Could be something like the SR-71 engine, relegating more air to be bypassed and burned in the ramjet-like afterburner.
Chinese Engine Development
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Who knows. Shouldn’t speculate with so little information. My only point was 0.8 is not a prohibitive BPR.
Due to high altitude and material limits or more from a fuel efficiency/ low IR emission side?
Low IR emission
I never understand why engines are always such a hold up. I mean comon people the US had these technology in the bloody 90s. We should be easily toe to toe with the US in 2025, not behind. I mean, WS-10 on three generations of aircraft?? If something isn't on parity or better than the US these days it should be unacceptable.
Sorry but that is stupid. The industrial chain for jet engines in the US and Europe was developed in multiple countries over decades. Even today those aerospace industries are closely linked. Having an entire modern turbojet industry in one nation is going to take more money and time.
How long? I'm just sick of the days where China is behind. If they don't solve this quickly another generation of planes is going to be finalized with worse engines than the US which means potential compromises made elsewhere to make up.
You should stop being so childish lol.
Engineering compromises are real.
US doesn't make 2D TVC anymore either, F-22 production ended long time ago because of cost. China doesn't have problems with cost because they know what to spend money on, why would they spend money creating a new engine when WS-10 works great and have significant economy of scale compared to everyone else? Theres more Ws-10 manufactured a year than all other comparable low-bypass engines combined.
How is it fair to put China against hypothetical planes from the future?