Latest Pictures :WZ-10

[aimarraul]

 

[MZUBAIR]

Slim monster

 

[lockh33d]

When did these come out? Is the WZ-10 abandoned or is it still undergoing testings? Any ideas of the induction date?

 

[Silent observer]

lovely looking beast

keep up the good work china

 

[conworldus]

When did these come out? Is the WZ-10 abandoned or is it still undergoing testings? Any ideas of the induction date?

It is already inducted the last time I heard.

 

[aimarraul]

 

[no_name]

How come all three looks different, are they different prototypes?

 

[faithfulguy]

China can't make this helicopter because it can't manufacture the engine for it. It only build some samples with Pratt and Whitney engines. Which won't be available for mass production

 

[Creder]

China can't make this helicopter because it can't manufacture the engine for it. It only build some samples with Pratt and Whitney engines. Which won't be available for mass production

At least three type of turboshaft engines have been successfully tested for WZ-10, all of them foreign built. Russian Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engine that powers Mil Mi-17s sold to China is among the ones used, and so are the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67C that powers civilian helicopters of western origin in Chinese service. Ukrainian Motor-Sich TV3-117 that powers Mil Mi-28 has also successfully tested, and Ukrainians are helping Chinese to develop its own indigenous turboshaft engine. It’s rumored that European MTR390 that powers Eurocopter Tiger has also been selected, but this cannot be confirmed. Due to the delay in the developing of Chinese domestic engines, all prototypes and pre-production series of WZ-10 are powered by foreign engines.

The future, long-term engines for the WZ-10 will be the domestic WZ-9 (WZ = Wo Zhou, 涡&#36724, designed by the 602nd Research Institute, with Ukrainian and Russian assistance. The previously erroneous claim of WZ-9 being a Chinese version of MTR390 proved to be false, because according to the publicized official Chinese governmental technical documents, VK-2500, TV3-117 and PT6 are all classified as third generation turboshaft engines, a category Wozhou-9 belongs to, while MTR390 is classified as a fourth generation turboshaft engine. Wozhou-9 is the least powerful engine out of the five tested for WZ-10, but enjoys the advantage of lowest operational cost because there is no foreign built component. Furthermore, since it is 100% built in China, there are no political issues that would affect the purchase of vital parts. Wozhou (WZ)-9 is scheduled to enter full operational service by the end of 2009. The transmission system was developed with the help of Agusta Westland.

Specifications for Wo Zhou - 9 (涡轴-9) turboshaft engine currently under development:

* Power: 957 kW
* Fuel consumption: 0.311 kg/(kW·h)
* Pressure ratio: > 8
* Inlet temperature: 1355 degrees Celsius
* Power to weight ratio: 5.4

wikipedia is awesome !

 

[aimarraul]

China can't make this helicopter because it can't manufacture the engine for it. It only build some samples with Pratt and Whitney engines. Which won't be available for mass production

wrong ,WZ-9 already have a china "heart"