JF-17 Thunder – A Feather In The Cap Of PAF

[X-2.]

But RD-33MK has a thrust 20,000, but RD-93MA thrust is between 20,000 to 22,000 lbs

Yh
We need to see what suits us
ENGINES:
Chinese Russian Percentage
WS13 RD-93 Difference
Length (m): 4.15 4.25 -2.35%
Diameter (m): 1.02 1.04 -1.92%
Weight (kg): 1135 1055 +7.58%
Thrust (afterburning, kN): 86.37 81.3 +6.24%
Thrust (dry, kN): 56.75 50 +13.50%
Bypass ratio: 0.57 0.49 +16.33%

 

[Viper0011.]

@Windjammer
Your posts are always a treat to watch

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Excellent pic!! Thanks Windy!
This scene reminds me of my inverted flight with Tom Cruise in that movie the Top Gun, where he gave the "birdie" to that Mig pilot . And then I woke up and realized, it was a dream and I was watching that movie in real life !

F-35 top speed is Mach 1.6 sir

Not true. The US keeps its actual top speeds classified for certain categories like the F-22, the F-35, etc. The export versions will have a "published" top speed but even that can change depending upon the engine and flight profile. The plane can handle much more than Mach 1.6!

 

[X-2.]

i listened AM Shahid Latif in an interview. He said that JF-17 Thunder is much more than our expectations. Hope that we will make something in Block-III which provides us a technological edge over IAF. Do you have any data about JF-17's range with internal fuel tanks and with maximum external fuel tanks?

This is good detailed read bro
http://quwa.org/2015/08/30/jf-17-iii-jf-17-block-3/

 

[Ultima Thule]

Not true. The US keeps its actual top speeds classified for certain categories like the F-22, the F-35, etc. The export versions will have a "published" top speed but even that can change depending upon the engine and flight profile. The plane can handle much more than Mach 1.6!

But sir F-35 uses F-135 which is high bypass engine limiting its top speed to Mach 1.6
and can't super-cruise

 

[X-2.]

F-35 top speed is Mach 1.6 sir

Lol

 

[Ultima Thule]

Lol

What do you mean "Lol"?

 

[X-2.]

But RD-33MK has a thrust 20,000, but RD-93MA thrust is between 20,000 to 22,000 lbs

What do you mean "Lol"?

Its true the basic speed of f35 is 1.6 but it varies with other blocks

 

[Viper0011.]

But sir F-35 uses F-135 which is high bypass engine limiting its top speed to Mach 1.6 and can't super-cruise

Published and actual are always different, so are export versions and internal USAF use only version. Similarly, an engine can produce more with higher grade sensitive tech that would only be offered to the USAF/USN and not to others......almost all countries sell their military hardware this way, like the Russians, the Chinese, the French, etc.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Its true the basic speed of f35 is 1.6 but it varies with other blocks

No bro all variants of F-35 have atop speed of Mach 1.6 because its uses F-135 which is high bypass turbofan which limiting its top speed to 1.6, and with this engine F-35 can't super-cruise

 

[MastanKhan]

Hi,

So if the top speed of the F35 is Mach 1.6---then would it be okay for the JF17 to be at Mach 1.6 to 1.9

 

[Ultima Thule]

Hi,

So if the top speed of the F35 is Mach 1.6---then would it be okay for the JF17 to be at Mach 1.6 to 1.9

sir actual top speed of F-35 for USAF, US marine, USN is classified as @Viper0011. says

 

[war&peace]

Hi,

So if the top speed of the F35 is Mach 1.6---then would it be okay for the JF17 to be at Mach 1.6 to 1.9

F-35 can dash at Mach 1.2 for a distance of 150 km without switching on after burners. After burners consume the most fuel. ....Further it can cruise at 0.9 to transonic speed rather with ease without afterburners and that gives F-35 an upperhand over JF-17 and other 4th gen A/C. In addition, it has stealth tech so it is a pretty formidable combination.

 

[MastanKhan]

sir actual top speed of F-35 for USAF, US marine, USN is classified as @Viper0011. says

F-35 can dash at Mach 1.2 for a distance of 150 km without switching on after burners. After burners consume the most fuel. ....Further it can cruise at 0.9 to transonic speed rather with ease without afterburners and that gives F-35 an upperhand over JF-17 and other 4th gen A/C. In addition, it has stealth tech so it is a pretty formidable combination.

Hi,

Thank you---my point was that speed is not everything---and neither a lack of it. It is the overall utility of the speed that cunts.

Mach 1.6 is a very functional top end speed---be it for the F35 or the JF17.

 

[Wet Shirt Contest]

You got a genuine point but we have to make JF-17 at par with medium weight fighters for fulfilling the desired roles so it can achieve Mach 2.2 with 9 hardpoints and better maneuvering than an F-16

FC-1 has its structural limitations, planes with top speeds over Mach 2 require much more elaborate inlet design that results in major internal design changes.

 

[Ultima Thule]

FC-1 has its structural limitations, planes with top speeds over Mach 2 require much more elaborate inlet design that results in major internal design changes.

Yes than it will be no more JF-17, it will be totally new design