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I own no hounds, I am a humble student.
That F-16 F-117 analogy falls apart when you consider the fact that the US is the world leader in aerospace while Pakistan has never developed an FCS.
Secondly, like I said, designs are super EASY to do. I can make several, that will probably be very good. Windtunnel models just means they are trying to make a mathematical model of the flight dynamics. Nothing more, nothing less. For all we know there might be 30 different models to be tested. An aircraft is more than just it's flight model (especially an advanced 4+ or 5th gen aircraft).
Finally, I happen to have some first-hand (or second-hand at worst) knowledge about the state of some aspects of Project Azm. Let me just say that we are struggling and realizing that we may have bit off more than we can chew when we said "we'll develop an FGFA on our own." There are mountain size holes in our technical capability that our planners seem to have overlooked. Maybe I'll detail the stories many years later when it won't affect anything.
I was literally afraid of this as I wrote that post. That is why I added the disclaimer at the end lol.
Bonus Chooran: You can sell the two types of "stealthy" aircraft being refueled as Azm prototypes themselves. In reality I just made some nice looking jahazes in an hour to be refueled for the pictures lol.
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I am not trying to show off. I am trying to show how easy it is to make designs that look good and impressive. It doesn't mean I have Lockheed Martin in my bedroom lol.
Well, the JF-17 FCS is available to Pakistan. US literally slapped the F-16 FCS on the F-117, with minor tweaks. And their aerodynamics are completely different. If you keep Azm approximately with the same layout - conventional with at best a twin vertical tail, you can essentially do the same.
Again, I fear we aren't on the same page so we won't agree or understand each other.