JF-17 Thunder – All round view

JF-17 Thunder – All round view

JF-17 Thunder is the emerging Multirole fighter in the world. The dream of a multirole aircraft, was placed on paper more than two decades ago under the name of project Super Sabre-II. Later in 2003, it was renamed to Joint Fighter- 17(JF-17 Thunder). Since the first flight of its prototype in 2003, JF-17/FC-1 has surpassed 10,000 hrs marks recently in November 2011. Over the years Thunder has transformed into a lethal fighting machine and a true Multirole fighter, with various types of state-of-the-art air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons integrated/undergoing integration with it.

A great number of articles and photos on JF-17 are present on internet. Countless writings are also uploaded. The purpose of writing this short book on JF-17, is to provide authentic and factual information about the capabilities offered in the JF-17. This book will provide detailed information about various sensors, avionics, cockpit, aerodynamic design and weapon carrying capability of JF-17.

This book will be uploaded in 8 chapters, following is their contents.

Chap :1 JF-17 Thunder’s radome/nose design

• Radar
• AoA Antennas
• DADS, AIFF, Radar altimeter and Navigational antennas
• External canopy opening door

Chap:2 Aerodynamic Configuration

• Air inlets design
•  Leading edge root extension (LERX)
• Forward ailerons
• Backward flaperons
• Twin ventral Fins

Chap:3 Middle Fuselage

• Fuel cells on fuselage
• Gun
• Navigational lights
• Baggage compartment
• Jet Fuel Starter (JFS) point

Chap:4 JF-17 Cockpit

• Cockpit illustration
• Stick & right aux control panel
• Front instrumentation panel and Multi Functional Displays
• Heads Up Display
• HUD, Digital video recorder and Cockpit audio recorder
• JF-17 simulator
• Ejection seat

Chap:5 JF-17 avionics

• JF-17’s Weapon and Mission Management Computer
• Avionics tool kit (rugged laptop)
• Avionics shelve

Chap:6 JF-17  Threat warning system, tail housing & drogue chute

• Chaff/flare dispensers
• Tail housing with MAWS, UHF and electrostatic energy dispensers
• Drogue chute section, Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) and tail navigational light

Chap:7 JF-17 Landing Gears, Engine, Air Brakes and Horizontal Stabilizers

• Landing Gears
• Air brakes
• Horizontal stabilizers
• RD-93 Engine
• RD-93 Engine exhaust and its states

Chap:8 JF-17 Weapon load

• Weapons Rails/hard points
• External fuel stations
• Load diagrams