Original J-9: source = http://www.china-defense.com/aviation/chinese_fighter_development/chinese_fighter_development-2.html
The J-9 project ran in parallel with the J-8 project but used a completely new airframe. The design target maximum speed was Mach 2.4 at above 20,000 metres altitude. In order to achieve this target the J-9 was fitted with an 8,500kg thrust turbojet engine and the 601 Institute initially used a tailless delta design. Development at this point shifted to the newly built 611 Institute and the Chengdu Aircraft Factory. At the beginning of the 1970s, the 611 Institute proposed a new design using a canard ahead of the delta wing (not dissimilar to the Swedish Viggen), but because it required new materials and know-how plus engine performance problems it wasn’t until 1975 before the design could be completed. The new J-9 design was quite advanced with air intakes on the fuselage sides featuring variable inlet geometry to alter the compression mixture. It used a 12,400 kg wet thrust turbofan engine and featured a Type 205 radar (search range about 70km) and four PL-4 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. The J-9 plan was discontinued in 1980. However, the effort was not totally wasted as the J-9 development enabled Chinese engineers to gain experience with the canard layout type, experience that would prove useful in the J-10 project.
The FC-1/JH-17 replaced the original J-9 program and has now taken its name.
YES, I know this project, but the J-9 was never called FC-1 – this is only a term used for the current FC-1 = JF-17 – … the name “Fishpaste” is completely new; that’s why I asked where do You have this information from, and the current FC-1 / JF-17 otherwise was never called the J-9, even if this is widely posted in the www. !!
Yes, once again a CG and faked … but anyway BRILLIANT !!!!
… just take a look here: 😮
http://www.sonicmodel.com/topicdisplay.asp?BoardID=23&Page=2&TopicID=2017315
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