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Description
The Chengdu J-10 (simplified Chinese: 歼-10; traditional Chinese: 殲-10; NATO reporting name : Firebird) is a lightweight multirole fighter aircraft capable of all-weather operation, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight controls, and produced by the People's Republic of China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

An upgraded J-10, initially identified as "Super-10". It features a lighter and stealthier diverterless supersonic inlet, a longer nose radome possibly housing an active electronically scanned array radar, an electro-optic targeting sensor (IRST, and laser rangefinder,) and a new electronic warning or countermeasures pod atop the vertical stabiliser. The aircraft is powered by the AL-31FN M1;one unit was flown with a WS-10A in July 2011 but that engine was not selected for the initial production batch.The aircraft's first flight occurred no later than December 2008.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

    Crew: 1
    Length: 15.49 m (50.82 ft)
    Wingspan: 9.75 m (31.99 ft)
    Height: 5.43 m (17.81 ft)
    Wing area: 33 m² (356.3 ft²)
    Empty weight: 8,850 kg (21,495 lb)
    Useful load: 6,000 kg[51] (13,200lb)
    Loaded weight: 12,400 kg (28,600 lb)
    Max. takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,500 lb)
    Powerplant: 1 × Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN or WS-10A turbofan
        Dry thrust: 79.43 kN / 89.17 kN (17,860 lbf / 19,000 lbf)
        Thrust with afterburner: 125 kN / 130 kN (27,999 lbf / 29,000 lbf)

PERFORMANCE

    Maximum speed: Mach 1.8
    Combat radius: 550 km[51] (342 mi)
    Ferry range: 1,850 km[51] (1,150 mi)
    Service ceiling: 18,000 m[51] (59,055 ft)
    Wing loading: 381 kg/m² (78 lb/ft²)
    Thrust/weight: 1.15 (with AL-31FN3); 1.16 (with WS-10B)
    Maximum g-load: +9/–3 g

ARMAMENT

    Guns: 1× Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
    Hardpoints: 11 in total (6× under-wing, 5× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 7,000 kg (15,400 lb) external fuel and ordnance[28]
    Rockets: 90 mm unguided rocket pods
    Missiles:
        Air-to-air missiles:
        PL-8
        PL-9
        PL-11
        PL-12
        Air-to-surface missiles:
        PJ-9
        YJ-9K
    Bombs:
    Laser-guided bombs: (LT-2)
    Glide bombs: (LS-6, GB3, GB2A, GB3A)
    Satellite-guided bombs: (FT-1)
    Unguided bombs: 250 kg, 500 kg
    Others:
        Up to 3 external fuel drop-tanks (1× under-fuselage, 2× under-wing) for extended range and loitering time

AVIONICS

    Type 1473H pulse-doppler fire control radar
    Externally mounted avionics pods:
        Type Hongguang-I infra-red search and track pod
        BM/KG300G self-protection jamming pod
        KZ900 electronic reconnaissance pod
        Blue Sky navigation/attack pod
        FILAT (Forward-looking Infra-red Laser Attack Targeting) pod

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Re-uploaded after Photobucket went haywire again. Thought i'd upload it here in dA.

Cheers!

Description
The Chengdu J-10 (simplified Chinese: 歼-10; traditional Chinese: 殲-10; NATO reporting name : Firebird) is a lightweight multirole fighter aircraft capable of all-weather operation, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight controls, and produced by the People's Republic of China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

An upgraded J-10, initially identified as "Super-10". It features a lighter and stealthier diverterless supersonic inlet, a longer nose radome possibly housing an active electronically scanned array radar, an electro-optic targeting sensor (IRST, and laser rangefinder,) and a new electronic warning or countermeasures pod atop the vertical stabiliser. The aircraft is powered by the AL-31FN M1;one unit was flown with a WS-10A in July 2011 but that engine was not selected for the initial production batch.The aircraft's first flight occurred no later than December 2008.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

    Crew: 1
    Length: 15.49 m (50.82 ft)
    Wingspan: 9.75 m (31.99 ft)
    Height: 5.43 m (17.81 ft)
    Wing area: 33 m² (356.3 ft²)
    Empty weight: 8,850 kg (21,495 lb)
    Useful load: 6,000 kg[51] (13,200lb)
    Loaded weight: 12,400 kg (28,600 lb)
    Max. takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,500 lb)
    Powerplant: 1 × Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN or WS-10A turbofan
        Dry thrust: 79.43 kN / 89.17 kN (17,860 lbf / 19,000 lbf)
        Thrust with afterburner: 125 kN / 130 kN (27,999 lbf / 29,000 lbf)

PERFORMANCE

    Maximum speed: Mach 1.8
    Combat radius: 550 km[51] (342 mi)
    Ferry range: 1,850 km[51] (1,150 mi)
    Service ceiling: 18,000 m[51] (59,055 ft)
    Wing loading: 381 kg/m² (78 lb/ft²)
    Thrust/weight: 1.15 (with AL-31FN3); 1.16 (with WS-10B)
    Maximum g-load: +9/–3 g

ARMAMENT

    Guns: 1× Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
    Hardpoints: 11 in total (6× under-wing, 5× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 7,000 kg (15,400 lb) external fuel and ordnance[28]
    Rockets: 90 mm unguided rocket pods
    Missiles:
        Air-to-air missiles:
        PL-8
        PL-9
        PL-11
        PL-12
        Air-to-surface missiles:
        PJ-9
        YJ-9K
    Bombs:
    Laser-guided bombs: (LT-2)
    Glide bombs: (LS-6, GB3, GB2A, GB3A)
    Satellite-guided bombs: (FT-1)
    Unguided bombs: 250 kg, 500 kg
    Others:
        Up to 3 external fuel drop-tanks (1× under-fuselage, 2× under-wing) for extended range and loitering time

AVIONICS

    Type 1473H pulse-doppler fire control radar
    Externally mounted avionics pods:
        Type Hongguang-I infra-red search and track pod
        BM/KG300G self-protection jamming pod
        KZ900 electronic reconnaissance pod
        Blue Sky navigation/attack pod
        FILAT (Forward-looking Infra-red Laser Attack Targeting) pod

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Re-uploaded after Photobucket went haywire again. Thought i'd upload it here in dA.

Cheers!