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J-11
The Chinese-built, Chinese variant of the Su-27SK with 70% components
made in China, with some improvements over the original Su-27SK in the
following areas: radar, flight instrumentation and added air-to-surface attack
capability.
J-11A
J-11 with further radar and flight instrumentation upgrade, most notably
with the adoption of EFIS in its avionics.
J-11B
This is the advanced version which uses more Chinese components,
including radar, engine, and missiles. The chief program engineer for J-11B
is Mr. Guo Dianman (郭殿满). China is interested in reducing its reliance on
foreign technology for both cost reasons and a desire to improve its domestic
research and design. It is reported that one regiment of J-11Bs are currently
in service, but this seems to contradict with the latest information provided
by the Chinese government: In May, 2007, the existence of J-11B was
finally acknowledged by the Chinese government for the first time when the
state-run Chinese TV stations first aired the report on J-11B in PLAAF
service. However, the official Chinese report claims that there are only two
squadrons of J-11Bs in service, instead of a regiment, which is consisted of
three squadrons (as of end of 2007). According to the Chinese report, which
is agreed by some western sources such as Jane's Information Group, the J-
11B is superior to Su-27SK in the following areas:
• The wide adoption of composite material (mainly carbon fiber) for the
surfaces, reducing the weight of the aircraft for more than 700 kg,
while the life of the composite part is increased over 10,000 hours in
comparison to the original part built from steel.
• Redesigned air inlets of engine intakes to reduce the radar cross
section, this coupled with the adoption of composite material, and
application of radar absorbent material has reduced the radar cross
section (RCS) of 15 square meters of Su-27SK to just >3 square
meters of J-11B.
• Full air-to-surface / sea capability is added and J-11B is able to launch
various precision guided air-to-surface and air-to-sea munitions.
• Certified to be equipped with WS-10 (will be upgraded to WS-10A in
the future) turbofan engine, which is claimed to be cheaper to operate
• than AL-31F.
• Incorporation of on-board oxygen generating system (OBOGS): With
the exception of Su-35 and Su-37, J-11B is the first of the Su-27
(Reverse Engineered) family to incorporate such technology. Due to
the adoption of western style design features such as fully digitized
computerized controls and solid state micro-electronics, Chinese
claimed that the domestic OBOGS is superior than the analog system
Russia offered to China.
• A Chinese multifunctional pulse-Doppler fire-control radar reportedly
capable of tracking 6~8 targets and engaging 4 of them
simultaneously.[8]
• Fully digitized solid-state avionics have replaced the analogue set of
the Su-27SK. In the mid-2007, the Chinese governmental television
station CCTV-7 released news clips of Chinese pilots in the cockpits
of J-11B, with the LCD of glass cockpit of J-11B clearly visible,
despite that the official report itself only claimed replacing the
original avionics with domestic Chinese fully digitized solid-state
avionics, and nothing of EFIS or glass cockpit was mentioned. In
comparison to the earlier EFIS on J-11A, the most obvious difference
is that LCD MFDs on J-11B are aligned in a straight line, instead of
the middle one being slightly lower. The arrangement, appearance and
layout of MFDs and EFIS of J-11B are similar to the general design
concept of the west.
• Missile Approach Warning System.
General characteristics
• Crew: 1
• Length: 21.9 m (72 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 14.70 m (48 ft 3 in)
• Height: 5.92 m (19 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 62.04 m² (667.8 ft²)
• Empty weight: 16,870 kg [1] (37,192 lb)
• Loaded weight: 23,140 kg (51,010 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 33,000 kg (73,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-31F or Woshan WS-10A "Taihang" turbofans
o Dry thrust: 74.5 kN / 89.17 kN (16,800 lbf / 20,050 lbf)[10] each
o Thrust with afterburner: 123 kN / 129.4 kN (27,600 lbf / 29,101 lbf) [11]
each
Performance
Armament
Avionics