The Chinese air force personnel, fighter Su-30MK2 too dependent on supplies from Russia, especially spare parts. In J-11 is a "fake" almost all Su-27 aircraft, although many modern features but still need improvement. Therefore, the J-10 by default become the "darling" of the country's air force.
J-10 is a lightweight multipurpose fighter an engine that can perform all tasks for air, for land in all weather conditions. The aircraft was designed by aircraft Institute Chengdu (611 Institute) design and manufacturing company Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) production.
J-10 official military service in China in 2004 with two versions of J10 and J10S (plane two seat trainer). February / 2009, China has announced a version of J-10B is said to have many improvements over the original J-10. There is fruits of cooperation between China and Israel, Pakistan and Russia.
In the early 1980s, when the planes first generation of Russian and American born (as F-16 and Mig-29), China has decided to design even a generation aircraft for their own based on the programs bearing with numbering 8610. However, when relations between the USSR and China was more intense in consequences of border conflict in 1969. Therefore, the project 8610 was a standstill for years for not getting the help of technology from the Soviet Union. Early in 1990, winning the support of a permanent member of the Security Council United Nations, Israel secretly handed over to China many design technology program designed lightweight fighter, it was destroyed his left, there was the Lavi, including design and aerodynamic shape of the electronic flight control software. Also, to help on the issue of nuclear weapons, Pakistan transferred to China F-16 for dissection study. The relationship between China and Israel did not last long, to March 12/1991, under U.S. pressure, Israel to stop all cooperation and technology transfer to China when the designs of the PW1120 engine and the radar systems have not been transferred. While seemingly difficult to continue to block the project step 8610, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Good luck to China as Russia agreed to provide China's Al-31F engines with the design of radar to China to complete his plane.
After a crash of a J-10 prototype in 1995, the project was on hold for several years to review the test, the first time J-10 took off on 03/22/1998 . After several successful trial with six test aircraft, J-10 was mass produced and officially produced and combat duty in May 7 / 2004 on the payroll of Air Force Regiment No. 132, 44 Division stationed at air bases Lu Liang, Shanxi Province, China.
The J-10 is designed as consecutive tail delta wing with a pair of small wings at the front Canard, similar to the Eurofighter Typhoon of the European countries or JAS-39 Gripen of Sweden. This design helps stabilize the plane and less area than the design with the traditional rear wing. Compare J-10 with a number of aircraft of the same design were produced before its JAS-39 Gripen - Sweden and Eurofighter Typhoon. Single air intake for engine designed rectangle located at the bottom of the aircraft belly. This design creates a big gap between the air intakes and body before making the aircraft easy to lose stability when flying at high speed. In the version of J-10B, the manufacturer announced old style gas inlet was removed and replaced by air intakes diffuse type ultrasound (DSI). This design of the J-10 aircraft that are less stable and require flight control software complexity, but in return the aircraft to be maneuvered at great speed high. Inlets of the J-10A located around the front plane a very destabilizing. Type of air intakes must reinforce the body with 6 small metal bar attached to the body. However, the level of binding as well as "easy to loose", especially when planes fly at high speed. J-10B overcomes this drawback by redesigned air intakes under the DSI model.
