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AMD Zodiac XL · Length
Single source20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)[source]
FTC-2000 · excluding nose-probe
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AMD Zodiac | Guizhou JL-9 |
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| Type | Kit aircraft[source] | Advanced jet trainer Light combat aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aircraft Manufacturing and Design[source] | Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC)[source] |
| Designer | Chris Heintz[source] | Aero Engine Research Institute of Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation[source] |
| Status | In production[source] | In service |
14.555 m (47 ft 9 in) excluding nose-probe[source]
AMD Zodiac XL · Range
Single source608 nmi (715 mi, 1,158 km)[source]
AMD Zodiac XL · × Continental O-200
Single source× Continental O-200 , 100 hp (75 kW)[source]
FTC-2000 · 1 × Guizhou Liyang WP-13F (C) afterburning turbojet thrust dry
Single sourceFTC-2000 · thrust dry and
Single sourceFTC-2000 · with afterburner
Single sourceFTC-2000 · with afterburner (1 × WP-14C Kunlun-3 for FTC-2000G
Single source1 × Guizhou Liyang WP-13F (C) afterburning turbojet, 43.15 kN (9,700 lbf) thrust dry, 63.25 kN (14,220 lbf) with afterburner (1 × WP-14C Kunlun-3 for FTC-2000G, 53.89 kN (12,110 lbf) thrust dry and 76.53 kN (17,200 lbf) with afterburner.)[source]
FTC-2000 · Endurance
Single source3 hours[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | private pilots[source] | People's Liberation Army Air Force People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force Myanmar Air Force Sudanese Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | More than 1,000[source] | — |
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| Manufactured | Eastman, Georgia[source] | — |
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| First flight | 1984[source] | 13 December 2003[source] |
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| Retired | N/A[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 1 passenger and 550 lb (250 kg) useful load[source] | — |
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| Airfoil | NACA 65-018[source] | — |
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| Stall speed | 37 kn (44 mph, 71 km/h)[source] | 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | 140 kn (161 mph, 257 km/h)[source] | — |
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| Wing loading | 10 lb/sq ft (48 kg/m 2 )[source] | 374.8 kg/m 2 (76.8 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | 13.2 lb/hp (0.125 W/kg)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Canada[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 28, cell 2; revision 1377598795; retrieved 2026-09-30 | Volksrepublik China[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland |
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| Developed from | — | Chengdu JJ-7[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) internal + up to 1,302 kg (2,870 lb) in external tanks[source] |
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| Guns | — | 1 × 23 mm cannon[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | 5 with a capacity of 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) maximum, with provisions to carry combinations of: Other: up to 3 x fuel tanks[source] |
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| Unstick and touchdown speed | — | 260 km/h (160 mph; 140 kn)[source] |
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| Minimum flying speed | — | 210 km/h (130 mph; 110 kn)[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 8 - 3[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 0.00645 kN/kg (0.658 lb f /lb)[source] |
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| Take-off run | — | 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft)[source] |
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| Landing run | — | 700 m (2,300 ft)[source] |
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| Other | — | up to 3 x fuel tanks[source] |
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| Missiles | — | ** Short range air-to-air missile 2 × PL-8 AAMs (on inboard pylons) 2 × PL-9 AAMs (on outboard pylons) Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles SD-10 (Only on FTC-2000G) Anti-radiation missiles CM-102 (Only on FTC-2000G)[source] |
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| Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles | — | SD-10 (Only on FTC-2000G)[source] |
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| Anti-radiation missiles | — | CM-102 (Only on FTC-2000G)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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