Chinese Stealth bomber program - XAC H-X (H-20)

[Nx4eu]

That's one of my native language......

Someone asked the original poster did he play "metal 4" before, guess a modern airframe won't fit 6 axial turbojet, another person suggest it may fit 6 WS-15, the rest is similar to what you said

Interesting, if it indeed is 6 engines and supersonic, it would a) be massive and b) completely different than what we've believed it would be for a very long time.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Interesting, if it indeed is 6 engines and supersonic, it would a) be massive and b) completely different than what we've believed it would be for a very long time.

Ignoring the engine count question, there's a decent argument to make for a supersonic medium bomber design. See TSR-2, FB-111, Tu-22M...

Whether it's supersonic sprint or Blackbird style supercruise is a different argument.


But I'm still expecting the H-20 to be roughly B-21 in size, shape, and capabilities. ~25klbs in boom, subsonic, reasonably LO.

 

[Airborne2001]

Interesting, if it indeed is 6 engines and supersonic, it would a) be massive and b) completely different than what we've believed it would be for a very long time.

Yeah, supersonic would mean no flying wing configuration.

 

[Nx4eu]

Yeah, supersonic would mean no flying wing configuration.

Could it use a blended wing body configuration? It could be for example like be like Model (d) shown here in an academic paper from some years ago.

 

[martinbayer]

Following the traditional Chinese copycat trend, my money would be on option (c).

 

[Nx4eu]

Following the traditional Chinese copycat trend, my money would be on option (c).

It's probably B-21 raider shaped not B-2 shaped, but B-2 size. That's my guess. I'm not convinced about it being supersonic.

 

[NMaude]

That's my guess. I'm not convinced about it being supersonic.

Can a flying-wing fly supersonically without tail-fins?

 

[Tomboy]

Can a flying-wing fly supersonically without tail-fins?

Perhaps it'll be more of an extra-large J-36's design of a supersonic blended body aircraft

 

[FighterJock]

That is what I was thinking Tomboy, that is IF the H-20 turns out to be a supersonic bomber instead of a subsonic flying wing design.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Perhaps it'll be more of an extra-large J-36's design of a supersonic blended body aircraft

Be tough but not impossible to get good range out of a supersonic aircraft, though. I'd expect a range comparable to H-6/Tu-16s, which means 7000km with 9-10 tonnes of boom.

7000km range supersonic means something about the size of a Tu-22M Backfire, ~125tonnes/280,000lbs.

 

[flateric]

Can we just stop what-ifs and wait for real information to emerge?

 

[AE220]

That's one of my native language......

Someone asked the original poster did he play "metal 4" before, guess a modern airframe won't fit 6 axial turbojet, another person suggest it may fit 6 WS-15, the rest is similar to what you said

they were referring to the strategy game "Hearts of Iron 4" with "metal 4"