Local brands are at least as powerful, as these foreign brands are using Chinese parts anyway.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
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Local brands are at least as powerful, as these foreign brands are using Chinese parts anyway.
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They are supposedly so, but pick any one of the Youtube comparison tests. My last OT post.
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Just saying, but I've never seen AL-31s or WS-10Cs to have afterburner plumes this orange.
Just saying, but I've never seen AL-31s or WS-10Cs to have afterburner plumes this orange.
Color of the plumes has to do with exhaust temperature and is not a reliable indicator of engine type. That said, the nozzles definitely show WS-15.
Really? I agree with you that we've seen this yellow/orange exhaust already before ...
... but even if I try to enlarge and up-scale that image, I see nothing that looks "definitely" like a WS-15?! IMO it is simply too small.
The WS-10C nozzle has a sort of silver collar at the base near where it joins the fuselage
The WS-15 is all black. That and the colour of the exhaust - probably at a lower temperature due to IR reduction techniques - is good indication that this is a WS-15. It should not be unusual to see it on new airframes since we have an indication that the engine is in some form of mass production.
The WS-10C nozzle has a sort of silver collar at the base near where it joins the fuselage
The WS-15 is all black. That and the colour of the exhaust - probably at a lower temperature due to IR reduction techniques - is good indication that this is a WS-15. It should not be unusual to see it on new airframes since we have an indication that the engine is in some form of mass production.
Yes, but isn't this a "a sort of silver collar at the base near where it joins the fuselage"?
The WS-10C has a double ring structure at the nozzle exit. Doesn’t look like the engines in either of the pictures above have that.
