Russian media said that China had obtained VTOL fighter technology

Latest news, according to Russian media reports about the Chinese had already obtained in 1996 originally applied to equipment Jacques -141 V / STOL supersonic fighter R-79-300 turbofan engine technology and a prototype file .

Jacques 141 VTOL fighter

It is learned that suffered a severe economic crisis, Russia had decided to terminate in 1992, the worlds first supersonic V / STOL fighter aircraft Jacques -141 of the development work. The Russian alliance complex aero-engine technology specifically tailored for the Jacques -141 R-79-300 turbofan engine for a time lost useless. August 1996, Russia finally signed the transfer to China the agreement of this type of engine technology to provide a full set of drawings and technical documents at the same time, China also received a R-79-300 engine (thrust vector control nozzle without) . However, soon after, in 1998, due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, Russia once again into a serious economic crisis, China was able to obtain a set of R-79-300B of the vector control nozzle and related technologies.

Jacques 141 VTOL fighter

In the R-79-300 engine, based on the success of Chinas Gas Turbine Research Institute developed a domestic WS-15 engine. Currently, China is the basis for the development of a variety of engine modifications:

WS-15-10 will be used to equip the export-oriented light multi-role fighter J-10M;

WS-15-13 will be used to equip a new generation of light J-13 stealth fighter;

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WS-15 -CJ will be used to equip Short / VTOL aircraft;

WS-15X will be used for equipment to achieve this year in January starting in the J-20 stealth fighter heavy twin.

Taihang ws-10 engine

WS-15 engine

WS-15 engine equipped with a full authority digital electronic control (FADEC). Some analysts have pointed out that the successful development of this type of engine, means that China significantly reduced with the United States, Europe and Russia, the gap between the field of modern jet engines.

It is said, WS-15 engine of some technical parameters: maximum afterburner thrust of 161.86 kN (not open when afterburner 105.22 kN), bypass ratio is 0.382, the pressure coefficient is 28.71, turbine inlet temperature of 1447K, Maximum diameter of 1.02 meters Engine, 5.05 meters long, with a total weight of 1862 kg.Other news :

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