Chinese future high-speed rotorcraft developments

[Deino]

Another surprise … apparently a tilt-rotor prototype performed its maiden flight.

(Image via @Captain小潇 from Weibo)

 

[iblini]

Great, first step made, but we don't have a helicopter dedicated thread in the Chinese section?

 

[Yousafzai_M]

I wonder if this concept can be successful at all. The American one keeps crashing!

 

[RajaBaja]

Another surprise … apparently a tilt-rotor prototype performed its maiden flight.

(Image via @Captain小潇 from Weibo)

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What China REALLY needs is mastering VTOL/STOVL technologies and come up with a variant of J-35 that can take off and land like F-35. China is taking estimated 2+ years in building an aircraft carrier. While it can probably build 5+ Landing Helo Docs (LHD's) like the one Japan is using. That means in 5 years, China could have smaller 25 LHD's, projecting 25 squadrons across the globe. That's huge air power outside of its aircraft carriers.

I wonder if this concept can be successful at all. The American one keeps crashing!

Osprey's have been in service for like 50 years and served so many conflicts on front duty. These are also ideal for special force and a small battalion sized weapon load deployment for certain operations. Not sure why you think "they keep crashing".

 

[iblini]

What China REALLY needs is mastering VTOL/STOVL technologies

Working on it.

 

[Ali_Baba]

What China REALLY needs is mastering VTOL/STOVL technologies and come up with a variant of J-35 that can take off and land like F-35. China is taking estimated 2+ years in building an aircraft carrier. While it can probably build 5+ Landing Helo Docs (LHD's) like the one Japan is using. That means in 5 years, China could have smaller 25 LHD's, projecting 25 squadrons across the globe. That's huge air power outside of its aircraft carriers.




Osprey's have been in service for like 50 years and served so many conflicts on front duty. These are also ideal for special force and a small battalion sized weapon load deployment for certain operations. Not sure why you think "they keep crashing".

Any VTOL platform will need to be a greenfield design of the airframe itself(all the other systems can be carried over). You can see with the F-35B what problems VTOL cause when trying to reuse an existing airframe.

 

[RajaBaja]

Any VTOL platform will need to be a greenfield design of the airframe itself(all the other systems can be carried over). You can see with the F-35B what problems VTOL cause when trying to reuse an existing airframe.

You didn't understand my post. First thing I was asking the Chinese to do, was to do research and come up with a working design of an end product, that is a VTOL/STOVL working system tested and approved. J-35 design can be modified to go VTOL/STOVL. That's not an issue.

In F-35, the VTOL didn't cause any major issues. The US and UK were used to Harrier tech that US had acquired from the UK as TOT. However, the origins of F-35 tech come from somewhere else. Out of near 2000 F-35's built, 2,4,5 will see problems. That's just how new technologies are evolved.

 

[huanghong]

You didn't understand my post. First thing I was asking the Chinese to do, was to do research and come up with a working design of an end product, that is a VTOL/STOVL working system tested and approved. J-35 design can be modified to go VTOL/STOVL. That's not an issue.

In F-35, the VTOL didn't cause any major issues. The US and UK were used to Harrier tech that US had acquired from the UK as TOT. However, the origins of F-35 tech come from somewhere else. Out of near 2000 F-35's built, 2,4,5 will see problems. That's just how new technologies are evolved.

Compared to ordinary fixed-wing aircraft, vertical take-off and landing aircraft come at a huge cost. For example, the F-35b has a 30% lower payload than the F-35c, and its combat radius is reduced by 25%. Compared to vertical take-off and landing aircraft, I think it is more efficient to use a catapult to launch a complete fixed-wing aircraft like the 076.

 

[iblini]

There is another frontal photo.

 

[Michael]

The R6000 is also expected to make its maiden flight sometime in the second half of this year.

 

[Fatman17]

Great, first step made, but we don't have a helicopter dedicated thread in the Chinese section?

Don't need one. Chinese defence forum should cover everything

 

[Deino]

There is another frontal photo.

Yes ... showing already a second prototype behind.

 

[iblini]

Yes ... showing already a second prototype behind.

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is it a tech demonstrator or a prototype, I believed it's a demonstrator with a real project on the horizon.

 

[RajaBaja]

The R6000 is also expected to make its maiden flight sometime in the second half of this year.

I've asked you guys in different posts, is China working on VTOL/STOVL type technologies to create a F-35B type of a vertical landing jet?

@iblini @chinasun

 

[iblini]

I've asked you guys in different posts, is China working on VTOL/STOVL type technologies to create a F-35B type of a vertical landing jet?

@iblini @chinasun

There are research papers and many people have confirmed the project, but no one at this point knows when will it shown up to the public.