SAC FC-31 Stealth Fighter: News & Discussions

[leapx]

I thought advantages of being able to supercruise without afterburners increases endurance, not having to dump fuel into the afterburner. I suppose it's more to do with engine output than with design. Is there any information as to when China will complete WS-13E - that extra 1,000lb of dry thrust might push FC-31 to Mach 1.5-8

Supercruise do not decrease endurance that much as afterburning.But it still decrease endurance/range significantly comparing to economic cruise.
Advantage of supercruise ：
1 it will increase the speed of the weapon you fire. So you can hit target further and quicker. Especially when you use a parabola-trajectory missile or gliding guided bomb.
2 engage and disengage quickly. it may outran enemy‘s missile, or precisely speaking reduce its effective range.

I do not know any information about WS-13E. Engine is probably the most difficult sub-system of all.

I doubt it can push FC-31 to mach 1.5 without afterburning.

 

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Supercruise do not decrease endurance that much as afterburning.But it still decrease endurance/range significantly comparing to economic cruise.
Advantage of supercruise ：
1 it will increase the speed of the weapon you fire. So you can hit target further and quicker. Especially when you use a parabola-trajectory missile or gliding guided bomb.
2 engage and disengage quickly. it may outran enemy‘s missile, or precisely speaking reduce its effective range.

I do not know any information about WS-13E. Engine is probably the most difficult sub-system of all.

I doubt it can push FC-31 to mach 1.5 without afterburning.

I understand. Such a great design with dual engines, looking forward to seeing project progress into production.

 

[rcrmj]

What difference are you to those you complain about. None in my books, you're just as petty.

Turkey has accumulated more than you know; 1980s F-16 production in Turkey.

you are as clueless ````I dont even know where to start to educated someone has no basic knowledge of how aviation and complicated industry works. Turkey is nobody in this field, its a fact, cant change by few licensed production line as you cluelessly claimed

 

[Deino]

FC-31 V1.0 spotted during final assembly ... spotted in a CCTV documentary on the J-15.

http://tv.cctv.com/live/cctv2/sd/index.shtml

 

[yusheng]

yes,

 

[Muhammad Omar]

They are making more Prototypes?

 

[python-000]

yes,
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in my opinion this is best prototype for production line

with this type of engine nozzle

 

[Ultima Thule]

in my opinion this is best prototype for production lineView attachment 438496 with this type of engine nozzle View attachment 438497

Convergent divergent nozzles

 

[princefaisal]

yes,
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Why FC-31 V1.0 still in assembly line when V2.0 is out?

 

[Deino]

Why FC-31 V1.0 still in assembly line when V2.0 is out?

Come on !??? ... simply since it is an old image.

 

[The Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/934044648183537664

 

[STRANGER BIRD]

FC-31V2

 

[Han Patriot]

https://twitter.com/x/status/934044648183537664

Smokeless engine...WS-13?

 

[Deino]

 

[Rank]

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