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sndef888

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Atomicfrog said:
Y-30 will not remove the need for a Y-9 size aircraft but maybe will remove some underweight Y-20 missions taxing these airframes. Better to have something flying instead for waiting for the grahal, it's why the Y-9 have been designed and still going strong.
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I would love to see a re-engined Y-9 so it at least gets closer to the modern turbofan special mission aircraft of the west. It's currently quite behind in endurance
 
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Atomicfrog

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sndef888 said:
I would love to see a re-engined Y-9 so it at least gets closer to the modern turbofan special mission aircraft of the west. It's currently quite behind in endurance
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They are working on the Y-30 engine and y-30 for that task, it would be conterproductive to put their marble in a re-engined y-9, they already had a good upgrade done on that old airframe. They have a reliable aircraft in the y-9 until then but also to fill the gap where the new y-30 will be to big for the task.
 
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Maikeru

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Atomicfrog said:
They are working on the Y-30 engine and y-30 for that task, it would be conterproductive to put their marble in a re-engined y-9, they already had a good upgrade done on that old airframe. They have a reliable aircraft in the y-9 until then but also to fill the gap where the new y-30 will be to big for the task.
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How do we know they are working on Y-30? Nothing has been seen or heard of it for years AFAIK.
 
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dungshit

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Why doesn't the Pla have any interest in acquiring the blueprints for an-22 or an-124? Rather than going through the trouble of developing a new heavy lifter from ground up. Are those Antonovs no good? Just wondering...

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dungshit said:
Why doesn't the Pla have any interest in acquiring the blueprints for an-22 or an-124? Rather than going through the trouble of developing a new heavy lifter from ground up. Are those Antonovs no good? Just wondering...

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Simply since the An-22 is already more than obsolete and the An-124 no longer available.
 
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gelgoog

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dungshit said:
Why doesn't the Pla have any interest in acquiring the blueprints for an-22 or an-124? Rather than going through the trouble of developing a new heavy lifter from ground up. Are those Antonovs no good? Just wondering...
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The Chinese used to have a deal with Antonov to manufacture the An-225 in China. But I don't know what happened with that deal.
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SanWenYu

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Deino said:
Simply since the An-22 is already more than obsolete and the An-124 no longer available.
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"An-22" could be typo of "An-225"? I think the OP was wondering if PLA's interested in getting the design docs not the actual airplanes.
 
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