The new heavy transport prototype will be powered by four Russian D-30KP-2/WS-18 turbofans and they will be replaced when the improved WS-10 turbofan becames available.
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-11-05/140016559915s.shtml
200吨级最大军用大飞机年底亮相
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200吨级最大军用大飞机年底亮相
研发、生产制造过程全部由我国独立完成 民用大飞机也在生产中
本报讯 （记者张颖川） 中国的大飞机有了最新进展，中国空军军用200吨级大飞机实体年底将在西飞亮相。这将是中国最大的军用大飞机。
今天上午，在中国航空工业集团成立一周年的媒体日上，记者了解到上述信息。
11月6日是中国航空工业集团成立一周年纪念日。今天上午9时许，记者在媒体日上了解到，中国的大飞机生产有最新进展，军用、民用大飞机均在生产中。
中航集团飞机公司胡晓峰总经理向记者透露，中国空军军用200吨级大飞机具体实物飞机将在年底亮相，这款飞机从研发、生产制造过程全部由中航工业西飞公司独立完成。而由中航承担中国民用航空大飞机80吨级的C919飞机零部件也在加紧生产中，将如期交付中国商飞集团。
记者同时获悉，由中航工业自发研制的L15“猎鹰”高级教练机将首次走出国门，参加11月份举办的迪拜航展。L15猎鹰高级教练机将在航展上进行飞行表演，与国外教练机进行竞争，主打国际教练机市场。
目前，已经有不少国家的空军派出飞行员来我国进行试飞体验，中航预计将会赢得不少订单。
11 comments:
Beautiful plan but to be quite honest it looks like a AN-70 but with turbines instead of turbo-props.
should have been plane instead of plan!
sorry.
According to rumor, it is based on An-70
awesome. I like the simplicity of it all. take a great design, clean it up and instead of overly complex contra-rotating propellers, install turbines on it! simply awesome. I wonder why someone hadn't thought of it before.
However, it will still be years (5+) before a unit can be commissioned.
5+ years?
The Soviet Union took about three years to have the Il-76 introduced to it's air force after it was first flown...
Unless we're thinking 2012 will be its maiden flight?
I was referring to an operational unit, differ from first flight.
Consider it essentially China first large heavy transport jet, it will probably take longer. (unless you count Y-10, I don't. It been way too long, and this thing is far more complex to execute.)
To reduce R&D time, they are using the old Russian D-30 engine. The D-30 is too noisy for most of the EU airports but it is widely available in China and PLAAF knows how to operate them.
Great idea but the 190 tonne IL-76TD is underpowered with the D-30. How will a 200 tonne An-70 do with the same engines ?
A taxpayer
China is seeking a better solution than the D30 for the long term.
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