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Nanchang/Hongdu Q-6(Simple version)

630 YangzhouAvionic  6.0 years ago

The Nanchang (now known as Hongdu Aviation) is given a mission, during the 1960s, to design a supersonic attacker, to face a more serious threat made by Soviet armored fleets. By purchasing a MiG-23 from Iraq, China had the capability to build a variable swept wing fighter/bomber.
The designer in chief is Lu Xiaopeng, who also designed the Q-5 Fantan attacker and act as a major ground attacker for China until replaced by JH-7 Feibao(Flanger) and J-16(Flanker-D).
However, due to the cultural revolution's aftermath and delayed progress for the WS-6 engine, Q-6 was terminated in 1980.

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The aircraft I built is made on a very limited amount of resources. There were only a few pictures found available due to both secrecy and an early termination. There were sources with additional stabilizing blades, one with a rotatable pylon and one with air brakes. Due to the reason, I will make the detailed version later.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 30.3ft (9.3m)
  • Length 32.6ft (9.9m)
  • Height 12.3ft (3.8m)
  • Empty Weight 11,255lbs (5,105kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,786lbs (6,707kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.279
  • Wing Loading 90.3lbs/ft2 (440.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 163.8ft2 (15.2m2)
  • Drag Points 3320

Parts

  • Number of Parts 59
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 429