Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[LKJ86]

 

[cirr]

“Y-20U“

PSed

 

[Beast]

“Y-20U“

View attachment 524810

View attachment 524811

View attachment 524812

PSed

The real prototype is running in yellow primer.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Y 20 oil refueling

 

[Akasa]

Y 20 oil refueling

Photoshopped.

 

[Deino]

What do they say??

http://www.fyjs.cn/thread-1916785-1-1.html

 

[nang2]

What do they say??

http://www.fyjs.cn/thread-1916785-1-1.html

View attachment 525940

Maiden flight, 12/05/2018.

 

[Akasa]

What do they say??

http://www.fyjs.cn/thread-1916785-1-1.html

View attachment 525940

Cartoon shows two Y-20Us, though, perhaps suggesting that two prototypes have been built?

 

[lcloo]

What do they say??

http://www.fyjs.cn/thread-1916785-1-1.html

View attachment 525940

It said "Kun Peng, Add Oil".

Kun Peng is the name of Y20. While Add Oil has double meaning here, one is related to Y20 being a fuel tanker. (Oil in Chinese also means Fuel). A different meaning, also related to development of Y20 fuel tanker is to give encouragement to someone who is in the act of performing some thing. Here it refer to Y20 tanker's development progress.

Add oil: Encouraging Chinese phrase enters English dictionary
"Jia you" is a Mandarin Chinese expression used in cheers at sporting events and rallies or to encourage someone. In Cantonese, it's "ga yau".

Now the English translation - "add oil" - has been recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary.

 

[Deino]

Most interesting theory found: via Huitong/jetfight2000
https://www.weibo.com/u/5596911390?refer_flag=1001030101_&is_hot=1

浅谈Y-20的生产序列号。

根据@浩汉防务-特仑苏 提供的几张有限的图片资料可以推断出，Y-20的生产序列号为20XXX，它的位置在垂尾根部，其中XXX为该架飞机的生产编号。目前已知的Y-20代号与对应的生产序列号如下：

781---20001
782静力试验机---20002
783---20003
784---20004
785---20005
786---20006
787---20007
788---20008
789---20009
11051---20010
11052---20011
11053---20012
11055---20013
11056---20014
11057---20015

由此可以看出：
A. 不存在11054。看来空军依然比较迷信，而且机组人员越多，禁忌也就越多。
B. 由于生产序列号中没有批次号，因此研判Y-20各型号最终的产量为999！(又发现一惊天巨密！欧耶！

translated:

Talking about the production serial number of Y-20.

According to several limited pictures provided by @浩汉防务-特伦苏, it can be inferred that the production serial number of Y-20 is 20XXX, and its position is at the root of the vertical tail, where XXX is the production number of the aircraft. The currently known Y-20 code and corresponding production serial number are as follows:
781---20001
782 static testing machine---20002
783---20003
784---20004
785---20005
786---20006
787---20007
788---20008
789---20009
11051---20010
11052---20011
11053---20012
11055---20013
11056---20014
11057---20015

This shows that:
A. There is no 11054. It seems that the Air Force is still superstitious, and the more crew members, the more taboos.
B. Since there is no batch number in the production serial number, the final output of each model of Y-20 is judged to be 999! (And found a shocking secret! Oye!

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Deino]

View attachment 526908 View attachment 526909 View attachment 526910

I would like to see the cn-number on the tail

 

[Beast]

What do they say??

http://www.fyjs.cn/thread-1916785-1-1.html

View attachment 525940

I am thinking can the Y-20 tanker be a dual use transport? Myanmar airforce bought the JF-17 and adding refueling capabilities is not a problem but where will they get a tanker? If getting Y-20 is a dedicated tanker seems underused. Its huge carrying capacity will comes in handy for small airforce like Myanmar for transport and tanker used.

Will a dual used Y-20 be in the pipeline? Like the bulge tanker inside the belly of Y-20 can be removed easily like a big container to allow immediate transform to transport role.

 

[Ali_Baba]

It is only a matter of time before we see this puppy in PAF service as a transport, refueling tanker and awacs aircraft. excellent progress!

what is the unit cost? any news on costs ?

Can it be adapted to work with western engines, like RR ?