The wings are attached high on the fuselage, and the tricycle landing gear is equipped with low pressure tires.
The Y-8 is equipped with four turboprop engines mounted under the leading edges of non-swept wings. The original Y-8 inherited the An-12's twin 23mm cannon tail turret, but this was removed on subsequent variants. Major features of the Y-8 included a glazed nose and tail turret derived from that of the H-6 bomber, a roller-type palletized-cargo-handling device instead of the overhead conveyor, and a gaseous oxygen system as opposed to a liquid oxygen system. Domestic Shaanxi Y-8 of PLA Air Force on 2012.ĭesign of the aircraft was completed by February 1972. The Xi'an Aircraft Company and Xi'an Aircraft Design Institute worked to reverse engineer the An-12 for local production. However, due to the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviet Union withdrew its technical assistance. In the 1960s, China purchased several An-12 aircraft from the Soviet Union, along with license to assemble the aircraft locally.
An estimated 169 Y-8 aircraft had been built by 2010.ĭesign and development Imported An-12 Although the An-12 is no longer made in Ukraine, the Chinese Y-8 continues to be upgraded and produced. It has become one of China's most popular military and civilian transport/cargo aircraft, with many variants produced and exported. The Shaanxi Y-8 or Yunshuji-8 ( Chinese: 运-8 pinyin: Yùn Bā) aircraft is a medium size medium range transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation in China, based on the Soviet Antonov An-12.
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