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On May 28 this year, just a week ago, the large aircraft C919, which was grounded for some reason, successfully flew again and was about to be put into commercial use.
This explosive news once again sparked public opinion. When the news of the grounding of the C919 came out more than a hundred days ago, everyone was worried about it.
Could it be that under the oppression of the Americans, the large planes of the mainland will also be sanctioned?
In the past, Huawei's Hongmeng system, because it was suppressed by the key technology of the Americans, so it was delayed in commercial use, and now the mainland's domestic C919 has to follow in its footsteps?
This action 100 days later seems to answer people's doubts. In the Sino-US conflict, the United States used C919 as the king to bomb, as everyone knows, we have already stud.
So, what kind of handle do Americans think they have grasped? And how did the mainland respond?
First, Trump's calculation
Although the C919 is my domestic aircraft, the key parts in it, the engine Leap is manufactured by the French company CFM, and some of the core technology comes from the American General Corporation.
Some people may ask why the United States is willing to allow this technology to flow into China for us to learn at the moment when China and the United States are in-for-tat.
In fact, the Trump administration, which first made it clear that it wanted to confront the mainland, also thought about such a problem, at that time, the mainland was in full swing to research and make large aircraft, and he naturally heard the relevant news, felt very displeased, and wanted to stop the supply of engines.
The owner of this technology, the boss of GM, felt that it was too hasty. He explained to Trump that the engine entered China 20 years ago.
But China has not yet designed a similar replica, and it is clear that this technology is irreplaceable.
And China is also willing to pay this price, but it is real money, and the benefits are indispensable. To keep China using this engine is to plant a time bomb that can be lit whenever it wants.
As long as the United States is not comfortable, it can deactivate this large aircraft from the mainland, and if the mainland has put this aircraft in important areas and comes in handy, it is better.
The losses will be even greater, and the people will be disappointed, feeling that China's technology still depends on the United States.
A bunch of people thought about it and thought that this method was good, so they accepted it. How could Trump pass up such an opportunity to sanction China?
As a successful businessman, what he likes most is to let his opponent live freely at the beginning, and let him lose badly at the most critical moment.
Let all the previous actions of others be in vain, which is what he wants to do the most.
So he accepted GM's boss's advice to continue selling Leap engines. In fact, the mainland has also taken this aspect into account, and if one day the United States becomes angry and wants to sanction us, we can only be lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and we must not sit still!
So my scientists took action and must solve this stuck neck problem! Although China's science and technology lagged behind other countries in the last century, China is now different.
It is not impossible to accomplish this task. Just like dismantling an electrical appliance, take it down and study it step by step. Finally, put it back in.
Inspired by the times, a new generation of scientific talents actively devote themselves to scientific research in the mainland. In recent years, the Sino-US conflict has made many people understand that it is urgent to build their own civilian system.
American engines are used
So someone asked, the newly developed engine CJ-1000A of the mainland came in handy after testing, and it can already be removed from US sanctions, why did the country not come forward to officially announce the abandonment of American engines?
International disputes should be avoided. We have always wanted to maintain world peace and development, although the United States has always tried to provoke incidents, but our original intention is to hope that the whole world can cooperate for win-win results, stability and unity, do not isolate one party, do not isolate a certain country, this is what we want to do.
So we're not going to be the first to strike, ostensibly using American engines, but if one day they want to use it to intimidate us, then we won't be scared, because we already have alternatives.
Recalling the period when the C919 was grounded some time ago, the public statement said that it was grounded because of the "thrust reversal failure". What is thrust back?
Simply put, when the aircraft lands, it will reverse the air flow to slow down. But in fact, it is not the reverse thrust that plays a decisive role when the aircraft slows down. Of course, caution is necessary.
But in fact, this engine is the world's leading level, and if there is a big problem, it is like hitting the original manufacturer in the face. In this way, the original company will not send people to see it, and the mainland can also dispose of this problem itself.
But, is it really something wrong with this link? If you think about it, it doesn't seem to be, the big plane equipped with American engines has completed all test flight projects, and the mainland grounded the C919 at this time, which is more like a way to avoid the limelight.
If such a small problem really takes 100 days to solve, then it is really too small to look at the ability of scientists on the mainland. It should be at this time that the tanuki changed the prince and ran into the engine he developed for a test flight.
Some people may fight over the C919, 60% domestic production, in their view, domestic large aircraft must all be produced by their own country.
In fact, we have not tried to produce a completely self-sufficient aircraft, and all the parts of the fuselage are manufactured from the mainland.
This plane is the Y-10, and perhaps many people don't know its name because it is not widely used.
This is because if all its parts are produced by the country, it is very expensive, and the mainland has not yet formed a complete parts production industrial chain, and the technology is not mature enough. So it still takes a lot of work to produce specific parts.
As we all know, every country has certain cutting-edge technology, and the same is true in aircraft production.
We need to learn from everyone's strengths, select the most suitable parts for purchase internationally, and consider various expenses such as price and follow-up maintenance costs. Countries will be responsible for every aspect of production, forming a specific industrial chain, and the price of products is low enough, so why not?
Moreover, it is not that we cannot master such technology, but the cost is too high, and the fundamental source of the mainland's various financial expenditures is the money paid by taxpayers, after all, this is the wealth created by the hard work of the mainland people, and these funds should be used on the blade.
Boeing and Airbus Group in the United States developed relatively early and are the same existence as Big Brother. None of the aircraft they produce are 100% homegrown and they need to source a variety of parts from all over the world to reduce costs. In this way, the so-called domestic large aircraft do not have to be 100% domestic.
3. Airworthiness Certificate
Moreover, Boeing and Airbus also hold the ticket to the world's aircraft. After all, the mainland was relatively backward in industry in the last century, and at this time Western countries gradually developed into a pattern.
Among them, these two companies have a lot of say in the manufacturing and sales of civil and commercial military aircraft.
If we don't give him any benefits, it will be impossible for us to trade and cooperate with the world's aircraft manufacturers, so Continental's choice to buy their products is also an expression of its own attitude, willingness to support, willing to accept the standards they set.
For example, Boeing 737 had two accidents in a short period of time after obtaining the airworthiness certificate, which simply slapped its own company in the face, saying that the good pass the inspection are floating clouds.
There is also an aircraft manufacturing company that has no way to obtain an airworthiness certificate, so it has to sell the entire industrial chain to Airbus.
After Airbus took over, the entire aircraft was listed intact. Self-produced and self-sold things will definitely be given preferential treatment, and their own children should be spoiled by themselves.
Boeing is both a competitor and a rule-setter, so its joy affects the industry.
Boeing values interests, everything is floating clouds in front of interests, if we don't want to pay for his things, naturally don't think about future development.
It turns out that the aircraft industry of the continent will also enter a new stage.
We don't need to worry about whether we will one day be strangled by the throat of fate by the United States, now that we have the ability to produce aircraft independently, the next world will depend on how the world situation changes, and we will wait and see.