JF-17 Block-3 -- Updates, News & Discussion

[maverick1977]

i dont see any major changes, must be the minor ones...

 

[Code_Geass]

I dont know why it looks a bit bulkier then earlier blocks

 

[Ultima Thule]

IMO nothing of the so far rumored or hyped things and as I and many other reasonable ones expected, only minor but important changes: No swept tail, no larger wing, no flatter nose - and the prototype surely has no AESA fitted yet - no mayor additional changes but new sensors and systems.

The most important changes are under the skin, which is more or less the same.

Yes sir you're right sir but few minor changes are noted, especially nose which is longer/ thinner than block 2 which resemble to L-15 nose, fewer pitot heads than block-2 and the picture can't tell that wing area is changed or not

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

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I think PAC/CAC has scammed us

 

[Maxpane]

AND HERE COMES THE BLOCK 3

 

[Invictus.inc]

Lol
All that wait & delays
And we get essentially the same Fighter
With an AESA radar at best
And a few tweeks to the fly by wire system

 

[Deino]

Yes sir you're right sir but few minor changes are noted, especially nose which is longer/ thinner than block 2 which resemble to L-15 nose, fewer pitot heads than block-2 and the picture can't tell that wing area is changed or not

No, it is not ... it is the same as already with FC-1 01 prototype.

 

[NA71]

Not fitted with RADAR....Defeng Cao tweeted....So Radar has not been decided yet.

 

[LKJ86]

IMO nothing of the so far rumored or hyped things and as I and many other reasonable ones expected, only minor but important changes: No swept tail, no larger wing, no flatter nose - and the prototype surely has no AESA fitted yet - no mayor additional changes but new sensors and systems.

The most important changes are under the skin, which is more or less the same.

But the strangest thing is that there are no official news from AVIC, just like the fighters for PLAAF/PLAN.

 

[luciferdd]

No IRST on it....

 

[Riz]

i dont see any major changes, must be the minor ones...

And that too in 5 years of time span.. They will take another 2 years to fix AESA... Lol

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

So Guys a question? Since Changes are not seen Externally significant, so can we say we can easily and sooner upgrade all our Thunders to Block III standard?

 

[GumNaam]

Yeh tu Block-1 jesa hi hai ... Wings are wider it seems.

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Lol
All that wait & delays
And we get essentially the same Fighter
With an AESA radar at best
And a few tweeks to the fly by wire system

Also more sensors all around and with what seems to be a new engine.

 

[Maxpane]

WHY nose cone is yellow instead of black like other blocks?

ohh with out radar ok

 

[GumNaam]

So Guys a question? Since Changes are not seen Externally significant, so can we say we can easily and sooner upgrade all our Thunders to Block III standard?

That would be pretty safe to say, yes.