Doesn't seem like a phone, probably some sort of portable satellite navigation device. Probably for use if he is forced to eject, to self locate himself.
J-10 Thread IV
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Doesn't seem like a phone, probably some sort of portable satellite navigation device. Probably for use if he is forced to eject, to self locate himself.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Is that a production plane with a WS-10B engine ?Still without serials...
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Yup according Henri K
Anyone can confirm it? It will be THE BIG news of the day
Finally! If it true no more testing specimen but real production copy with WS10B
Selon les spotteurs à Chengdu, au moins trois J-10B avec la peinture de l'armée de l'air et le moteur chinois WS-10B ont volé aujourd'hui autour de l'Usine 132. L'un d'eux est immatriculé 78117. A quelle entité appartient-il ?
According spotters in Chengdu, at least three J-10B with the painting of the Air Force and the Chinese engine WS-10B flew today around the plant 132. One of them is registered 78117. A which entity owns it?
Equation
Lieutenant General
Yes ... but that was reported already last week !
I'm much more interested in the true numbers of the real operational birds. ... esp. in regard to the other units additional to the 170. Brigade (FTTC) and 2. Fighter Division.
So, come on ...
Deino
I'm much more interested in the true numbers of the real operational birds. ... esp. in regard to the other units additional to the 170. Brigade (FTTC) and 2. Fighter Division.
So, come on ...
Deino
antiterror13
Brigadier
so, assuming it is true (WS-10B) ... what does it mean for Russian AL-31xx series ?
Is WS-10B really better overall than the most powerful AL-31FN Series 3 (137 kN) offered to China by Russian ?
Or whether this is to "force" Russia to sell the most advanced AL-31 series to China, AL-31F M2 (145 kN) ???
Is WS-10B really better overall than the most powerful AL-31FN Series 3 (137 kN) offered to China by Russian ?
Or whether this is to "force" Russia to sell the most advanced AL-31 series to China, AL-31F M2 (145 kN) ???
It is at fist surely a hint that reliability issues have been solved so far that they can be used in a single-engined type ... however if they have a higher thrust (some say up to 140 kN) I don't know.
At least if they can prove their reliability then it would be the next - maybe final step - of an indigenisation; as such it could mean an end of AL-31FN-purchase from Russia.
Regarding the AL-31F-M2 I think it is simply not an issue ... this version is a "F", so it won't fit to the J-10 and sometimes I have the feeling that the FN series III is already an so far not-existing FN-M2.
Deino
At least if they can prove their reliability then it would be the next - maybe final step - of an indigenisation; as such it could mean an end of AL-31FN-purchase from Russia.
Regarding the AL-31F-M2 I think it is simply not an issue ... this version is a "F", so it won't fit to the J-10 and sometimes I have the feeling that the FN series III is already an so far not-existing FN-M2.
Deino
If China buys M2, it might be for the J-20 instead of J-10B/C.