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Chapter 735 First Mover Advantage (First update, please subscribe)
It would be a lie to say that you don't want to, but among men, how many men can remain calm when faced with beauty?

However, Li Yian rarely takes the initiative now. To a certain extent, he has always been the passive one.

So even if he said he wanted to, it was just talk. After leaving Elizabeth, Li Yian once again devoted himself to work.

In the early morning, Li Yian and his party arrived at the Aviation Industry Corporation Airport in the southeastern suburbs of Chang'an. Because it was a remote suburb, the air here did not have the choking smell of gunpowder smoke after the Yuanxiao Festival, and there was even a faint fragrance in the air.

On the airport tarmac, a large white-painted aircraft is the star today. Unlike ordinary aircraft engines, which are either on the wings or on the nose, its two engines are located on both sides of the tail.

There is no traditional propeller on the engine. This is a jet engine, and it is also the most advanced turbofan engine in the world.

Although he arrived at the airport, Li Yian did not go near the plane. He did not want to be in the limelight. He came here today just to witness.

But despite this, he still met his old comrade-Zhang Tingpeng, who was one of the first batch of special forces members. The two met in the parking lot. After he recognized him, Li Yian asked him to come to the airport with him. this corner.

"Sir, you are actually the protagonist today. After all, the aerodynamic layout of the "717" itself was perfected by your design."

Shaking his head, Li Yian said.

"No, today's protagonist is you. You are the protagonist. I can't go over and steal the limelight. By the way, you don't have to accompany me here. You are the deputy chief engineer. You should go to the scene to celebrate with them. "

Your Excellency's answer moved Zhang Tingpeng's heart. When he heard Your Excellency mentioning himself, he hurriedly said.

"Sir, it's the same here. If I can chat with you for a few words, I might gain more. After all, the plan you proposed at that time is the soul of 717."

Although it was a compliment, the invisible flattery still sounded very satisfying, Li Yian said with a smile.

"You can't say that. I just provided an idea. In the end, it was you who turned the idea into reality. By the way, do you have any opinions on jet airliners?"

Then they talked about passenger planes, and Zhang Tingpeng also specifically mentioned what he had never understood.

"Your Excellency, why did you not adopt an engine-like underwing pod layout when you proposed the 717 concept? We have already applied this layout to the 707 project."

The completely different layout of the two engines is what Zhang Tingpeng and others cannot understand the most.

Li Yian did not answer his question, but asked instead.

"So what are the benefits of the underwing situation? Compared to the Comet's wing root layout?"

"The biggest advantage of the under-wing layout is that the engine is close to the ground, so routine maintenance of the engine is very convenient. This is its advantage, but the disadvantage is also obvious. The wind resistance generated by the under-wing layout will weaken the speed advantage of the aircraft, and the Comet The layout of the engine with the wing root can maximize the lift advantage of the wing, but it is not conducive to the installation and daily maintenance of the engine. "

Listening to Zhang Tingpeng's explanation, Li Yian also gave his explanation, "Seeing that arranging the engine at the wing root has its advantages, of course it also has its disadvantages, so I moved the two engines under the wing to the tail and switched to T shaped tail. This design not only reduces the bending of the wing, improves the structural strength, more effectively utilizes the lift advantage of the wing, but also reduces the noise and vibration of the engine, and improves the comfort of the cabin. Not only that, you see Its engine pod.”

Pointing to the plane in the distance, Li Yian said.

"According to my idea of ​​the 717, it is a regional aircraft. The airports it takes off and land from are mostly second-tier airports with relatively poor environments. The possibility of foreign objects on the runways of those airports is much greater than that of large airports, so the engine If it is too low to the ground, it will be easier to inhale foreign objects. The best advantage of installing the engines at the rear is that they are farther away from the runway, making it more difficult to inhale foreign objects. "

Finally, in Li Yian's explanation, Zhang Tingpeng's doubts were finally explained. He even felt that no one knew more about aircraft design than Li Yian.

Indeed, no one knows aircraft better than Li Yian. He not only understands aircraft design, but also understands the market better.

"In the future, our aircraft will not only face Southeast Asian markets, but also overseas markets. Not to mention that after the colonies become independent in the future, those countries will have a lot of needs. Even European and American countries will also have corresponding needs. We will not only make 707 and and 717 are sold to Asian, African and Latin American countries, and they are also sold to the United States and Europe, and even..."

Just when Li Yian was about to say that he could ignore profits at the beginning and adopt the method of small profits but quick turnover, as long as he first captured the market and killed the opponent, he suddenly stopped. For no other reason, why should such an industrial crown be used? Selling at a cabbage price, selling at a cabbage price, who will suffer in the end?

Aren’t they still Nanyang’s own industrial workers and engineers?
To kill yourself...how stupid you must be!
As for how to seize the world's passenger aircraft market, Li Yi'an has already had a plan in his mind, which is the time difference - taking advantage of the market gap created by the successive comet crashes to open up the market. You must know that the Boeing 707 is not available yet. It will take at least another six years for him to appear. After the Comet crash and grounding, Nanyang's 6 and 707 will be the only jet airliners in the world.

With such a market gap and proper marketing, if you still don't make money, then you will really be sorry to God.

In addition, in the competition with Boeing, Li Yian never thought about killing Boeing. Let alone saying that this is unrealistic, even the United States will not allow this to happen. In another world, in order to help Boeing, the United States does not know How many dirty things have been done in this regard.

In fact, it only needs to be on par with Boeing, be able to dominate the European aviation market in the 1960s and 1970s, and add some orders from the third world, and it will be considered a big victory.

As for Boeing, even if only the US market is left, it will survive well, not to mention that the United States has overwhelming influence in North and South America? Therefore, being able to reach the status of Airbus in later generations is almost Li Yi'an's biggest ambition.

Whether this first-mover advantage can be fully utilized now depends on whether the 707 and 711 designed by outstanding aircraft engineers from Germany, Italy and France are safe and reliable.

Compared with Airbus, which emerged decades later under the pressure of American companies such as Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, Nanyang has a huge advantage, and that is the first-mover advantage!

Although the Comet ushered in the era of jet airliners, it was the Boeing 707 that ultimately brought civil aviation into the jet age. Because of this, even competing companies such as Douglas had to continue to use the modern formula that Boeing helped develop. Civil aviation regulations.

Some of the design habits and control habits of Boeing aircraft have penetrated into the hearts of pilots. Many pilots naturally believe that only such aircraft can fly and are the safest! It even leads to the conclusion that airplanes like Boeing are airplanes!
It wasn't until Airbus brought sidestick fly-by-wire control that it overturned Boeing's previous pattern. The pilot's saying "I have a small table to drink coffee" made many Boeing pilots envious.

Now as long as Nanyang's C-series airliners appear in front of Boeing airliners and can operate safely and stably, then they will surely be able to get rid of the constraints of Boeing's use of Airbus patents and civil aviation regulations decades later, and even Nanyang can still Do the opposite.

Such a first-mover advantage should not be difficult for the C-series jetliner that will lead the world's civil aviation into the jet age.

Just at this moment, the people surrounding the plane dispersed. The C717 passenger plane was about to take a test flight!

(End of this chapter)