Chapter 735: First-mover advantage (first update, please subscribe)
It would be a lie to say that you don’t want to, but as for men, how many men can remain unmoved when faced with beautiful women?
However, Li Yian rarely takes the initiative now, and 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 is a remote suburb, the air here does not have the choking smell of gunpowder smoke after the Yuanxiao Festival, and there is even a faint fragrance in the air. Finn.
On the airport tarmac, a large white-painted aircraft is today's star. 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.
However, 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 meet him. We arrived at this corner of the airport together.
"Your Excellency, you are actually the protagonist today. After all, the aerodynamic layout of the "717" itself was perfected in 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 stay with me here. You are the deputy chief engineer and should go to the scene to talk with me. They should celebrate together."
Your Excellency's answer moved Zhang Tingpeng's heart, and he said quickly when he heard Your Excellency mention him.
"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's a compliment, but the invisible flattery still sounds 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 a reality. Do you have any opinions on jet airliners?"
Then they chatted. Passenger plane, as for Zhang Tingpeng, he also specifically mentioned what he had never understood.
"Sir, when you proposed the idea of the 717, why did you not adopt an under-wing pod layout like the engine? We have already applied this layout to the 707 project."
Two engines The completely different layout 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 under-wing arrangement? Compared with the Comet's wing root layout?"
"The biggest advantage of the under-wing arrangement is that the engine is closer to the ground, so the daily maintenance of the engine is very convenient. This is Its advantages, but disadvantages are also obvious. The wind resistance caused by the under-wing layout will weaken the speed advantage of the aircraft. The wing-root layout of the engine used by the Comet can maximize the lift advantage of the wing, but it is not conducive to the engine's speed advantage. Installation and daily maintenance.”
Listening to Zhang Tingpeng’s explanation, Li Yian also gave his explanation, “I see that arranging the engine at the wing root has its advantages, and of course it also has its disadvantages, so I put the engine in place. The two engines under the wing were moved to the tail and replaced with a 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. It improves the comfort of the cabin, and not only that, look at its engine pod."
Pointing to the aircraft 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 tail is to make them farther away from the runway, making it more difficult to inhale foreign objects.”
Finally, in Li Yi’an’s explanation, Zhang Tingpeng said. The doubts in his heart were finally explained, and he even felt that no one understood aircraft design better than Li Yian.
It is true that no one understands 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 markets in Southeast Asia, 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 sell 707 and 717 passenger aircraft to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but also to the United States and Europe, and even..."
Just when Li Yian wanted to say that profits can be ignored at the beginning, Adopting the method of small profits but quick turnover, as long as the market is captured first and the other party is killed. When talking about it, he suddenly stopped. There is no other reason. Why should such an industrial crown be sold at a cabbage price? If it is sold at a cabbage price, it will suffer a loss in the end. Who is?
Aren’t they still Nanyang’s own industrial workers and engineers?
Trouble yourself to death...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 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 still available No trace. It will take at least another six years for him to appear. After the Comet crash and grounding, Nanyang's 707 and 717 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, for To help Boeing, the United States has done so many dirty things 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 U.S. 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 to Airbus, which fought its way out of the siege 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 Boeing helped set the standards for modern civil aviation.
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 side stick fly-by-wire control that it overturned Boeing’s previous pattern. The pilot’s phrase “I have a small table for drinking coffee” made many Boeing pilots envious of it.
As long as Nanyang’s C-series airliners appear in front of Boeing airliners and can operate safely and stably, they will be able to get rid of Boeing’s use of Airbus’ patents and civil aviation regulations in a few decades. To suppress it, Nanyang can even do the opposite.
Such a first-mover advantage should not be too 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)