MastanKhan
Junior Member
Re: JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread 2009
For Pakistan, which has little experience in this field, it can take China's help given that China has designed the FC-1 for the most part, and has much more experience in engines and fuselage redesign.
Sir,
That used to be the practise of the 60's and before that, when fighter planes used to be built around the engine---.
Without having the dimensions of the new engine and the space available in the current frame, it would be silly on the part of any poster to assume that the replacement cannot be done.
There is a limit to stupidity in a discussion---and the posters are carrying on as if the life of their first born depends upon it---it is purely an engineering problem---space available versus the diemnsions of the engine---that is it.
We have a flying and operational sqdrn in place against all odds---I know the capability of what Kamra can do---it has proven to us that it can take projects other thought that we could not complete.
The type of engine that paf might be looking at, doesnot require much of modifications that kamra cannot perform on its own. Even though chinese help is always welcome, in this case, it wold not be needed and neither would there be any need of getting any permission from the chinese.
Bottomline is that at this stage paf is not interested to make any changes to the engine in the current batch of first 50 planes. There is no need for it.
Besides, most fighter jets are designed around a proven engine, like how JF-17 was built around the RD-93. However, adding an altogether new engine means going back to the drawing board for some redesign (although not from scratch).
For Pakistan, which has little experience in this field, it can take China's help given that China has designed the FC-1 for the most part, and has much more experience in engines and fuselage redesign.
Sir,
That used to be the practise of the 60's and before that, when fighter planes used to be built around the engine---.
Without having the dimensions of the new engine and the space available in the current frame, it would be silly on the part of any poster to assume that the replacement cannot be done.
There is a limit to stupidity in a discussion---and the posters are carrying on as if the life of their first born depends upon it---it is purely an engineering problem---space available versus the diemnsions of the engine---that is it.
We have a flying and operational sqdrn in place against all odds---I know the capability of what Kamra can do---it has proven to us that it can take projects other thought that we could not complete.
The type of engine that paf might be looking at, doesnot require much of modifications that kamra cannot perform on its own. Even though chinese help is always welcome, in this case, it wold not be needed and neither would there be any need of getting any permission from the chinese.
Bottomline is that at this stage paf is not interested to make any changes to the engine in the current batch of first 50 planes. There is no need for it.
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