isnt fix wings powered by turboprop instead of turbo shaft?
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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There was an article on Y-30 proposal, but nothing came of it, or so I thought.
[/URL]| Aviation Week & Space Technology
A Chinese airlifter as big as the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules will go into service in the 2020s if the factory behind the project, Shaanxi Aircraft, is given a go-ahead, as expected. The program is at the stage of concept design, say Chinese industry officials close to it. Full-scale development should begin in about two years, they add. If it does, and if progress is smooth, a first flight could take place in 2020. The air force does want such an aircraft, the officials say, expecting ...
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But the Y-9 is already larger than the C-130. To make any sense, the Y-19 would have to be a step larger than the Y-9. At 30 ton, the Y-19 payload would be about 50% larger than the C-130.
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A transport for which turboprop as well as turbofan engines are considered is likely to have swept wings. I like turboprop aircraft with swept wings. Until now there has only be the Tu-95 family and, with but little sweep, An-70 and Airbus A-400M but the concept has more possibilities.
I guess Y-19 is something like J-13, 14, something was in a early conception phase and dropped. It is not an active project.
The earliest mentioning of Y-19 that I can find was in 2008 on sina which was depicted as what later became Y-20. Also most of the search results (Chinese forum posts) of Y-19 or 运19 from baidu.com claim sourced from American medias, typical export-reimport.
So I'd say, Y-19, what ever it might have been, is not an active project.
The earliest mentioning of Y-19 that I can find was in 2008 on sina which was depicted as what later became Y-20. Also most of the search results (Chinese forum posts) of Y-19 or 运19 from baidu.com claim sourced from American medias, typical export-reimport.
So I'd say, Y-19, what ever it might have been, is not an active project.
Has someone estimated the production rate?Here's the original resolution direct from the photographer...
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