Zhuhai Air Show 2014 - Updates & Discussions

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China C4KISR system on 2014 ZhuHai Air Show, 21 century Modern War Platform
China C4KISR = Command + Control + Communication + Computer + Attack + Intelligence + Surveillance + Reconnoitre

PLA weapons joint C4KISR system & data links

11月13日，中国电子科技集团公司展示了C4KISR(指挥、控制、通信、计算机、攻击、情报、监视、侦察)系统。

 

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"Smart - III" unmanned helicopter on 2014 ZhuHai Air Show

11月13日，中国电子科技集团公司展台展出了“敏捷-III”型无人直升机系统。

 

[cnleio]

Ultra-light 155mm howitzer detail pics, China version M777 howitzer

Specially present for mountain troop

 

[cnleio]

China HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) more pics ... 100kg load = 20kg for user, current 2 hours electricity

CCTV official video link:
[CCTV]航展全接触 探秘机械“外骨骼”：仿人体关节 助力行走

 

[aliaselin]

Rather unique solution to solve gimbal tracking limitations.

Can you make it clear?

 

[帅的一匹]

For this airshow, the single most important thing should be potent domestic engine/s.

Engines!

Engines!

Engines!

Show the engines! No engines, no show. 3rd rate engines = 3rd rate show. just like that.

Engines are the single most important measure of how good you are in aviation, and how powerful you are in industry in general.

Comparatively the rest are trivial.


Imagine this scenario:

The whole airshow with 1 showroom only, showcasing 3 giant world-class domestic engines.

Then, and only then, the rest of the world will shut up in owe. Before that happens, nothing!

涡扇10研发人员：中美发动机差距不到10年|中国|发动机|珠海航展_新浪军事
The engine problem had been solved, WS10 is matured.

 

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Taihang engine really capable? Standing next to Taihang turbojet engine WS10 Mr. Dong said that WS10 engine is now fully operational and matured.

WS10 engine is Chinese Aviation Research Institute 606's product, Mr.Dong is exhibitor of China aviation research 606 institute, these days every day he stood in the hall, elaborate WS10 engine story to professional and non professional vistors. Mr.Dong said, he graduated from Nanjing University majoring in Aeronautics & Astronautics and started to participate in the development of WS10 engine since his graduation.

WS10 pre-study started from year 1978, project set up in year 1987. Mr.Dong said, WS10 had been massively mounted on the J-10 B andJ11B fighters.

Online some articles reveal, Taihang engine outer culvert box, using the composite, which greatly reduce the weight, also improves the strength and the ability of resistance to high temperature. Mr. Dong with a reporter standing besides Taihang engine, pointing to the black pitch appearance of the engine that said: ‘this is our unique characteristics,previously used here is steel or titanium alloy. Now with this newly developed composite material, which is much lighter/higher temperature resistance/higher strength’.

Mr.Dong said WS10 thrust to weight ratio at about 8(the ratio of thrust to weight refers to the Trust power per unitary weight). The fourth generation engines, are all around 8 TW ratio. He also revealed, several China aviation research insitutes now are jointly developing the 5th generation fighter turbojet engine with TW ratio 10. The Chinese military fans called it the WS15 峨眉 ,which fugures stealthy layout.

The J-10B as a lightweight fighter capable of carrying nearly 8 tons of weapons and excellent mobility performance, all credit to having a strong China 'heart' of WS10 series.

Following is the Dialogue details about WS10 indigenous engine with Mr.Dong:

Sino US engine gap less than 10 years

Reporter: 120kn-140kn what is the meaning?

Mr. Dong: Taihang developed many kinds of DERIVATIVES, the newest WS10 series engine has reached 140KN thrust. (Su 35 engine thrust of 145 KN)

Reporter: Achieve this thrust, that is to say the Taihang engine and Su 35's 117s engine thrust being roughly equivalent?

Mr. Dong: Yes, and we are still moving forward, the past few years has been to improve and develop. This is the new WS 10 engine, which have shaped up.

Reporter: It has started MASS production?

Mr. Dong: Mass service on the J-10B, J 11B.

Reporter: why the J-10, such as PLAAF eight one aerobatic team still with Russian engines?

Mr.Dong: China had bought so many Russian engine, We still utilize those engine until the life span expired.

Reporter: Can you please shed some light on the life sapn of WS10 compared with Russian and United States fouth generation engine?

Mr. Dong: We are slightly inferior in that part,while we have a larger room for progress. Such as some of the material shows good performance data in scientific research test, but in practical application, is still not satisfactory. It is the difficult part of aero engine development, It takes decades to improve its stability and even so with USA, not including the conceptual phase of the engine.

Reporter: Online question said that WS10 ENGINE has less than 300 hours life hours, whether this is true?

Mr.Dong: This is wrong, WS10's life is over 1500 hours, completely in accordance with the design requirements. 300 hours is the span between each regualr maintenance .

Reporter: Our engine gap with the US is there for 10 years?

Mr.Dong: Less than 10 years.
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I've tried my best to translate the article, hope you all will get something in it.

 

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@Horus , @Oscar

 

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Now Indian members don't waste your precious time questioning the relaibility of WS10 engine, it had been officially explained.

 

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@Beast @cirr @Chinese-Dragon @cnleio @zhang5521

 

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From the article you could judge that the engine installed on J20 prototype '2012' is WS10 engine with 140KN thrust power. We finally pull it off, my salute to all Chinese aviation engineers.

 

[terranMarine]

 

[Derolo]

What is real dry thrust of WS10?

Wet/afterburner thrust is a good for stats not good for real operations.

 

[帅的一匹]

What is real dry thrust of WS10?

Wet/afterburner thrust is a good for stats not good for real operations.

Don't be picky, you will get the detail later.