J-7 Specifications
Last updated: 21 March 2007
| HISTORY |
| First flight |
- J-7: January 1966
- J-7I: June 1969
- J-7II: December 1978
- J-7IIA: 7 March 1984
- F-7M: August 1983
- F-7MP: 9 June 1988
- J-7C: 26 April 1984
- J-7D: 20 August 1991
- J-7E: May 1990
- J-7G: June 2002
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| Operator |
PLA Air Force, PLA Naval Air Force, Albania, Bangladesh, Burma, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe |
| Variants |
- J-7
- J-7I
- J-7II
- J-7IIA
- J-7IIH
- J-7C
- J-7D
- J-7E
- J-7G
- F-7A
- F-7B
- F-7M Airguard
- F-7MP
- F-7P Skybolt
- F-7MP Skybolt
- F-7N
- F-7MG
- F-7PG
- F-7BG
- JJ-7
- FT-7
- J-7FS
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| CREW |
| J-7 (F-7) |
One |
| JJ-7 (FT-7) |
Two |
| DESIGN |
| Role |
Interception; ground attack; trainer |
| Designer |
Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau, Soviet Union/Russia
611 Aircraft Design Institute, Chengdu |
| Manufacturer |
Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (J-7)
Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (J-7I, J-7II, J-7C/D, J-7E/G, J-7FS)
Guizhou Aviation Industrial Group Co. (J-7C/D, JJ-7/FT-7) |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length |
14.855m (J-7II); 15.591m (J-7C); 14.885m (J-7E) |
| Wingspan |
7.154m (J-7II, J-7C); 8.32m (J-7E) |
| Height |
4.103m (J-7II/E); 4.251m (J-7C) |
| Wing area |
23 square metres |
| WEIGHTS |
| Empty |
5,275kg |
| Normal take-off |
7,370kg (J-7II); 7,680kg (J-7E) |
| Max take-off |
9,100kg (J-7E) |
| Normal landing |
5,480kg (J-7II) |
| Fuel capacity |
2,080kg (J-7II); 4,165kg (J-7E) |
| Max payload |
N/A |
| PROPULSION |
| Powerplant |
1X Liyang WP-7 (J-7I)
1X Liyang WP-7B (J-7II, F-7A/B)
1X Liyang WP-7N (F-7MG/PG)
1X Liyang WP-13F (J-7C/D, J-7E/G, F-7MG/PG) |
| Thrust (dry) |
WP-7: 38.245kN (3,900kg; 8,598lb)
WP-13F: 44.1kN (4,497kg, 9,914lb) |
| Thrust (afterburning) |
WP-7: 56.388kN (5,750kg; 12,677lb)
WP-7B: 58.8kN (5,996kg; 13,219lb)
WP-7N: 59.83kN (6,100kg; 13,450lb)
WP-13F: 65.17kN (6,645kg; 14,650lb) |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max level speed |
Mach 2.0 (high altitude) |
| Max climb rate |
180m/s (sea-level) |
| Service ceiling |
18,800m |
| Range (without refuelling) |
Ferry range 1,740km (two AAMs and two 480 liter drop
tanks); or 2,230km (three 720 liter drop tanks) |
| Combat radius |
- (Loitering with two AAMs and three 720 liter drop
tanks, at altitude 11,000m) 45 minutes flight and 5 minutes combat
- (Long-range interception with two AAMs and three 720 liter drop
tanks at speed of Mach 1.5) 650km
- (Long-range interdiction with
two 150kg bombs and three 720 liter drop tanks, hi-lo-hi) 600km
- (Close air support with four rocket launchers, no drop tank, lo-lo-lo)
370km
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| In-flight refuelling |
No |
| G limit |
+7G |
| ARMAMENTS |
| Fixed weapon |
- J-7: 1X Type 30-I (30mm), 60 rounds
- J-7I: 2X Type 30-I (30mm), 60 rounds per gun
- J-7C/D: 2X Type 23-III (23mm), 100 rounds per gun
- J-7E: 1X Type 30-I (30mm)
- F-7MG: 2X Type 30-I (30mm)
- J-7G: 1X Type 30-I (30mm)
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| External hardpoints |
3 (J-7/I); or 5 (J-7C/D/E) |
| Air-to-air missiles |
PL-2, PL-5, PL-7, PL-8, PL-9, Magic R550, AIM-9 |
| Bomb |
250/500kg free-bomb |
| Other |
57/90/130mm unguided rocket launcher |
| AVIONICS |
| Flight control |
WL-7 radio compass; 0101 HR A2 altitude radio altimeter; LTC-2 horizon gyro; XS-6 marker beacon receiver; VOR; Distance Measure Equipment (DME); Instrument Landing System (ILS) |
| Fire control |
SM-3A optical sight (J-7); AFS-3A lead-computing sight with Type 222 ranging radar input (J-7II); GEC-Marconi Type 956 HUD, and weapon-aiming computer system with input from the GEC-Marconi Type 226 'Skyranger' ranging radar (F-7M/P); or Italian Grifo-7 fire-control radar (F-7PG). |
| Countermeasures |
South-West China Research Institute of Electronic Equipment KG-8602 RWR interfaced with the South-West China Research Institute of Electronic Equipment KG-8605 internal radar noise jammer and China National Import and Export Corporation GT-1 chaff/flare dispenser, and Type 602 'Odd Rods' IFF |
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