China Flanker Thread II

[lcloo]

A motivational gathering flanked by Flankers (pun intended).

J10BG in yellow primer paint, and a J16. New built J10BG in primer paint, or an existing J10B upgraded to J10BG, and repainted with new coat of primer paint?

 

[Blitzo]

J10BG in yellow primer paint, and a J16. New built J10BG in primer paint, or an existing J10B upgraded to J10BG, and repainted with new coat of primer paint?

J-11BG, yes.

I'm impressed you manage to mistype J-11B as J-10B four times lol.

 

[siegecrossbow]

I wonder why they are producing new J-11BG platforms instead of J-11D.

 

[stannislas]

I wonder why they are producing new J-11BG platforms instead of J-11D.

If j-11bg managed to upgrade some major equipments, like new radar, new cockpit, new avionics and possibles new engine, what’s the different between it to the j-11d beside of the fancy radome? At least they can save the effort on changing airframes for j-11bg

 

[banjex]

J-11BG, yes.

I'm impressed you manage to mistype J-11B as J-10B four times lol.

Fifth time's the charm.

edit: does this upgrade bring the J-11's equipment roughly to J-10C level?

 

[SinoSoldier]

I wonder why they are producing new J-11BG platforms instead of J-11D.

What's really surprising is that some J-11BG airframes are newly-built. I had thought the 11BG program was just a MLU for existing ones.

 

[lcloo]

J-11BG, yes.

I'm impressed you manage to mistype J-11B as J-10B four times lol.

Haha! It was 1AM my local time. My brain was blur.....

 

[Totoro]

What is the source of the claim that some j11bg are definitively new builds?

 

[Blitzo]

What is the source of the claim that some j11bg are definitively new builds?

We don't have one.

For example, in that picture we do not know if it is definitively a new build J-11BG with a new build J-16.
For all we know they could be aircraft that have just undergone deep maintenance, with the J-11B having undergone an upgrade to BG standard along with maintenance.

 

[Gloire_bb]

If j-11bg managed to upgrade some major equipments, like new radar, new cockpit, new avionics and possibles new engine, what’s the different between it to the j-11d beside of the fancy radome? At least they can save the effort on changing airframes for j-11bg

Old radome may actually mean that there is a swashplate or even su-35-like swivel mechanism inside, not just a fixed array.
Flanker will easily support this weight&volume forward...and it'll bring some very obvious tactical benefits.