Anyway, things I’ve noticed about the J11 on the dev;
Visual model very much so incomplete, along with texture. Half the time the game will render it in the normal Su27S camo and then at some point in the match grey over with the simplified PLAAF markings. It also cannot equip user skins.
Doesn’t burn fuel at a fast rate at all, very easily be on blower the whole time
Can cobra extremely easily, making it somewhat useful for R73/HMD shots
Overall enjoyable fly, even if i would have personally preferred a J10A, i’ll still take a J11
I’m still on copium hoping the J-10A might make a surprise appearance at the end (PLS GAIJIN). Or that we will get upgraded to a J-11A so it’s not just a copy-paste plane…
AESA radar has considerably less noise from RF systems because amplifier is closer to transmission. So line feed and phase shifter are eliminated, and lower power reduces noise in duplexer and receiver protection. I’ve seen figures around 3-10 dB advantage here(Ibris is likely to give closer to that 3 dB figure). AESA also with modern systems has comparable RF output power if not more. J-10B AESA is known to be 1152 modules @ 10W = 11.5 kW. Less than Su-35’s 20kW, but in a smaller package. J-16 is likely in region of 1600-2000 modules given aperture size, and those modules will be individually more powerful than older J-10B modules. AESA also has advantages in terms of beamforming(ability to form multiple beams) and frequency agility(not tied to single/double amplifier).
Su-35S is seriously limited by Russia’s lack of weapons. And there’s nothing comparable to PL-15 as MRAAM with extended range, CEC capability, AESA seeker. R-37 is maybe the one good thing, but PL-17 is certainly better, given larger size, dual pulse motor, and aforementioned Chinese general superiority in electronics manufacture.
Why would AESA suddenly have more output power?No one has more than Irbis.Yes, AESA’s multitasking is better, but it loses some of its power.The efficiency of AESA is lower than that of PESA, so not everything is so clear.I just laughed about the weapons, the PL-15 is the R-77-1 level, and no one has come close to the R-37M yet.Yes, its parameters will be worse if the carrier is a Flanker, and not a MiG-31
Because GaN technology allowed for much more powerful and efficient amplifers. What, do you think that 5G UW just descended from the sky one day? GaN technology allowed for a considerable leap in terms of output power for RF applications.
I just explained why AESA has lower noise. Everything between the transmitting and receiving amplifiers adds noise. Phase shifter? Noise. Feed from transmitter amp to modules? Noise. Higher power individual components? Noise. Feed back from antenna to receiving amplifier? Noise.(Ibris kills this last one, but all the others still there).
If PESA were better, you’d see it retained, but every nation with the money is replacing them with AESA. Even Russia is trying.
PL-15 is leagues above R-77-1. A designer officially claimed 200km range. It has CEC which no russian source would claime because they’d be laughed out of the room. Dual pulse allows for much more efficient speed profile. PL-17 is all that but in the large missile form factor.
…why are you in the Chinese Flanker thread if you are just simping for Russia and making outlandish claims? Pl-17 is just straight up better than the R-37M, reporting up to 500km of range, lofting itself high into the upper atmosphere to avoid detection, and uses an AESA seeker. As for PESA vs AESA debate: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA283773.pdf this is a bit old but has a good section stating the advantages over PESA radars. And there’s tons of other documents out there that took a deep dive into the subject matter and concluded AESA is better; there’s a reason modern military’s are using AESA and not PESA…
The Chinese pl-15 is the R-77-1 level. The dimensions of the missiles are similar, both have a loft, you can’t jump higher, I advise you to study the rocket dynamics
We overinflate technologies of adversaries to generate funding. We conduct propaganda and establish fear in our own population to support the military industrial complex. It was a daily thing in the Cold War and it’s something we do today.
If you notice the US never downplays a principal enemies’ capability. Always exaggerates. There is no value in underestimating a foes ability.
It is worth to mention that Irbis is monopulse hybrid ESA radar because it has posibilities as both PESA and AESA radars. PESA 'cause N035 has those two TWT in tranmitter channel and two receiver units in receive channel ( high and low frequency receivers). Besides this it has phased array with about 1800 TR elements . AESA 'cause it has so called hybrid -heterodyne waveguide system in phased array. With that N035 can send many signals with different working frequencies simultaneously and with very high frequency agility just like all real AESA radars .
Irbis has the capability of digital heterodyning, therefore it has the capability not only of AESA, but also of DAR or a digital antenna array.
From the history of the “backwardness” of Russian/Soviet-made avionics for a number of “experts” for reference…
A method for obtaining gallium nitride…
During 2010, at the Institute of Microwave Semiconductor Electronics (ISHPE) Field-effect transistors with Ft = 77.3 GHz and Fmax = 177 GHz having a power gain of more than 11.5 dB at a frequency of 35 GHz were manufactured using AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterostructures of domestic production (Elma-Malachite CJSC). For the first time in Russia, the MIS of a three-stage power amplifier in the frequency range 27-37 GHz with a Cr > 20 dB and a maximum output power of 300 MW in pulse mode was developed and successfully implemented on the basis of transistors.
