Yeah. This is China first commercial civilian aircraft engine. So its normal it won't match even the fairly older Western ones like LEAP-1C. However its a great start. They will need alot of time and actual production service for the engine to be tested with feedbacks and fine tuned with newer upgrades.
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In the Western parlance, yes, they are production turbofans since their delivery indicates that there is a running supply chain. It may be a slow production but it is still a production.
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Real thrust is still 156 kN (I've heard claims upwards of 170 kN), but the part where its T/W is 7 is true.
That, and the design philosophy of 5th Generation engine's engine architecture back in the 90s/00s. Enlarged core, notable increases in T4 temperature while the materials are unable to keep up, (which contributes to) redundancy measures, etc. made it very heavy. 2D TVC is definitely a huge part of it, but not all.
IIRC even with the nozzle off the T/W should be <9 including fluids and engine accessories.
