Taiwan Made Fighter Jet

[no_name]

My father told me that the team which designed the F CK-1 were disbanded because the military decided to buy more F-16s. Alot of the engineers that worked on the F CK-1 project later found employment with south korea.

 

[Luftwaffe]

I think it was a bad thing on part of Govt as well as (US involvement) to abandon further development of this project, Taiwan could have developed a better modified FCK-1 perhaps with many different changes in some sort of BLK designation.

 

[Penguin]

AIDC -1 Ching-Kuo DESIGNATION General Dynamics / Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
43.50 feet (13.26 meters) LENGTH 49.31 feet (15.03 meters)
27.99 feet (8.53 meters) SPAN/WIDTH 32.81 feet (10.00 meters)
15.26 feet (4.65 meters) HEIGHT 16.44 feet (5.01 meters)
14,297 pounds (6,485 kilograms) EMPTY WEIGHT 14,566 pounds (6,607 kilograms)
26,996 pounds (12,245 kilograms) M.T.O.W 32,999 pounds (14,968 kilograms)
2 x ITEC (Honeywell / AIDC) TFE1042-70 (F125) turbofan engines generating 9,400lbs of thrust with afterburn. POWERPLANT 1 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-200 turbofan generating 14,670lb dry-thrust and 23,830lb with full afterburn.
805 mph (1295 km/h) (699 kts) SPEED 1,521 mph (2448 km/h) (1,322 kts)
0 miles (0 km) MAX RANGE 339 miles (545 km)
50,000 feet (15,240 m) (9.5 miles) SERVICE CEILING 50,000 ft (15,240 m) (9.5 miles)

AIDC -1 Ching-Kuo DESIGNATION KAI / Lockheed Martin T-50 Golden Eagle
43.50 feet (13.26 meters) LENGTH 42.59 feet (12.98 meters)
27.99 feet (8.53 meters) SPAN/WIDTH 30.09 feet (9.17 meters)
15.26 feet (4.65 meters) HEIGHT 15.68 feet (4.78 meters)
14,297 pounds (6,485 kilograms) EMPTY WEIGHT 14,200 pounds (6,441 kilograms)
26,996 pounds (12,245 kilograms) M.T.O.W. 26,422 pounds (11,985 kilograms)
2 x ITEC (Honeywell / AIDC) TFE1042-70 (F125) turbofan engines generating 9,400lbs of thrust with afterburn. POWERPLANT 1 x General Electric F404-102 turbofan engine delivering 17,700lbs of thrust with afterburning.
805 mph (1295 km/h) (699 kts) SPEED 990 mph (1593 km/h) (860 kts)
0 miles (0 km) MAX RANGE 1,150 miles (1,851 km)
50,000 feet (15,240 m) (9.5 miles) SERVICE CEILING 47,999 ft (14,630 m) (9.1 miles)

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