this looks like more than 70° gimbal
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I mean J-10 has quite a big nose cone for a 700mm (±) radar.
Entirely possible that it has a larger gimbal but what about proving to Gaijin. This is the most frustrating part I guess.
Will the J-10C get PL-21?
PL-21 as far as known sources is far from confirmed, PL-17 may (take it with a pinch of salt) and so far all have been seen on J-16. J-20 test launched sth recently, not known what it was.
PL-21 as far as I know only was a mockup somewhere in the 2010’s. I think the PL-17 won (or whatever it was called back then).
Unless there is new confirmation about the PL-21 being made ofc
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I thought PL-21 was the WIP successor to PL-16.
PL-16? No idea where you are getting your stuff from, but the PL-16 iirc is planned rn (as some engineers had it in their profile). I’ve heard rumors that the folding wing PL-15E found on things like the J-35A might be renamed to the PL-16, but with no solid evidence. I could be wrong, as the missile names and the missiles overall are quite confusing
Was it like recently revealed?
Anyway here is said profile of the engineers mentioning the PL-16
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I think it’s just PL-15(folded wing), as close sources suggested, it some kind of big version of AIM-260 or small PL-17
and could be already in service in 5th fighter but for clear reason we can’t see them by street shoot photos as usual.
proposed zhuk for j-10
Is it true, that J-10C is able to carry 2 more missiles under belly? Here I saw that J-10CE can do this, but didn’t find anything about J-10C.
(This photo is also J-10CE)
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j-10c has 2 extra hard points
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No PLAAF J-10C has been seen with this belly rack but the CE And C have identical airframes so it should theoretical be able to
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These are for TGP’s and other electronic pods tho
Pretty sure they dont mount weapons on those
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Those are for ECM, DL and targeting pod
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Not in use by PLAAF’s J-10C but it maybe a possibility we could have it in game
If it’s a possibility then it’ll be allowed, at least that’s the gaijin rule.
Since it’s been showed with missiles attached then they should model it, either that or extra double racks which have also been shown
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PL-21 a beefed up version of the PL-17 iirc, anyway they are anti-AWACS missiles, PL-15s are going to be better against fighter size targets
PL-21 was a competitor to PL-17 in PLAAF’s ULRAAM project, lost out to PL-17 because they prefer traditional rocket motor over ramjet
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What could be the Channel loss on the J10C?
Well I mean this needs to be completely consistent with what the russians have, they get double pylon R77s on jets never seen with them, and the only thing they can say is nothing forbids them to carry two more R77s.
No one knows. No open info even includes the existence of PL-17.
Depends heavily on modelling, since enough is changed between J-10A and C that no one can tell. In theory DSI should offer just as good if not better supersonic performance. I would have the heaviest worry on the drag, since if not for drag J-10A will be far faster than what it is now.