Chinese Engine Development

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Will China develop an NK-12-equivalent engine to power her future airlifters? With a max power output of more than 11000 kW for the latter variants, the NK-12 is the most powerful turboprop engine in the world, ever.

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The NK-12 was designed after WW2 ended. By a team of German and Soviet scientists. And it is still unrivaled in its power level. A major accomplishment which enabled the first Soviet intercontinental bomber. There are Tu-95 still flying and the engine is still used in some gas pumping and power generation facilities even today.