My sense is that a lot of the cheaper drones used in western countries probably do source Chinese turbojet. 3D printed one doesn’t Change the dynamics too much except having improved TWR.
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They are starting brainstorming work for what comes after VCEs. No clue what it is but these folks are not keeping still for one second hahaha. It’s like they have ADHD for engine designs now.Take with a mountain of salt right now but I’ve read some reasonably reliable rumors that VCE progress is ahead of the schedule. Can’t wait till TWZ catches wind of this a couple of years down the road.
Specifically it boils down to whether J-36 will even use WS-15 as an interim when it LRIPs.
My guess for what’s next might be some kind of turbo-RDE.
Sky is literally the limit here. Key difference between China in the 2020s and China in the 200s or even 2010s is that the universities (folks on the entity list) are carrying a lot of the heavy lifting in researching next gen aerospace tech. We all mock Stephen Chen for taking research papers as absolute fact since most are nothing burgers, but some of them do end up getting taken seriously enough that they have actual prototypes in trials.
We mock Stephen Chen for deliberately misrepresenting research papers as if they are ready for imminent implementation (aka click bait).
If research were reported accurately there would be no issue.
From the historical archives - Prior to the Il-76 and the Y-20, a H-6 was used as an engine test and evaluation platform by the China Flight Test Establishment (CFTE). Posted by @边城种花 and @我先试试能改不 on Weibo.
Another photo, posted by @向乐天 on Weibo.
Wouldn't that position have introduced a lot of drag?
China didn’t have a lot to work with back then.
Hehe
(I remember there was a VCE thread but I can't seem to find it) or maybe not
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