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Latest revision as of 07:03, 5 April 2020
| Hanshin ZF-7 Typhoon | |
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| The ZF-7E, the single-seat multirole variant, in flight. | |
| Role | Multirole fighter, Air superiority fighter |
| National origin | Zhenia |
| Manufacturer | Hanshin Aerospace Corporation |
| First flight | 1976 |
| Introduction | 1981 |
| Primary user | Republic of Zhenia Air Force, Republic of Zhenia Navy |
| Produced | 1981-Present |
| Number built | 1,411 (2019) |
| Variants | See Variants |
The ZF-7 Typhoon (Zhenian designation: ZF-7 태풍) is a Zhenian twin-tail, twin-engine multirole and air superiority fighter designed and built by Hanshin Aerospace Corporation. Although initially designed primarily for air superiority missions, it has also become a multirole fighter for all-weather and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions, leveraging its large range and payload as well as its avionics.
Development
Design Characteristics
Airframe
Propulsion
Armament
Avionics and Countermeasures
Operational History
Variants
- ZF-7A
- Initial single-seater variant with limited air-to-surface warfare capacity.
- ZF-7B
- Twin-seater variant originally designed for conversion operation training. Became the basis of the ZF-7D, F, G variants.
- ZF-7C
- ZF-7D
- ZF-7E
- ZF-7F
- ZF-7G
- ZF-7S
- Single-seater naval variant for operations on aircraft carriers, with arresting gear, folding wings, and reinforced airframe among other changes.
Operators
Current Operators
Former Operators
Specifications (ZF-7E)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21.89 m (71.8 ft) ()
- Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft) ()
- Height: 5.92 m (19.4 ft) ()
- Wing area: 62.1 m2 (671.0 ft2)
- Empty weight: 13,000 kg (29,000 lb) ()
- Loaded weight: 22,900 kg (50,500 lb) ()
- Max. takeoff weight: 36,000 kg (79,000 lb) ()
- Powerplant: 2 × Li-Jien Dynamics AE-350S-160 afterburning turbofan
- Dry thrust: 89.3 kN (20,100 lbf) each () each
- Thrust with afterburner: 160 kN (36,000 lbf) each () each
Performance
- Maximum speed:
- At altitude: Mach 2.4 (2,963.5 km/h)
- At sea level: Mach 1.25 (1,543.5 km/h)
- Combat radius: 1,890 km ()
- Ferry range: 5,600 km () with two external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft) ()
- Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/mim (254 m/s)
- Wing loading: 368.7 kg/m2 (75.25 lbs/ft2)
- Thrust/weight: 1.42 max (clean, full afterburner)
- Maximum G-load: +9/-3 g
Armament
- Guns: 1 x Jinmu GA-20 20 mm autocannon, with
- Hardpoints: 18 hardpoints (2 wingtip, 6 under-wing, 2 center line, 8 fuselage) with a capacity of 10,000 kg and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Other: Drop tanks