| HISTORY |
| First flight |
4 June 1965 (Q-5)
29 September 1970 (Q-5B)
August 1979 (Q-5I)
7 September 1982 (Q-5III) |
| Initial operational capability |
1969 |
| Operator |
PLA Air Force, PLA Naval Air Force |
| Variants |
Q-5, Q-5A, Q-5B, Q-5I, Q-5IA, Q-5II (A-5B), Q-5III (A-5C), Q-5M, Q-5K, Q-5D, Q-5J |
| CREW |
| Q-5 |
One |
| Q-5J |
Two |
| DESIGN |
| Role |
Close air support; Ground attack |
| Designer/Manufacturer |
Nanchang Hongdu Aircraft Industry Group |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length |
15.65m |
| Wingspan |
9.68m |
| Height |
4.33m |
| Wing area |
27.95m2 |
| WEIGHTS |
| Empty |
6,400kg |
| Normal take-off |
9,130kg |
| Max take-off |
11,300kg |
| Fuel capacity |
N/A |
| Weapon payload |
1,500kg (Q-5); 2,000kg (Q-5I) |
| PROPULSION |
| Powerplant |
2X WP-6 turbojet (Q-5)
2X WP-6AIII (Q-5I) |
| Thrust (dry) |
WP-6: 25.5kN (2,600kg, 5,733lb);
WP-6AIII: 29.4kN (2,998kg, 6,609lb) |
| Thrust (with afterburning) |
WP-6: 31.87kN (3,250kg, 7,165lb);
WP-6AIII: 36.8kN (3,752kg, 8,273lb) |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max speed |
Mach 1.12 (sea level); or Mach 1.5 (11,000m) |
| Cruising speed |
807km/h (11,000m) |
| Max climb rate |
18.6m/s (sea level) |
| Service ceiling |
16,500m |
| Max range |
<2,000km (with two drop tanks) |
| Combat radius |
400km on a lo-lo-lo attack mission with maximum warload, or 600km on a hi-lo-hi attack mission with maximum warload |
| Flight endurance |
1 hour 55 minutes |
| In-flight refuelling |
No |
| Take-off speed |
330km/h |
| Runway (take-off) |
700~750m |
| Landing speed |
N/A |
| Runway (landing) |
1,060m |
| ARMAMENTS |
| Fixed weapon |
Two Type 23-III 23mm cannons, each with 100 rounds |
| External hardpoints |
5 (Q-5); 10 (later variants) |
| Bomb |
250/500kg low-drag general-purpose or anti-runway bombs
BL755 600lb cluster bomb
200kg anti-runway bomb |
| Other |
57/90/130mm unguided rocket launcher |
| Drop tanks |
2X 400 litre |
| AVIONICS |
| Flight control |
WL-7 radio compass
WG-4 low-altitude radio altimeter
LTC-2 horizon gyro
XS-6 marker beacon receiver |
| Fire control |
SH-1J or ABS1A optical sight for level and dive bombing, or for air-to-ground rocket launching |
| Navigation |
Type 771 Doppler navigation radar
WL-6 radio compass
WG-52 radio altimetre
XS-6 beacon receiver
INS (H-6D)
INS + GPS (H-6E) |
| Communications |
CT-3 VHF transceiver
YD-3 IFF (`Odd Rods' type aerials under nose on Q-5s, replaced on some A-5Cs by single blade antenna) |
| Countermeasures |
Type 930 RWR (antenna in fin-tip) |
