Maybe J-11B next update? (please be true)
Oh，J11B! Win！
Huuuge if we get both the J10B and J11B in one update.
Does anybody know what the weight of the J11B is? Is it lighter than the J11A?
It’s in the ballpark of 700kg lighter than J-11A, which is the common figure. Some sources claim even more.
It should be around 100-200kg lighter than the Russian Su-27 we have currently. The most important bit is the new engines though, which will give it a much better thrust-to-weight ratio.
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Do you know how much more thrust the new engines have?
I thought it still used the older engines from the J-11A because the WS-10 engines werent ready yet
WS-10A engines of the J-11B have 132 kilonewtons of thrust with full afterburner. For reference, AL-31F has 122.6 kilonewtons of thrust with full afterburner.
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The very initial batch used AL-31F, but every J-11B starting from the second production block uses WS-10A. I don’t think Gaijin will add initial block J-11B.
Watch them do the kitbash like J-11A
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We will know once the dev server drops and we get a look of the model. WS-10A nozzle length is different compared to AL-31F and all Saturn variants, it is shorter.
WS-10A
Saturn engines
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Also if Gaijin still decides to give J-11B PL-5EII I will cry. J-11B’s wingtip pylons are literally adapted to carry PL-8. And it is PL-8B.
If they were so worried about balancing, they could just give it gatewigth IRCCM
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This. It aint something new for the Snail to gut features just to make them “balanced” (like Brimstones)
They’ve done it already with PL-5EII. Real PL-5EII has IRCCM similar to TY-90, though for balancing ingame it has gatewidth.
Exactly
Chinese Air Power by Yefim Gordon says it is 700kg lighter than an Su-27SK.
RCS is also reduced from 15m^2 to range of 5m^2 -3m^2. Features MAWS and second batch start using the WS-10A engine instead of the AL-31F’s. Radar, I have conflicting sources, one says Type 1493 and the other says possibly the Type 1474. Additional tertiary source says Type 1493.
Anyone got any confirmation of which one it is?
what are the chances that the J-11B will get a good radar, at least comparable to the J-10A?
It would be a shame to have another plane that you don’t want to fly because of its radar.
From a tertiary source: “In terms of avionics, the J-11B has a Chinese multi-function pulse-Doppler radar known as the Type 1493 with a search range of up to 150km (93 miles). It can track six to eight targets and engage four simultaneously” So if it gets the 1493 it should be a very good radar, I think better than J-10A.
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