Does it even make sense? An electrical motor with several MegaWatt power output is too heavy. And that's just the motor, the generator weighs a ton as well.Another V/STOL patent, this time from Shenyang Engine Research Institute. It calls for an electrically driven central lift fan with no mechanical connection to the engine, thus saving both space and reducing over all complexity. If I'm reading this correctly, the system is powered by liquid hydrogen, which is also used to cool the electric motor driving the lift fan.
China's V/STOL studies, concepts & considerations
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I know Captain is usually considered decently reliable, but is this person on the first 2 pics considered reliable? Cause if so there seem to be quite the noise about a VTOL project that is in the works. The comments section from the third picture are from the 2D VTOL nozzle post by Captain.
@伏尔戈星图 is rather controversial.
He's good at sourcing information from academic papers, but not so much when stepping way beyond those bounds (namely, claiming that the 076 LHD has two 40-meter EMCATs and denying that the 6th-gens will fly in 2024 are two of his infamous examples).
Regardless, on the topic of S/VTOL department - China is indeed working on developing such technologies (and it's not just @伏尔戈星图 who is saying that). Whether the end result is real-life application on future warplane/UCAV models or being archived for future referencing purposes is another matter entirely.
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