Future High Speed Helicopter and next generation rotorcraft

sunnymaxi · 2025-08-21T06:27:04-0400

mack8 said:
Was there a model shown of the 20 ton helicopter, and would you have an image by any chance?

Tomboy said:
Is that 20 ton payload or 20 ton MTOW. Pardon my question, I have not been following helicopter dev closely.

This image being showcase in last year Zhuhai air show

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MTOW - 38 tons
maximum payload - 10 tons
maximum plug-in - 15 tons

Tomboy · 2025-08-21T06:33:45-0400

sunnymaxi said:
This image being showcase in last year Zhuhai air show
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MTOW - 38 tons
maximum payload - 10 tons
maximum plug-in - 15 tons

Wait but isn't this just the AHL or some derivative of it? The specs are basically the same.

sunnymaxi · 2025-08-21T06:36:58-0400

Tomboy said:
Wait but isn't this just the AHL or some derivative of it? The specs are basically the same.

no idea, which project they are referring to or is it derivates ?? .. we have to wait for further information

Edit- little confusion. the specification chart might not related with above Helicopter picture.. this could be related with that AHL program.

Tomboy · 2025-08-21T06:46:37-0400

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This guy says there's a ducted fan design, no idea on progress

bsdnf · 2025-08-21T09:06:55-0400

Maikeru · 2025-08-21T13:21:58-0400

Cope Zone really coping today:

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I never understand why the bloated, bloviating MAGA hatted retards think it's such a big own to say "ItS JuSt a CoPy!". OK, so what if it is? Saved billions of $$$ and lots of time in development - well done MSS and Chinese cyber-spies! There's no "rule of war" that says one side can't use equipment it copied or captured off the other.

Tomboy · 2025-08-21T13:25:05-0400

Anyhow it'll be interesting to see China put the first compound helicopter into mass production. IMO, this demonstrator seems far more complete than the tiltrotor one which is said to borrow heavily from existing frames at HAIG.

AsuraGodFiend · 2025-08-21T13:30:10-0400

Deino · 2025-08-21T13:43:01-0400

Maikeru said:
Cope Zone really coping today:

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I never understand why the bloated, bloviating MAGA hatted retards think it's such a big own to say "ItS JuSt a CoPy!". OK, so what if it is? Saved billions of $$$ and lots of time in development - well done MSS and Chinese cyber-spies! There's no "rule of war" that says one side can't use equipment it copied or captured off the other.

Do we really need to constantly get worked up about stupid comments from stupid people, and even more so about the even stupider comments from even significantly stupider people, aka the MAGA idiots in the comment section? The report itself isn't entirely off the mark, and of course, the usual accusations - regardless how stupid they may be in certain places - are not really surprising given the striking similarities... and besides, there's a market, and these reports are serving it!

Blitzo · 2025-08-21T16:45:15-0400

Maikeru said:
Cope Zone really coping today:

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I never understand why the bloated, bloviating MAGA hatted retards think it's such a big own to say "ItS JuSt a CoPy!". OK, so what if it is? Saved billions of $$$ and lots of time in development - well done MSS and Chinese cyber-spies! There's no "rule of war" that says one side can't use equipment it copied or captured off the other.

I don't see the use in posting these articles at this stage where it is just obvious what everyone's opinions to these articles would be, and where it is obvious what the relevant content of these articles themselves are.

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