China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Beautiful ! Both have good looks
I would now like to see line up for both Y-9 and Y-20 on the same runway
20 x Y-20 on one side and 30 x Y-9 on the other
China make it happen I am waiting
I would now like to see line up for both Y-9 and Y-20 on the same runway
20 x Y-20 on one side and 30 x Y-9 on the other
China make it happen I am waiting
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Y-20 is based on IL-76? they look so similar here
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Same missions dictate similar features and size. Same for the C17. Or An125 and C5
The fuselage cross section is larger/wider than Il-76, and wing design, landing gear are also very different.
Overall Y-20 of course shares a similar configuration to Il-76, C-17, C-2, KC-390, A400M, and even C-141 (among others).
The most similar aspect of Y-20 to Il-76 seems to be Y-20's rear ramp and door design, which may have been chosen to improve interoperability and familiarity for loading/reloading the two aircraft types.
How can you tell relative performance of the airfoil sections when neither are known?