Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions
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Pakistan definitely need to get this strategic lift capability with this plane.. within 2-4 hours they should be able to move a div size force and then follow it up with logistical support and extraction
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Pakistan should get this plane very soon IMO. The Y-20s are already starting to be produced with WS-20s so no lingering issues remain in its export viability.
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Presently they may have an issue.
They will needed permission for the export of its licensed Russian D30-KP turbofan that are fitted on the Y-20 airlifter.
Once WS-20 turbofan is ready then it will be a different story.
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The WS-20 should be gearing up for mass production soon, if it hasn't already done so. As such, I think it will only take a couple of years before the Y-20 is exported.
They never say that. The engine used currently is already WS-18 which looks like D30kp2. China are free to export to anyone it deems
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Isn't it true that WS-18 is a licensed D30KP2?
And the WS-18B that is powering the H6N is a Chinese tweaked up version of the same engine.
Its unlikely a licensed copy or forced license from Russia. Since China urgent need a big transport engine for its fleet. It powered the H-6K and Y-20. Russia has problem produced those engines in number and quality. China will not depend on them to keep up its fleet of IL-76, H-6K and Y-20. You need to take into account of rehaul, replacement of wearout engine plus supporting new H-6K, H-6J and Y-20. The PLAAF demand is huge and only thru domestic production to meet the demand.
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Unlicensed, just like the WS-13. But the WS-18, besides powering the H-6K, is pretty much a goner at this point considering the imminent WS-20 mass production. Besides, something like a low bypass WS-18 is not suitable for transport planes like the Y-20 anyway.
Let me repeat that , WS-18 is not going anywhere. It will stay for at least a decade. The H-6K, H-6N, H-6K fuselage are not able to fit in WS-20 engine which is too big. Same as IL-76 will remain using WS-18 or D30KP2.
And how do we know WS-18 will be a low bypass engine? Maybe China tweet it to a high bypass. We all know dimension is very similar to D30KP2 but we are not sure of the Inside.
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Three PLAAF Y-20As - 11059, 11150 and 11151 - are currently participating the "Caucasus 2020" strategic drills in Russia. They were flown from Urumqi to Kapustin Yar over a distance of 2,000 miles (3,220 km) carrying troops and equipment.
(Image via js7tv.cn)
(Image via js7tv.cn)
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WS-18 will be used in the H-6 for sure ... but the Y-20 will adopt the WS-20. With regards to the WS-18 being low bypass, considering that all credible sources say it is a reverse engineered D-30KP2 and has an identical exterior, it is all but certain that it too has a low bypass ratio.
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