Y-8F600 for plaaf

the y-8 seems like a really capable transport, with some really advanced western avionics and engine equipment. seems like the perfect transport plane to seve as a stopgap meaure before the y-9.




is this plane in service, will it be, and should it be?

:nana: nice pic! (the last one) there are two of them their!

I think its a good plane and it should and is going to stay in service, since thier is these butyfuls...and the new AWACS are also on this plane.

Wrong pic?

I wonder, why are we getting both the Y8-F600 and the Y9?
They seem to have no significant differences.
Are they the same plane?
Maybe one is civilian? (Then, if it's civilian, Y8 would be gone.)

well, the y-8f600 is the final development of the y-8. the y-9 is not out yet. thats why i beilive some y-8f600s should be delivered as a stopgap till y-9 arrives.

does any one know what happened to the Y-10

why dident the plaf chose its much better then the Y-8

heard the americans influence the project a little too much and its droped for political reason

But its most likely Bs

does any one know what happened to the Y-10

why dident the plaf chose its much better then the Y-8

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Y-10 was a commercial transport, totaly different aircraft type than Y-8...it was cancelled after the cultural revolution...officical reason was "lack of suitable indoor markets" if i recall....

culteral revoulation ended in1976

the Y-10 was designed after that

"lack of suitable indoor markets" is also not a good excuse they would have made fine replacement for the tridents

Well sorry about the timeline....but as i said the chinese civil aviation markets were rahter small compared to the resources which would have to been used for the plane. It was expensive project and superior planes would been availble to be bought form abroad. Sad tough, it was quite nice looking airliner...

some were actualy put into active service and they were popular amoung the polits that flew them the thing could also double as a transport

it seems that some key people inthe program defected to the wast after 1989 it was later discovered that others were spies for the taiwanese

so political reasons seems more likely

Reading back on it, Y-10 was really an outdated design and it was quite expensive project at that time for PRC, so it was cancelled. Also, the quality of the plane was not good enough for the Chinese airline. As for Y8F600 and Y-9, I honestly can't see much difference. Maybe better airframe and avionics for Y-9? It's probably an interim frame before Y-8X. I'd honestly like to see China just abandon these updates to Y-8 series and start cooperating with Antonov on An-70.