drunkmunky
Junior Member
oh wow that engine nozzle looks stunning!
I count 14, and no we don’t know if it’s the same nozzle as what will be used on the WS-15.Is this the nozzle that everyone keeps talking about in the J-20 engine thread? It doesn't have 16 or 18 petals. It has exactly 15 just like the other photo of this nozzle and the cartoon drawings. So the TVC nozzle is same nozzle as what WS-15 will receive?
I count 14, and no we don’t know if it’s the same nozzle as what will be used on the WS-15.
Pretty sure at this point they would probably just straight test the WS-15 on a J-20. This isn't the early 2000s anymore. I imagine that their testing procedure has probably advanced and their confidence has grown.I too count 14. So IF the WS-15 nozzle's petal count is a multiple of 3, then this one on the J-10 is definitely NOT it. Besides, wouldn't is be more logical to test the WS-15 and its nozzle on the twin engine test aircraft like the J-11?
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Pretty sure at this point they would probably just straight test the WS-15 on a J-20. This isn't the early 2000s anymore. I imagine that their testing procedure has probably advanced and their confidence has grown.
Maybbeee. I’d lean towards that too, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they also skipped that step this time. There’s a trade off between risk mitigation and speed, and the flying testbed stage was probably a lot more necessary for when China had less experience and confidence with modern engines. I’m not saying it will happen that way, just that I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.They'd still fly it on the Il-76 testbed first, I'd imagine.