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http://errymath.blogspot.com/2014/11/zhuhai-air-show-2014-ws-10-engine-is.html#.WK6RHjt9601You said the WS10 was unproven and being used "on J10's for ego", I asked that you substantiate that comment. What leads you to believe its "unproven" and being used for "ego"?
Interview with Mr. Dong, a exhibitor of China aviation research 606 institute on production of WS-10 engine :
WS10 pre-study started from year 1978, project set up in year 1987. Mr.Dong said, WS10 had been massively mounted on the J-10 B and J-11B fighters.
Reporter: Can you please shed some light on the life sapn of WS10 compared with Russian and United States fouth generation engine?
Mr. Dong: We are slightly inferior in that part,while we have a larger room for progress. Such as some of the material shows good performance data in scientific research test, but in practical application, is still not satisfactory. It is the difficult part of aero engine development, It takes decades to improve its stability and even so with USA, not including the conceptual phase of the engine.
http://www.china-arms.com/2015/10/another-j-10-crash-caused-by-engine-problem-reported-officially/
According to reports on the internet, Chengdu J-10 fighter also crashes at least in 2010 and 2014, which were mostly caused by engine problem
J-10 jet fighter basically uses Russia AL-31FN engine, which has design defects, including material and technological flaws, and poor lubrication, which would cause engine cut-off. In another case reported by CCTV, another pilot of J-10 fighter Li Yong encountered such circumstance, he received two warnings before AL-31FN engine finally stopped, and later he managed to crash land his plane without any power.
J-10A and J-10B fighters have also been trying homemade WS-10A engine. But it seems that AL-31FN engine remains a standard engine for J-10 fighters.
Question is , does CCP leadership want to cover WS-10 under AL-31F ??Al-31 was very proven engine , in case of India ,in SU-30 crashes it's find out that using low quality aviation fuel is the reason for Sukhois engine failure , but as the excuse sited here , it really unrealistic that a mature engine would have these problem.
Ur Airforce no longer dare to use WS-10 anymore as J-10 is single engine and a engine with life span <1500 hrs and 300 hrs flight /maintenance can't be use in single-engine jet .
J-11 have this advantage as in anycase one engine stop other atleast can land the aircraft , thats why we don't find much of J-11 news .