Z-20 (all variants) thread

[Blackstone]

What turboshaft is it using?

 

[danielchin]

is the above Z-20 photo real or ps'd from the Sikorsky Black Hawk?

 

[Deino]

It's a CG ... similar to this one !

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

The detail work is impressive. even got the windows.

 

[DigoSSA]

is the above Z-20 photo real or ps'd from the Sikorsky Black Hawk?

I think it's real.

 

[by78]

Hey Deino, look...

(1280 x 960)

 

[taxiya]

I think it's real.

The reason of it being called fake is because of the location of the tail rotor.
Photos that are believed to be real have the tail rotor blades on the right side when looking from the tail to the front of the craft.
This particular photo shows the rotor blades on the left side.

Changing the location of the rotor blades is a big design change, I don't think it is the case here.

 

[plawolf]

Umm there are work around for that Tax look at the US Area 51 and Area 52. Both are deep in the Navada Desert and in locations no one would really want to live in complete with Radioactive wastelands from nuclear weapons testing.
So how do people work there? The Employees live in Las Vegas a major city, on Monday morning they go to Las Vegas international catch a contractor flight that lands at Area 51. And set to work. Some stay the work week others catch the return flight at the end of the day.
If the PLA wanted there is no reason why they couldn't do the same. Don't even need a Airliner. In Russia under the main civilian metro in Moscow is a second military train service that likely does something similar for the Russian government.

There are placed like that in China. But you cannot put every weapons manufacturing and development centre in such remote locations, nor is there reason to do so.

 

[Deino]

Hey Deino, look...

Yes I know it already, posted in the Z-18 tread however !

IMO from the same test we already know another image posted last year in mid February.

 

[Deino]

The reason of it being called fake is because of the location of the tail rotor.
Photos that are believed to be real have the tail rotor blades on the right side when looking from the tail to the front of the craft.
This particular photo shows the rotor blades on the left side.

Changing the location of the rotor blades is a big design change, I don't think it is the case here.

Indeed .. I never noticed !