J-7 is too shortlegged and carry external fuel tank will really causes plenty of drag and degrade dog-fight capapabilites. I don think J-7 will really fly around China or coastel area without external fuel tank. Shall a conformal fuel being design for J-7 as conformal proven to cause less drag and increase range? Then new J-7 with conformal tank most of the time will perform better than a J-7 with external fuel tank. Of cos a J-7 with conformal and external tank will really degrade its performance but its a either option u pick and not both unless in some critical situation where u really needs range!
I know many people will say why waste time on J-7 and not J-10! Cause i see a more urgent need on J-7 as J-7 is more shortlegged than J-10. Plus J-7 plane is considered a fully matured plane ,more or less everything have already stabilised..
I know many people will say why waste time on J-7 and not J-10! Cause i see a more urgent need on J-7 as J-7 is more shortlegged than J-10. Plus J-7 plane is considered a fully matured plane ,more or less everything have already stabilised..