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BY: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
According to Chinese media ,FC-1 (local Chinese name for JF-17) has recently carried out successful taxi trials powered by a Chinese made WS-13 engine ,currently first batch of 40 aircraft which will be supplied to Pakistan are powered by Russian Klimov RD-93B turbofans, while WS-13 has 10% greater thrust but is also having Quality issues with the turbine blades . Next batch of JF-17 which will be build in Pakistan will have this Chinese engine and same will be offered to export market , Chinese are already working on an improved engine which again will have further thrust .
Fc-1 aka JF-17 powered by WS-13 engine carries Taxi Trials idrw.org
great milestone ...india has to play catch up now ...still dreaming of the day when tejas will be powered by kaveri
PAF will not go fot it, if there is really probl in turbine blades
PAF will not go fot it, if there is really probl in turbine blades
I dont suppose there was any redesigning needed on the JF-17 for the WS-13. JF-17 is a modular design built in a way that new things can be in cooperated with little or not modification at all.
oh, nice !
i will put a team to design the engine module
and another one to design the chassis
now try fitting a Yukon engine in a Nissan Tida.
Icecold, you have insulted engineers all over the world !
Jokes apart, IMHO this is pure speculation.
the WS-13 has a long way to go, before it is accepted good enough to power a war machine.
The problem is not just with the blades, that is a symptom event only.
the root cause of the problem is lack of experience in metallurgical sciences and fabrication technology.
Even if that technology is acquired as we speak now, it will take years to go through the quality cycles, to get to more than 4 digit accuracy !
Any thing less then that, is not even worth mentioning for an air craft.