ladioussupp
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Images ... PLEASE !!!
Here comes a news clip. It begun to assembly AG600.
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Here comes a news clip. It begun to assembly AG600.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
They just started assembly? I'm beginning to become more and more skeptical regarding the 2015 first flight date.
As far as I know it's the begin of "final assembly" ... and a maiden flight was schedulded only for 2016 !
JayBird
Junior Member
Yes, guys in other forum mentioned today's headline news was AG-600 and C919 first flight will take place in 2016. Mean while induction of Y-20 will be achieved in short term or very soon. But we don't have a clear interpretation of how long is "short term" here. Some speculate maybe by the end of 2015-2016 in small batch, probably wishful thinking....
2015-07-17 15:56 | Ecns.cn | Editor: Wang Fan
Artist's rendering of the amphibious aircraft AG600 (Photo/Dai Haibin)
(ECNS) -- China's self-developed amphibious aircraft AG600 has begun final assembly as its main body parts are attached in Zhuhai, in South China's Guangdong province.
The AG600 is being constructed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), and is one of three home-grown Chinese planes.
Linking of the fuselage is both a milestone and a great step forward to completing the aircraft before the end of 2015, AVIC commented.
The aircraft is powered by four turboprop WJ-6 engines and has a maximum takeoff weight of 53.5 tons. It can collect 12 tons of water in 20 seconds.
The aircraft, one of the largest amphibious planes under research in the world, can fulfill missions like search and rescue, fire fighting, transport, and maritime surveillance.
Experts say the plane will be an important component in China's national emergency response system.
AVIC plans to undertake the AG600's maiden flight during the first half of 2016.
AG600 received its first two intent orders during the Zhuhai airshow in November 2014. The company now has 17 such orders and the aircraft's market prospects look bright, sources say.
2015-07-18 12:04 | China Daily | Editor: Gu Liping
The fuselage of an AG600, China's self-developed amphibious aircraft, is assembled in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Friday. Cao Yanxing / For China Daily
17 domestic orders received for what will be the world's largest amphibious aircraft
China started the assembly on Friday of its first domestically developed seaplane, which is expected to take a big share in the international market.
"Since the first day of its development, the AG-600 has been designed for the global market. We are confident in its market prospects because the aircraft's overall specifications, such as the maximum takeoff weight and flight range, are better than other amphibious planes in the world," said Qu Jingwen, general manager of China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co, the aircraft's developer.
"Some countries with many islands, such as Malaysia and New Zealand, have expressed interest in the AG-600, and we are in contact with them," he said on a Friday in Zhuhai, at a ceremony marking the start of assembly.
The aircraft maker has received 17 orders from domestic companies. One of the buyers will use it to carry tourists to reefs and islands in the South China Sea, he said.
Huang Lingcai, the chief designer, said the AG-600 will play an important role in forest fire control, maritime search and rescue, personnel and supply transport and law enforcement tasks at sea.
He said that the plane can fly a round trip between Sanya in Hainan province and the shoal of Zengmu Ansha, the southernmost point of China's territory, without refueling.
The AG-600 can carry 50 people during a maritime search and rescue mission. To extinguish forest fires, it can take on 12 metric tons of water from a lake or sea within 20 seconds and pour it on the fire.
The project was launched in September 2009. The aircraft's debut flight is planned for the first half of next year, according to a statement by the company, a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corp of China.
Powered by four turboprop engines, it will be the world's largest amphibious aircraft, surpassing Japan's ShinMaywa US-2 and Russia's Beriev Be-200, Huang said.
It will have a maximum takeoff weight of 53.5 tons and an operational range of about 4,500 kilometers.
China has decommissioned all of its seaplanes - reportedly as many as five SH-5 maritime patrol amphibious aircraft, he said.
Leng Yixun, director of general aviation products at AVIC, said the company estimates China will need at least 100 seaplanes over the next 15 years.
Okay, I've found the website of the A-Star company selling their EO products, posted in the J-31 thread. I'm going to continue the discussion here.
they have an interactive display from their recent expo:
their main website:
they have an interactive display from their recent expo:
their main website: