Chapter 944: MPC-75's First Media Tour
"Secretary Li, what can we shoot this time?" Xifei was used in the traffic vehicle inside the factory, and the CCTV reporter Li asked Li Lihua in a low voice: "Is there anything that needs to be paid attention to?" ā
Since I learned that Runhua Industry's MPC-75 civil aircraft has begun the trial production of the prototype, none of the reporters from the various media who came to interview have left, and they have mobilized their own energy, hoping to get this opportunity for interviews, even if Runhua Industry has clearly told them that this is only a prototype, and it is a prototype without an engine, and there are still many years before the final finalization and delivery to customers, but this cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Chen Geng had planned to take this opportunity to give a good publicity to the MPC-75, but the two sides simply hit it off, and this interview came naturally.
"Yes," Li Lihua replied, then stood up and said to everyone: "I would like to take this opportunity to tell you some precautions for this interview, and you must first know that the MPC-75 is produced in Xifei, and Xifei is a key national defense enterprise, so everyone must keep one thing in mind, do not ask what should not be asked, do not go to places that should not be visited, and do not photograph things that should not be photographed. ā
There is no need for Li Lihua to say this, everyone also knows what kind of place is Xifei? Our country's key military industrial enterprises, who is not cautious when they come to this kind of place for an interview, and they still shoot things indiscriminately? Look at it, when you get to the gate later, at least two comrades in charge of secrecy will come up from each car, monitoring everyone throughout the process.
Seeing that the big guys were all nodding, Li Lihua continued: "In addition, out of secrecy and for security reasons, Xifei arranged a separate workshop for the MPC-75 to produce and assemble......
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Many of the reporters who took this opportunity to interview the MPC-75 were entering an aircraft factory for the first time, and when they looked at the tall factories in Xifei, the reporters who came to this kind of core enterprise for the first time, which is a core enterprise that must be protected by any country, exclaimed one after another: This factory is too big, isn't it?
Those old fritters who have come to this kind of big business have a look of contempt: Look at your little interest, just like a turtle who has never seen the market, you are also a well-informed reporter, can you not embarrass your buddies?
When I entered the production workshop of the MPC-75 prototype and saw with my own eyes that almost half of the fuselage had been assembled and most of the wings that had not yet been installed on the fuselage, the exclamations were quieter and the voices of gasping were more numerous: No matter how well-informed the reporters were, looking at the fuselage under construction, which was almost as high as a two-story building on the ground, the hearts of all the reporters almost unanimously arose the same thought: What kind of power is it? Can such a two-story metal lump fly into the sky?
"What you are seeing right now is the production workshop of the world's advanced MPC-75 aircraft prototype cooperated with the famous German aviation company MBB, and we are working with MBB. Standing in front of an MPC-75 under construction, Li Lihua turned his back to this behemoth full of scaffolding and said to reporters: "The MPC-75 is a large aircraft with advanced performance and technical indicators comparable to the world's mainstream trunk aircraft, and according to our development plan, this aircraft has two models, namely MPC-75-100 and MPC-75-200, and the main difference between these two models is ......."
This is the first time that Runhua Industrial has released some key data of the MPC-75 in such detail, and the reporters present were all excited to hear Li Lihua's introduction of the proportion of composite materials applied in this aircraft, the performance of the engine, the number of passengers, and so on, which measure whether an aircraft is advanced.
A reporter couldn't wait to ask: "Secretary Li, I heard that this fly will be sold to the European market in the future, is it true?" ā
"Of course it's true," Li Lihua nodded: "This is also part of our cooperation plan with MBB, and from the very beginning, we and our partners have been committed to building the MPC-75 into an aircraft that can be internationally recognized, not a model that can only be sold in our country." ā
"Secretary Li, I have one more question......
Reporters have too many questions to ask and too many things to know about this behemoth that is enough to arouse everyone's national pride, but ...... What's that over there?
"Secretary Li, what's that over there?" The sharp-eyed reporter pointed to a section of the "fuselage" not far away and asked loudly, his tone was very surprised.
Looking in the direction of the reporter's finger, a section of the cabin that seemed to have been cut from the fuselage with a huge knife came into everyone's eyes.
This huge section of the cabin runs through the front and back like the body of a fish with its head and tail chopped off, and through the huge entrances at the front and back, you can clearly see the neat rows of seats.
This segment immediately attracted almost all journalists' home ports.
"Well, this is a 1:1 model of the MPC-75 cabin," Li Lihua told reporters: "In other words, what you see now will be what the cabin of the MPC-75 aircraft produced in the future will also look like." ā
A 1:1 cabin model?
What does it look like, and what will the cabin of the future look like?
The reporters were immediately excited, and hurriedly asked, "Secretary Li, can we go up and sit down?" ā
"Also, Secretary Li, can we take pictures?"
"It's no problem, you can go up and sit down, you can also take pictures, these are okay," Li Lihua nodded happily: "Well, you are also welcome to give us valuable suggestions." ā
As a matter of fact, this 1:1 cabin model cabin has only been built for a short time, and the reason why this 1:1 cabin model was made was originally specially made so that the visiting reporters and leaders could have a clear and direct understanding of the MPC-75.
With Li Lihua's permission, a group of reporters immediately climbed up the prepared ladder similar to a simple gangway.
This experience, a reporter who has taken a lot of planes immediately found that this aircraft is different from several mainstream trunk models in China: McDonnell Douglas-80, Boeing 737 and Tu-154M:
The width of this aircraft seems to be narrower than that of the Boeing 737, about the same as the McDonnell Douglas 80, but like the Boeing 737 and Tu-154M, six chairs are placed in each row, that is to say, the MPC-75 is about the same fuselage width as the McDonnell Dalwells-80, and each row is arranged with one more seat than the McDonnell Douglas-80, so it will not be too crowded?
It has also been found that the width of the corridor between the two rows of seats seems to be a little narrower than that of the seats of the Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas-80 aircraft.
Is it comfortable to sit in such a cramped space?
With such questions, these reporters looked at these seats carefully with scrutinizing eyes, and sure enough, if you look closely, it seems that they are indeed a little narrower than the seats of the Boeing 737. None of the reporters who saw this point spoke: although I don't know why Runhua Industry and Xifei arranged it this way, but if you look closely, although these seats are a little narrower, they are not to the point where they can't sit.
Of course, looking at it is one thing, in the end, you have to sit down and let your ass speak, but no matter what, for the MPC-75, a civil airliner that almost pinned on the expectations of the Chinese people for "Chinese's own civil aircraft", although several reporters did not have any communication, they unanimously made the same attention in their hearts: As long as it is not completely unacceptable after sitting down, they will try to help Runhua Industry say good things when the time comes.
With such doubts, these reporters sat down, and the first feeling they felt was: Huh? It's not bad, it doesn't seem to be as bad as you think?
Not only is it not as bad as imagined, but in my heart, if it is a thin person sitting on this chair, there will be absolutely no problem, and even an adult man of about 175 or so, standard weight can feel comfortable sitting on it, the cushion supports the hips and thighs quite well, and the backrest supports the waist and shoulders is also suitable.
If there is any shortcoming, it is that for people who are more than 1.8 meters tall and fat, they will probably be a little restrained, if it is a big fat man who is about 1.8 meters 8 and weighs 190 to 200 pounds, it is estimated that it can only be described as "stuffed in", not to mention any comfort, but this is not a problem, "180cm, 200 pounds" The strange body shape is so easy to encounter? In other words, this seat is capable of satisfying 99% of passengers.
As for the stiffness of the seat, a sharp-eyed reporter quickly discovered the problem: it is not the problem of the padding of the seat, but the backrest and cushion of the seat are a little thin, but fortunately, this kind of hardness is not unacceptably hard, nor is it hard at the expense of comfort, it is a very clever opportunistic, if the full score of 100 points, the seat of the same type of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft can score 90 points, and this seat is estimated to score 80 points -- at least the picture -- The 154M seat that is hard and has a variety of insufficient support for the hips, thighs and waist is much stronger, and the seat of the 154M can only score 70 points, and if you are harsh, 60 points is not unreasonable.
It was determined that although these chairs were a little smaller, they did not affect the comfort, and even slightly exceeded them in some places, but the "compatibility" of the passengers' bodies was slightly insufficient, and these reporters were silently relieved in their hearts.