PRC high bypass engine, turboprop, turboshaft, and other aeroengines
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60 kW hybrid turboprop engine has test flown by 天府轻动. Now waiting for larger hybrid propulsion
MW class liquid hydrogen engine by AECC has been tested.
Following up on that, SOYO claims WJ-10 should be of atleast similar performance to PW150A. It is expected to be atleast 30 percent lighter in dryweight compared to WJ-6 while also having atleast 25 percent less PSFC at cruise, it should have a power rating of approximately 3700-3800kW which is similar to the latest WJ-6 variant.
As for the differences between WJ-10 and AEP400/500, it's still too early to say for sure but SOYO personally thinks they only merely share a similar architecture (ie. two shaft free power turbine) but have different performance requirements and external differences.
SOYO's list of turboprop engines and power output
Note, apparently WJ-6s on Y-9 actually don't have a 3800kW rating instead only somewhere close to 3400kW, only the special variant for KJ-600 (WJ-6X) reaches that rating. While the commercially certified one on AG600M is even worse at 3200kW.
Specs for WJ-6, probably the commercial variant
Max takeoff power is ~3200kW and continuous is only 2700kW, while takeoff PSFC is a horrendous 0.33kg/kWh compared to ~0.262kg/kWh of PW150 series and AEP400/500's smaller than 0.258kg/kWh target. It also has a ridiculously high dryweight of 1200kg compared to only 725kg of the PW150A.
He also commented in another post about AEWC that until another newer, more economical platform like C919 or the rumored 200t class multimission platform appears, it is in his opinion prudent to quickly replace the WJ-6s in KJ-500/700s with WJ-10s in the next 2-3 years to give a massive boost to flight performance and effective combat radius.
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Do you know of any recent news on that 200t class multimission platform? I remember hearing about it, and can't find the original comments of when it was spoken about.
Not really, Cute Orca first mentioned it in a post sometimes back and has been loosely parroted by a few others. AFAIK no solid evidence yet.
And... here's the video from CCTV. Hydrogen fueled AEP100.
爱若丰狂SOYO历 on AECC official website listing of engines
玉龙”发动机 looks like WZ-9 turboshaft for Z-10 helicopter.
This new 1100kW class turboshaft looks to be an upgraded turboshaft for a new generation 5.5t class helicopter. So, we are getting on Z-10 replacement using an engine with noticeable upgraded thrust.
玉龙”发动机 looks like WZ-9 turboshaft for Z-10 helicopter.
This new 1100kW class turboshaft looks to be an upgraded turboshaft for a new generation 5.5t class helicopter. So, we are getting on Z-10 replacement using an engine with noticeable upgraded thrust.
WZ-9G is already 1200kW, so this 1100kW engine would not be anything interesting over the current engines in Z-10 in terms of flight performance, maybe fuel efficiency and higher reliability.
There also isn't anything on a Z-10 replacement in that post, they just said as this engine was placed in the military section, it might have already been installed on something.
There also isn't anything on a Z-10 replacement in that post, they just said as this engine was placed in the military section, it might have already been installed on something.
It is rumored that AEP500 has been soft cancelled/put on hold, It's just AEP400 and WJ-10 for now. Of which the latter is basically confirmed to have a rating of 3800kW (Similar to highest power rating of WJ-6 variants). Which would also mean Y-15 likely won't have a payload capacity any larger than Y-9 at 25t.
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