Chinese Engine Development

The WS15 project has been going on for more than 30 years, and it has not yet been successfully put into service. This is indeed pessimistic. The same is true for the WS10H

Axyan said:

The WS15 project has been going on for more than 30 years, and it has not yet been successfully put into service. This is indeed pessimistic. The same is true for the WS10H

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That's kind of because the WS-15 now not the same engine as the one envisioned when the program started. Y'know, restarting an aeroengine program from scratch kinda doesn't really scream "on schedule."

As for the WS-10H... I dunno.

Axyan said:

The WS15 project has been going on for more than 30 years, and it has not yet been successfully put into service. This is indeed pessimistic. The same is true for the WS10H

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It’s pretty much in service. Just not perhaps at the production run rate they originally planned for this year (which is still *much* higher than whatever production run rate was initially expected when the program first started).

CJ-1000A production certification board is convening in Shanghai hence mass production probably isn't far away. CJ-1000A's design is probably frozen by now, all it needs its PCB approval and Type certification before it's ready for C919 production.

I missed this news: back in February, broke ground on a in Chengdu. Established in 2016, ZFTX is an aero-engine manufacturer formed by alumnus of Beihang University. The new base will contain a high-altitude engine test bench for small to medium aero-engines, among other facilities. Judging by the latest images, the foundations have been finished, and above ground structures are being erected.