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After a lot of thinking, I've come to the conclusion that the Azm project has the following possibilities:
1. Conventional layout, twin engine
2. Conventional layout, single engine
3. Delta canard, twin engine
4. Delta canard, Single engine
1. cannot make sense as a cleansheet design as it makes more sense to go with the J-35. Why reinvent the wheel?
4. For similar reasons, 4 doesn't make sense as one can simply go with a stealthy J-10 design, which Chengdu could churn out easily.
This means that the possiblity of 2 and 3 are higher than 1 and 4. Someone was making a point that since Pakistan doesn't have much experience with designing aircraft, it is less likely they will go with a design that they have little experience with. Which means that (2) may be the option of least resistance, and what Occam's Razor would suggest.
Since a conventional layout with a single engine aircraft, that is designed to replace the F-16s, has to be more than the JF-17, perhaps it could be based on a larger engine and airframe. Being powered by something like the WS-10 / WS-15.
Just thinking aloud, don't shoot me for it.
1. Conventional layout, twin engine
2. Conventional layout, single engine
3. Delta canard, twin engine
4. Delta canard, Single engine
1. cannot make sense as a cleansheet design as it makes more sense to go with the J-35. Why reinvent the wheel?
4. For similar reasons, 4 doesn't make sense as one can simply go with a stealthy J-10 design, which Chengdu could churn out easily.
This means that the possiblity of 2 and 3 are higher than 1 and 4. Someone was making a point that since Pakistan doesn't have much experience with designing aircraft, it is less likely they will go with a design that they have little experience with. Which means that (2) may be the option of least resistance, and what Occam's Razor would suggest.
Since a conventional layout with a single engine aircraft, that is designed to replace the F-16s, has to be more than the JF-17, perhaps it could be based on a larger engine and airframe. Being powered by something like the WS-10 / WS-15.
Just thinking aloud, don't shoot me for it.