hmmm…the AMX looks nothing like JH-7 except maybe for the air intake.

Looks like a project from the 60s in the flavour of TSR.2, Mirage G8 and F-108.

Perhaps the avionics are foreign or derived(French, Russian.etc)

Looks very expensive to operate though. Good for local industry.

The AMX it`s more beautiful in modern standards but the FBC-1 and AMX both use Spey engines and both Rolls-Royce engines are built under license in Brazil and China but the FBC-1 is a Tornado Class and the Spey are MK 202 not the samee model used on the AMX, while the AMX is a A-4 Skyhawk class and an international program and it `s Spey are MK 807
But the J-22 Orao from the former Yuguslavia is really similar to the FBC-1 and also uses Rolls-Royce built Viper under licence by Turbomecanica known locally as TRDF Orao/Turbomecanica and those are Rolls-Royce MK 633-41

It’s 10,000kg thrust per engine, not total of two engines, by the way.

Also the JH-7 is not powered by any turbojet (Wopen). It’s been powered by turbofans (Spey) and the WS-9 followon is also a turbofan.

It’s definitely not like a Japanese F-1,as the JH-7 has more range and is a bigger jet. But the payload is mediocre for a plane of its size (5,000-6,000kg). Still that would be more than sufficient to carry four antiship missiles.

To increase the payload, the JH-7A uses composites to lighten the airframe and a more powerful WS-9 engine. To improve flight performance, the pitch only FBW is replaced by a full digital FBW working on all three axis with terrain avoidance.

Currently, there are three groups of JH-7s in all. One regiment of ‘original’ JH-7, one regiment of ‘block 2’ JH-7 with the slotted array JL-10A radar and glass cockpit, and one regiment of JH-7A with the improved airframe and avionics.

Xian AC is trying to find a niche for the JH-7A against the Su-30s, J-11s and J-10s. Suffice to say it’s going to be an uphill battle.

i think it has longer legs but in overall capability are quit similar despite the JH-7 is Bigger the aircraft are basicly well matched
On the picture we can see tha English Rolls-Royce Spey built in China as the WS-9

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Idiot JH-7 is Chinese and not Russian, there is a difference. Su-39 actuall carries 6000kg on 10 hardpoints while AMX carries some 3800kg on 7 hardpoints I think. Su-39 not only has much better avionics it also has a radar(Kopyo-M) and has R-77, Kh-35 abilities, lets see the AMX match that. Not only that but it is significantly cheaper.

You should compare the latest Russian Su-24M/? to the Tornado or Jaguar, that is if you want to compare it to Russian.

The JH-7 seems underpowered with the Spey, but I think they said they will replace it with the WS10A, which is the same engine that is going to power J-10s and J-11s(Chinese Flankers)

Serbin there is no need to say such abjectives, even if mixtec made a mistake is not the end of the world, i think anybody can make a mistake
As crobato said the WS-9 are english engines made in China under license and are the same engines that were fitted to the British Phantoms, the AMX also uses a British Engine built under license in Italy and Brazil, and the Japanese T-2 and F-1 also have Brithish engines so all these Tornado look alike have something in commmon British engines

Reminds me of the TSR2 from certain angles. Does it have a bomb bay ?

I think the FBC-1 looks like a hybrid of the Panvia Tornado and the Sepecat Jaguar T2 but i do not think it remotely resambles the TR-2 beyond the wings and tandem seat crew stations

Your thread heading says “FC-1” rather than “FBC-1”

I know can some one fix it as FBC-1

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