus weren't deployed widely.
If having dorsal tanks was that convenient, the older F-16s would be first to adopt them, you need to strengthen the air frame to adopt this accessory.
 
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With a combat range of around 850km, the F-7 has about 200km advantage over the older F-6s.
The gondola tanks caused extra drag thus weren't deployed widely.
If having dorsal tanks was that convenient, the older F-16s would be first to adopt them, you need to strengthen the air frame to adopt this accessory.

Don't the F-7s have a robust air frame?.
But then again F-7s are more powerful than F-6s, can't more aerodynamic tanks be fitted?.
The MiG-29 do have dorsal tanks:
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And so do MiG-21s:
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Can't we do the same 0.o?
 
Are those BAF mig's 21?
 
Which are shown in Above snaps
 
Nah, these belong to some Eastern Europe nation, look at the markings.
Croatian MIG 21

Fighter F-7PG (export version of the Chinese istrebitelyaChengdu J-7, which, in turn, a copy of the Soviet MiG-21) from the 20th Squadron of Pakistan Air Force exercise "High Mark 2010", which worked through the use of motorways in the role of runway -posadochnoy band(sorry if repost)
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sorce 477768 - Китайские "Fishbedы" на пакистанских просторах
 
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Glad i could help.(sorry for bad english)
 
Don't the F-7s have a robust air frame?.
But then again F-7s are more powerful than F-6s, can't more aerodynamic tanks be fitted?.
The MiG-29 do have dorsal tanks:
mig29-smt.jpg

And so do MiG-21s:
27.jpg

Can't we do the same 0.o?

These are not gondola tanks
 
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