That's the thing, I'd imagine that COMAC will be funding most of the project since the Russian advantage is expertise while the Chinese advantage is money.
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That's the thing, I'd imagine that COMAC will be funding most of the project since the Russian advantage is expertise while the Chinese advantage is money.
b787
Captain
China is not funding more than 50% of the entire project, the funding has being divided equally in 50% for Russia and 50% China.
it means 50% for each side, the construction rights probably is 50% of the aircraft is build by Russia and 50% for China, this means the profits very likely are divided in the same way.
there are 2 engines options, the PD-35 for airliners that want a Russian engine and american or British engines for those airliners wanting a foreign engine.
Only China will have the final assembly line, Russia will have only manufacture and design centers.
China is not investing more, the only reason it was decided the final assembly will be in China is because China has a Market 4 times bigger for commercial aircraft than the CIS countries, China has being predicted will buy around 6000 aircraft in the next 20 years, the CIS countries around 1500, thus the decision of having the assembly line in China was because China is supposedly to need around 600 aircraft in the B-787 class, while the CIS might not need more than 150-200 aircraft
But if i am not wrong even PD-35 might have Chinese components
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Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
What happened to ARJ21? Someone had questioned the status and prospect of ARJ21 a short while ago in this thread, throwing doubts on the future of the aircraft (I'm not talking about you AF-1).
Well, about ARJ21, from COMAC's webiste. Unfortunately, I can't find the corresponding English version of the news.
Here are the highlights of the news:
Currently there are five ARJ21 on the COMMAC assembly line. There will be six before the end of the year. ARJ-21 is currently at the small-batch production stage. The number of deliveries will be increased gradually from year to year.
The follow-on ARJ21 production will be shifted to the new final assembly hall in Pudong, which is under construction now and is scheduled to be put in use in 2018. By then, the combined production capacity for ARJ21 from the two assembly lines will exceed 30 aircraft. By then, ARJ21 will begin batch production; they will also accumulated experiences for future batch production of C919 and C929.
Some pictures of the ARJ21 assembly line:
Well, about ARJ21, from COMAC's webiste. Unfortunately, I can't find the corresponding English version of the news.
Here are the highlights of the news:
Currently there are five ARJ21 on the COMMAC assembly line. There will be six before the end of the year. ARJ-21 is currently at the small-batch production stage. The number of deliveries will be increased gradually from year to year.
The follow-on ARJ21 production will be shifted to the new final assembly hall in Pudong, which is under construction now and is scheduled to be put in use in 2018. By then, the combined production capacity for ARJ21 from the two assembly lines will exceed 30 aircraft. By then, ARJ21 will begin batch production; they will also accumulated experiences for future batch production of C919 and C929.
Some pictures of the ARJ21 assembly line:
How many C919 will be produced each year ? If there are orders for 600 aircraft, I would guess that production capacity should be more than 60 planes a year.
looking at it from Gordon Chang's perspective: hey if these stupid gullible white people will pay me money for anything i write, no matter how ridiculous and retarded it then it's GREAT! i will milk these white retards like a COW!
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Now that is what I am talking about
Like in the pharmaceutical industry the "scale up" is the crucial part in going from bench top to manufacturing
Same in aviation industry, building few test units to full scale production throws up many technical challenges
Hope they move smoothly and with care
Great go see china now doing the number on these two units ARJ21 and C919
Like in the pharmaceutical industry the "scale up" is the crucial part in going from bench top to manufacturing
Same in aviation industry, building few test units to full scale production throws up many technical challenges
Hope they move smoothly and with care
Great go see china now doing the number on these two units ARJ21 and C919
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
With 4 ARJ21's in final assembly & 1 undergoing ground testing, the future is bright as the aircraft celebrates 1 year in operation!
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
What are similar production rates from airbus and Boeing for equivalent sized aircraft ?