Blackstone
Brigadier
Is the Y9 just an enlarged Y8 or is it a new and mostly domestic design?
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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You already got the answer. In fact, it looks like an enlarged version of Y-8 but the amount of changes essentially can make it a new domestic design(New nose, lengthen airframe, new tail fin, new turbo prop, new digitize cockpit).
Otherwise they will not give it a new designation of Y-9, they could have give Y-8G, something like that.
Where is the proof that Y-9 is an enlarged version of Y-8?
I think Deino's description of it is pretty good.
overall length of the plane does seem to be the same or very similar. one can use existing images and superimpose one on top of the other - it becomes evident that the fuselage itself hasnt really been lenghtened. What is also evident, though, is that the front end of the plane was redesigned in such manner that the cockpit on y9 (and special mission next gen y8 planes) is moved forward, closer to the nose, when compared to older transport y8. Difference seems to be 1-2 meters. That suggests that the cargo cabin behind the cockpit may have been lengthened by those 1-2 meters.
We have a helicopter thread, all this posts will be moved there.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Combat Aircraft had a picture of a Y-9 transport aircraft said to be serial 10115 which has been delivered to the 4th transport division? wonder if anyone else knew about this, it also says a second unit is going to be delivered soon and follow up deliverys next year
its also had this info
2nd Div 4th Air Reg has Y-8J/W/JB and KJ-200 in the North Sea Fleet at Lalyang
its also had this info
2nd Div 4th Air Reg has Y-8J/W/JB and KJ-200 in the North Sea Fleet at Lalyang
yep,
shows 10x5x here
Also scramble orbat also has it in the 4th transport division.
franco-russe
Senior Member
Your eyes must be very good, too, because I could not read the blurred number on that picture. asif iqbal probably means 10151, which would be 4 Div 10 Regt Qionglai (that is at least where I think the regiment is now).
2 Naval Avn Div 4 Regt Laiyang now has only Y-8J and Y-8W (= KJ200). Y-8JB have gone to 4 Div 6 Regt Tuchengzi, which also has Y-8X.
2 Naval Avn Div 4 Regt Laiyang now has only Y-8J and Y-8W (= KJ200). Y-8JB have gone to 4 Div 6 Regt Tuchengzi, which also has Y-8X.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
My bad yes I meant 10151, typo, well spotted Franco-Russe
actually Huitong did all the hard work with the identification part. And that comment of yours just to spite on me, not cool.