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Shenyang J-8I

Description

A mod aircraft called J-8I. Built with 97 of the finest parts, its root part is migintake93.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.12.5.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 97
• Mods: 11
• KSP: 1.12.5

The Shenyang J-8 (Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is an interceptor aircraft developed by the 601 Institute (Shenyang) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It was conceived in the early 1960s as a low-risk program based on enlarging the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F, a version of which the PRC was producing as the Chengdu J-7. The original J-8 experienced protracted development due to disruption from the Cultural Revolution; the prototypes first flew in 1969[2] but the design was not finalized until 1979 with the aircraft entering service in 1980.[3]

The J-8II/J-8B (NATO reporting name: Finback-B) was a major development of the J-8 and was essentially a new aircraft. The J-8II replaced the distinctive nose air intake[2] with a conventional radome and side air intakes to create room for a modern fire-control radar,[4] and used more powerful engines.[2][4] The aircraft started development in 1982,[4] and was cleared for production and service in 1988.[5] The J-8II was the basis for all later major additions to the J-8 family.[6] By 1964, the Chengdu J-7 was inadequate to perform long-range, high-altitude interceptions. The Chinese Aeronautical Establishment held a conference on 25 October to discuss future fighters. The 601 Institute had two proposals; a twin-engined scaled-up J-7 which became the J-8,[2] and a higher-performing single-engined option that became the Chengdu J-9.[7] Both options were pursued. The J-8 offered lower technical risk and received higher priority and political support;[2] the J-9 was later cancelled in 1980.[8] The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) approved the operational requirements on 17 May 1965.[2] Huang Zhiqian and Gu Songfen became, respectively, the chief and vice chief designers.[2][3]

The J-8 was shared some features with the J-7, including the front-hinged single-piece cockpit canopy, landing gear design, and positioning of the ventral air brakes. The tail had two ventral fins similar in shape to the J-7’s single ventral fin. The aircraft was powered by two Liyang WP-7B afterburning turbojets. The nose intake had a small inlet cone enclosing a radar rangefinder. Two Type 30-1 (Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30) cannon were mounted under the cockpit. There were three hardpoints, one under each wing and one on the centerline under the fuselage, with a total carrying capacity of 2.5 tonnes.[2]

The programme suffered disruptions into the 1970s. Huang was killed in an air crash in May 1965 and replaced by Wang Nanshou. Design work was completed in September and a full-size mock-up completed and reviewed by December. The Shenyang Aircraft Factory was expected to complete a prototype by the end of 1966, but Gao Fangqi - its chief engineer - died and his successor, Liu Hongzhi, was dismissed in November 1966 during the Cultural Revolution. Development was transferred to the Joint J-8 Development Command led by Wang Xin. The construction of two prototypes was slow due to being done almost clandestinely; the first, 001 Red was built from August 1967 to June 1968. 001 Red was damaged during high-speed taxiing tests on 19 December 1968,[2] and made its first successful flight on 5 July 1969 piloted by Yin Yuhuan. Shortly afterward, the programme stalled due to the disbanding of Flight Test Command and Shenyang’s Chief Design Office[9] The Chief Design Office was only reformed in 1979 with Gu being promoted to chief designer.[10]

From 1969 to 1979, 001 Red and 002 Red logged a total of only 1025 flights and 663 flight hours. Flight and static testing revealed several problems, including severe buffeting at transonic and supersonic speeds, overheating of the rear fuselage at supersonic speeds, engine unreliability, and airframe weaknesses. All were eventually resolved,[9] although it continued to suffer poor directional stability.[4] The design was finalized on 31 December 1979.[3] C:WIKI

Mods

• Airplane Plus
• AviatorArsenal
• B9 Procedural Wings Modified
• BD Armory Continued
• Procedural Parts
• SXTContinued
• Squad (stock)
• Stryker’s Aerospace and IVA’s
• TweakScale - Rescale Everything!
• kerbalfield
• sm stryker