Supposedly it has had its first flight sometime last year, but we've not heard much since. I think they're trying to pump out for Y-8 GX and AEW aircraft first.
To be fair all recent J-11B is using WS-10. Progress is being made.
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Supposedly it has had its first flight sometime last year, but we've not heard much since. I think they're trying to pump out for Y-8 GX and AEW aircraft first.
To be fair all recent J-11B is using WS-10. Progress is being made.
keep in mind that its natural that civilian planes have foreign engines. They need them to be competitive, and besides AFAIK china has yet to build any high-bypass engine (not need for it really. Only when china fields y-20, it will become a necessity)
It appears that J10b is just a prototype. its natural to have a mature engine
But you are right. Engines continue to be the bottleneck in terms of chinese mil tech
Hendrik_2000
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Good news! Mi 171 is cheap China should buy hundred of them to improve vertical lift and help with disaster relief . For the money Mi 171 is good buy
Russia to sell 34 helicopters to China by August09:54, May 21, 2011
Russia will finalize the sale of 34 transportation helicopters to China by August, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
The Mi-171 helicopters are being built in a plant in Russia's Buryat republic. The plant is a part of the Russian Helicopters holding.
The plant's CEO, Leonid Belykh, said the contract for building the helicopters was signed in 2010.
"This is not the first and hopefully not the last contract with our Chinese partners," he said.
Belykh said that Russian helicopter builders have been gradually shifting their cooperation with China from direct shipment to joint projects.
Russia and China have been negotiating on a joint venture for localization of assembly of the Russian helicopters, he said.
Russia to sell 34 helicopters to China by August09:54, May 21, 2011
Russia will finalize the sale of 34 transportation helicopters to China by August, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
The Mi-171 helicopters are being built in a plant in Russia's Buryat republic. The plant is a part of the Russian Helicopters holding.
The plant's CEO, Leonid Belykh, said the contract for building the helicopters was signed in 2010.
"This is not the first and hopefully not the last contract with our Chinese partners," he said.
Belykh said that Russian helicopter builders have been gradually shifting their cooperation with China from direct shipment to joint projects.
Russia and China have been negotiating on a joint venture for localization of assembly of the Russian helicopters, he said.
How curious, I thought there was already a local assembly plant for the Mi-17s?
Oh well, any helicopter development is good development... I'm still waiting for the indigenous 10 ton utility chopper, and the limited Ka-31s, Mi-17s and Z-9s simply aren't good enough for all arms of the modernizing PLA.
Not to mention the US and the Russians looking at coaxial and push rotor tech for the medium term future...
Oh well, any helicopter development is good development... I'm still waiting for the indigenous 10 ton utility chopper, and the limited Ka-31s, Mi-17s and Z-9s simply aren't good enough for all arms of the modernizing PLA.
Not to mention the US and the Russians looking at coaxial and push rotor tech for the medium term future...
well, based on the recent CDF blog entry, it seemed like Mi-171 production did continue in Chengdu. Maybe the local production rate is not high enough yet. On top of that, we also have the Mi-46 project for China too.
^^^ Post move to..Thanks Denio!
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/air-force/chinese-european-transport-helo-project-978.html
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/air-force/chinese-european-transport-helo-project-978.html