H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)

Any idea ....??? Not sure if it is only yet another UAV.

Via
Un nouveau projet de drone à aile volante chinois est en cours d'évaluation de SER à Sichuan, tout comme le J-20 et d'autres appareils avant lui. Son envergure mesure environ 14 mètres pour 13,5 mètres de long.

Translated from French by
A new Chinese flying wing drone project is being evaluated for SER in Sichuan, as well as the J-20 and other aircraft before it. Its wingspan measures about 14 meters for 13.5 meters long.

Deino said:

Any idea ....??? Not sure if it is only yet another UAV.

Via

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Un nouveau projet de drone à aile volante chinois est en cours d'évaluation de SER à Sichuan, tout comme le J-20 et d'autres appareils avant lui. Son envergure mesure environ 14 mètres pour 13,5 mètres de long.

Translated from French by

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

A new Chinese flying wing drone project is being evaluated for SER in Sichuan, as well as the J-20 and other aircraft before it. Its wingspan measures about 14 meters for 13.5 meters long.

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

View attachment 48088 View attachment 48089

Click to expand...

If we assume that 1) this is indeed taken at a military testing facility, 2) other models are close to 1:1 scale, and 3) the mystery model is also close to 1:1 in scale, then it's likely a drone.

May be just simplified RCS test article to explore separate elements of J-20 airframe like nozzles/fuselage interaction, antenna apertures, etc. The shape ...is just not optimal for LO UCAV both from aerodynamics and LO aspects.
My 5 cents.

Intersting idea.

SinoSoldier said:

Gongke101: H-20 will use a modified WS-10.

Original quote:

Link:

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Click to expand...

More on this.

Q: Is this a temporary model or WS-10S? . . .

A: The new model is not a 10 series.

Click to expand...

flateric said:

May be just simplified RCS test article to explore separate elements of J-20 airframe like nozzles/fuselage interaction, antenna apertures, etc. The shape ...is just not optimal for LO UCAV both from aerodynamics and LO aspects.
My 5 cents.

View attachment 48092 View attachment 48093

Click to expand...

Is there any reason why they would test the RCS of a scaled-down model instead of a 1:1 mockup? Wouldn't that affect the RCS and ultimately the lab data?

They could've used an anechoic chamber for H-20 RCS tests, though.

At the end of July, in the official media of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Co., the development information of H20 was revealed for the first time, which was very exciting. According to the report, “A sample of the S-exhaust pipe tail section of a project was successfully delivered to the first test flight research institute of AVIC! "," a project entered the project establishment stage, and the sheet metal component factory assumed the development work of the S-bend exhaust pipe tail section. Due to the complicated structure, large body shape, high molding requirements of the inner cavity , and the lack of simple rigidity of the tooling, Clamping and welding pose a very big challenge. During the construction of more than one month, from the morning to the early morning of the next day, the high-precision clamping and welding of large-scale thin-walled components was realized in the continuous improvement, and the first engineering application of laser welding technology in the company was realized. As we all know, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. is a large-scale military transport aircraft in China, a civilian feeder aircraft, H6K "WarGod" quasi-strategic bomber, and a development manufacturer of the "Flying Leopard" JH-7sniper bomber. In recent years, it has completed the merger of Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Corporation. Consolidation, the production of the large tactical transport aircraft of the Y- 8, Y- 9 also entered the company, can be said to be one of the largest aircraft manufacturing enterprises in the country.

Any one would like to translate the full article? Thank you.

It looks like a model diorama. Where's the choo choo train?

2015年11月26日的《中国航空报》文章说到：

多年来，总体气动人不懈努力、孜孜以求，先后攻克了大型飞机总体布局设计、大型飞机超临界机翼设计、全三维数字化设计及电子协调样机、多乘员多任务系统驾驶舱综合设计、背负式锯齿型并列双发大S弯进气道等一系列国内领先的关键技术，不断提升总体气动设计能力。同时，他们还与俄罗斯TsAGI，欧洲ETW、DNW、CIRA等国外研究机构开展了广泛的技术合作与交流，不断开拓技术视野，促进总体气动设计技术与国际接轨，使研发中心的总体气动设计能力始终居于行业前列。