Exciting Times for Chinese Aircraft Engines!

[SexyChineseLady]

WS-18, WS-20 in comparison:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

WS-19 might have flown!!!

 

[ym888]

WS-19 might have flown!!!

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Now revealed,

it may have been going on for some time

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Supposedly confirmed of JF-17 engine change to WS-13:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

It looks like the WS-17 is being inducted on production JL-10a. The UAE L-15 will get it also!

New "heart" on the modified L-15 Falcon:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

I guess I can update this chart!

Manned aircraft turbofan projects:

Engine	Latest Variant	Top Thrust (all variants)	Status
WS-10	WS-10C	155 kN	Production: J-10C, J-11BG, J-15, J-20
WS-13	WS-13E	100 kN	Production Line ready: JF-17 test, FC-31 prototype,J-35 prototype
WS-21	--	~100kN	J-35 prototype
WS-15	--	180 kN	J-20 test; Production: J-20A
WS-19	--	110 kN	Il-76 flight testbed
WS-11	--	17 kN	Production: JL-11 (K-8 variant)
WS-17	--	49 kN	L-15 test completed; Production: JL-10, L-15!
WS-18	--	120 kN	Production: Y-20, H-6 variants
WS-20	--	160 kN	Production: Y-20B
CJ1000	--	196 kN	Il-76 flight testbed; Y-20 flight testbed
CJ2000	--	340 kN	core successfully ignited

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Main turbofan producers under AECC (Aero Engine Corp of China):

Shenyang Liming: WS-10, WS-15, WS-20

Guizhou (GAIC): WS-11, WS-13, WS-17, WS-21, WS-19

ACAE -- Commercial Aircraft Engines Shanghai division: CJ-1000/2000/500

 

[rockdog]

Details of WZ10 engines.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Advertizement poster from Guizhou Liyang! Could be WS-13, WS-21 or WS-19!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

WS-10 engines on catapult-capable J-15T prototype:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

WS-20 probably reached mass production!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

J-10 prototype 1004 is very important in China's aviation not just as one of its first J-10 fighters to take to the air but also the first single-engine to fly with the WS-10 engine!

With the original AL-31:

In 2004(!!!) with the WS-10:

Now retired as a monument: