Chapter 956 Samples are provided by us
?Faced with Liu Yongquan’s explanation, Ian Vista fell silent for a moment.
After all, what the former said makes sense.
It is necessary to improve performance without reducing reliability, and without increasing costs and working hours...
How can I let you take advantage of all the good things?
And compared to the first two, it seems that the third point is indeed a relatively less important thing.
After all, the French navy and air force are limited in scale, and they don’t actually need many Rafales.
This leads to the fact that among the quotations for the first few batches of products, the shared R&D expenses actually account for the majority, while the production costs are only a small part.
Hence, the increased cost of engine manufacturing is not obviously reflected in the price of the whole machine.
Not to mention, the bare metal price of Rafale is only about 60% of that of its competitor Typhoon.
? Even if the price rises slightly, as long as the performance can keep up, the overall advantage will still be great...
However.
Money, after all, is only one aspect.
The world is material. It does not mean that if you have money, engines can grow out of thin air on the production line.
The problem is still working hours.
??As a veteran who has been immersed in the field of aviation development for most of his life, Vesta naturally does not only talk on paper.
On the contrary, he actually came from a factory and has a fairly clear understanding of the production process.
??As for the design currently released on the PPT, compared with the simple fan-shaped air film hole used on the M88-2, the processing difficulty is not at the same level.
It takes at least 3-4 times as long to process each leaf.
Equivalent to a direct increase in production capacity to about 30% of what it was in the past.
?This still does not take into account the problem of reduced yield caused by complex processing.
In actual operation, it is not an exaggeration to directly reduce it by an order of magnitude.
?Of course, if this is only the case with the M88-3 engine, it is not unacceptable.
In any case, the installation target is Guofeng, the slower it is, the slower it will be.
But as Liu Yongquan said just now.
In the future, the SeA series engines will also use this hot end design.
?That is the driving force for Dassault’s business jets and even the regional passenger aircraft product line that may appear in the future.
This demand is still slightly larger.
Furthermore, the civil aircraft market is an open, or at least semi-open, competitive field.
If there is a real delay in delivery, it is not something that military planes can just punish themselves with three drinks and get over.
?Liquidated damages must at least take a big wave...
For a while, Vesta was caught in a dilemma.
but…
?He soon realized that he seemed to have nothing to worry about—
Because the design process is now controlled by others.
Snecma is said to be a partner, but in fact it doesn’t have much say at all.
Furthermore, when the M88-3 indicator requirements were mentioned before, working hours were not mentioned.
?At Dassault, there are quite a few Rafale Cs that have already built their airframes and are waiting for their engines to be installed and delivered.
?Whether it was from the perspective of the contract or the actual situation, he had no possibility of rejecting this design plan.
There is no choice.
If it really doesn’t work, we can only consider expanding the scale of the factory.
“Mr. Vesta.”
?At this moment, the voice from the opposite side finally woke Vesta out of her thoughts.
The person who spoke was naturally Liu Yongquan:
"Now, we have introduced the main performance of the high and low pressure turbines after the upgrade. Next, in order not to delay the development schedule of these two engines, we hope that you can complete all installations by the end of this year...and by February next year at the latest. Testing so that we can start the next phase of design work..."
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?Hearing this request, Vesta, who had just managed to calm himself down, was shocked:
“Wait…wait.”
He quickly stopped Liu Yongquan:
“Today is already...November 19th.”
?Vesta pointed to the watch on his wrist and said with a ghostly expression:
“After we go back, we still have to sort out the information, verify the process, and organize production... We can only conduct the test after the quality has stabilized. And there is a Christmas in the middle. How can we get the test results out in such a short time?”
"Hmm..."???In fact, this film cooling solution was proposed by Chang Haonan after all, and it has been tested at the component level, so Liu Yongquan is quite confident. The next step of the design does not really have to wait until the test is completed before it can start. .
The reason why I said that just now is just to increase the strength of Snecma.
?It’s just that Liu Yongquan did forget about Christmas and thought that the end of January was just before the Spring Festival.
A little embarrassed.
?However, at this critical moment, you must not swallow what you say, and you can only continue to act according to the script:
“Then...according to your estimation, when will this round of testing be completed?”
In fact, from a technical perspective, component installation and testing can also be done directly in China.
? It''s just that Snecma is the de facto "Party A" after all, and it has to check it, so it specifically stipulates the ownership of each test in the contract.
?Vesta did not respond immediately, but lowered his head and pondered for a moment.
“Probably...we can try to complete the entire project by June next year.”
…”
This answer directly made Liu Yongquan laugh:
“Dr. Vesta, let’s not talk about M88-3 for now.”
"According to Dassault''s plan, the first prototype of Falcon Z will fly for the first time in 2003. If the test of a hot-end component is delayed until June next year, how are you going to ensure that it will be delivered to Dassault before the end of 2003? Provide the SeA650 engine for the first flight?”
"this…"
?Vesta was a little speechless.
When the SeA series engine development plan was finalized, the development of the hot end was completely handed over to China, so he did not expect that the other party would come up with such a complex design.
Now facing the construction deadline issue, I am really sweating.
And Liu Yongquan is naturally pressing forward step by step:
“In addition, if a breach of contract is caused as a result, will the liquidated damages be borne solely by Snecma?”
…”
The atmosphere that was harmonious a few minutes ago suddenly became a little anxious because of this sentence.
For a while, the conference room was quiet and only the sound of Vesta''s slightly heavy breathing could be heard—
??The old man had not had much rest to begin with, and he had just managed to cheer himself up before the meeting started. Now that he was so aroused, he actually felt a little dizzy.
Liu Yongquan, who was sitting across from him, also noticed that Vesta''s body was shaking slightly, and his heart sank suddenly. He thought that maybe I had fired too hard just now and made the old gentleman faint...
Fortunately, the latter quickly opened his eyes again:
“From the implementation of drawings to products, the time required for this process is determined by the specific design. The plan you came up with is so complex, so we naturally need to spend longer time preparing for testing. This is normal..."
Liu Yongquan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everything seemed to be normal in Vista.
?However, he didn’t dare to use too much force.
??If the other party is angry to death in China, it will undoubtedly not be a good thing for both parties.
?So, Liu Yongquan temporarily decided to delete the remaining parts of the script and fast-forward directly to the part where the picture is unclear:
“So be it, Dr. Vesta.”
?He deliberately acted like "I really can''t do anything to you":
“We at Huaxia Aviation Industry Group can provide a complete set of finished turbine parts required for installation and testing. You can directly start the testing process after you take them back, and then give us feedback on the results.”
“Of course, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, we will still provide the production-related process and technical data. If you later want to reorganize production and testing yourself, we will not interfere.”
?Vesta frowned slightly.
?This solution sounds like the best of both worlds.
The test itself actually does not take long. If the samples are readily available, it will not be difficult to get the results before the end of the year.
The development of SeA series engines will not be affected.
As for Snecma''s production, it can proceed normally according to the plan, and there is no need to hurry up or slow down in order to match the efficiency of China.
But somewhere, he just felt like something was wrong.
“So…do you have a ready-made sample in hand?”
?Vestal decided to confirm some more details.
"No."
Liu Yongquan shook his head:
“We have used all the previously produced samples during our own testing.”
??Vesta thought to himself, "I''m afraid you''re kidding me. If there''s no ready-made product, wouldn''t we have to re-produce it, which saves the time of process verification?"
?However, before he could think of what to say, Liu Yongquan had something else to say:
“However, we can guarantee to produce a complete set of new samples within ten days, which will give you at least a month.”
“Considering that the content of this round of testing does not involve the issue of the full life cycle,... one month should be enough.”
(End of this chapter)