Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Ardiden 3c and wz16 are more or less the same engine. And they are both meant for civilian market. AC352 is a civilian helicopter which will be sold commercially in China (and some other countries) and will fly with wz16 engines. Customers from Europe/US and some other countries can not buy AC352 (maybe second hand they can?), as they have to go through Airbus Helicopters and buy their variant, EC175 with ardiden engine.
What i meant to say is that we're likely to see a separate military use variant of WZ16. Different in, if nothing else, then at least in name.
No WZ 16 is not meant for civilian it can be equally used in the military as well. That is why they have 2 track development I still don't understand your logic why separate variant of WZ 16 ? Because WZ 16 IP is owned by Chinese company and most of the part and component are build in China This is not license copy of ardiden 3C It is cojoint development so there is nothing to prevent if from using it in military
EC 175 is available for purchase long time ago WZ 16 finish development in 2016 If is mena for civilian The Chinese can buy ardiden 3 C with no problem Why bother developing WZ16?
The fact that they go thru all the trouble of developing WZ 16 meant they want to source all the component and part from domestic source
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