Yes, this kind of persistence is no longer simply gritting teeth or competing for endurance, but in the eyes of outsiders, it has become a kind of simple, sand carving, erlengzi, lack of heart.
There is no way in Tengfei group's aero-engine and gas turbine business, only turboshaft engine is losing money, and the loss is not small money, often hundreds of millions or even tens of billions.
The reason is very simple. The helicopter business is really a drag. Whether it's "small forklift in the air", or "pickup truck in the air", or zb-max, it's almost the same.
There's nothing to say about the performance, and the cost performance is also very good. However, except for a small amount of orders from the army and emergency departments, no one buys any more.
The reason is very simple. The three helicopters are all special helicopters for engineering lifting, and the large construction units such as power transmission and transformation projects, hydropower projects, roads and bridges, railway construction, etc. are the ones for customers.
However, when these target customers visit these helicopters, in addition to sincere praise, then Then there's no more.
The reason for this is not complicated, that is, the operating cost of aviation equipment such as helicopter is too high, while the current domestic labor cost is very low.
Take the steel tower of the power transmission and transformation project for example, the efficiency of using the three helicopters of Tengfei group to lift is indeed high, and the degree of completion is also very good, but the cost of aviation equipment for a tower crane is nearly 300000, which makes the leaders of the power transmission and transformation project cry bitterly Day and night carrying steel components in the steep mountain road day and night transport.
It would be cheaper if women were allowed to participate, because women only need 15 yuan a day.
This is the group of migrant workers who are hardworking and hardworking in China.
It's strange that the engineering helicopters of Tengfei group don't rush into the streets when they encounter the migrant workers who can climb the mountains and go down the rivers and turn the natural moat into a thoroughfare.
Because of this, including Zhuang Jianye, Tengfei group has been promoting all kinds of three helicopters, and it has sold 22 helicopters in a few years.
Among them, the army purchased 10, accounting for half.
In other words, other units just give Zhuang Jianye face, just like the wedding party followers, to get back one or two.
As for exports
The south wall of airworthiness certificate in Europe and the United States has been hit by Tengfei group for more than ten years, but it still hasn't been opened, so there is no chance for the three helicopters to go to sea at any time.
We can't count on exports, but it's strange that China is half dead and not losing money.
One step ahead is a genius, and three steps ahead is a martyr.
Obviously, in the three types of Engineering helicopters, the concept of Tengfei group is too much ahead of the times, so it goes directly to the martyrs.
But this is not the most critical, the biggest blow to Tengfei group is the turboshaft engine.
You know, just as Tengfei group launched three engineering helicopters, the superior departments have started to select the power for the three helicopters, zhi9, zhi8 and zhi11.
According to the strength of Tengfei group, it's not difficult to see the next two helicopters, not to mention the three helicopters' powertrain. No matter how bad it is, one can be a comfort.
As a result, Tengfei group was shaved in the bidding process.
It was later learned that several other turboshaft engine manufacturers spared no effort to discredit the technical ability of the turboshaft engine of Tengfei group, and the reason they gave was the dismal performance of the three engineering helicopters.
"Why can Tengfei group do the fixed wing aircraft so well? Can you make a big money? The helicopter's a mess on the street?
It's not an old problem in China. The heart is not good. So, you'd better wake up. The turboshaft engine of Tengfei group can't be used. What kind of technology can pure domestic turboshaft engine have? We need to use the vortex shaft that we imported from France and has the advanced level of Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. "
At that time, such comments were full of the industry, and even some newspapers and magazines were full of reports.
But Tengfei group hasn't refuted yet. After all, the sales of the three engineering helicopters have hit grandma's house. Facts speak louder than words. How can we refute them?
Say that the three helicopters are engineering helicopters, and the audience is small?
People don't listen to your explanation at all. They just stare at the poor sales figures and make a fuss.
With the help of the public opinion and the manufacturers behind, Tengfei group and Zhuang Jianye suffered the biggest failure since they joined the industry. They didn't get the powertrain of any of the three helicopters and were completely shaved.
At that time, Zhuang Jianye didn't say anything. He went back to the helicopter Business Department of the group and launched two general helicopters at one time. He went to the capital to meet with the head of the headquarters and won the R & D plans of the two troops, namely the zhi-12 and zhi-15 helicopters.
At first, this move really surprised the industry. I didn't expect that Zhuang Jianye's counterattack came so fast that many public opinions and manufacturers began to stop when they saw the good, for fear that Zhuang Jianye, who was careful, would find trouble.However, it didn't last long. After both zhi-12 and zhi-15 came off the production line and started the actual test, all kinds of problems appeared in endlessly. Especially zhi-15, even the head of the headquarters couldn't see it. He called Zhuang Jianye to have a training more than once.
Seeing this, the public opinion and other manufacturers began to be active again, and the attack on the helicopter business of Tengfei group was one wave after another.
However, it seems that Tengfei group is really unable to withstand the storm. While it actively shrinks its helicopter business and cuts off three engineering helicopters, the zhi-15 project has also been suspended indefinitely, and only the zhi-12 is retained as the supporting evidence for Tengfei group to develop helicopters.
In the face of this situation, the public opinion and other manufacturers can be said to celebrate each other, which not only means that they occupy an absolute advantage, but more importantly, they block the famous barbarian in the aviation industry, Tengfei group, out of the helicopter business.
Since then, Tengfei group has only been able to hang out in fixed wing aircraft, and the helicopter field is still their old world.
At that time, Tengfei group was really under a lot of pressure. If other enterprises had been packing up the helicopter business for a long time, it would have been too hot.
But Tengfei group did not, and Zhuang Jianye did not. Their helicopter business failed, but relying on so many failed helicopters paved the way for the rise of turboshaft engine.
Yes, it is true that Tengfei group has contracted its helicopter business, but the contraction is not equal to defeat, but is ready to fight harder and fiercer.
When the army was not satisfied with the improved model of the Zhi-8 and asked to redesign the design blueprint to further improve the performance, CIDU helicopter Co., Ltd. had to invite tenders for various subsystems of the Zhi-8 again, one of the most important of which was the powertrain.
Because this kind of three engine large helicopter, which is the only one in China to master a full set of production technology, will be equipped with 350 to 500 helicopters in the future, not including all kinds of modified helicopters.
Because of this, the turbine shaft manufacturers have come up with their own skills and presented a large number of 1000 kW turbine shaft engines to the porcelain capital company.
Among all the turboshaft engines under 2000 kW, the 3000 kW high-power turboshaft engine of Tengfei group is not too prominent. We are worried that there is no high-power engine to give all the improved turboshaft orders of zhi8 to Tengfei group.
Only this war, then causes the public opinion and other manufacturers to be in an uproar!