Chapter 586 The pit has been dug, waiting for someone to jump
Le Maire felt that his experience over the years had been ruthlessly challenged.
After listening to the specific plan proposed by the other party, one of his thoughts was - can it still be done like this?
But if you think about it carefully, there seems to be no problem.
This kind of gameplay cannot fool even a fool. The whole world knows what your two models are, but it can really circumvent legal restrictions.
Of course, in comparison, without the two parties having to pay additional fees to each other, the Chinese are equivalent to creating a brand new model from scratch, and the NH90 has already invested a lot of resources.
To put it into perspective, Eurocopter is at a small loss.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, it is quite good to get such a result.
And in the final analysis, the reason for this small loss cannot be blamed on the Chinese people.
It was completely caused by the intrigues of several partners.
Now it is quite good to be able to stop the loss of NH90, a project that is at risk of being unfinished.
Therefore, Flamel has already agreed to this plan in his heart.
But naturally there is still some tension in the scene.
Otherwise, if you bow your head too quickly, it will be easy for the other party to take advantage of you, and it will be difficult to carry out subsequent cooperation.
"Mr. Le Maire, before we formally determine the cooperation plan, we still have several important details that need to be confirmed with you."
After a slightly relaxed exchange of views, Cui Wenxue also knew that this time it was basically stable, so he changed the subject and began to complete another task assigned by Chang Haonan:
"Now that it is determined, we will be responsible for it. The rotor, transmission and front fuselage, the related parts parameters and process selection must be exactly as we said, and cannot be replaced casually. Of course, on the premise that the requirements are met, we will not impose any restrictions on the parts suppliers. Limitations."
Le Maire only felt a little strange. After all, this is something that almost every serious technician will know. It seems that there is no need to emphasize it:
"This is natural. We have all received professional training and it is impossible to modify the technical solutions provided by the supplier casually. Why do you have such worries? "
"There is no way, it is also some lessons from the past."< br>
Cui Wenxue picked up the cup and took a sip of water:
“You used to do business in the European and American markets, and your contacts were all relatively high-end customers. You may not have this experience.”
"But we mainly deal with the sinking market, and we have seen all kinds of customers, so we must add this content, otherwise it will be easy to make things unclear..."
To put it simply, Beware of fools but not fools.
Party A’s magical operation is something that Party B cannot fully take care of even if it exhausts its imagination.
It is more convenient to add the disclaimer directly to the contract.
His words made Pierre frown, and even felt a little sorry for the Chinese counterpart opposite him.
It’s hard to imagine what kind of customer could force such a cautious habit.
Le Maire wrote down this content directly in his notebook.
Go back and ask the legal departments of domestic aviation companies to learn from it quickly...
But in fact, when Chang Haonan made this request, he was not thinking about avoiding responsibility, but simply digging a hole in this area.
Of course it is not digging a hole for the Europeans, but digging a hole for the Japanese.
Although he said that "there will be no restrictions on the selection of suppliers."
But this is just like the Carrot Gang during recruitment.
I have given you a lot of restrictions so that you can only find the ready stock from one supplier.
This is why it was emphasized earlier that component parameters and process selection cannot be changed indiscriminately.
Having said that, if the NSK Group simply put a brand on the bearings it bought back, Chang Haonan would not be able to do it very well.
But in order to surpass Bingcheng's original products, they secretly modified some parameter calibrations to make their OEM products look more powerful.
This is completely giving assists to Chang Haonan. In fact, if we really talk about it, the Japanese’s level of fraud is indeed very high.
The parameters they marked falsely have been calculated and are not marked randomly.
Generally there will be no problems.
After all, in most cases, designers will leave enough margin.
Including the virtual markup, it is nothing more than leaving 15% and turning it into 5%.
At most it affects the reliability of some limit states outside of the technical manual.
In fact, this is the main reason why many Japanese companies dare to make counterfeit goods and have not been discovered for decades.
It was not until more than twenty years later that as human beings’ design level became higher and higher, there was no need to leave as much margin as in the past, but the Japanese failed to keep up with the times. Over time, the problem has gradually been exposed.
However, with the current level of calculations of the Torch Group, they can already grasp the subtle differences and make things big.
......
After finalizing the most critical part, the rest became much more normal.
So much so that the one who even asked was no longer Cui Wenxue, who secretly copied the answers, but Guo Jingshan, who was really considering the technical issues of helicopter design:
“Also, we are only responsible for the fuselage design. Although the first half is an independent piece, it still needs to be connected with you.”
“I saw the information you sent before, and it is too whimsical to use a whole composite material to make the body. Although the weight can be reduced a lot on paper, maintenance is a complete disaster.”
“Helicopters are different from fixed-wing aircraft. Most of the flight conditions are in the troposphere where the environment fluctuates violently. The requirements for damage resistance and ease of repair in the event of a problem are very high.”
“There are also cabin floors and tail door ramps. These two parts are absolutely necessary during cargo loading, unloading and transportation. It is impossible to avoid bumps and bumps in the parts that come into contact. In the materials, you also specifically promoted that this spring tailgate can directly load and unload small vehicles, but in the end, you have to use carbon fiber with insufficient impact resistance to make this part. Isn’t it ridiculous? Do you have to change one for the next mission? ”
The more Guo Jingshan talked about it, the more outrageous he felt.
When he made the decision to introduce the Dolphins, he felt that he could only look up to the other party.
As a result, only more than ten years have passed, and Europeans have become so unreliable. Even he can see the flaws in the design at a glance:
“Therefore, we think we should Using lithium aluminum alloy and traditional riveting process, if we must reduce weight, we can try to work on the structure, but if you insist on using composite materials, we cannot be responsible if there are problems with the life of the fuselage in the future.”
Hearing these words, the mood on the other side was very stable.
Pierre even showed a happy smile like a hero who sees the same thing:
“You don’t have to worry about this. The technical information sent before is for the two current prototypes, and we have also discovered a large number of them. Regarding the issue of area carbon fiber materials, replacing lithium aluminum alloy is also our next plan.”
“As for the weight reduction issue, the NH90 left a large enough take-off power redundancy at the beginning of the design. It’s not a big problem.”
“…”
The subsequent talks ended in such a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
On the Chinese side, Bingfei Group is naturally very satisfied.
Not only did I get another foreign cooperation project, I also perfectly completed the additional tasks assigned by Chang Haonan.
No matter how you look at it, you are winning.
As for Eurocopter, it’s not a loss anyway.
It’s a happy ending.
Except for the NSK Group, which is still completely kept in the dark...
(End of this chapter)