Chapter 1078: We can also play the environmental protection card
Sure enough, just as Du Yishan guessed.
Chang Haonan almost immediately announced his long-term goal of obtaining EASA and FAA airworthiness certification for the AE1500.
If we say that at the beginning of the meeting, he caused silence in the audience because of his achievements.
Now, ambition has caused an uproar.
China did achieve mutual recognition of airworthiness with the EU and the United States in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
This is also the main reason why SeA650 and Falcon 8Z can enter the international market without any obstacles.
Including the MA60, it also occupies a considerable market share in the short-haul aviation field due to its quietness and low cost.
Not only third world countries, but also entered the aviation market of several Central and Eastern European countries.
Even the Tu 334 has sold dozens of aircraft by relying on the C808 reskin.
Objectively, it helped Tupolev, who was on the verge of bankruptcy.
However, C909/Figure 214 failed to obtain European and American airworthiness certification.
At present, there are still only two producing countries and a few users sanctioned by the West.
After all, the above are all subject to strict restrictions.
The take-off weight is not more than 50 tons, and the maximum passenger capacity is not more than 100 seats.
That is, regional aircraft and business jets, as well as corresponding supporting subsystems.
This part of the market is not mainstream in the entire aviation industry.
In this regard, it was Chang Haonan who grasped a key point in the competition between Europe and the United States, and managed to win it with great difficulty.
But the AE1500 is a different story entirely.
Thrust range of 11.5-14.5 tons.
Everyone knows that this is designed for mainline airliners.
Moreover, it is a mainline passenger aircraft of the Boeing 737/Airbus A320 level—
Although it is not as dazzling in size as giants such as Boeing 747 or Airbus A380.
However, judging from the proportion of output, it belongs to the absolute backbone of the air transportation industry.
It is also the most important source of profits for the two major aviation companies, Boeing and Airbus.
Although China has not yet announced its research and development plan for this level of passenger aircraft.
But now that you are applying for airworthiness certification for the AE1500, you are obviously preparing to steal the cake from your peers.
Grab the biggest piece as soon as it comes up.
How could EASA and FAA relent so easily?
But then again.
If this goal can really be achieved, even if it is not the mutual recognition of airworthiness as before, the benefits it will bring will be almost incalculable.
On the one hand, the AE1500 itself is very competitive. If it can be put into large-scale commercial use around 2010, it will occupy a significant position within a time window of several years, in other words, before the next generation products of competitors are put into service. Performance advantages.
If there are no airworthiness issues, then Airbus and Boeing may really dare to install it on aircraft.
After all, if the capitalists are anxious, they can even sell their own hoisting ropes and install them as Chinese engines, so that's not a big problem.
On the other hand, it is also more important.
This will be a leap from zero to one.
Once the AE1500 passes airworthiness certification, it will be much easier for China to build a passenger aircraft equipped with an AE1500 engine and pass the certification.
That will truly be the spring of China's aviation manufacturing industry.
Therefore, even the leader who stated "not to express any opinions" before the meeting could not help but start a few discussions with a few people around him.
Later, he probably remembered his previous promise and quickly shut up.
Chang Haonan also deliberately did not continue immediately, but listened specifically.
Generally speaking, there are people with different attitudes on the scene.
But most people, including Li Zhongyi, still feel that the prospects are not optimistic.
However, even though he said this, the sharp-eyed Chang Haonan still noticed that the words "global airworthiness" were circled in a big circle on the other party's notebook.
Obviously I have some thoughts in mind.
It's just that as the newly succeeded head of the Industrial and Construction Committee, it's not easy to draw too radical a pie right away...
Of course, it was a meeting after all, and it was impossible for everyone to completely leave Chang Haonan aside.
So after a few minutes, the noisy conference room gradually became quiet.
“Comrade Haonan.”
This time, the question is from Liu Zhenxiang:
“Are there factors that are too uncontrollable about this goal?”
In fact, Liu Zhenxiang himself is quite optimistic about Chang Haonan's goal.
The reason why I ask this is because there is really no other way—
Among the people sitting at the scene, he was the only one qualified to raise such a question to Chang Haonan in the field of aviation development.
And of course the latter also knows that this is part of the normal process.
After all, when setting up a project and starting work, you have to ask questions.
It cannot end peacefully and happily.
Hence, he was already prepared for this:
“First of all, regarding uncontrollable factors...it is indeed foreseeable that neither EASA nor FAA can easily pass airworthiness certification, so I set it as a medium- and long-term goal.”
“As I said at the beginning of the meeting, our country is gradually and deeply participating in international aviation industry cooperation and gradually occupying an upstream position. Although it will be difficult to shake the core voice of Europe and the United States in a short period of time, have been able to exert some limited influence.”
“In addition, it is foreseeable that in the next few years, Western countries will become more and more inclined to exert their efforts in the field of environmental protection, and we can follow this trend and not only not stop it, but actively push it to the extreme, so as to Operationally, it is to introduce or announce stricter emission policies than those in Europe and the United States, which in turn will restrict their products from entering the Chinese market and ultimately force them to compromise. "
"Of course, if you want to enter the European and American certification market, you can't be alone. The good news is that we have reached a relatively good cooperative relationship with Rolls-Royce, and they have also lost 12- We are worried about the huge market of 14-ton class. If the British side agrees to provide support, then it does not rule out the possibility of introducing international cooperation in civilian models..."
“As for the initial period after finalization...I believe that the military and domestic civilian markets are enough to form a positive cycle of user data and business costs..."
In fact, Chang Haonan's idea is somewhat similar to the new energy vehicles in the previous timeline—
You play the environmental card, we can play it too.
First, Europe took the lead in issuing policies, saying that it would restrict or even completely ban the sale of fuel vehicles.
Although anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is impossible, there are still some people who really believe it.
As a result, European car companies, which were slow to respond, lagged behind in this field and were overtaken by their Chinese counterparts.
Even reversely promoted the development of China's fuel vehicle technology.
Even if they later come to their senses and start using non-market means to protect their markets.
But on the one hand, at least the Chinese market has completely changed, ending the good days when foreign companies could make money just lying around.
On the other hand, closing the market is tantamount to giving up the right to speak.
From the perspective of industry development, it is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst.
The specific situation in the aviation field is of course much more complicated.
For example, users are mainly large airlines rather than private individuals, and the market is far more controlled and closed than the automotive industry.
But the principle is actually the same.
Moreover, Chang Haonan's goal is relatively conservative, and he does not say that he will rely on the AE1500 to overturn the British and American models.
Just want to participate in sharing the cake.
Even planned to give Luo Luo a piece of it.
The operability is still there.
Of course, all this has a prerequisite.
That is the aviation engine produced by China. Regardless of other performance, it must at least be more environmentally friendly than similar products in Europe and the United States.
Otherwise, the last operation will be self-defeating and harm yourself.
Therefore, Liu Zhenxiang quickly said:
"So, at the technical level, although the CFM56-7B is already a model several years ago, as Comrade Haonan just said, it is still the performance benchmark for aviation engines of the same level. So... in basic disciplines such as materials science, in How can we achieve the indicators in the table just now when no significant breakthrough can be achieved in a short period of time?”
This question is actually a bit like giving a message to Chang Haonan.
“This is exactly what I want to introduce next...”
The latter smiled, and while answering, he came back to the back of the small podium and turned the PPT to the next page.
The above is a 3D schematic diagram of a large bypass ratio aeroengine.
“We are going to learn from the ideas in the field of gas turbines and move the intercooling and heat recovery technology to aeroengines... Of course, strictly speaking, the intercooling system is first, and then the complete intercooling and heat recovery system!”
(End of this chapter)
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