J-10 Thread IV

[Inst]

I do want to ask a question about the J-10, however. Notice that the J-10 isn't fully a classic delta canard fighter. While it lacks the LERXes seen on the J-20 and the Eurofighter AMK, the J-10 has a vertically cranked wing (quasi-"inverted gull") where the inner section of the wing is anhedral but the outside of the wing is flat.

Are there any aerodynamic advantages from this? Does the anhedral wing work as a quasi-LERX? And can we see the anhedral wing on the J-10 as the forerunner of the straight anhedral / dihedral configuration of the J-20?

 

[Deino]

@Deino , the serial number is 1034, what does it mean ?

It's the fourth prototype of the third J-10 variant... 101x were the J-10A, 102x the J-10AS and 103x the B-prototypes.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Some J-10A pictures from the Southern Theater Command.

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[Blitzo]

Question for @Deino

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In this article that you contributed to, it was written

The images show an apparently newly built Chengdu Aircraft Industries Company (CAIC) J-10C fighter aircraft in People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) markings fitted with what appears to a WS10B engine, rather than the Russian-made Saturn AL-31FN turbofan that normally powers these aircraft. All main-production J-10s built by 2018, about 300 aircraft, appear to be powered by the AL-31FN.

Are you talking about only J-10As --- or are you talking about J-10As + J-10Bs + J-10C with Al-31s?

Because I'm pretty sure there are many more than 300 J-10A/B/C powered by Al-31, probably more like 500+??

 

[siegecrossbow]

J-10C/S night training.

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[siegecrossbow]

Wallclimber in Chengdu caught another yellow-primer WS-10 J-10C yesterday.

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Mind the grainy image. The guy only had his cellphone with him at the time.

 

[Deino]

Would love to see the construction number!

 

[Air Force Brat]

Would love to see the construction number!

I miss the "good old days" when we got lots of neat unedited pictures of the J-20, and some of those amazing early video's of the aileron rolls and the J-20 running a system self check with all the control surfaces cycling through their full throws...

 

[Deino]

I miss the "good old days" when we got lots of neat unedited pictures of the J-20, and some of those amazing early video's of the aileron rolls and the J-20 running a system self check with all the control surfaces cycling through their full throws...

Me too

 

[Air Force Brat]

Me too

Clicking on the J-20 thread was almost like Christmas morning, you never knew what we might see next, but hey, we've got a lot of really neat pictures and video. You my friend actually attended Zhuhai 2018, (loved the J-20 flying displays), some day you should tell us a little about that? when you can?? and BY78 keeps us all entertained with his goodies.

but back on topic, what have they done with the J-10C with OVT, is it still undergoing test flights, and do you suspect at some point they will build service aircraft with OVT?? I need to go back and re-watch those video's.