XXJ/J-12 update at Hui Tong's page !!!

Some time ago these was a small update at Hui Tong’s page (http://www.stormpages.com/jetfight/J-10_J-11_FC-1.htm) regarding the XXJ !!!

“First disclosed by US Office of Naval Intellegence (ONI) in 1997, XXJ (J-12 or Type D?) is a fourth generation fighter to enter the service around 2015. Both CAC/611 Institute and SAC/601 Institute are working their own designs for a large twin-engine multi-role fighter with enhanced stealth capability and maneuverability comparable to American F-22. It was speculated that 601 Institute has been working on designs based on conventional layout while 611 institute has been working on designs based on canard/tailless delta wing layout since early 90s. There was a third “triplane” layout which features canard foreplanes in addition to the conventional layout. However this configuration is believed to have been eliminated. At present it is still unclear which layout was chosen as the final configuration and whether the detail design has been completed by the winning design institute, as it should have been if the aircraft is to fly in the next 5 years. The aircarft was initially planned to be powered by two 8,500kg/RD-33 class “medium thrust” turbofan engines with trust-vectoring nozzles to fullfill its high maneuverability requirement. A prototype of the trust-vectoring nozzle was displayed at Zhuhai Airshow by China Aeronautical Establishment in 2000. Consequently XXJ would have a 10t empty weight and a 15t normal TO weight. Now it appears that XXJ may be powered by more powerful 12,500kg/AL-31F class “high thrust” turbofan engines which results in a normal TO weight exceeding 20t, making it a true heavy weight fighter. The aircraft will incoporate an advanced FBW system based upon the Active Control Technology developed by 601 Institute and tested on its J-8IIACT technology demonstrator. Russian assistance in this project is expected too in terms of softwore support for calculating the RCS of various designs. The overall performance of XXJ is thought to be superior to EF-2000 and Rafale (stealth & agility) but still inferior to F-22 (electronics & supercruise).”

Does anyone have some more recent new’s ???

Best regards; Deino 🙂

PS: Thanks Hui Tong !

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