JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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I don't think I understood your question completely buddy, but this aircraft has two names , JF-17 Thunder is used mainly by Pakistanis and FC-1 is internal Chinese designation ( Chengdu Aircraft Corporation designation) .
I think this jf-17 is more nice that's FC-1. Pakistan have one world class deseyner. Great for Pakistan's army industry.
thunderchief
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@vesicles , @plawolf Just a a couple of points
- I don't think China would want to replace J-7 , essentially low cost, light fighter with simple maintenance , with huge J-11B . Flankers are more of high tier aircraft, with much higher cost both to procure and to operate .
- AL-31 is an imported engine and China is unable to produce each and every part for it, and more importantly it is not able to produce those engines from the scratch . In case of Russia refusing to sell (no matter how unlikely that looks now ) , China would not be able to increase number of airframes it operates . It is somewhat similar to problems Iran has with its F-5, F-4 and F-14 .
- Would JF-17 create logistic nightmare if introduced in PLAAF ? Well, actually no . PLAAF already operates several different fighters with diverse engines - J-7 , J-8, J-10 A & B, J-11 A & B , JH-7 , Su-30MKK and MK2 . Replacing J-7 (and possibly J-8) with JF-17 would not deteriorate situation that much .
- I don't think China would want to replace J-7 , essentially low cost, light fighter with simple maintenance , with huge J-11B . Flankers are more of high tier aircraft, with much higher cost both to procure and to operate .
- AL-31 is an imported engine and China is unable to produce each and every part for it, and more importantly it is not able to produce those engines from the scratch . In case of Russia refusing to sell (no matter how unlikely that looks now ) , China would not be able to increase number of airframes it operates . It is somewhat similar to problems Iran has with its F-5, F-4 and F-14 .
- Would JF-17 create logistic nightmare if introduced in PLAAF ? Well, actually no . PLAAF already operates several different fighters with diverse engines - J-7 , J-8, J-10 A & B, J-11 A & B , JH-7 , Su-30MKK and MK2 . Replacing J-7 (and possibly J-8) with JF-17 would not deteriorate situation that much .
Keep in mind that there is no "one-to-one" replacement for J-7s. A single J-11 can replace at least five J-7s due to its greater weapons capacity, range, and endurance.
FC-1 is chinese deseyner and jf-17 is Pakistani, right??? But Pakistani will buy both two of those, right??
An Appetizer ....
(screen grab of a Documentary of JF-17 not officially release by PAF as of yet )
by courtesy of Usman S. (admin of pakdef)
(screen grab of a Documentary of JF-17 not officially release by PAF as of yet )
by courtesy of Usman S. (admin of pakdef)
It's only a matter of name .... it's one aircraft simply named FC-1/JF-17, as such the PAF will not buy both types since there's only one.
Deino
