China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

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Bltizo said:
However an-178's payload is meaningfully smaller than Y-9, let alone the Y-30 which is intended to have a 30 ton payload.

I think An-178 could have a role as a Y-7 replacement, however.
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The 18 ton payload is closer to the Y-9 than to the Y-7.

Of course, you could have a mixed fleet of AN-178s for the <20 ton payloads, and Y-30s for the larger tactical loads.

Though that's assuming that Beijing A-Star does follow through. There are Beijing A-Star companies that make all sorts of industrial components, so my guess is that BASTC is a subsidiary of whatever industrial conglomerate the A-Star name belongs to.
 
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Preux

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18 tons is with something like quarter fuel, it's an interesting d
Deino said:
Yes, but then I would surely prefer the An-178 !
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It's hard to argue with that, when one has a flying prototype and is based on a proven design and the other is... a model.

Anyway, do you (or anybody else) have the picture of the model Huitong had in his transport section? I am pretty sure it's actually not the same as the ones I posted.
 
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Preux

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Too late to edit, but it is apparently first seen at the AVIC I Xi'an (as it then was) booth at the 2004 Zhuhai Airshow. It is called the 运-8喷气运输教练机, Y-8 Jet Transport Trainer, and has some pretty weird numbers like 20 tonne payload but capacity to seat only 40. And is supposed to be a trainer first. Very curious.
 
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Preux said:
The very same. It's apparently the above model painted. :)
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Are You sure ... the model I posted looks very much - at least fuselage wise - like a MA.60-based design, while the one above is simply ugly !?

Anyway I hope for a version of the An-178 alias Y-2x.

Deino
 
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Preux

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No, I am not sure. Apart from the paint scheme there are other obvious differences like the landing gear and the mounting pole, but other things could be a matter of the angle - the first picture I posted is a lot prettier than the second although they are I think of the same model, for example. The windows number and positions seem to match, and the wing arrangements, etc.

Perhaps Huitong will know.
 
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delft

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PanAsian said:
Sounds like this is the reason why China is not churning out Y-9's, and it makes sense as the backup plan for the transport version of the perpetually delayed C919.

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It would be a pity if the Antonov company would fail due to Ukraine having become a failed state, but perhaps the Antonov people can escape to Beijing A star in the worst case. Otherwise A star takes a huge risk.
 
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