C929 is here!Challenge the Boeing 767 with a cruise speed of 0Mach 85 with a maximum range of 12,000 km.
It can be said that China's self-developed C919 has not only attracted the attention of the world, but also attracted orders from many domestic and international civil aviation companies, and has now received orders for more than 1,000 aircraft, and the production capacity has even been reserved until 2035. From this point, you can see the strong strength and popularity of C919.
China C919 can be described as yes"Born out of nowhere", which is a headache for Airbus and Boeing, after all, only Airbus and Boeing can carry commercial aircraft in the world. However, to the surprise of Airbus and Boeing, not long ago, a more difficult news appeared in front of them.
Not long ago, Zhou Xinmin, general manager of COMAC, revealed to ** that C929 has officially rolled off the assembly line, which also indicates that C929 will really appear in front of the world.
C929 has arrived. Boeing 767 aircraft.
The C929, which starts with CR929, was originally planned to be jointly developed by China and Russia, but there are differences between China and Russia on the issue of developing CR929, such as Russia advocates complete independent research and development, and China advocates importing engines and other components from abroad, so as to make it easier for CR929 to enter the international market.
In many respects, Russia has decided to withdraw from the joint development of CR929 on the basis of the original Russian-made Il-96. China intends to continue its own development of the CR929 aircraft, renamed C929. According to data released earlier by COMAC, the C929 has 280 seats, with a maximum of 0With a top speed of Mach 85, it is capable of carrying 247 tons of important cargo. According to **, its comprehensive performance is comparable to that of 767, Airbus A330, A350.
According to the information released by COMAC and the ** of some industry experts, the C929 is expected to make its first flight in 2030, that is, the C929 is expected to be put into commercial flight in 6 years. This is of great significance to the development of China's aviation industry and the improvement of China's civil aircraft technology.
According to Boeing's previously released "Civil Aviation Market Outlook Report", by 2042, the global demand for civil airliners will reach 42,595, of which the Asia-Pacific market accounts for 40% and China accounts for 50%. This means that China will need more than 8,500 civil aircraft in the next 20 years. There is no doubt that this is a significant opportunity for the C929.
In 2014, China and Russia cooperated in the development of C929. In 2017, Jin Zuolong, chairman of COMAC, went to Sino-Russian Commercial Aircraft Corporation to conduct research, when the company was still in the preparatory stage. The so-called Sino-Russian commercial airliner was actually jointly established by COMAC and United Airlines.
Many people may ask why China does not develop the C929 on its own, but cooperates with RussiaRussian Aerospace, what the hell is going on?
United Airlines.
The UAC was formed in 2006 after the collapse of the Soviet Union in order to increase the competitiveness of Russian aircraft manufacturing enterprises, including some of the major Russian airlines such as Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev and others.
In fact, United Airlines is the officially designated aircraft manufacturing company of Russia. China's decision to cooperate with Russia on the C929 is largely due to China's lack of experience in long-range, wide-body, twin-aisle aircraft. However, China has no experience in this area. Russia has experience in the manufacture and development of long-range wide-body airliners, and the former Soviet Union developed the large Il-96 passenger aircraft in the 1980s.
Many people believe that since the C919 and C929 aircraft have not been completely produced in China, the engine and landing gear need to be imported, so China should increase its localization efforts. Considering China's capabilities in engine R&D, we can easily expect the C919 and C929 to adopt domestically produced engines.
However, there is inevitably a large number of parts and components that lack testing and use in completely domestic aircraft, which is difficult to be accepted by the international market, and the right to issue airworthiness certificates is controlled by Europe and the United States and other countries, and it is not easy to get an airworthiness certificate.
In any case, the emergence of C929 marks a new stage of development in China's civil aircraft R&D and manufacturing technology. Chinese.