Shown the flight of the Chinese military transport aircraft Y-20B with 4 WS-20 engines

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For the first time, a frame of a Chinese military transport aircraft Y-20B with four WS-20 turbojet (turbofan) twin-circuit aircraft engines (turbofan engines) manufactured in China was installed on the Web. This aircraft is a further development of the first Chinese heavy military transport Y-20, which first took to the skies in 2013, and since 2016 has been adopted by the PLA and is now mass-produced.

It should be noted that the screen shows an experimental flight, during which new engines were tested. If specialists from Shenyang succeed in implementing the WS-20 project, then this power unit will become the first Chinese engine with a thrust of 12-14 tons, a suitable good thrust-to-weight ratio. After that, the Chinese can be congratulated on their success.



Since 2014, the WS-20 has been tested on one of the Il-76s, of which China has at least 16 units. All previously produced Y-20 aircraft, which appeared thanks to the Ukrainian state enterprise "Antonov", were equipped with Russian D-30KP-2 engines, with a thrust of 12 tons.

The Chinese planned to replace them with the WS-18 under development, but something went wrong, and the WS-20 project appeared. During the period 2009-2020, China purchased 463 D-30KP-2 engines and continues to buy. For the development of the WS-20 aircraft engine in China, all available knowledge about the technologies of American General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, the Russian JSC UEC-Perm Motors and the Ukrainian Motor Sich were used.

Y-20B aircraft will differ from Y-20 only in engines. The Y-20 has a lifting capacity of 66 tons. It can climb to a height of 13 km and move at a speed of 830 km / h (cruising 780 km / h). The ferry range is 7800 km, with a maximum load of 4400 km.
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  1. Sergey Latyshev
    Sergey Latyshev
    +2
    22 November 2020 11: 49
    In 5-10-20 years they will not only lead, but also get ahead.
    In fact, in aviation, until recently, they were completely overtaken.
    1. Afinogen
      Afinogen
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      22 November 2020 11: 54
      No doubt about it. They do not trumpet at every corner that their economy is growing (like our government), they do business in silence.
      1. passing by
        passing by
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        22 November 2020 12: 27
        do you have the opportunity to read the Chinese press, since such unambiguous conclusions? smile
    2. sgrabik
      sgrabik
      +4
      22 November 2020 12: 02
      If we continue to make no headway and continue to save money on the development of our own aircraft industry, and especially aircraft engine building, then a hopeless lag behind all the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, including China, will be guaranteed in this case !!!
    3. boriz
      boriz
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      22 November 2020 23: 01
      What actually happened? Well, they ripped off another plane. Another, not the most advanced, engine.
  2. bobba94
    bobba94
    +4
    22 November 2020 13: 03
    The anonymous author of the article correctly points out the question .... our D-30KP engine is outdated, the Chinese have created their own WC-20 engine, in short, the gypsum is removed, the client is leaving. I googled on this topic and it turns out that the PS-30A-90 engine was created in Russia to replace the outdated D-76KP engine and it was created more than 20 (twenty) years ago, in 1998, and its thrust is 14,5 tons and it is put on our IL-76 of new modifications ...
    1. passing by
      passing by
      +2
      22 November 2020 15: 28
      but what about the PD-14? The Irkut Corporation has completed the construction of the first MC-21-310 aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines; the aircraft has been handed over for flight tests. This was reported by the press service of Rostec. The first ground tests of the PD-14 took place in 2012, the first flight tests - in 2015. better google laughing
      1. boriz
        boriz
        +2
        22 November 2020 23: 17
        It's just that the Il 76 with PS 90 is already in the series, and the PD 14 is a near-term perspective. So far, both are unattainable for the Chinese.
        1. sgrabik
          sgrabik
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          23 November 2020 13: 33
          The Chinese quickly learn from their mistakes, but unfortunately we don't !!!
  3. Sapsan136
    Sapsan136
    +2
    23 November 2020 14: 53
    Judging by the photo, this is a Chinese copy of the Il-76