Hey kiddo,

have you got any idea what you are talking about.

There are airplanes that is flying in the sky in this moment that I have had a hand in its design. can you say the same?

so I think you are way out of your league on this one.

Wow!! That was a really technical and engaging engineering response from the ‘invisible hand’ of the Chinese aerospace industry. Belittling anyone and everyone who raises concerns when presented with stark evidence of counterfeiting/IPR violations, isn’t going to endear you to anyone.
It’s the sort of response I’d expect from the departmental janitor.

Fyi, my education has little to do with my profession (though the advanced calculus sometimes comes in handy when we get software glitches).

The different Cg, new LERX, enlarged wing area/control surfaces and adjustments to FBW code must have been quite a breeze for you, huh?
Awaiting your critical design review, don’t worry- I won’t divulge any state secrets you’re privy to on the J-15.

BTW, welcome to 1986, Kiddo.

It will be before the end of this fiscal, afaIk it has to be before the end of December otherwise the bids expire and will have to be re-submitted.

I agree with Jw on the build quality, with the plywood one being my favourite.

In other news, a meeting @ the G20 summit in France between PM Singh and Sarkozy was ultimately cancelled despite being rescheduled twice, the details of the bid(s) had already been communicated to the competitor’s governments by that time…

…and now Taygibay is leading a charge by peppering BR forum with Rafale porn shots…where’s the humanity!?

:rolleyes:
or.
sometimes Cheap dig is all you got.

You are aware that scale effects are minimised by using models that do not differ in size from the prototype more than necessary aka physical similarity and dimensional analysis.
By very careful measurement (e.g. laser) for downscaling, the inherent problems of discrepancy of Reynolds number (whereby laminar flow exists in the model system although the flow in the prototype is turbulent) also relative departures of Froude, Weber or Mach numbers- can be avoided.
Calculations of inertia and pressure forces will also be simplified and porting your uber-accurate dimension maps to CFD and FEA saves a huge amount of time, effort and money.

The structural integrity of the Su-33 will not be difficult to calculate once the spar structure & layout are emulated for a static tester and composition of various alloys already known (titanium & high-strength aluminium alloys) they probably stripped down an Su-27SK for comparative analysis.
I’m sure FBW software wouldn’t pose that much of a problem for the 611 institute after the J-10.

I guess the greatest financial burden would be the capital expenditure for machine tooling and the greatest technical challenge- the engine……as you very well know :D.

According to the FT this morning, an Indian MoD official has informed them that the defence ministry revised up its initial $11bn estimate after reviewing bids from the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium and France’s Dassault, to $20bn.

Allez Eurofighter!!

Re: visibility, I don’t think this is a ‘UB’:

Once the sealed bids are known, the Indian Ministry of Defence will start calculating the life-cycle cost of the aircraft, the acquisition cost and military “offset” considerations. These offsets include the amount of technology that European companies will disclose to India and the share of investment they will bring to India’s defence industries if they are chosen.

The impending decision has not prevented the US making a last-ditch effort to promote some of its more modern aircraft technology to India. This week the Pentagon told Congress it was prepared to provide information to India about the F-35 Lightning II, a so-called fifth-generation fighter produced by Lockheed Martin.

European defence companies have expressed concern the US might try to short-circuit the bidding process with a new offer outside the terms of the competition.

FT 03/11/11 (subscription only).

Hmmm…I wonder if the Americans have been up to underhand sneakiness since losing out in April (EADS & Dassault better check their PCs and servers, huh? :p).
Ya don’t think they’d try to usurp the Europeans before the month is out! NAAAAH, surely not…

Either way, roll on tomorrow!

Prior to assuming his post, ACM Browne would’ve had a classified, very detailed briefing on the PAK-FA/FGFA from military, civilian and industry experts (both Russian and Indian)- and I’ll bet my mortgage he didn’t refer to a retired tank man with an obscure blog.

I am, however, enjoying the 11th hour F-35/MMRCA mischief-making from LM, like it’s gonna somehow detract from the countdown to November 24th.

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65354