China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft - esp. Y-20/YY-20

[00CuriousObserver]

From 约克：

A milestone-level type — it’s directly a “J” counterpart, not an “M” one. And it’s not called “30” — not 30, not 30!

 

[Atomicfrog]

From 约克：

A milestone-level type — it’s directly a “J” counterpart, not an “M” one. And it’s not called “30” — not 30, not 30!

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Meanings of this please ?

 

[Tomboy]

Meanings of this please ?

It's a C-130J counterpart not a A400M

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Meanings of this please ?

The design of the plane is very close to C-130J rather than A400M

And it's not called the Y-30

 

[jnd85]

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Photos of the test flight of the new medium-sized transport aircraft (videos are also available, but I don't know how to attach them so just ask others)
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another view

Posting this not because it has any new information about the Y-30, but because it cites @Deino as the source! Quite the superstar!

From a channel called "Mighty Military." I wonder is it hosted by an SDF reader?

 

[Atomicfrog]

It's a C-130J counterpart not a A400M

The design of the plane is very close to C-130J rather than A400M

And it's not called the Y-30

The most important thing I want to know now is how wide is the floor... Interesing design for rugged landing strip use.

 

[Blitzo]

The design of the plane is very close to C-130J rather than A400M

And it's not called the Y-30

It's a shame that A400M and C-130J are the only barometer relevant transports most people are aware of.

Personally I suspect when all the details come out, that KC-390 will be closest to this aircraft in payload close.

 

[Nx4eu]

I must say I preferred it back in the day when artists would take effort to draw a speculative paint scheme or depiction of a brand new aircraft rather than just taking the output from generative AI, even if a drawing was quick and dirty.

It really is so soulless and even with open acknowledgement of its AI status it just ends up muddying the waters a bit.

Or even making a 3d Model. I would try but it wouldn't look half as good as what the AI makes nowadays due to my inexperience with texture mapping.

 

[Gloire_bb]

It's a shame that A400M and C-130J are the only barometer relevant transports most people are aware of.

Personally I suspect when all the details come out, that KC-390 will be closest to this aircraft in payload close.

Payload class, but KC-390 is a jet, and not a STOL one(reasonable, but nothing outstanding in this regard). Completely different set of properties. Here we have a straight wing with well developed control surfaces(low speed lift and control),
I.e. C-130J is indeed the by far the most relevant barometer.

 

[Blitzo]

Payload class, but KC-390 is a jet, and not a STOL one(reasonable, but nothing outstanding in this regard). Completely different set of properties. Here we have a straight wing with well developed control surfaces(low speed lift and control),
I.e. C-130J is indeed the by far the most relevant barometer.

The reason why C-130J is not a useful barometer, is because Y-9 already exists.

C-130J and Y-9 already exist in the same broad category in terms of weight, payload, configuration. One may as well compare Y-15 to Y-9 in that case (i.e. mostly redundant).

KC-390 OTOH is likely closer in weight class and payload, not to mention configuration, to Y-15, except it is turbofan powered.

"Y-15 is a 4x turbopropped KC-390" imo is a far more valuable comparison, while also being a bit more educational by forcing people to discover the world of medium airlifters outside of the world of Hercules and Atlas.