Shenyang J-11, J-16, J-15, History, Performance & Discussion

Would j11bg with ws10 b be better or j11d?

What kind of backwards thought process is this? I didn’t make the initial assertion - and we know the J-11B is built on the same airframe as the Russian Su-27. We know their engines are heavier. These sources have already been posted and discussed. Yet… discussion of them being lighter persists and with what? Nothing.

We can assume the mechanical scan is heavier than the Russian PESA this is not a haphazard assumption to make. It is unsourced, the engines being heavier is sourced. Chinese electronics at the time did not outpace the Russians so we can not assume weight savings for radar or radar components until they adopted AESA.

It is just discussion for me, I don’t find anything in here impolite.

They may add PL-15 to J-11 as balancing strategy if it cannot have as many missiles as peers similar to how they gave Su-30SM R-77-1 as a balancing measure against the higher performance airframes.

It only makes sense, reliance on Russia for missiles at wartime would result in a shortage.

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This is outright nonsense. China is still lagging behind in engine manufacturing

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How are they going to say that a variable bypass turbofan is not outright better than their legacy reproduction AL-31’s with minor upgrades?

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With variable bypass, the engine is very complicated in design and expensive.It is certainly better than the usual two-circuit. But it is not without drawbacks. He’s not very productive yet.

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From what I find WS-10 is based on the core of the CFM-56, provide sources if you believe it is based on AL-31F.

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Also, you selectively ignore like over half of what I said in the response.

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It is a static bypass engine with no legitimate improvement in technology that wasn’t also seen in AL-31 series such as FADEC. What we see is a very similar thrust curve and performance, but at a heavier weight. As far as the game is concerned, the two engines are not much different.

CFM-56, like the AL-31, is an 80s engine designed in the 70s and offers no enhancements to the core technology over the Russian counterpart. Perhaps because of licensing or other means they had better means of production for CFM-56-esque parts.

If I did not respond to it, it wasn’t relevant.

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I should be more clear, the CFM-56 was actually designed in the 60s and sold in the early 70s but I figure China’s version is a newer configuration so I give them the benefit of the doubt that the core they used as basis is from the 70s and 80s.

While it is true that WS-10A is not a technologically advanced engine, it really seems like you are downselling the development timeline, WS-10B and WS-10C are already major improvements in a short timeframe.

FYI, I do not claim responsibility for the J-16/Su-35 debate, but then again why do you seem to care so much about us discussing J-11B details? So what if the weight is lighter or heavier? Gaijin won’t care anyway since they will make up numbers.

I feel old saying this, but PL15 is indeed a ten year old missile now. IDK, anyone else feel like this decade passed quickly?

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I said nothing of a timeline or their improvements since. I am talking about the WS-10 as a whole, which is still far behind other nations even after upgrades.

The CFM-56 is based on the F-101, this is the predecessor to the F-14 and F-16’s F110 engine and the F-101 was designed to power the B-1 lancer. Saying that the core technologies are built from this is just proving that the Chinese manufacturing capability was insufficient to copy the AL-31 or improve on it in a short timespan. While the latest models produce more thrust, they also weigh more and do not last as long.

I’m not saying the core is still a CFM-56, of course it is a brand new core, but getting back to my initial point, the engines are heavier than the Russian counterparts and the reasoning is there.

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Well, our idea of the newest model is WS10A, we know nothing about the rest, like the ones fitted with J20. I agree that WS 10 is sub par to current contenders, but not like Chinese air force really expected it to be one, supposed to be WS15 RN, so AL41 is definitely not the one to compare to. After all, only a very minor part of Russian airforce has AL41 equipped.

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The US by contrast was already flying a variable bypass engine and has tested variable cycle engines subsequently before the WS-10 saw installation from the factory in any Sukhoi’s. China’s WS-15 is thought to be similar in capability to the F119, and that is still behind the AL-41 from a design standpoint.

I mean, do you have sources to suggest that the latest WS-10s have a shorter lifespan?

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Again, you claimed first they have quite an absurd lifespan I think you said 5000 hours? What was the source for that?

What I am saying is only logical, it is not sourced. If they can exceed the AL-31 lifespan it will be on the lower power modes that are discussed frequently.

I was not the one who claimed this. You can go and recheck. Why do you think this?
As I’ve said, I’m not too knowledgeable regarding engines, you can ask some others here for more detailed sources. That is, if you are willing to learn.

In my initial statements I said this was discussed and concluded with sources months ago and now it is still ongoing - there is no source to suggest the J-11’s are lighter. Be happy the in-game aircraft is modeled as such because when data arrives for reports it will very likely be nerfed.

Which will likely be never, there is no concrete source or data, especially regarding J-11B. Gaijin does not accept anything else other than official source. There is nothing to suggest J-11B is the same weight as the other J-11s as well other than speculation.

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Gaijin doesn’t listen to official NATOPS for F-5 flight model data, prefers tertiary Soviet 60s and 70s media data.

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