The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 367 The Dilemma of Aircraft Manufacturers

After the leaders set the tone, COMAC started to act immediately.

The next day, Master Yang and several engineers arranged a time to come to the mountain city in person, hoping to cooperate with the Phoenix Group on the "Tongtian Satellite Network".

The news of COMAC's upcoming visit was soon reported to Hu Lai. Hu Lai was still very surprised when he heard the report excitedly from Director Zhang.

COMAC's C919 seeks to cooperate with our "Tongtian Satellite"? !

Soon, Hu Lai began to have a detailed understanding of COMAC's C919.

The C919 aircraft of COMAC was established in 2011. After more than ten years, it finally obtained the airworthiness certificate of Yan Civil Aviation and started mass production.

At present, it has obtained more than 28 aircraft orders from 800 airlines, but the fly in the ointment is that foreign orders are relatively small.

The reasons are, firstly, that neither Europe nor North America has approved the aircraft airworthiness certificate for the C919, and secondly, because the C919 is currently a brand new aircraft, objectively speaking, its competitiveness and reputation cannot compete with Airbus and Boeing.

The aircraft airworthiness certificate is simply the aircraft certificate.

Only after the airworthiness certificate is issued, the C919 will be considered as an aircraft that meets safety standards, and only after passing the qualification certification can many overseas airlines be able to purchase the C919.

Otherwise, which airline would dare to buy an uncertified aircraft?
The embarrassing thing is that Airbus itself is an aircraft produced by France, a member of the European Union, and Airbus is not just an exclusive French company as everyone imagines.

The production and manufacture of an Airbus aircraft is jointly manufactured by many large enterprises in Adelaide, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The entire industrial chain connects hundreds of European enterprises...

Good guy!
The C919 is clearly a competitor of the Airbus A320, and it is clear that it is here to compete with the entire European Union for business.

Under such circumstances, you can completely imagine the European side's attitude towards this matter...

Not to mention North America.

Now Boeing has faint signs of being overtaken by Airbus, and its financial report has even suffered huge losses.

Coupled with the recent conflicts between North America and Yanguo, it is strange that the C919 airworthiness certificate can be approved.

In addition to the issue of airworthiness certificate, C919 itself is obviously at a disadvantage in competition with Boeing and Airbus.

As we all know, in the global large passenger aircraft market, Boeing and Airbus have almost monopolized all passenger aircraft markets.

But what many people don't know is that three to forty years ago, the global large passenger aircraft market was very prosperous, and many aircraft manufacturers around the world had their own large passenger aircraft.

For example, Da Mao's Il 96 and Tu 204, such as the DC series produced by Douglas, such as the only supersonic airliner in history-Concorde and so on.

But in the end? !
Without exception, these aircraft manufacturers have gradually stepped out of the stage of history due to many problems such as poor product competitiveness and poor management.

This is the inevitable direction after the development of the modern aviation industry.

All airlines are increasingly pursuing the economy and safety of aircraft, and also put forward higher requirements for cabin design, flight life, logistics, maintenance, performance, configuration, etc. of passenger aircraft.

A large airliner is a very complex large-scale project, covering many fields such as materials science and dynamics. If an aircraft manufacturing company does not have strong comprehensive scientific research strength as a support, it will eventually be eliminated by the market because its products are not competitive enough.

The C919 large aircraft of COMAC will obviously encounter the same fierce competition.

In addition, C919 will also have great disadvantages in maintenance and after-sales.

Passenger aircraft is not as simple as buying a car. After purchasing the C919, the airline needs to specially assign pilots to learn about the C919 aircraft and train maintenance personnel.

even say.

The main models of Airbus and Boeing can carry out spare parts replacement and aircraft maintenance at mainstream airports all over the world, but what about the C919 aircraft?
Before becoming the mainstream model in the world, it is obvious that maintenance can only be carried out at designated airports...

These odds and ends will undoubtedly increase the cost of the airline.

In other words, if the C919 cannot provide the core highlights that make all airlines act, why should others buy your plane? !
Airbus and Boeing have already experienced the test of the market, and the market is very mature. Isn't it good?
After figuring out the problems faced by C919, Hu Lai had an idea in his mind, and vaguely guessed the purpose of COMAC's visit this time.

"Old Zhang, welcome the comrades from Shangfei in person tomorrow..."

"Ok."

……

this day.

A group of five led by Master Yang drove to the Phoenix Group Industrial Park in a hurry as soon as they got off the plane.

When a few people arrived at the gate of the industrial park, Director Zhang had already been waiting for a long time.

After the simple exchange of greetings, Director Zhang found that all the visitors in front of him were full of surprise on their faces at the moment, and their eyes kept scanning the surroundings of the industrial area.

In fact, before coming here, everyone in the COMAC Group still had some concerns about cooperating with the Phoenix Group.

Although the Phoenix Group has made achievements in the satellite industry, the first impression of the Phoenix Group is that it is a company that mainly focuses on electronic products such as mobile phones and computers. .

But at this moment when they arrived at the place, they realized how stupid their previous thoughts were!

Holy crap, the Phoenix Industrial Park is really huge!

At this glance, you can't see the factory buildings and production departments, and you can feel the strength of the Phoenix Group without saying anything else.

The smell of manufacturing is overwhelming in the entire industrial park!
"Ah... Manager Zhang, your industrial park covers at least a thousand acres, right?"

"How many employees does such a large industrial park have?!"

"Not too many, not too many, we now have nearly 15 employees involved in front-line production."

"call……!"

Everyone looked at each other.

And when Director Zhang greeted a few people to sit in the "unmanned park car" and stroll around the park, they were even more amazed, and they refreshed their understanding of the technological strength of Phoenix Group in their hearts.

After a while, Director Zhang led several people to the living room.

Hu Lai also attached great importance to the arrival of the personnel of COMAC. After the factory manager Zhang arranged the people in the living room, he brought two engineers from the satellite department to the living room in a short time.

After some politeness, Yang Shi, led by COMAC, went straight to the topic.

He picked up several technical documents that he had already prepared and handed them to Hu Lai and the engineer, and then said:
"Mr. Hu, Mr. Zhang, I won't be too polite."

"This time, we hope to cooperate with your company and use your company's 'Tongtian satellite' to realize the 'global real-time tracking and positioning function' on our C919 aircraft."

"Truly realize 24-hour global instant positioning!"

"We have detailed the relevant functions and performance requirements in the document, you can take a look first."

Hu Lai nodded, and then simply flipped through the technical documents handed over by Master Yang.

In fact, when COMAC proposed to cooperate with "Tongtian Satellite" before, he guessed that it might be that C919 hoped to connect to "Tongtian Satellite System" to achieve global tracking and positioning!

You must know that although the current radio technology and radar technology are very advanced, it is still impossible to achieve full coverage of the aircraft without dead ends.

why?
Because if the civil aviation aircraft and the ground air traffic control center want to achieve communication, they rely on the connection between the aircraft and the radar stations and communication stations on the ground!
Once it encounters a desert, a plateau, or a border area between two countries, where there is no ground radar coverage, the aircraft will disappear from the radar and cause a short-term loss of contact.

However, if there are inaccessible places such as the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, it is impossible to have a ground radar base station, then the passenger plane will lose contact with the air traffic control center for a long time, and no one knows where the plane flew to and the specific circumstances.

No way, this is the unsolvable drawback brought by aircraft and ground communications.

Now, Phoenix Group's "Tongtian Satellite" has begun to achieve coverage in most parts of the world. As long as it is connected to the "Tongtian Satellite" system, in theory, the direct communication between the aircraft and the satellite can fundamentally solve the problem that ground radar base stations cannot cover .

It can fully realize the situation of tracking the aircraft 24 hours at any time.

but.

Although he had a clue in his heart, Hu Lai didn't answer right away. Instead, he looked at Sun Kai, an engineer from the satellite department, who was at the side.

Sun Kai is a top engineer in the satellite department, and he was specially arranged by Hu Lai to do technical communication this time.

I saw him flipping through the technical documents with a serious face, and frowned suddenly after a while.

Master Yang on the side thumped in his heart, thinking that something happened, but Sun Kai closed the technical document directly, turned his head to look at Hu Lai and said softly:

"Mr. Hu, there is no technical problem, this function is too simple."

what? !

too easy!

Several members of the Shangfei Group were stunned. They were worried about whether the Phoenix Group could realize this function.

But now it takes less than 2 minutes to be sure?
Do not communicate?
Why don't you discuss it?
This should be down?

"President Hu, Master Sun, why don't you take a closer look?"

"We know that you have achieved 'satellite communication' on your mobile phone, but the speed of the plane is as high as 1000Km/h during the flight, will there be signal interruption?"

"And if there is extreme weather, such as thicker clouds and lightning areas, will it affect communication?"

Sun Kai smiled slightly and said:
"Master Yang, don't worry, the frequency band used by our 'Tongtian Satellite' is very stable, and it will not cause any signal interruption at high speed."

"In extreme weather, I have also tested it on my mobile phone. Whether it is cloud cover or thunderstorm weather, our terahertz waves have good penetration."

"Of course, don't worry, if it is to be applied to an aircraft, we will definitely go through a lot of repeated tests!"

Master Yang swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

I made a big move and brought a few engineers over for technical exchanges. I didn't expect Phoenix Group to give a positive reply in just 2 minutes.

Good guy, isn't this too confident? !

Thinking of this, Master Yang couldn't help but take out another technical document from his bag.

This technical document was originally prepared by him in order to see the strength of the Phoenix Group, and after successfully cooperating with the "Global Positioning System", he reported it to the group for approval of the second cooperation.

I really didn't expect the "Global Positioning System" to be accepted by the Phoenix Group so lightly.

"Mr. Hu, we still have a function that we hope to achieve through cooperation. You can also take a look."

"In addition to the 'Global Positioning System', we also hope to realize the 'cloud black box' function, that is, the real-time data of the aircraft during the flight, as well as the recordings in the entire cockpit, etc. are transmitted to the cloud server in real time."

"In this way, not only can we ensure that the aircraft can figure out the specific situation of the aircraft in case of any problems to the greatest extent, but also under normal circumstances, we can also obtain a large number of real-time data of the aircraft during the flight, which is convenient for us to further improve the C919. .”

Cloud black box? !

Of course Hu Lai also knew about the "black box" on the plane.

The black box on the plane is actually to record various data on the plane on the tape in real time.

The early black box can only record more than 20 kinds of data, but with the improvement of black box technology, the black box can already record more than 60 kinds of data, including important data such as the acceleration, attitude, thrust, fuel quantity, etc. Close to 25 hours.

In addition, the black box located in the cockpit can also record various sounds in the cockpit, but generally only keeps the sound 30 minutes before the recording is stopped.

However, although the "black box" has been processed, there is still a risk of damage to the data that cannot be recovered when there is a strong impact in the event of an aircraft accident.

Moreover, the biggest problem with the "black box" is that it is very likely that it will not be found...

Especially once the plane dies at sea, the "black box" will sink directly into the sea, and human beings will never be able to understand the cause of the air crash...

The meaning of COMAC is... to directly eliminate all these unstable factors, and I will directly realize the "cloud black box"!
Guys, have to say this idea is really cool.

and.

As Master Yang said, even if there is no problem, with the "cloud black box" function, a large amount of real-time data of the aircraft during flight can be obtained.

This point is indeed very important for a new aircraft manufacturer, and it is an important practical reference for subsequent improvement of aircraft data.

Thinking of this, Hu Lai simply took over the technical document and handed it directly to Sun Kai.

If this function can be realized, both in terms of safety and flight data, it will be a huge benefit to COMAC's C919.

This time Sun Kai watched carefully for about 5 minutes, then nodded.

"Compared with the 'Global Positioning System', the 'Cloud Black Box' function is much more real-time transmission of data, which happens to be the strength of our 'Tongtian Satellite'."

"As long as you can provide a data interface, our side..."

"no problem!"

"real?!"

Master Yang blurted out excitedly. He never expected that the two projects that had been considered for a long time would get a positive reply from the Phoenix Group so easily.

This Phoenix Group is too strong!

"but……"

Sun Kai handed back the technical document in his hand to Master Yang, and continued:
"However, the 'cloud black box' function needs to transmit a much larger amount of data than the 'global positioning system'."

"Although we can try to use compression technology to compress the recording and flight data, there must be a lot of traffic per flight..."

This matter was expected by Sun Kai, and asked urgently:
"Approximately how much will it cost?"

Sun Kai didn't rush to answer, but looked at Hu Lai with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)