The Daring Conversion Attempt

[famvburg]

That may be Ysi & others, but if you check the specs, the J-10 is a hell of alot larger than the Lavi was ever intended to be (the original purpose of the Lavi was to be a 2-place advance LIFT to replace the Skyhawk, the single seater was also to replace the scooter and I think the Kfir as well). Heck, the engine dia. tell you alone how much bigger the sino is (AL-31 is roughly in the same class as the F100/F110, while the PW1120 was originally meant for an alt. to the J79, same class as the F404).

Actually, the original Lavi proposal had a F404 and not a PW1120.  That was the basis of some studies between IAI and Northrop about using portions of the F-5G/F-20 (depending on when the study was written) to reduce costs of the Lavi.  Ultimately, IAI decided to do it all themselves.

    That's interesting about the F-20. Is there any other info about the F-20 based Lavi?  

[elmayerle]

That may be Ysi & others, but if you check the specs, the J-10 is a hell of alot larger than the Lavi was ever intended to be (the original purpose of the Lavi was to be a 2-place advance LIFT to replace the Skyhawk, the single seater was also to replace the scooter and I think the Kfir as well). Heck, the engine dia. tell you alone how much bigger the sino is (AL-31 is roughly in the same class as the F100/F110, while the PW1120 was originally meant for an alt. to the J79, same class as the F404).

Actually, the original Lavi proposal had a F404 and not a PW1120.  That was the basis of some studies between IAI and Northrop about using portions of the F-5G/F-20 (depending on when the study was written) to reduce costs of the Lavi.  Ultimately, IAI decided to do it all themselves.

    That's interesting about the F-20. Is there any other info about the F-20 based Lavi?

Yes, two variants, one with F-20 style inlets and one with an underslung inlet (second one used far less F-20 structure than the first one).  I saw a copy of the final report when I worked there (last boss worked on that study).

[Spey_Phantom]

can we stay on topic please, thank you.
Famvburg, your J-10 conversion looks really cool, same thing to be said about that Lavi  

a small update:

i did some finishing work this morning, i repainted the tail this morning and removed the red square decal on the tail.
a cant do some real finishing work yet, as the black paint on the nose and the engine are not dry yet (after nearly 24hrs  , next time im using silk matt black   )

[Rafael]

I missed this one, Nils. This is a beautiful little gem. I like the way you improved/modified the canopy section

Great!!!

Rafa

[Eddie M.]

Good looking jets. I really like your camo work. B)
  Eddie