Regarding the very big help I got and the many useful suggestions for my “Shenyang J-11-project” I would like to make a follow-on: The Shenyang J-13 !
As this fighter-project remained as much as the J-11 a pure paper-project there are not so many hard facts:
“ J-13: At the end of the 1970s, Shenyang 601 Institute proposed development of a new light fighter to replace the J-6. Preliminary design was completed in the early 1980s and the project was named the J-13. The new aircraft used cantilever wings and fuselage side mounted air intakes – it resembled the French Mirage-F1. Normal takeoff weight was 11660kg. In order to meet a required Mach 2.0 level speed, the original plan was to use one British Spey Mk202 turbofan (with afterburner giving 9,300kg thrust) domestically produced as the WS-9. Because the domestic project failed to work out as planned the powerplant was changed to a 12,200kg thrust WS-6 turbofan. Some reports suggest that soon after China obtained a MiG-23MS Flogger-E from Egypt and set about reverse-engineering the R-29 turbojet as the WS-15 for installation on the J-13. In the end none of these projects produced an efficient, reliable, powerful engine. The J-13 design stressed speed, a good rate of climb and was optimised as an interceptor with some ground attack capability. Ceiling was 19,000 metres, sea level rate of climb approximately 260 metres/second, maximum overload +9G, and warload about 4.5 tons. Because of the successful J-8-II project, in the mid-1980s development of the J-13 was delayed and accorded low priority. However, into the late 1980s the project continued although the operational requirements had increased to match the Russian MiG-29 and American F-16 light fighters. In the early 1990s the project was finally abandoned because of the success of the Chengdu J-10 project.”
During the past years I managed to collect some drawing and pictures – and interesting !!! … some more than of the J-11:
Deino 🙂
This is the – for my opinion – best “picture” ! 😀
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July 16, 2004 at 4:19 pm