Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[Figaro]

No. Y-20 will produced at a steady pace of 8-10 per years. I would not want to see Y-20 production line to shut down in just few years time.

I never said anything about the Y-20 being shut down ...

 

[Beast]

I never said anything about the Y-20 being shut down ...

Hi, mass produced Y-20 like 30-40 a year. After 5-4 years, the number of Y-20 is enough to satisfy PLAAF need What you expect the production line to do? Do you know why the C-17 shut down? Please google it

 

[Beast]

What are you even talking about? I never said that the Y-20 was going to be shut down ... I'm afraid you're attacking a straw man here

I think you still dont get what I mean. Your mass produced of Y-20 in such short time is a pipe dream and is harmful.

 

[Figaro]

I think you still dont get what I mean. Your mass produced of Y-20 in such short time is a pipe dream and is harmful.

Once again, you don’t understand my statement. What I’m saying is the Y-20 will ramp up production after the WS-20 in 2018/19. China needs medium/large transport aircraft ... I would not be surprised at all if they produce Y-20s on a large scale. Currently, production is slow due to underpowered D-30 engines and it being relatively new.

 

[Zarvan]

 

[Deino]

Y-20A 11055 no. 05

 

[clarkgap]

Y-20A 11055 no. 05

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From an ad compaign posted by Xian Aircraft Industry. I upload it on Youtube.

The Y-20 production line. There are four Y-20s on the line.

A image of a H-6K:

 

[samsara]

The 5th Y-20 in series, registered 11055, was delivered to the PLA Air Force on 07 August 2017.
East Pendulum 5:09 AM - 26 Nov 2017

。。。

 

[cirr]

Any updates on the facility purposedly built for the general assembly of H-20?

 

[Akasa]

Any updates on the facility purposedly built for the general assembly of H-20?

I thought the initial prototype already rolled out in June 2017?

 

[Beast]

The 5th Y-20 in series, registered 11055, was delivered to the PLA Air Force on 07 August 2017.
East Pendulum 5:09 AM - 26 Nov 2017

。。。

So now by November. Maybe the number 7th has enter service of PLAAF?

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/938365238407151621

 

[Deino]

Via the SDF:

I was watching a propaganda documentary from October and spotted a Y-20 under construction with a label of Y20-0220 on the scaffold. Could this be the 20th airframe from batch 2?

 

[Deino]

Via the SDF:

However Henry K. has now another explanation:

https://twitter.com/x/status/939693855758204929

Base on my personal experience, this 10A340-Y20-0220 is painted on the production platform and not on the plane, so it doesn't mean anything to the aircraft serial. It indicates more likely the gantry's number, or frame / stringer's number, or the station's reference.

 

[Figaro]

However Henry K. has now another explanation:

https://twitter.com/x/status/939693855758204929

20 sounds like a stretch ... I'd say there are around 12 at this point with the yellow ones that are yet to be assigned numbers ...