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gelgoog said:
Never heard of it. It is claimed the initial J-20s used a Salyut AL-31FM2 engine. Salyut had a competitor to the Saturn AL-41 engine for the PAK FA project. Dubbed AL-31FM3. Lost the competition to Saturn. Maybe this is the so called 177S?
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hmmm..

UEC head victor said, we are working on next generation Engine with the core of AL-31/AL-41 in close collaboration with Russian academy of science. will be same as AL-31/AL-41 in dimension. but first we must solve 3D printed/additive manufacturing and laser tech in order to achieve our goals.

service life will improve to 6000 hours.

Note- he is not talking about AL-51.. this will be new 5th gen engine derived from AL-31/AL-41.
 
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PLAAF very certainly will consider new, better replacement engines - if only for the AL-31 birds already in service, as WS-10 is not compatible and requires significant changes to the aircraft. There are still hundreds of such aircraft in Chinese service, and they will be in service till 2040s.

PLAAF/PLANAF may not pick them, but they'll most certainly take them into account, and this is by no means a proposal without merit.
Relationship between countries is also a factor here.

Mix between AL-51F and AL-31F with specs very close to the former, but fitting into al-31 nacelle without changes.
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doesn't make sense and not true. in fact PLAAF moving from Russian engines. older PLAAF aircrafts will switch to WS-10 once Russian engine died out. many old J-11/J-10A have already switched to WS-10.

J-20 powered by AL-31F engines are less than 50.

it will be nightmare logistically for PLAAF if they start using newer hybrid Russian engine.

one more point, J-35A now finalized for PLAAF. it means older J-10/J-11 will be replaced.. no need for new engines or even WS-10..

Future PLAAF fleet - J-20/J-35/J-16 and J-10C. all these aircrafts already have domestic powerplants..

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i m being honest here, the chapter has been closed. though nobody knows what tomorrow will bring but the current sentiments in PLAAF is, to rely on domestic engines now.
 
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sunnymaxi said:
doesn't make sense and not true. in fact PLAAF moving from Russian engines. older PLAAF aircrafts will switch to WS-10 once Russian engine died out. many old J-11/J-10A have already switched to WS-10.

J-20 powered by AL-31F engines are less than 50.

it will be nightmare logistically for PLAAF if they start using newer hybrid Russian engine.

one more point, J-35A now finalized for PLAAF. it means older J-10/J-11 will be replaced.. no need for new engines or even WS-10..

Future PLAAF fleet - J-20/J-35/J-16 and J-10C. all these aircrafts already have domestic powerplants..

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i m being honest here, the chapter has been closed. though nobody knows what tomorrow will bring but the current sentiments in PLAAF is, to rely on domestic engines now.
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Jumping on the chance of speaking about AL-31 & WS-10...

Are the WS-10 engines compatible with the SU-30SM/MKI airframes ?
Will it require a big overhaul in the airframe that makes it rather non-viable ?
 
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sunnymaxi said:
doesn't make sense and not true. in fact PLAAF moving from Russian engines. older PLAAF aircrafts will switch to WS-10 once Russian engine died out. many old J-11/J-10A have already switched to WS-10.

J-20 powered by AL-31F engines are less than 50.

it will be nightmare logistically for PLAAF if they start using newer hybrid Russian engine.

one more point, J-35A now finalized for PLAAF. it means older J-10/J-11 will be replaced.. no need for new engines or even WS-10..

Future PLAAF fleet - J-20/J-35/J-16 and J-10C. all these aircrafts already have domestic powerplants..

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i m being honest here, the chapter has been closed. though nobody knows what tomorrow will bring but the current sentiments in PLAAF is, to rely on domestic engines now.
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Overall I agree with you, but this wrong: "many old J-11/J-10A have already switched to WS-10." None so far switched.

We haven't seen yet any operational J-11/-11A or J-10A with a WS-10 and AFAIK the final batches of J-10AS were directly built with them.
 
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