JF-17 Thunder Multirole Fighter [Thread 4]

[Dazzler]

200 % stress tested yet flying efficiently, possible some composite attachment in white

 

[Safriz]

200 % stress tested yet flying efficiently, possible some composite attachment in white

Sensors? Probably?......

 

[Dazzler]

notice under nose, few new sensors there, also tail wings show some black spots, seems like they have stuffed few updates in it, my opinion is something related to EW.

 

[Dazzler]

compare the two.....

 

[Safriz]

Both pics copied from nabil_05 posts

 

[IHK_PK]

stress testing , looks like more sensors are added aswell ?

thanks to nabil

IS IT THE GUN THERE?????IN THE LAST PIC?

 

[Thorough Pro]

Yes it is there in both pics.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Thank you Nabil for sharing these great pics. I have zoomed and re-oriented these for easy comparison.

 

[baqai]

Now if you search this very thread, for posts from April 05, 2012, you shall see two posters living near PAF Base Masroor saying that about 7 am at morning till 7 30am, sixteen JF-17s arrived with 2-3 minuted interval escorted by an IL-78 (God knows why, certainly not refueling the JFT). But latter, they were moved back by the end of April. I did hear some rumors on this too, but they were too absurd to be digested or worth shared.

well couple of months back at around 8pm or so (can't exactly remember the time but it was night) i was at my inlaws which is located in Nazimabad and around 15 mins away from entrance of Masroor base, i noticed around 10 aircrafts (all fighter jets) going for landing with about 40-60 seconds interval which i found to be weird because normally one hears (or see) two aircraft's and mostly one in the sky, but hearing and watching around 10 aircrafts was out of norm.

 

[IHK_PK]

THANKS @ THOROUGH PRO.

 

[TaimiKhan]

latest.....notice under wings

notice under nose, few new sensors there, also tail wings show some black spots, seems like they have stuffed few updates in it, my opinion is something related to EW.

Doesn't seem to have anything new, the black & white spots under the aircraft seems to be some kind of plastic related material/tape used for some aerodynamic / structural testing. They are placed at certain locations most probably holding some kind of sensors used to check flow of air around the aircraft or some other structural / aerodynamic testing. Below are pics of LCA & J-20 with same kind of markings, suggesting these tapes hold some sensors. Pt-06 has come out of load testing on the ground, now may be other tests happening in the air to see other related stuff or some new stuff.

LCA:
http://idp.justthe80.com/_/rsrc/132...11.jpg.1322837000607.jpg?height=300&width=400

J-20:
Imageshack - jx3cu.jpg


Below is detailed article with pics of F/A-18 with similar stuff on the wings holding sensors testing the AAW.

NASA

 

[Nishan_101]

Thank you Nabil for sharing these great pics. I have zoomed and re-oriented these for easy comparison.

Looking forward to see embeded IRST under nose

 

[TaimiKhan]

Looking forward to see embeded IRST under nose

 

[graphican]

Looking forward to see embeded IRST under nose

I went laughing for minutes after reading this and your response to his post.

Two yellow spikes under the nose doesn't seem to be new. In Prototype 6 photo they are yellow but similar components existed in JFT arleady.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Only difference I see is the extended antena in the nose cone. White thing on the wings looks like some kind of paint probably to look for cracks (??), nothing new in the nose all these compartment covers are alreadythere only this time painted/marked white.