A twin AEF-50 (5KN) turbofan powers the PLA variant
ZF-850 is a FADEC turbojet made by private company ZFTX appeared on the export model Wing Loong-10B/X,
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A twin AEF-50 (5KN) turbofan powers the PLA variant
ZF-850 is a FADEC turbojet made by private company ZFTX appeared on the export model Wing Loong-10B/X,
ZhongFaTianXin is a private company and have big ambitions.. their main focus is, small/medium gas turbine Engines.
The overall two-phase plan covers an area of more than 130,000m2, with an investment of RMB 3.2 billion. At present, phase I of the project has been completed, with a 20kN and a 50kN engine test bed, and its annual production capacity is 50 small Engines. For phase II, the goal is to improve testing capabilities and expand production capacity. After completion, the annual production capacity will reach 300 units, and at the same time, the company will reach the national military standard, have verification capabilities of related airworthiness tests, and have scientific research and test capabilities of aeroengines.
IDK, but it was guancha folks who said a while back that WZ-10 was powered by turbojet.
Maybe the domestic variant is powered by AEF-50, but what you posted above doesn't show its engine.
Stay on topic please.
Actually I don‘t Like his artworks, they always tend to be on the larger Side and exaggerated in Details like weapons load.
Provided that the rear view photos do conform with their respective aircrafts seen on satellite imageries at Malan (WZ-X and GJ-X, respectively) -
The individual engine nozzles on the GJ-X do seem to be well separated from each other.
Hence, the observation likely directs towards the following points:
1. The GJ-X is powered by two non-AB engines of an unknown model;
2. The two engines are not placed side-by-side along the centerline of the aircraft (i.e. the two engines are physically separated from each other inside the airframe of the GJ-X);
3. Judging by the relative "bulging" at the centerline regions of said aircraft, there likely is a large-sized (if not a main) IWB situated at the centerline that is sandwiched by the aforementioned two engines, situated on either side of the (main) IWB; and
4. The presence of any side IWBs (similar to those on the B-21) cannot be ascertained.
look at the size of this new Engine.. definitely a medium bypass Engine for something like B-2 equivalent size machine.
Me neither, just from an appearance you can tell those weapons bays are unrealistically long and would absolutely not work in three dimensional space. This is what people who only do 2D drawings can’t tell. A flying wings trailing edge is the thinnest part and cannot accommodate a deep weapons bay, just look at the B-21 or the X-47B.
If he at the minimum drew it orthographically, the issues would become quite evident.