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Measured figures
FTC-2000 · excluding nose-probe
Single source14.555 m (47 ft 9 in) excluding nose-probe[source]
Safari · Length
Configuration
| Specification | Guizhou JL-9 | Saab Safari |
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| Type | Advanced jet trainer Light combat aircraft[source] | Primary trainer[source] |
| Manufacturer | Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC)[source] | Saab AB[source] |
| Designer | Aero Engine Research Institute of Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation[source] | Malmö Flygindustri[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | Active |
7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)[source]
Safari · 1 × Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 air-cooled flat-four piston engine
Single source1 × Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 air-cooled flat-four piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)[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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | People's Liberation Army Air Force People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force Myanmar Air Force Sudanese Air Force[source] | Danish Air Force Royal Norwegian Air Force Pakistan Air Force[source] |
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| First flight | 13 December 2003[source] | 26 February 1971[source] |
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| Developed from | Chengdu JJ-7[source] | Malmö MFI-9 Junior[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] | 190 L (42 imp gal; 50 US gal)[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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| Stall speed | 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)[source] | 107 km/h (66 mph, 58 kn) flaps down, power off[source] |
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| g limits | + 8 - 3[source] | — |
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| Wing loading | 374.8 kg/m 2 (76.8 lb/sq ft)[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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| Country of origin | Volksrepublik China[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland | — |
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| Number built | — | 462[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1971–1979[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 1972[source] |
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| Variant | — | PAC MFI-17 Mushshak[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 1 passenger[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 2-bladed Hartzell HC-C2YK-4F/FC7666A-2 constant speed propeller[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 365 km/h (227 mph, 197 kn)[source] |
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| Take-off run to 15 m (50 ft) | — | 385 m (1,263 ft)[source] |
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| Landing run from 15 m (50 ft) | — | 390 m (1,280 ft)[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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