Oscar
Any news, idea etc for future plans of PAF? besides JFT.
Nabil
Hopefully you will be doing well. So as per your past post about JFT stealth version coming out in 2012, any news about the speed. I think currently we are at 1.8 Mach. It would be great if we could get it to 2+ with possible change of power plant. What do you think?
Power plant is not the only thing.. the airflow coming into the engine at those speeds also has to be managed..
aircraft like the F-15 which were designed for zoom climbs to high altitudes and interception of soviet bombers needed high speed performance.. such performance required special inlets to the engine which change shape to adapt to the high speed airflow.. and are thus expensive both in cost and weight..
this was never required for the F-18 or F-35..which are primarily multirole aircraft ..as is the Jf-17..