Chengdu J-10, F-10 Multi-Role Fighter

HISTORY:
First Flight: 24 March 1998
Service Entry: 2004 or 2005

CREW: 1 pilot

DIMENSIONS:
Length :47.86 ft (14.57 m)
Wingspan/Lebar Sayap: 28.75 ft (8.78 m)
Height: 15.75 ft (4.80 m)
Wing Area: 355.2 ft2 (33 m2)
Canard Area: 58.55 ft2 (5.45 m2)

WEIGHTS:
Empty : 15,300 lb (6,940 kg)
Typical Load: unknown
Max Takeoff : 40,565 lb (18,400 kg)
Fuel Capacity: internal: unknown, external: unknown
Max Payload: 18,520 lb (8,400 kg)

PROPULSION:
Powerplant : one Saturn/Lyulka AL-31F afterburning turbofan
Thrust: 27,560 lb (122.6 kN)

PERFORMANCE:
Max Level Speed: at altitude: Mach 1.85; at sea level: unknown
Initial Climb Rate : unknown
Tinggi Max: unknown
Jarak Tempuh: 1,000 nm (1,850 km)
g-Limits: unknown

ARMAMENT:
Gun: probably one 23-mm or 30-mm cannon
Stations : eleven external hardpoints and two wingtip rails
Air-to-Air Missile : PL-8, PL-10
Air-to-Surface Missile: unknown
Bomb: unknown

KNOWN VARIANTS:
J-10: Prototype fighter

KNOWN OPERATORS: China