Tuesday 1 October 2013

Chengdu J-30 Feilong dragon.

Chengdu J-30 Feilong dragon

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 74 ft 5 in
* Wingspan: 50 ft 8 in
* Height: 14 ft 11 in
* Wing area: 900 ft²
* Empty weight: 25,000 lb
* Loaded weight: 40,600 lb
* Max takeoff weight: 65,000 lb
* Powerplant: 2× G Pratt & Whitney YF220 , 65,000 lbf
* Thrust vectoring: ±10° at 40° per second in pitch and yaw

Performance
Max takeoff weight: 46,287 kg
Powerplant: 2 × WS-17G (prototype); WS-15 when J-30 is serving afterburning turbofans dry, 180 kN (40,000 lbf) with afterburner
Maximum speed: Mach 4.4 or less (DSI limit)[92]
Range: 6,500 km
Combat range: 18,000 km
Service ceiling: 60,000 m

Armament
Hardpoints: 12 in total (4× under-wing, 5× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 8,000 kg (13,228 lb) external fuel and ordnance[28]
Rockets: 100 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) and unguided bombs
Others:
Up to 3 external fuel drop-tanks (1× under-fuselage, 2× under-wing) for extended range and loitering time

Avionics

Unnamed phased array radar
NRIET KLJ-10 multi-mode fire-control radar
Helmet mounted sight with cueing
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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