TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Yeah there is something wrong its like thw hub is broken or something and one of then rotors looks deformed.
Chinese Aviation Industry
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ladioussupp
Junior Member
Dragon's Wings
As China continues its rise as a world power, there is growing interest in its military aviation. Very little has been published in the past on the subject because of the difficulty of obtaining information, but aviation authors Tony Buttler and Andreas Rupprecht have been researching this subject together for a number of years, both from the perspective of their interest in the Chinese aircraft and also through an interest in Chinese secret aviation projects. They have now amassed enough material to put together a book on Chinese fighter and bomber aircraft development since Mao’s Communist Party took control of the country in 1949. The book examines the design and development of the country’s major military combat aircraft (fighters, bombers, attack aircraft, antisubmarine) since the industry became established after the Second World War, plus a good number of design proposals which, for whatever reason, were rejected or abandoned. The text is supplemented with photographs, line drawings, and color artwork of the aircraft.
As China continues its rise as a world power, there is growing interest in its military aviation. Very little has been published in the past on the subject because of the difficulty of obtaining information, but aviation authors Tony Buttler and Andreas Rupprecht have been researching this subject together for a number of years, both from the perspective of their interest in the Chinese aircraft and also through an interest in Chinese secret aviation projects. They have now amassed enough material to put together a book on Chinese fighter and bomber aircraft development since Mao’s Communist Party took control of the country in 1949. The book examines the design and development of the country’s major military combat aircraft (fighters, bombers, attack aircraft, antisubmarine) since the industry became established after the Second World War, plus a good number of design proposals which, for whatever reason, were rejected or abandoned. The text is supplemented with photographs, line drawings, and color artwork of the aircraft.
ladioussupp
Junior Member
Ten ton class helicopter, Z-20, is suspected. The Google Earth picture shows a airfield somewhere near Harbin Aircraft Industry.
broadsword
Brigadier
Could it be atmospheric distortion?
SamuraiBlue
Captain
I doubt it considering it is a satellite photo. The distortion would need to be very local and close to the ground to make only a partial distortion of an object as small as a helo.
Here's a better image showing that "thing" at Harbin / Pingfang ...
And even if the rotor looks strange or a bitt off this image is much clearer and I don't think that the one above is a psed !
Anyway strange and interesting.
Deino
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Z-20 maybe via BingMaps.jpg
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Well the hull configuration looks like it could be one of the late model MIL choppers we know the have but that blade... Its broken or something.
duncanidaho
Junior Member
Could it be, that the rotorblades are foldable, and on this image it wasn't swing out in the correct position?
SamuraiBlue
Captain
I've thought of that but with the clearer picture you can see that the blade is not the same length either.
vesicles
Colonel
Maybe it is not a blade at all. It may be something they placed underneath the chopper when they work on it. Some kind of towing device, maybe? It would be difficult to distinguish something underneath the chopper from something placed on top of it from that far up...