I don’t think he mentioned 16 tonnes directly. He said that there is a turbo boosted version of WS-10 and some of the followers interpreted it as 16 tonnes.
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I don’t think he mentioned 16 tonnes directly. He said that there is a turbo boosted version of WS-10 and some of the followers interpreted it as 16 tonnes.
Ahh I see. That weakens the claim by a lot then. I originally interpreted his boosted thrust comment to be somewhere in the 14 tonne range.
I personally see that as more likely as well.
In my research, I have found that J-20 is superior in most of its featues to F-22, Rafale, Typhoon jet fighters.
Indian media is talking that China is selling, giving J-20 or J-10 to Pakistan and Iran. Indian showing pictures that J-20 and J-10 is landed in Pakistani airports. Any comments ??
Indian media is talking that China is selling, giving J-20 or J-10 to Pakistan and Iran. Indian showing pictures that J-20 and J-10 is landed in Pakistani airports. Any comments ??
complete BS and as long as I don't see such an "Indian showing ... J-20 and J-10 is landed in Pakistani airports" I don't believe it.
AL-41 is substantially better than the WS-10A, possibly the B as well (if we've gone back to WS-10B is 137 kN). The other factor for choosing Russian engines over Chinese is whether the Chinese have sufficient jet engine production up; WS-10Bs / WS-10Cs divert production from engines / spares for existing J-10s and Sinoflankers; moving to Russian engines, given how well the Su-35 is selling (not at all at the moment), the Russians could possibly deliver spare engines cheaply.
I wouldn't go as far as to call it plain bullshit, but there's no evidence from reliable sources that they've decided to do AL-41s with TVC.
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No I wasn't. The WS-10 is a different engine than the WS-15 so why would I be mixing up those two? Please don't falsely speculate on my behalf. The of the WS-15, as described by a well known big shrimp "Maya" was an engine in the 150 kN class (along with using 2nd gen DD6 single crystal superalloy, FGH 96 P/M superalloy), roughly analogous to the F119. Then starting around the early 2010s, there were reports of the WS-15 being an instead and the WS-15 was even listed as an 180 kN engine in the AVIC organized "" Obviously, these figures are quite a step up from the original 150 kN class design goal as stated by Maya. Unfortunately, I could not find the specific CJDBY threads detailing this revision since it was quite some time ago but you're more than fine to go search for this yourself. If anything, I'm surprised as to why you find a WS-15 design revision to be shocking. Since then, 3rd generation DD9 and DD10 single crystal superalloys have come out, not to mention the FGH-98 P/M disk, all of which offer substantial material performance upgrade over the original WS-15 materials. It is very plausible for 606 to take advantage of this and alter the design to include these materials rather than coming out with a quarter century old F119 class engine, as the original specs entailed.
Regarding the delay, Maya said it would take about 10 years for the WS-15 to enter mass production after testing its core at high altitude in late 2009. I hope you can agree that the WS-15 is not nearly in mass production stage yet right? As I've said before, I highly recommend you read through the 545 page engine thread. Perhaps it can enlighten you a bit on the Chinese aeroengine development
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It’s that mockup they reported last year.
Also I thought the J-20 wasn't going to be exported?
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