Yes. Apparently the video is quite old (mid-2000s). The same video has been linked on CJDBY since 2011. We haven't really heard about this nozzle since then.
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Yes. Apparently the video is quite old (mid-2000s). The same video has been linked on CJDBY since 2011. We haven't really heard about this nozzle since then.
Zahid
Junior Member
I would like to request fellow forum members to please post WS-13 related news also. On the JF-17 / FC-1 thread there is news posted about possibility of WS-13 equipping aircraft within two years.
The only information resource available to me about specs for WS-13 is wikipedia, and I do not think that the figures quoted in there are reliable or accurate.
Kindly keep in mind that the future of FC-1 and J-31 depends on WS-13 and therefore there are many like me who are hungry for any news regarding this engine. It seems as though this thread focuses exclusively on WS-10, WS-15, etc...
The only information resource available to me about specs for WS-13 is wikipedia, and I do not think that the figures quoted in there are reliable or accurate.
Kindly keep in mind that the future of FC-1 and J-31 depends on WS-13 and therefore there are many like me who are hungry for any news regarding this engine. It seems as though this thread focuses exclusively on WS-10, WS-15, etc...
broadsword
Brigadier
Zahid,
You can be sure it would be posted if there is any news on WS-13. It just the dearth of any chat even on the Chinese forum. We are all stoked about any bit on any aircraft engine development in China.
You can be sure it would be posted if there is any news on WS-13. It just the dearth of any chat even on the Chinese forum. We are all stoked about any bit on any aircraft engine development in China.
by78
General
Updates on Chinese engines...
An interesting article from the Xinhua news agency, and it summarizes various Chinese engine projects.
The pertinent passage is this:
宣布发动机“两个专项”
目前，航空发动机和燃气轮机“两机”科技重大专项已经顺利成为国家第20个重大技术专项，与空天飞机和高超音速飞行器专项一起成为国家航空航天领域的重要突破。“两机专项”包括国家重点军用两用发动机项目研制、对现有发动机进行改进以及探索和预研新一代发动机项目。预计涡扇-15发动机将于2014完成验证机；涡扇-10改发动机将于2015首飞；长江-1000A发动机将于2016年首飞；空天发动机将于2016年挂飞；推比15一级的第五代发动机将于2016年完成核心机... 航空发动机含铼高温合金单晶叶片...
My Chinese is horrible, but here's a summary (likely with many errors):
1) WS-15 prototype/demonstrator is to be completed in 2014.
2) A modified WS-10 is to have first flight in 2015. I'm not sure if this WS-10A or B or some other variant.
3) CJ-1000A (Yangtze-1000A) high-bypass turbofan to have first flight in 2016.
4) '空天发动机'? Whatever this is, will conduct flight tests in 2016.
5) '推比15', which is a 'fifth-generation' engine, is to complete core tests in 2016.
6) Pursue the development of 'Rhenium single-crystal super-alloy blades'.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could provide an accurate translation.
P.S. After some discussion with Bltizo and a careful re-reading with a dictionary, this article appears to be an analyst's speculation on what is to be discussed in an upcoming pow wow of the national leadership. So yes, take it with a big grain of salt.
An interesting article from the Xinhua news agency, and it summarizes various Chinese engine projects.
The pertinent passage is this:
宣布发动机“两个专项”
目前，航空发动机和燃气轮机“两机”科技重大专项已经顺利成为国家第20个重大技术专项，与空天飞机和高超音速飞行器专项一起成为国家航空航天领域的重要突破。“两机专项”包括国家重点军用两用发动机项目研制、对现有发动机进行改进以及探索和预研新一代发动机项目。预计涡扇-15发动机将于2014完成验证机；涡扇-10改发动机将于2015首飞；长江-1000A发动机将于2016年首飞；空天发动机将于2016年挂飞；推比15一级的第五代发动机将于2016年完成核心机... 航空发动机含铼高温合金单晶叶片...
My Chinese is horrible, but here's a summary (likely with many errors):
1) WS-15 prototype/demonstrator is to be completed in 2014.
2) A modified WS-10 is to have first flight in 2015. I'm not sure if this WS-10A or B or some other variant.
3) CJ-1000A (Yangtze-1000A) high-bypass turbofan to have first flight in 2016.
4) '空天发动机'? Whatever this is, will conduct flight tests in 2016.
5) '推比15', which is a 'fifth-generation' engine, is to complete core tests in 2016.
6) Pursue the development of 'Rhenium single-crystal super-alloy blades'.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could provide an accurate translation.
P.S. After some discussion with Bltizo and a careful re-reading with a dictionary, this article appears to be an analyst's speculation on what is to be discussed in an upcoming pow wow of the national leadership. So yes, take it with a big grain of salt.
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by78
General
The article was published on Xinhua website. How much longer are they gonna keep it a secret, with the J-20 proceeding along at a good clip?
JayBird
Junior Member
I know, it is just surprising for state media to give such a relatively clear cut projection of these projects. Especially because WS-15 would be considered a relatively more strategic project.
Maybe someone who can get a feel about the wording of the article can judge whether it smells legits or not.
After all,state media have been known to make blunders when reporting on their own military before.
by78
General
It could be tabloid eyewash from Xinhua, but I thought that was the job of the sister publication Global Times.
In any event, this article is supposedly a 'preview' of the things to be reported and discussed at the upcoming national legislature pow wow. So it's not strictly official per se.
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Lets just say that bad/unprofessional journalism is present in all chinese state media to some degree and PLA reporting doesn't escape it.