New Chinese Helicopter

[Cyclic Hotline]

The latest version of the Super Frelon has been configured to look like an S92? Obviously much simpler and faster than designing and certifying a new model, let's make an updated derivative, but they may be dismayed about; "The Z-8L helicopter appears to share some similarity with the American S-92 featuring large sponsons (external fuel tanks) on both sides of the fuselage. Consequently, its internal cargo space has been largely increased."

https://defence-blog.com/news/pictures-of-chinas-new-multirole-helicopter-leaked-online.html

[industry insider]

Those tanks don’t look that big and won’t give much endurance for a 3 engine aircraft unless it still has some internals?