Thanks for this Haris Ali, great find.
@Deino, here's a preview of the book. Looks quite detailed.
https://books.google.co.uk/books/ab...=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y
Hi,
If the writer had an aota of knowledge of fighter aircraft and their generation that they are---he would never had made that design mistake---or I would say a blunder----.
F7m---Sabre2---Super7 are all designs of 3rd gen aircraft---.
The engineering of flight is different from third gen to 4th gen aircraft is totally different---.
The flight parameters are different---. Just because the mig21 has wings a tail a fuselage a cockpit an engine does not mean it is of similar design to the F16's---.
The JF17 is a fly by wire design---it is an unstable design---unstable design and stable designs are eons apart---.
It is in a similar manner---that even though the Swedes had a very successful aircraft the Viggen before the Gripen---. The gripen's design had nothing to do with the Gripen because of the same 3rd to the 4th gen transition---.
It is just like going from a mechanical fuel injection engine to a ***---ie---Direct Fuel Injection engine---.
I had posted some videos on the birth of Gripen---they would be very helpful in understanding the background of a 4th gen aircraft---.
The reason we kept the name of the program in existence was to stop the sabotage from certain adversaries---. Even though we were manufacturing a 4th gen aircrafrt in the first batch leading to 4.5 gen aircraft---we kept the analysts---who are mostly illiterate about the issue to be kept entrapped in the Mig21 / F7 design drama---.
So---when the AVM Lateef stated in the interview that when he started---it was from a clean design state.
The design and manufacturing of the JF17 and security of its design had similar security features to contain the information just like our nuc program had---.
Just imagine this---the JF17's true empty climb rate is still unknown to the public even after all these years---because everytime it performs at the public venues---it has its wheels hanging out till it hits close to 5000 ft ceiling---.