Chengdu J-10 - Specifications (J-10A)

Specifications (J-10A)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 15.49 m (50.82 ft)
  • Wingspan: 9.75 m (31.99 ft)
  • Height: 5.43 m (17.81 ft)
  • Wing area: 33.1 m² (356.3 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 9,750 kg (21,495 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 13,000 kg (28,600 lb)
  • Useful load: 6,000 kg (13,200lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,500 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN or WS-10A Taihang turbofan
    • Dry thrust: 79.43 kN / 89.17 kN (17,860 lbf / 20,050 lbf)
    • Thrust with afterburner: 125 kN / 132 kN (27,557 lbf / 29,101 lbf)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 at altitude, Mach 1.2 at sea level
  • g-limits: +9/-3 g (+88/-29 m/s², +290/-97 ft/s²)
  • Combat radius: 1,600 km (with air to air refueling), 550 km (without air to air refueling)
  • Ferry range: 1,850 km
  • Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,055 ft)
  • Wing loading: 381 kg/m² (78 lb/ft²)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.96 (with AL-31); 1.017 (with WS-10A)

Armament

  • Guns: 1× 23mm twin-barrel cannon
  • Hardpoints: 11 in total (6× under-wing, 5× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) external fuel and ordnance
  • Rockets: 90 mm unguided rocket pods
  • Missiles:
    • Air-to-air missiles: PL-8, PL-9, PL-11, PL-12
    • Air-to-surface missiles: PJ-9, YJ-9K
  • Bombs: laser-guided bombs (LT-2), glide bombs (LS-6) and unguided bombs
  • Others:
    • Up to 3 external fuel drop-tanks (1× under-fuselage, 2× under-wing) for extended range and loitering time

Avionics

  • Unknown phased array radar
  • NRIET KLJ-10 multi-mode fire-control radar
  • Externally mounted avionics pods:
    • Type Hongguang-I infra-red search and track pod
    • BM/KG300G self-protection jamming pod
    • KZ900 electronic reconnaissance pod
    • Blue Sky navigation/attack pod
    • FILAT (Forward-looking Infra-red Laser Attack Targeting) pod

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