Deino
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I don’t find @Deino ”unreliable” simple because of his experience of coming across all this since years. Off course you and @LKJ86 are as well as reliable or even more sometimes.
The name of website “China-arms” has a US/International feeling instead of being chinese operated so i gave it a second thought. Off course, the press statement would be there as you earlier mentioned, but still i thought the Thunder and last FC-31 part was hypothetical but Thunder part is nothing secret as thunder has had flights in WS-13.
Interested to know the specs of WS-IPE and how it fairs with P&W F-135 (F-35’s engine)
Thanks, but he was correct, that I simply dismissed the report due to the source ... and anyway he's correct, not to trust every opinion my me (or anyone here)
By the way anyway a question:
Guizhou Liyang Aero Engine Co., Ltd. affiliated to China Aviation Engine Corporation posted the company’s key tasks in 2020 recently, one of which is the implementation of small-batch production of a new aircraft engine.
The outside world generally believes that this new engine is probably WS-13IPE (thrust-enhanced type), which mainly adds thrust on the basis of WS-13 engine in order to adapt to performance upgrade and improvement of fighters.
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My point however is not to question that Guizhou itself posted its key-figures, but the added conclusion, that this might be related to the WS-13IPE and as such to the title of the report "WS-13IPE engine for FC-31 carrier-based fighter could be mass-produced in 2020"!
Is the WS-13 the only new engine from Guizhou - esp. since the WS-13 itself is not new - or could it be more likely related to another engine for another aircraft, since neither the WS-13 nor the type of aircraft is mentioned??
Best,
Deino