Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[Deino]

nobody has posted this? suspected WS20 testing vehicle.

Interesting but the nacelle looks not wider. more like a standard unpainted one.

 

[nang2]

Interesting but the nacelle looks not wider. more like a standard unpainted one.

good point

 

[LKJ86]

 

[lcloo]

There will be a new feel on Y20 this year, according to a Y20 senior pilot, also a member of China's people congress.

No details given, so it could be (1) a new engine, or (2) a new variant of Y20.

海峡之声广播电台北京3月4日消息(记者 龚天宁 杨娜)【两会军情观察】作为中国自主研发的新一代大型军用运输机，运-20是名副其实的“大国重器”，也在广大的军迷和网友中具有很高的人气，官方绰号“鲲鹏”，网友们则亲切称之为“胖妞”。全国人大代表、空军某团飞行大队长冯玮，就是驾驭“鲲鹏”的人。


从轰-6K飞行员到运-20“管理者”

冯玮曾经是一名优秀的轰炸机飞行员，驾驶轰-6K出色完成了黄岩岛巡航等多项重大演训任务，成为运-20的飞行员后，冯玮感觉最大的不同是新型飞机的优异性能让自己从飞行中“解放”出来，更多去思考作战。

“我觉得首先真的是角色转变，虽然我都叫飞行员，但现在我是一个运-20的管理者。以往飞行员要大量的精力去保持这个飞机状态，现在不用你考虑，计算机在干。这个飞机的先进化程度已经保证了你可以管理它规划它，然后他自己去保持那种飞行的轨迹，那么让你更多的精力来干什么呢?规划你怎么去作战啊!如何隐蔽企图?空投完之后，如何快速返航?飞行员的精力更多地解放在这里。”

作为驾驶运-20的第一批飞行员，冯玮和战友们积极探索，取得多项突破，在每次飞行任务中和运-20共同成长，创造了新型大型运输机接装后一周内实现首飞、运输机编队参加阅兵等多个“首次”。


驾驶运-20巡航 见证祖国美丽与辽阔

因为任务的原因，冯玮驾驶飞机巡航过祖国的东西南北，也见证了祖国的美丽与辽阔，“每个地域都有不同的风景，比如像飞格尔木的时候，戈壁、黄沙，荒凉也未必不是一种美;青海湖，我见过湛蓝的青海湖，也见过全部冻上冰的青海湖，因为你飞的季节不一样;‘桂林山水甲天下’，我多次从桂林飞过，我在空中去看桂林，我能知道哪个地方是阳朔，哪个地方是上川岛，我们在空中看桂林山水，又是不一样的风景。你能感觉到祖国的大好河山和它的辽阔，比如说你要到新疆，飞半天你都没飞出去”，冯玮说，每当这种时候，自豪感和使命感油然而生，“一方面你要有能力有实力去保卫它;另一方面，我们也希望它能建设得更美好。”


运-20只是新起点 期待新装备闪亮登场

作为军队人大代表，冯玮说，要成为一名优秀的飞行员和战斗员，不仅要有优异的军事技能，还要有强大的心理素质。这次全国“两会”，他将提出心理训练的建议，“我希望把心理训练纳入到军事训练与考核这个体系里面去，只有纳入日常的训练，把它放在同等地位，才能让实战化训练更加接近实战，更有战味”。

作为新一代大型军用运输机，运-20的表现，让人们充满期待。冯玮透露，“今年运-20将给大家带来耳目一新的感觉，一定不会让大家失望。”

近年来，空军新型装备发展迅速，作为运-20的飞行员，冯玮希望更快更深融入作战体系，自己能成为新型作战力量的“奠基石”。对于未来空军装备发展，他也充满期待，“我愿意坐在电视机前，去看我们新的武器装备不断涌现，看他们闪亮登场，我相信有更多更好的装备，因为我们很好的基础。

 

[ILC]

Both are likely, however ws-20 should be ready to install.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[lcloo]

Y20 assembly plant. Two Y20 near completion, and two more with-out wings. One on transport bogey. So there are at least five Y20 in various stages of production.

Photo from Henry K/ East Pendulum

 

[Imran Khan]

how many are produced till now and how many enter in service ?

 

[lcloo]

how many are produced till now and how many enter in service ?

Estimated not less than 26 are in services or in pre-delivery flight tests (refer to post #1269). If Henry K's photo is recent, another 5 or more are being assembled.

 

[Imran Khan]

Estimated not less than 26 are in services or in pre-delivery flight tests (refer to post #1269). If Henry K's photo is recent, another 5 or more are being assembled.

any idea what is production rate per year?

 

[lcloo]

Within conservative and optimistic range, 12 to 24 a year is likely, though there is no official figure so far.

 

[JSCh]

China's Y-20 large transport plane to spawn several variants: chief designer
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2019/3/12 16:56:27

Paratroopers assigned to the airborne troops under the PLA Air Force parachute from a Y-20 transport aircraft during a parachute training exercise in central China's Henan Province on May 8, 2018. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn

The chief designer of China's domestically developed large transport plane, the Y-20, confirmed the aircraft could be spawned into several types of variants, with military experts expecting to see the original's doppelganger in 2019.

"The Y-20 can serve as a general platform from which a variety of variants can be derived," Tang Changhong, a Chinese political advisor and chief designer of the Y-20, said at a Thursday press conference featuring Chinese legislators and political advisors in the aviation field, China Aviation News reported Friday.

It is now "playing its role as a [variant-spawning] platform as planned," Tang said, without elaborating on the form or function a Y-20 variant might take.

Tang's remarks came amid reports and predictions made by military experts since 2018 saying that China is developing Y-20 variants, including an aerial tanker and a early warning aircraft.

Feng Wei, a Chinese legislator and Y-20 pilot, said "it will be refreshing to see the Y-20 this year and people won't be disappointed," news portal vos.com.cn reported on March 5.

An anonymous military expert told the Global Times on Tuesday this could mean that one or more Y-20 variants could make their debut this year.

With a takeoff weight of 200 tons, the Y-20 can carry more fuel or equipment than any other domestically made aircraft, and can stay aloft for extended periods, making it a great basic platform for tanker and early warning aircraft, the expert said, noting that other possible variants may include a mobile hospital and an electronic warfare aircraft.

The Y-20 might also replace its current Russian engines with domestically made WS-20 engines in 2019, the expert predicted.

The military aircraft began service in the People's Liberation Army Air Force in 2016, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

"The Y-20 has now entered the formal mass production stage, and intensive regular training with the military is going according to plan," Tang said.

 

[cirr]

China's Y-20 large transport plane to spawn several variants: chief designer
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2019/3/12 16:56:27

Paratroopers assigned to the airborne troops under the PLA Air Force parachute from a Y-20 transport aircraft during a parachute training exercise in central China's Henan Province on May 8, 2018. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn

The chief designer of China's domestically developed large transport plane, the Y-20, confirmed the aircraft could be spawned into several types of variants, with military experts expecting to see the original's doppelganger in 2019.

"The Y-20 can serve as a general platform from which a variety of variants can be derived," Tang Changhong, a Chinese political advisor and chief designer of the Y-20, said at a Thursday press conference featuring Chinese legislators and political advisors in the aviation field, China Aviation News reported Friday.

It is now "playing its role as a [variant-spawning] platform as planned," Tang said, without elaborating on the form or function a Y-20 variant might take.

Tang's remarks came amid reports and predictions made by military experts since 2018 saying that China is developing Y-20 variants, including an aerial tanker and a early warning aircraft.

Feng Wei, a Chinese legislator and Y-20 pilot, said "it will be refreshing to see the Y-20 this year and people won't be disappointed," news portal vos.com.cn reported on March 5.

An anonymous military expert told the Global Times on Tuesday this could mean that one or more Y-20 variants could make their debut this year.

With a takeoff weight of 200 tons, the Y-20 can carry more fuel or equipment than any other domestically made aircraft, and can stay aloft for extended periods, making it a great basic platform for tanker and early warning aircraft, the expert said, noting that other possible variants may include a mobile hospital and an electronic warfare aircraft.

The Y-20 might also replace its current Russian engines with domestically made WS-20 engines in 2019, the expert predicted.

The military aircraft began service in the People's Liberation Army Air Force in 2016, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

"The Y-20 has now entered the formal mass production stage, and intensive regular training with the military is going according to plan," Tang said.

https://v.qq.com/page/k/g/w/k0849niyzgw.html

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Yun 20 is in mass production production line first exposure
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2019-03-16 20:35:29
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央视网“威虎堂”3月16日消息， 近日，全国政协委员，运-20总设计师唐长红在接受央视《东方时空》栏目采访时表示，运-20已正式批量生产，此前，在中国航空工业集团发布的《长风破浪》宣传片中，运-20生产线首次曝光。

Video Link as above

 

[LKJ86]