Reborn 80s

After leaving Xidu, Chen Huaiqing's plane landed at Chengdu Airport and first went to Mota Power Chengdu Aero Engine Co., Ltd.

Rongcheng Aviation Development is also an extremely famous aero-engine manufacturer in the world. Its business focuses on the research and development and manufacturing of aero-engines.

As for other businesses, they are not allowed to engage in them. It is a waste of energy and is not flattering.

In the past, Chengdu Aviation was not very prominent.

Since being acquired by Mota Power and injecting the technology and R&D team of the turbofan 8 supporting aircraft engine for the Yun-10, the development of Chengdu Aeroengine has entered a stage of rapid development.

Over the past two decades, Chengdu Aviation Development has received more and more research and development funding every year.

The most important point is the consistency of research and development.

Domestic research and development of aero engines has been like this for a long time.

The engine is matched with the aircraft.

For example, if a research and development project for a new aircraft is established, at this time, a research and development project for the supporting engine of this aircraft will be launched.

If the research and development of the new machine fails and the project is canceled, then naturally it will be of no use as a supporting engine project.

It was cut off directly.

Chengdu Aviation Development has changed this R&D thinking.

An aerospace engine is not intended to be used as a supporting material for a certain aircraft.

After the core machine is developed, multiple types of engines can be derived from the core machine to adapt to the power needs of different aircraft.

Preserving the technical data and R&D team of Turbofan 8 is undoubtedly a milestone event for the development of China's aviation industry technology.

In terms of industrial technology, it does not mean that if you mastered a certain technology decades ago, you will still master this technology decades later!

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many lost technologies.

Some technologies have detailed technical information, but it takes time to understand these technologies and restore them.

As for advancing on this technical basis, it will take even longer.

For example, we have not practiced a certain skill for many years. If we want to pick it up again, it will take a long time of practice before we can reach the original level.

As for wanting to go further...

It's hard!

With a steady stream of R&D funds guaranteed, Chengdu Aviation Development relies on the turbofan 8 technical team to continuously expand the scale of its technical team.

Every year, talented new people are recruited to join the team, and then outstanding talents are split from the team to join new project research and development teams.

It can be said that Chengdu Airlines is now full of talents.

The engines currently developed and produced by Chengdu Aviation Development include not only transport aircraft engines, but also fighter jet engines.

and drone engines.

"Dr. Qing, this is the LS-845 engine we are developing."

When it comes to engine naming, Chengdu Aviation Development’s strategy is very simple and clear.

LS-800 series engines, such as LS-845, are engines with a thrust level of 45 tons.

Once successfully developed, the LS-845 engine will rank third in the global aviation engine thrust rankings.

The first place is GE9X, with a thrust of about 60.917 tons; the second place is GE90-115B, with a thrust of about 58 tons.

The current third place is PW400-112, with a thrust of about 44.9 tons.

It has to be said that the United States still maintains its number one position in the world in terms of aviation engines, and it is still far ahead.

"Our 845 engine uses the latest ceramic matrix composite materials on the stator parts. Next, we will also try to use ceramic matrix composite materials on the turbine rotating parts."

Chen Huaiqing looked through the introduction of ceramic matrix composite materials.

Ceramic matrix composite materials are materials composed of ceramic matrix and high-strength, high-elastic fibers and matrix.

Ceramic matrix composite materials have excellent properties such as high temperature resistance, high strength and stiffness, relatively light weight, and corrosion resistance.

And it overcomes the shortcomings of ceramic-based materials that are brittle and may crack or even break when under stress, causing material failure.

Material technology is the basis for all scientific and technological applications. Many ideas cannot be achieved because they do not have the support of materials.

In the development of new materials, the Materials Research Institute under the Murtagh Institute of Science and Technology has extremely rich experience.

A lot of new materials were discovered, some of which are kept strictly confidential and not released to the public.

At the Murtagh Institute of Science and Technology, the evaluation of ranks has never been based solely on the number of papers published.

The paper-only evaluation system has extremely huge problems.

Many research institutions and universities only publish papers.

In order to get a higher professional title, everyone has exhausted all kinds of methods.

There are not a few people who commit fraud.

He even takes possession of the results of his own students...

These are strictly stopped and attacked by Chen Huaiqing.

He has always adhered to one thing, that is, if he cheats in academics, then this person has no development potential in academics.

Such people who have no development potential are naturally abandoned.

It’s just right to use it to scare the monkeys!

Chen Huaiqing: "I took a look and found that there are quite a lot of new materials used."

"In recent years, we have made great progress in material technology. Some materials have actually been released for a long time. We have a very high degree of understanding of the properties of materials."

When a new thing comes out, it is naturally impossible to just take it out and use it immediately.

This is unrealistic.

You must first understand the properties of the material and conduct various tests on the material.

Chen Huaiqing said he understood. Since professionals like them said there was no problem, he would not say anything more.

People who talk big words cannot survive in the Mota system.

The project leader everyone needs is someone who can truly lead the entire team forward.

Because this concerns everyone's interests.

A person who talks big words cannot sit in the position of project leader.

Only those who are truly talented and learned can do it.

It is also because of this atmosphere where the capable are superior to the mediocre that the progress in technology research and development has always been quite rapid.

The LS-845 engine is positioned to prepare for Xidu Mota’s next-generation civil aviation aircraft.

Now the Mot220 passenger aircraft has begun to be officially delivered to domestic airlines and officially put into flight.

The research and development of larger aircraft will also be put on the agenda.

This is inevitable.

Step by step, now that we have officially won the mid- to long-range wide-body passenger aircraft, we naturally pursue something bigger.

In fact, the next generation of passenger aircraft is still under consideration.

In other words, there is still a relatively big controversy.

The main thing is that it seems now that the Mot150 passenger aircraft and the Mot220 passenger aircraft have fully met the needs of the domestic aviation market.

As for overseas markets?

We can only pursue non-European and American markets.

As for the European and American markets, Chen Huaiqing's attitude is just one thing: do everything in his power.

He simply does not expect to enter the European and American markets with mainline passenger aircraft.

Since the 1990s, the wave of globalization has swept the world.

Now, trade protectionism is beginning to rise.