Shenyang J-11 (original) – Mirage F.1 look alike

The time during the last tree weeks I used to draw a new scetch of the once proposed Shenyang J-11:

That’s all on info I found so far !!

“(original) J-11: The Shenyang proposal was to be powered by one British Spey-512 afterburning turbofan engine and followed a conventional light fighter design with swept back wings, fuselage-side mounted inlets and a Type 645 or 204 radar. The aircraft’s normal total weight was 8,700 kg. At 5,000 metres its climb rate was 197 metres per second. Maximum range was 2,300 kilometres and takeoff distance was less than 500 metres. Weapons consisted of two 30mm cannons and two infrared homing AAMs or two rocket pods or bombs. The pilot had a zero-zero ejection seat. The J-11 was a sophisticated design for its time and achieved the design requirements, but because the British Spey-512 engines were difficult for China to obtain and because the Shenyang factory was ordered to concentrate its energies on the J-8, the J-11 never went further than the blueprint stage.”

Enjoy it, Deino