China Civil Aviation, AVIC (MA600) & COMAC (ARJ21/C919/C929)

[kristisipe]

 

[kristisipe]

@22:52
According to the Captain who piloted the first C919, C919 planes are scheduled to perform another 4000+ hours of test flights, that's 3 to 4 years from 2017 at the earliest, before it can be commercialized and sold on the market. That's his personal estimation. Also, China will buy 4000+ passenger planes in the next 2 decades, most will be single aisle planes.

 

[Martian2]

@22:52
According to the Captain who piloted the first C919, C919 planes are scheduled to perform another 4000+ hours of test flights, that's 3 to 4 years from 2017 at the earliest, before it can be commercialized and sold on the market. That's his personal estimation. Also, China will buy 4000+ passenger planes in the next 2 decades, most will be single aisle planes.

The current anticipated delivery-year to customers for C919 single-aisle jets is 2021.
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C919 expected to be delivered to customer in 2021 | China.org (December 4, 2017)

 

[Deino]

lift of of the front landing gear today ... so ready for flight on Friday?

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

lift of of the front landing gear today ... so ready for flight on Friday?

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What do you think deino how much can China rap up the capacity for manufacturing C919 annually by 2022?

 

[Deino]

What do you think deino how much can China rap up the capacity for manufacturing C919 annually by 2022?

To admit that's IMO the biggest question. So far no Chinese aircraft was produced (at least since decades) at a rate necessary for this bird to catch up its orders and even if so far no other type needed to be built in such numbers it is anyway a heavy task.

However with the Airbus site at Tianjin I'm sure enough expertise is available.

But I won't assume any hard number by now.

Deino

 

[yusheng]

The vice general manager of COMAC；
the chief designer of the C919
Wu Guanghui
中国商飞公司副总经理、C919大型客机总设计师吴光辉

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/941366490791493632

 

[clarkgap]

https://twitter.com/x/status/941366490791493632

The C919 AC102 firstfly successful:

 

[samsara]

Taking off! China's second home-developed #C919 passenger plane takes to the sky in #Shanghai for its maiden test flight

https://twitter.com/x/status/942235394518663168

The time has come! #C919 A/C 102 is currently conducting its #firstflight! The aircraft departed from Shanghai Pudong Airport, reached 15,000 feet and has hit 250 knots! We will keep you updated!

GIF only:

https://twitter.com/x/status/942234634531700736

The C919 unit no.2 takes off on Sunday, 17 December 2017 at morning Beijing time.

OedoSoldier @OedoSoldier 6:42 PM - 16 Dec 2017

From by CGTN:

。。。

 

[Deino]

Congrats ...

but the final image is no. 01 (noticably on the white engine nacels)

 

[yusheng]

CR929飞机全尺寸复合材料机身壁板工艺件试制成功
China commercial aircraft corporation limited official weibo.
https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404201931991079698#_0


ONLINE MACHINE TRANSLATION,Youdao translation:

Recently, the first full-size (15 x 6 m) composite of CR929 aircraft has been successfully tested, marking the launch of the CR929 composite material fuselage project into a new stage of improvement.
Advanced carbon fiber resin matrix composites with its sex than the intensity is high, can design, good fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance is strong, and the performance characteristics of high damping, better meet civilian aircraft on security, economy, comfort and environmental protection requirements of the development goals. In represented by B787, the A350, dual channel plane fuselage structure composite material quantity of more than 50%, reduce aircraft weight, improve the structure durability, and with better corrosion resistance properties, improved the cabin pressure and humidity, increase the comfort of passengers.

In CR929 aircraft fuselage wainscot full-size composites in the work of a trial research team from the ARJ21 and C919 aircraft composite materials research results, according to the development law of composite material structure and application integration design, analysis, manufacturing process, actively yet prudently proceed with "building block" development planning, to research and develop the materials/process specification test and structure selection, research and development test, has determined the curing process, automation of the shop is stuck, molding process specification, explore a set of feasible mechanism of composite airframe development work. For more than three years, the research team to complete the component, details, level 1 meter and 3 meters, 6 meters curved side wall panel test development and test, to verify the structure/process scheme and design requirements, to break through the full size wall development laid a solid foundation. The first full-size (15 x 6 m) composite material was solidified and removed, and the non-destructive testing showed good results.

 

[Deino]

Thanks for starting a new thread on this important type !

However one important change is its name: it is now the CRAIC CR929

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0524/c90000-9220004.html

 

[Beast]

CR929 will be a very difficult project in terms of technical and sales.

 

[cirr]

First C919 jet expected to be delivered in 2021: COMAC

2018-02-08 10:03 chinaplus.cri.cn Editor: Gu Liping

China's second homemade COMAC C919 passenger plane takes off on its first test flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on December 17, 2017. [File Photo: Xinhua]

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), maker of China's first domestically developed large passenger plane, is aiming to deliver its first C919 single-aisle jet to customers in 2021, the company's sales manager said at an airshow ongoing in Singapore.

Lu Zheng, COMAC's deputy general manager of sales and marketing, told reporters with Reuters that COMAC is working on gaining Chinese airworthiness certification for the C919 in three to four years, with U.S. and European certifications to follow.

Lu notes that the approval process "should not have any impact" on the timing of the delivery of the jet to China Eastern Airlines, the first customer for the aircraft.

COMAC has been speaking to U.S. authorities, and the certification process has already been started in Europe by the local aviation safety regulator, said Lu.

Reuters describes the C919 as "a symbol of China's civil aerospace ambitions and President Xi Jinping's push to upgrade manufacturing capabilities," saying it hopes to "compete with Boeing Co's 737 and the Airbus SE A320."

Yuan Wenfeng, director of the C919 Project Office, has previously noted that the development of the C919 is meant to reduce China's dependency on Boeing and Airbus, as well as stimulating the development of China's aviation industry.

Lu said that the recent partnerships between Airbus and Bombardier, and between Boeing and Embraer, would have an influence on the target markets of COMAC 's C919 and ARJ21 models, but that the introduction of the jets will have its own impact on the global market.

"It will have an impact but they've also been impacted by us. We will work hard to go from being a follower into a competitor, and in the future, if we have the opportunity, to become a leader. But it's a long road," said Lu.

The first C919 to roll off the production line completed its trial flight in May last year, and made its first intercity flight from Shanghai to Xi'an in November. A second prototype of the jet completed its first test flight last December.

As of December, 785 orders have been received for the C919 from 27 Chinese and overseas customers, according to China Daily.

http://www.ecns.cn/2018/02-08/291970.shtml