Future High Speed Helicopter and next generation rotorcraft

Tomboy

Tomboy

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gelgoog said:
The reason they use low power turboshaft engines is because these are what is available in China right now. This is good enough to figure out the problems of making a tiltrotor in a prototype.

But you already have the carrier AWACS aircraft KJ-600. Their turboprop engine converted into a turboshaft should have the power level for an Osprey sized aircraft.
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Does KJ-600 even use new engines? Most people on Weibo seems to say it still uses WJ-6C. Also there is a 5000kW turboshaft under development so no need to convert turboprops into turboshafts.
 
sunnymaxi

sunnymaxi

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Tomboy said:
Does KJ-600 even use new engines? Most people on Weibo seems to say it still uses WJ-6C
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KJ-600 Engines dimension doesn't match with any WJ-6C variant also has large air intake, length and width doesn't match too.. but nobody knows, which Engines have used on KJ-600. we can only guess

AEP-400 Entered in material selection stage last year. i have send you the screen-shot on Engine thread.
 
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test1979

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defenceman said:
Hi,
converting turboprops into a turbo shaft is somewhat like making a new engine from start or
is it like in and out kind of elements from a engine to get ready the other one
thank you
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The two engines share the same core engine, meaning the most difficult and time-consuming components do not need to be developed repeatedly.

In fact, China developed the AEP100 and AES100 using the same core engine.

The same is true for AES500 and AEP500, which are currently under development.
 
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