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It is a good review here is where I do agree mostly with it :
"The Shafaq that was said to be in the final testing stages and about to go into production by 2008 and nothing came of it, although the mock-up shown for the Sharaq was a more viable one than that of the F-313. The model seen for the F-313 could just be indeed a non-flying scaled-down mock-up, and the production model might be bigger, with a larger nose Radom to accommodate a modern radar, realistic and functioning air-intakes, a real canopy and of bigger size with engine nozzles or even a s-shaped heat dissipating engine outlets and the capability to carry combat ordinance internally and even externally on hard-points. The design does show advanced stealth features and it could be capable of high maneuverability and it shows a good potential for an effective interceptor."
Although, there is still more information to be taken into account though, like the fact that the Shafaq was A Russian trainer aircraft design, and Iran would have had to depend on Russian parts even if it became a kind of JV afterwards. It had very advanced features like the pilot ejection seat and avionics. that is why I do think the Qaher which is in reality a proof of concept and not just a mockup for show purposes. The American proofs of concept looked clumsier that the Qaher and when produced were real.
So with the technologies in Shafaq, be it the pilot seat or the cockpit in general are in Iran's hands and can be transferred to the Qaher-313, the same goes for the engine(s). For the air-ducts, I think the Iranian Engineers who conceptualize it know how it will behave in flight more than any other person.
So yes, indeed; 'The design does show advanced stealth features and it could be capable of high maneuverability and it shows a good potential for an effective interceptor.'
"The Shafaq that was said to be in the final testing stages and about to go into production by 2008 and nothing came of it, although the mock-up shown for the Sharaq was a more viable one than that of the F-313. The model seen for the F-313 could just be indeed a non-flying scaled-down mock-up, and the production model might be bigger, with a larger nose Radom to accommodate a modern radar, realistic and functioning air-intakes, a real canopy and of bigger size with engine nozzles or even a s-shaped heat dissipating engine outlets and the capability to carry combat ordinance internally and even externally on hard-points. The design does show advanced stealth features and it could be capable of high maneuverability and it shows a good potential for an effective interceptor."
Although, there is still more information to be taken into account though, like the fact that the Shafaq was A Russian trainer aircraft design, and Iran would have had to depend on Russian parts even if it became a kind of JV afterwards. It had very advanced features like the pilot ejection seat and avionics. that is why I do think the Qaher which is in reality a proof of concept and not just a mockup for show purposes. The American proofs of concept looked clumsier that the Qaher and when produced were real.
So with the technologies in Shafaq, be it the pilot seat or the cockpit in general are in Iran's hands and can be transferred to the Qaher-313, the same goes for the engine(s). For the air-ducts, I think the Iranian Engineers who conceptualize it know how it will behave in flight more than any other person.
So yes, indeed; 'The design does show advanced stealth features and it could be capable of high maneuverability and it shows a good potential for an effective interceptor.'
