hardpoints

ahho said:

Well the question is, why does china design aircraft with little hard points compare to the western planes??? Is it because of the engine problem where it can't take too much weight???

Just wondering are hardpoints and pylon the same thing??? the place where you hold missile and bombs??

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to few pylons? the amout of pylons doesnt matter very much, just how much the fighter can hold. the j-11 is believed to be able to use 6-8 of its pylons.

Well, even with a long range mission, given that the J-7 will eject its empty tanks on the tips during the battle, the J-7 can still hold 6 AAMs onboard.
But it do much to CAS missions apparently. (Rocket pods?) :\
Isn't the Flanker capable of flying regularly without tanks?

If I remember correctly a flanker has extra fuel space in it's "hump" so that it could fly like 80%? (i'm not sure) of range of F-15 with fuel tanks

BTW Why can't the J-10 use all of it's hardpoint for AAM?

I was under the impression that when you shoot AAMs at a plane you shoot two of them to give you a 100% kill.

For windtip missiles you need to shoot both at the same time for sure because if one is only shot you get a imbalance. This is not a good imbalance like a unstable airframe but a bad one which causes you to be to unstable.

Regards,

chinawhite