PLA Air Force General News Thread:

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:

GarryB wrote:Heavy?

They look like Il-476 sized medium transports...

Il-76 is heavy, not medium.

An-124 is super heavy.

Anyway, the y20 is basically a chinese Chinese Antonov, also looks like one, and Antonov engineers contributed a lot to the design.

The Y-20 has weaker engines (the same d30 as the oeiginal il-76 but weaker and less efficient than the PS90 on the  il-476) but a wider and higher cargo hold (around 4x4 metres vs 3,4 x 3,4m of the il-76).  It is thus capable of carrying some loads that cannot fit on the il-76, even if, with the current engines has less max payload.

By the way, if I am not mistaken 4mx4m should be also the same cargo hold size of an70 and tu330.

The Chineses are working on a couple of better engines than the d30, the "modern" ws20 and anothrer emporary domestic solution, the stopgap ws18... but they are really far away from a  modern  engine. From what i understand they are not better than a PS90 and not even comparable with a PD14.

The PS-90 would be perfect for the Y-20, but i understand that the Chineses want a domestic solution.

Hole wrote:

H-6K with a big missile.