China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

Congrats !

AG600 Kunlong - first take-off and landing on water
high-speed taxiing on water & first take-off and landing on water

Stunning aerial view: China's amphibious aircraft AG600 makes maiden flight from water.
Nothing is more majestic than amphibious aircraft taking off and landing on the water Beautiful,
graceful. Here is up close of AG600 take of and landing seen from the air

Now this is what I call production rate via LKJ86
7X Y20 and 4X H 6K
September 29, 2018

Hendrik_2000 said:

Now this is what I call production rate via LKJ86
7X Y20 and 4X H 6K
September 29, 2018

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I counted 5 H6K

Yeah it seems really awesome. I wonder when we will get accurate numbers on the total amount of aircraft built.

But only 2 out of 7 have engines installed

This is not a good sign

Engines should be installed during final assembly

Break in manufacturing protocol, question is why ?

A shortage of Russian D-30 engines? Perhaps they thought the WS-20 would be available by now? Who knows. My guess is that, sure, both aircraft (Y-20 and H-6K) use the D-30 engine but because the engines in the Y-20 are easier to access, as they are mounted in external pods, they have made it a priority to install any available D-30 engines on the H-6Ks.

To be frank I was surprised the Russians did not throw a fit once the Y-20 came out. If it was like a decade ago they would have probably demanded that the Chinese buy Il-76s if they wanted any D-30 engines.

Hendrik_2000 said:

Stunning aerial view: China's amphibious aircraft AG600 makes maiden flight from water.
Nothing is more majestic than amphibious aircraft taking off and landing on the water Beautiful,
graceful. Here is up close of AG600 take of and landing seen from the air

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Take-off and landing looks great. There is something very romantic about amphibious aircraft.

That main landing gear though...