Chinese scientists and
technicians will soon complete an indigenous, large aircraft engine that
can equip the Y-20, the country's first domestically developed
strategic airlifter, Chinese media quoted a military expert as saying on
Sunday.
Qiao Liang, a professor at the Air Force Command
Institute of the People's Liberation Army, told Science Times that the
prototype of the Y-20, which conducted its first test flight on Jan 26,
is currently equipped with four Russian D-30 turbofan engines, and the
development of an indigenous engine is "approaching success".
After
being installed with the domestically developed engine, the payload of
the Y-20 will increase by around 10 metric tons, he said.
The Y-20's prototype has a maximum payload of 66 tons and a maximum take-off weight of more than 200 tons, according to reports.
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