We see the engines hanging in front of the radar antenna. It might be a reasonable to fit the engines above the wing leading edge as in the XC-14 and the An-72. That means an air frame designed for this function ( as indeed the E-2 was ) rather than a "cheap" adaptation of an existing transport aircraft an in EC-121 and its successors. Of course XC-14 and An-72 were designed as transport aircraft so will someone design such a transport aircraft to be able to make a good adaptation for an AWACS?
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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AssassinsMace
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Supposedly the Y-20. Can anyone measure it?
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Supposedly the Y-20. Can anyone measure it?
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I'd say your photobucket test is very successful.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I'm reading those photos were taken by a US commercial satellite on Christmas.
airsuperiority
Captain
Supposedly the Y-20. Can anyone measure it?
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If someone can find out the length of the runway, then measure the white stripes and the shadow of the Y-20, then understand the proportions of the white stripes/Y-20 shadow to the length of the runway, then we will have an answer.
Quickie
Colonel
Taxiing test on Christmas Day? There has been further taxiing tests since the first one?
Quickie
Colonel
Or a satellite photo of another known aircraft of known length on the same part of the runway. It may not even have to be the exact same resolution and magnification as long as they are similar enough.
Supposedly the Y-20. Can anyone measure it?
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These Satellite photos are way better than Google Earth.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Here's another one. Anyone know the length of an H-6?
superdog
Junior Member
My estimate is about 42-46m in length, 48-52m in wingspan, which is very close to Il-76.
This is calculated by assuming the white runway stripes to be 25.5m in length, which was measured by the ruler tool in google earth. Google earth ruler also measured the Y-8 planes in the same airport to be 33-35m in length, so it has some usable accuracy. However, due to the low resolution of the Y-20 picture as well as the google earth picture, all numbers are subject to some error.
This is calculated by assuming the white runway stripes to be 25.5m in length, which was measured by the ruler tool in google earth. Google earth ruler also measured the Y-8 planes in the same airport to be 33-35m in length, so it has some usable accuracy. However, due to the low resolution of the Y-20 picture as well as the google earth picture, all numbers are subject to some error.