asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
OMG this is real?? Can't be true I'm looking for more info on this report?!
Has the Y-20 just surfaced!!!'
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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OMG this is real?? Can't be true I'm looking for more info on this report?!
Has the Y-20 just surfaced!!!'
A very interesting shape. After building many aircraft with built-in head wind the British came up with the De Haviland Albatross at the end of the 'thirties and Lockheed came with the Constellation a little later - aircraft with nice streamlined fuselages. But next we went with tubular fuselages beginning with the Douglass DC-4 because building such fuselages was cheaper. This aircraft recalls the Albatross and the Constellation in its fuselage shape and suggest that China is developing a new way of building fuselages, possibly using more fiber reinforced plastic.
Skywatcher
Captain
So what's next on the wishlist now?
A SSTO space plane? Strategic bomber? Hypersonic scramjet engine?
A SSTO space plane? Strategic bomber? Hypersonic scramjet engine?
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
It has to be engine breakthrough. When that happens we'll probably see all sorts of flying machines.
Engineer
Major
Well, if we are talking about aircraft, I would say stealth bomber is the next on the wish list.
Anyway, Y-20 supposedly have two versions. The first version has a cargo ramp and unpressurized. The second version has no cargo ramp and is fully pressurized to serve as a platform for AWACs and ABLs. I wonder what version this prototype is.
Anyway, Y-20 supposedly have two versions. The first version has a cargo ramp and unpressurized. The second version has no cargo ramp and is fully pressurized to serve as a platform for AWACs and ABLs. I wonder what version this prototype is.
Stealth bomber and sixth gen fighter.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Well lets not get carried away and wait for the Y-20 to fly first but really this is brings a new capability to Chinese aviation
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
If these are official leaks, there has to some sort of level of confidence.
Huitong has it named "Roc." In the Chinese forums some are calling it some variation of pig even evoking Angry Birds. Sounds like some may not like how it looks. And then there's Panda. Until more clear images come out, by the looks of that rear, they should call it the "J-Lo."
Huitong has it named "Roc." In the Chinese forums some are calling it some variation of pig even evoking Angry Birds. Sounds like some may not like how it looks. And then there's Panda. Until more clear images come out, by the looks of that rear, they should call it the "J-Lo."
