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robbreid
1st Jul 2007, 12:38
http://english.people.com.cn/200706/29/eng20070629_388559.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAC_ARJ21
Buster the Bear
1st Jul 2007, 14:23
Looks too much like a Boeing 717 to me?
Dan Winterland
1st Jul 2007, 16:20
Apparently, it uses jigs from the MD80 which was licence built in China for a while, so no co-incidences there!
bomarc
1st Jul 2007, 19:25
just cuz it looks like a douglas doesn't mean it will fly well.
I heard that the md80's built in china as the "trunkliner" were not up to real douglas standards.
but good luck
barit1
1st Jul 2007, 21:40
The Wiki article cites the CF34-10A engine with a static thrust of 9275 lbf. That thrust is correct for the original military TF34, but the latest CF34 has nothing in common with the 1970-ish TF34 design, and the CF34-10 thrust is now nearly up in the CFM56 range - probably 16-17K.
ManofMan
1st Jul 2007, 22:31
Looks too much like a Boeing 717 to me?
Cant understand why considering it has been built using plans from the MD-90 !!!!
jetstream7
2nd Jul 2007, 12:27
So does the reference within the People's Daily Online to this being "China's first wholly-made airplane" mean that the Chinese now finally admit that the Shanghai Y-10 was simply a lousy Boeing 707 copy and not their first homebuilt, home designed airplane?
And what about the Harbin Y-11 / Y-12...?
I heard that the md80's built in china as the "trunkliner" were not up to real douglas standards.
Just like the One-Elevens built in Romania then. It seems sending the drawings across is not enough.