Do you have title of this? Could be for a different variant.
50 kilo laser bomb is adorable lol
Chinese MOD video showing last use of JL-8 by Shijiazhuang flying college
Keep in mind, it is not retired, it is purely no longer used by the Shijiazhuang flying college of the PLAAF
what’s the replacement?
Likely JL-9 or JL-10
PLAAF still uses it, just that one of their training bases no longer uses it
A better look at the 23mm Gun Pod :)
It’s naval aviation
See the navy flag and the “中国海军” (Chinese navy) text
Presumably the PLA Naval aviation university in yantai
+1 for armed trainers
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If we only give bombs and rockets, how about a weight of 6.7?I don’t know if the performance is close to L-39ZA.
Performance wise the JL-8 is slightly better than the L-39 in game, it will be faster by 40km/h(800 km/h) and the engine produces a little more thrust, is also lighter by if I remember correctly like 950 kg but I will check that later, however apparently it can carry 100kg less of suspended armament than the L-39, I think we should try to find if all the pylons could be fitted with suspended armament supposedly the plane has a 1000kg capacity of bombs/rockets but I will imagine the cannon will have to be sacrificed in order to bring 4 × 250kg bombs or 2 × 250kg bombs and 2 × 57mm rocket pods, funky enough the post where we are discussing right now mentions the 90mm rockets but eveywhere I look and even in pictures the JL-8 is carrying 57mm rockets
For me the vehicle should be 6.7-7.0 just because of the better performance than the L-39
so cute 25kg laser guided
Its game level should be determined according to its comprehensive ability. Although its flight speed and airframe performance are indeed a little better than L-39ZA, its weapons are much worse. According to the information provided by the netizens above, 250KG bombs can only hang two, and rockets can only carry 24. Its ground-to-ground capability is much worse than L-39ZA. So his level weight in the game should not be higher.
ngl, the version with flares and missiles added at like 10.3 would be fire and a 7.0/7.3 premium/squadron could be the bolivian one (no missiles, only guns and dumb munitions)
