If I hurt your feelings in any manner i'm extremely sorry for that.
Really? Are you sorry for coming in here and trolling with your MY BRAHMOS WILL KILL YOUR AWACS claim?
Are you sorry for trolling that JF's TWR without any payload is 0.91? Proof that this is false information:
According to Pakistan Aeronautical Complex webpage
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex....
The picture states:
TOGW(2X Tip Missiles) 9100 kg (Take Off Gross Weight?)
Max. Take Off Weight 12700 kg
Internal Fuel Weight 2300 kg
Max.External Stores Weight 3720 kg
Looking at the
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.... page: "Weights: empty 6,411 kg (14,136 lb); Normal Take-Off Weight 9,072 kg (20,000 lb); Max Take-Off Weight 12,474 kg (27,500 lb)"
Some small errors between figures on each page, nevertheless:
Assuming Empty Weight = 6411 kg, internal fuel weight = 2300kg,
Take off weight with no missiles = 6411 + 2300 = 8711 kg, additional weight is 9100 - 8711 = 389kg, 389/2 = 195 kg for each wing-tip missile. AIM-9 weighs about 85kg, PL-9C weighs about 115kg, so this agrees with the statement on the previous page that 9100kg includes full internal fuel and 2 wing-tip missiles. Therefore:
Weight including full internal fuel + 2 missiles = 9100 * 9.81 =
89271 N
Thrust depends on which claim you believe. According to PAC:
RD-93 a/burner thrust = 84.4 kN =
84400 N
According to Klimov website:
"Principal specifications of RD-33: Full afterburning performance...: 8300 kgf"
using google, 8300 kgf =
81 395.195 N
TWR with full internal fuel + 2 missiles = 81395.195/89271 = 0.91 according to Klimov RD-33 principal thrust.
TWR with full internal fuel + 2 missiles = 84400/89271 = 0.945 = 0.95 according to PAC's RD-93 thrust figure.
Either way, ironman you said that 0.91 is with no payload, this post proves that is wrong, that TWR includes two missiles. Even then, you can't be sure what the thrust figure for RD-93 is, the Klimov website only mentions RD-33 "principal" figures.
adm, something that might interest you:
http://www.*********************/air-force/ws10a-25-252.html (replace stars with "sinodefenceforum")
Tphuang said:
this is kind of interesting, my translation could be bad here
(Chinese script)
it has a snippet in there that states the goal of 2009 for Guizhou Liyang, is to ensure that development and mass production work needed for the new engine (which I'd assume has to be WS-13) is complete. So, I'm guessing some form of production will start in 2010.
Semi-Lobster said:
It could also be the WS-12, there was talk a few weeks ago of a major JH-7 upgrade but I guess the WS-13 is a big priority for Guizhou Liyang since I haven't heard of any new RD-93 orders from Russia in awhile.
You probably know WS-13 is JF-17's new engine and it was reported to be undergoing final stages of testing a couple of years ago (somebody correct me if I'm wrong on that). Wasn't it also reported some time ago that Russians were offering RD-93B with 10% greater thrust than RD-93?
TWR of JF with RD-93B = ((81395.195*0.1)+81395.195)/89271 =
1.00295409
If we assume WS-13 will have 10% greater thrust than Klimov RD-33 as well, then a simple engine change gives JF a good TWR for dogfighting, whether the new engine is Russian or Chinese. If we take into account the planned weight reduction through use of carbon composites, TWR increases further.