"Mr. Qin, we also hope to have more cooperation, but our plan to jointly produce airliners with you has been delayed, and you seem unwilling to maintain a cooperative relationship with us." old John said that the McDonnell Douglas 82 airliner was his main promotion. What's the result? The Han people didn't buy it. Although their Civil Aviation Department agreed, the Qin Guan in front of them has been making trouble. Now that we meet Qin Guan, will there be a turn for the better?
This is why he immediately came to Qin Guan when he heard that he wanted to see him.
They are at a disadvantage in the competition with Boeing, so they have to pay attention to the market of Han country. With the rapid economic development of Han country, the demand is great.
Can we cooperate with the Han people? Produce our airliner!
"Of course, I support our cooperation. I have always advocated that only cooperation can win-win. Now we cooperate with Grumman company very happily," Qin Guan said.
Hearing Qin Guan's words, old John was immediately excited: "President Qin, that's great. Can we start further negotiations on the McDonnell Douglas 82 passenger plane project?"
"McDonnell Douglas 82?" Qin Guan was stunned and said, "when did I say I would support McDonnell Douglas 82? I mean, we can produce our Yunshi airliner together. This is the main model competing with Boeing. I'm not optimistic about your McDonnell Douglas 82 airliner."
what? Hearing this, old John was stunned. What's your lucky ten? That's an imitation of Boeing 707. Boeing doesn't pursue intellectual property rights. It's in the face of being friends. Do you still want to sell it to us for production?
Why should we produce your airliner?
If we produce Douglas's face, where else should we put it? Have we become a OEM?
Old John was even angry in his heart.
"Yes, it's our Yunshi airliner." Qin Guan continued to explain: "this is the most advanced airliner we have developed. Its electronic system is advanced and its overall reliability is very high. Moreover, with all due respect, your three engine airliner will be eliminated by history. If you are willing to listen to my statement, I can go on."
Although it is difficult for old John to accept Qin Guan's judgment, now Qin Guan is well-known. Many things he predicted are correct. He accurately grasped the pulse of the times and has a long-term vision. Therefore, now Qin Guan's heart to heart words can only make old John keep listening to Qin Guan's narration with anger.
"The emergence of three engine airliners is the product of a certain historical period. We know that when we just entered the era of jet civil aviation, four engine airliners were expensive; the reliability of double engine airliners was not enough, so three engine airliners became popular."
This reliability is mainly a standard of FAA. After a single engine failed, only one engine arrived at the standby airport within 60 minutes. In this way, three engine airliners began to be popular from the 1960s to the 1970s.
However, let's see the actual effect. Except that the Boeing 727 is still good, all the other three engine airliners are pit father goods, which is almost cursed. Among them, the DC-10 of Douglas company is a typical representative. In the whole life cycle, it actually fell 13, only a total of more than 400, and more than 1500 people died, Look at the Boeing 737max of later generations. After falling two, it becomes a typical example of the opposite. No one dares to fly.
The three engine passenger plane is a curse of disaster, which is caused by many reasons. For example, double engines or four engines can be hung directly on both sides of the wing. However, considering the deflection moment, one of the three engines must be placed on the central axis of the aircraft, usually on the vertical tail.
Compared with the hanging engine, this layout is extremely troublesome to maintain, and it is more difficult to remove and replace. With the development of technology, when it is necessary to replace the engine, the designer will sadly find that if you want to plug in a larger engine, you must redesign the vertical tail, or even a small half of the rear fuselage.
In particular, the DC-10 does not have all three engines in the back, but two of them are hung under the wing. Because the space behind is too small, it is still a wide body airliner. Such three engines can not be placed in the back. In this way, the three engines are not on the same plane. If there is a problem with the engine on the rear vertical tail, it's better to say that if one of the engines on both sides of the front explodes, Considering the actual aerodynamic, trim and control torque, with the level of flight control system in the 1970s, the aircraft will immediately fall into terrible yaw and can't be saved at all. The pilot depends not on technology, but luck.
Three rounds is a pit father's goods.
Even Douglas's current trump card DC-10 is because the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cancelled the "60 minute limit" on three engine aircraft. Otherwise, their aircraft will not be able to obtain airworthiness certificate.
Now, if Qin Guan wants to persuade the other party, of course, he has to be justified.
"We know that technology is constantly improving. Now, the overall reliability of engines and aircraft is getting higher and higher. We believe that this single engine failure alternate landing time can certainly meet the requirements. Needless to say, 60 minutes or 120 minutes are possible. You should know that under the same technical conditions, double engines are cheaper and fuel-efficient than three engines. Therefore, the situation of three engine airliners will be more and more serious The more embarrassing, in terms of safety, they can't compare with four engine airliners, fuel-efficient, and dual engine airliners. Although our current Yunshi is a four engine airliner, the cost is still not high, and it is cheaper than your three engine airliner. Therefore, Yunshi must have more advantages than your other airliners and will be able to occupy the future market. Please consider it more 。”
Qin Guan said that old John's face was white. He would not admit it: "Mr. Qin, look, we will beat Boeing. Our Douglas airliner is the best."
Therefore, Qin Guan could only shake his head helplessly: "in this case, I have another request. Can I buy some shares of your company? This is also a kind of cooperation."
Buy your own shares? Old John smiled: "I'm afraid the shareholders of our company will not withdraw their capital. If you want to buy it, buy it from the market. We welcome you to hold our shares, which shows that you are very optimistic about the future of our company."