



The FCS typically monitors pilot control inputs, preventing the pilot from accidentally exiting the flight envelope from applying too much control input during high performance flight situations. Due to the J-10's design, a digital quadruplex-redundant (FBW) (FCS) aids the pilot in flying the aircraft. The aircraft's existence was known long before the announcement, although concrete details remained scarce due to secrecy.Ī zero-zero is provided for the pilot, permitting safe ejection in an emergency even at zero altitude and zero speed. The J-10 was officially unveiled by the in January 2007, when photographs were published. In 2006, the Russian Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) confirmed its participation in the J-10 program SibNIA claimed to have only observed and instructed as 'scientific guides', while its engineers also believed the J-10 was 'more or less a version' of the Lavi design, incorporating 'a melting pot of foreign technology and acquired design methods'. The aircraft was initially designed as a specialized fighter, but later became a multirole aircraft capable of both and missions. Development was delegated to the 611 Institute, also known as the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute and was nominated as the chief designer, as he had previously been the chief designer of the. Work on Project #10 started several years later in January 1988, as a response to the and then being introduced by the, and, already in service in the United States.
