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J-11BS with WS-10A engine afterbuner

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J-11BS WS-10A Engine Climb !!.jpg

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Picture like this makes me doubt J-20's engine is AL-31FM.

If WS-10 engine have blue flames as well, then there is a very high probability that J-20 is currently using WS-10 engine as well. Most likely an upgraded WS-10 engine !!

This might also explain why China do not buy Su-35, because they already have engine comparable to 117S, the only thing 117S has left is its TVC technology, which China do not have at the moment.
 
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The 2014 PLAAF golden Helmet award:

Six Pilots:

2 SU30MKK Pilots：颜峰，王立

1 J8F Pilots：陈鸿程

1 J10 Pilots：肖立军

1 J-11B with WS-10A engine ：李海明

1 J-11B with AL-31F：李凌

Take note that it is the first time a J-11B fighter with WS-10A engine wining the golden helmet arward !! This proves that WS-10A has achieved high reliability and can finally match the AL-31FN, although it is still not on the same level as the 117S, but it is getting there !
 
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AeroEngineer said:
The 2014 PLAAF golden Helmet award:

Six Pilots:

2 SU30MKK Pilots：颜峰，王立

1 J8F Pilots：陈鸿程

1 J10 Pilots：肖立军

1 J-11B with WS-10A engine ：李海明

1 J-11B with AL-31F：李凌

Take note that it is the first time a J-11B fighter with WS-10A engine wining the golden helmet arward !! This proves that WS-10A has achieved high reliability and can finally match the AL-31FN, although it is still not on the same level as the 117S, but it is getting there !
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or it could mean that J-11B fighters with FWS-10 were grouped with other J-11B fighters with FWS-10 just like J-8F was probably grouped with other J-8F.

A little bit on this based on the rumblings of Chinese bbs, it seems like both FWS-10 and AL-31F have strong points vs each other. It's also possible that flanker can't fully utilize the strong points of FWS-10.

The most important point is that they are all using FWS-10 now. You need to bring up reliability on it before anything else.
 
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tphuang said:
or it could mean that J-11B fighters with FWS-10 were grouped with other J-11B fighters with FWS-10 just like J-8F was probably grouped with other J-8F.

A little bit on this based on the rumblings of Chinese bbs, it seems like both FWS-10 and AL-31F have strong points vs each other. It's also possible that flanker can't fully utilize the strong points of FWS-10.

The most important point is that they are all using FWS-10 now. You need to bring up reliability on it before anything else.
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I haven't been digging around bbses lately. Wanna summarize the strong points?
 
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I can't remember off the topic of my head and I'm just putting out there as rumours since I don't know how legitimate they are.
 
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Not sure but reportedly this image shows the Il-76LL engine testbed on 29.10.2014 after the maiden flight with the WS-18.

It is also said that the development tests of this D-30KP-2 "version"/ development was successfully concluded on 06.12.201 and that batch production will start soon.

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