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.
Gaijin doesn’t listen to official NATOPS for F-5 flight model data, prefers tertiary Soviet 60s and 70s media data.
And so, how will it be nerfed?
I’d imagine no one will submit the report anyway.
Unless you are suggesting they will make fake data and submit it as real one.
Once Gaijin makes up their decision, it is difficult to change it.
Why do you have an issue with the J-11B?
This discussion is simply ridiculous. You are voicing your own beliefs, which Gaijin will not take into account in how they model their vehicles.
@pegabug
Why do you say the there is no source to suggest the J-11B should not be lighter? Sources have been provided, albeit you and the devs do not like those sources, additionally CCTV claimed the reduced mass. But yes, I can see how that could not be adequate proof. But, I mean, we’ve literally seen a J-11B with composite primer paint (and I think WS-10’s? I’m not as good with engine ID’ing as you are). The original J-11B prototype does not have the composite primer paint, but the latter ones do. Therefore we know there is reduced mass simply based off the information known. Engine mass increased yes, airfoil mass decreased. We can estimate this mass change, and it doesn’t even require an engineering degree or book on aerospace engineering to do so.
J-11B Original Prototype
J-11B with Composites, WS-10’s as well?
J-11D
J-11D has a redesigned and painted nosecone as a dead giveaway that it is not a J-11B.
Besides the point - do you have off hand the mass info for the WS-10A and the AL-31’s the J-11/Su-27SK use?
There is little point reasoning with them, this is most likely ragebait, especially when they threatened a nerf without providing sources. Happened in the Eurofighter forums as well, they’re not exactly the most popular user there.
Hello i startrd grinding the Chinese TT. I was looking over thr planes and see the J-11 and J-11A looked the same is there sny gameplay differences?
J-11A have ARH missiles.
and MAW
I don’t think it is gameplay difference
a fox 2 coming from behind with and without MAW you will see the difference
This is just funny at this point.
They want a clear source for the J-11B radar, but putting Su-35 pylons and TGPs on the Su-30 is perfectly fine.
sometimes I think Eagle Dynamics and Gaijin are related
Tbf though wasn’t the chinese move to build their own engines was to make sure they don’t rely on foreign engines? Allegedly WS-10 also improves upon service life (or was it the later iterations?)
not really, it’s just they prefer F-110’s structure, which provides better high altitude performance.
it’s hard to say, current development in engines is making them more and more heavier, caused by adding more peripheral accessories, F-119 and F-135’s T/W ratio is even lower than old types, but you can’t say they are worse.
I don’t have an issue with the plane, I made it clear that this months long conjecture about them being lighter than the Russian counterparts is nothing more than false conjecture
May I see what sources there are for the J-11B (production) all being built with additional composites? Is it not lighter than the J-11A in-game?
I have simply been saying that unless you can show changes to airframe structure (which you have in case of J-11D), there will be no weight reduction to less than the basic Su-27 airframe from which it was derived.
It is not a threat, simply an observation based on current and prior decision making from the devs. Quick to nerf, slow to fix.
They are the only nuclear power who had an inability to manufacture and produce high performance fighter jet engines. This technology is more complex even than nuclear bombs. They are beginning to resolve these issues, but being dependant on an entirely different countries industry in that way is no good for reasons that need not be expanded upon further.
In some of the latest iterations, sure. It is still heavier than most other engines in its’ size and power class currently.
Can you tell me what about it provides better high altitude performance?
The actual weight and performance of these is highly classified, assumptions of size and weight are educated guesses at best. The F-119 is not very complex whereas the F-135 is very complex. These are poor examples imo. WS-10 is equivalent of the F110 and they are behind… this isn’t a jab it is just proof they are rapidly improving as just a few years later and on their second major turbofan project they have built an F119 equivalent for the J-20.
My sources are from the usual secondary source suspects, but I list them in bug report here: Community Bug Reporting System
CCTV mentioning the reduced weight was mentioned in this report: Community Bug Reporting System
Of note was this: 独家解析！属于中国人自己的重型歼击机——战鹰歼11B_军事频道_央视网(cctv.com), where we see inside the J-11B production line (? they say development sight, but we see a completed J-11B along with one under construction, so that would line up more with a production line rather than R&D).
The J-11B in the test server was actually lighter than the J-11 by ~200kg. It is entirely possible that is correct or it may be incorrect. I won’t know until I finish editing their model to cut away sections of airfoil that have composites and the surface area differences. Just by looking at it, I’m guesstimating it’ll be around 700kg in airfoil weight reduction, but we have to factor in the increase in engine weight as well (hence my last line in the comment before). Supposedly some of the structural components were changed to composites, but that is a lot harder to calculate even if I did have images of the internals.
Why do you say the weight won’t be below the basic Su-27? Is a base aircraft is constructed of aluminum and then had it’s airfoil replaced with composites, it would have a lower weight than the original. In the J-11B’s case, it may end up being ~100kg lighter or heavier than the basic Su-27 in-game (if my guesstimate is correct).
i thought both used similar tech, and F-135 was incremental improvement with more advanced control system. unless you mean the F-35B version in which case your completely right