it's all a guess game at this point, but WS-18 is definitely the domestic version of D-30.
WS-118 was the one based on WS-10A core. I guess now, it's called WS-20.
SF-A is something new. I guess they are saying it's based on WS-15 core.
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it's all a guess game at this point, but WS-18 is definitely the domestic version of D-30.
WS-118 was the one based on WS-10A core. I guess now, it's called WS-20.
SF-A is something new. I guess they are saying it's based on WS-15 core.
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This does not make any sense.
How could the WS-118 and WS-20(with WS-15's core) provides the same abount of thrust ? 13 tons ?
You sure it is right ?
How could the WS-118 and WS-20(with WS-15's core) provides the same abount of thrust ? 13 tons ?
You sure it is right ?
We don't really know for sure about anything right now.
I think WS-118 and WS-20 is based on WS-10A core. My belief is that WS-20 and WS-118 come from the same project.
Apparently, SF-A is based on WS-15, which I did not know before.
kinda like S-70 you want to say
at what moment Y-19 became a 'chopper'?
Not sure where you got that info, but I haven't seen the 150-160 kn range of figures for years (except in that one super long chinese article circulating recently that seems bogus).
Sorry, wrong info mix up.. But what I know China is very interested in class of Mi-26 after Sichuan earthquake 2008. But in the end, they still need to develop a domestic class of it even they manage to get a few Mi-26 deliver from Russia.