The Guizhou WS-19 ( Chinese : 涡扇-19 ), code name Huangshan , is an afterburner turbofan engine designed by the Guizhou Aeroengine Design Institute. It has a reported thrust-to-weight ratio of 10 and a thrust of 10 metric tons or 22,000 lbs.
5-743: The WS-19 fits in the same footprint as the earlier Guizhou WS-13 , but is of an entirely new design that incorporates the same technology as found on the Xian WS-15 . The WS-19 is intended for the production versions of the Shenyang FC-31 medium-size stealth fighter such as the Shenyang J-35 . The reported maximum thrust of the WS-19 is 116 kN (26,000 lb f ). Data from China Aerospace Propulsion Technology Forum 2022 Comparable engines Related lists This article about aircraft engines
10-542: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guizhou WS-13 The WS-13 ( Chinese : 涡扇-13 ), codename Taishan , is a turbofan engine designed and manufactured by Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation to power the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder lightweight multirole fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan, and in the near future the Shenyang FC-31 fifth-generation stealth fighter currently under development. China began development of
15-608: The JF-17 was underway in China. It was reported at the 2015 Paris Air Show that testing was continuing. Guizhou is developing a new engine, designated the WS-19 that fits in the same footprint as the WS-13 but is a wholly new design that incorporates the same technology as the Xian WS-15 . The WS-19 is the intended engine for production versions of the Shenyang FC-31 medium-size stealth fighter such as
20-524: The Taishan in 2000 to create a domestic engine for replacing the Klimov RD-93 turbofan, which had been selected in the 1990s to power the JF-17 lightweight fighter. It is designed to produce 86 kN (19,000 lb) of thrust with afterburner and have a life span of 2,200 hours; an improved version providing up to 93 kN (21,000 lb) of thrust with afterburner was also developed. The WS-13 Taishan
25-619: Was certified in 2007 and serial production began in 2009. The 18 March 2010 edition of the HKB Report stated that a JF-17 equipped with the WS-13 completed its first successful runway taxi test. Officials at the Farnborough International Airshow in August 2010 stated that a JF-17 was being test flown with a Chinese engine, likely the WS-13. In November 2012, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported that flight testing on
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