Chapter 585: The pit has been dug up, waiting for someone to jump
Le Maire feels that his experience over the years has been relentlessly challenged.
After listening to the specific plan proposed by the other party, one of his thoughts was - can you still operate like this?
But if you think about it, there doesn't seem to be a problem.
This kind of gameplay really can't even fool fools, and the whole world knows what is going on with your two models, but it can really bypass regulatory restrictions.
Of course, in comparison, the two sides do not need to pay additional fees to each other, and the Huaxia people are equivalent to making a new model from scratch, while NH90 has invested a lot of resources.
If this is to be said, Eurocopter is a small loss.
But for now, it's pretty good to get such a result.
And the reason for this small loss can't be relied on by the Chinese people in the final analysis.
It's completely a few partners with their own agendas.
Now it is quite good to be able to renew the stop loss of NH90, a project that is at risk of failure.
Therefore, Le Maire has already agreed to this plan in his heart.
But the scene naturally still has to be pulled.
Otherwise, if you bow your head too quickly, it will be easy for the other party to gain an inch, and the cooperation in the future will not be carried out.
"Mr. Le Maire, we still have a few important details that we need to confirm with you again before formalizing the cooperation plan."
After exchanging opinions in a slightly relaxed atmosphere, Cui Wenxue also knew that this time it was basically stable, so he changed the conversation and began to complete another task assigned by Chang Haonan:
"Since it is determined that we are responsible for the rotor, transmission and front fuselage, then the relevant component parameters and process selection must be completely in accordance with what we say, and cannot be replaced casually, of course, under the premise of meeting the requirements, we will not restrict the suppliers of parts."
Le Maire only felt a little strange, after all, this is something that almost every serious technician will know, and it seems that there is no need to emphasize it specifically:
"It's natural, we're all professionally trained, and it's impossible to modify the technical solutions provided by the supplier at will, how can you have this concern?"
"Is this...... It can't be helped, and it's also some lessons from the past. ”
Cui Wenwen picked up the cup and took a sip of water:
"You used to do business in the European and American markets, and you have been in contact with relatively high-end customers, so you may not have this experience."
"But we are mainly facing the sinking market, and all kinds of customers have seen it, so we must add this content, otherwise it is easy to understand the rest of the matter......"
To put it simply, anti-stupid is not stupid.
Party A's miraculous operation is something that Party B cannot fully take care of even if it exhausts its imagination.
It is more convenient to add a disclaimer directly to the contract.
Hearing this, Pierre frowned, and even felt a little distressed about the Huaxia counterpart opposite.
It's hard to imagine what kind of customer it takes to force such a cautious habit.
Le Maire, on the other hand, wrote it down directly in his notebook.
When I go back, let the legal departments of domestic aviation companies learn quickly......
But in fact, when Chang Haonan made this request, he didn't think about avoiding responsibility, but simply to dig a hole in this area.
Of course, not to dig a hole for the Europeans, but for the Japanese.
Although he said that "there will be no restrictions on the choice of suppliers".
But this is the same as the radish post at the time of recruitment.
I've put a lot of restrictions on finding stock from one supplier.
This is also why it should be emphasized that the parameters of parts and the selection of processes cannot be changed indiscriminately.
Having said that, in this matter, if NSK Group simply put the bearings back with a card, Chang Haonan is really not easy to operate.
However, in order to overpower the original products of Bingcheng, they secretly modified some parameter calibrations to make their OEM products look stronger.
This is completely giving Chang Haonan an assist.
In fact, the level of counterfeiting in Japan is indeed very high.
The parameters of their false bids have been calculated, and they are not random labels.
Generally speaking, there are no problems.
After all, most of the time, designers leave plenty of margin.
Counting the false standard, it is nothing more than leaving 15% to become 5%.
At most, it affects the reliability of the limit state outside of some technical manuals.
In fact, this is also the main reason why many Japanese companies dare to counterfeit and have not been discovered for decades.
It wasn't until more than 20 years later, as the level of human design became higher and higher, and there was no longer a need to leave as much margin as in the past, and the Japanese failed to keep up with the times, that the problem was gradually exposed.
However, with the current level of calculation of the Torch Group, it can already grasp the nuances of this and make things bigger.
……
After finalizing the most critical parts, the rest of the parts are much more normal.
So much so that even the one who opened his mouth to ask for it was no longer Cui Wenxue, who secretly copied the answers, but Guo Jingshan, who was really thinking about the technical problems of helicopter design:
"Also, the fuselage design, we are only responsible for the first half, although it is an independent part, but we still need to dock with you in this area."
"I read the information you sent before, using the whole composite material to make the body is just too whimsical, although it can reduce the weight of the body a lot on paper, but it is a complete disaster to maintain."
"Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are mostly in the troposphere, where the environment fluctuates dramatically, and the requirements for damage resistance and ease of maintenance in the event of a problem are very high."
"There is also the cabin floor and the tail door ramp, these two parts are the parts that must be touched during the cargo loading and unloading and carrying process, it is impossible to avoid bumps and bumps, you also specially advertised in the information that this springboard tailgate can directly load and unload small vehicles, but it turns out that this part is made of carbon fiber with insufficient impact resistance, isn't it necessary to change one after flying a few missions?"
The more Guo Jingshan said, the more outrageous he felt.
When he was in charge of introducing dolphins, he felt that he could only look up to each other.
As a result, only more than ten years have passed, and the Europeans are already so unreliable, and even he can see the slots in the design at a glance:
"Therefore, we think that we should still use lithium aluminum alloy and the traditional riveting process, and if we have to reduce weight, we can try to work on the structure, but if you insist on using composite materials, then if there is a problem with the life of the fuselage in the future, we cannot be responsible."
Hearing this, the mood on the other side was very stable.
Pierre even showed a smile of relief that a hero had seen:
"You don't have to worry about this, the technical information sent before is the current two prototypes, and we have also found the problem of large-area carbon fiber materials, and replacing lithium-aluminum alloy is also our next step."
"As for weight reduction, the NH90 was designed with enough take-off power redundancy, so it's not a big problem."
“……”
The following talks ended in such a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
On Huaxia's side, Bingfei Group is naturally very satisfied.
Not to mention another foreign cooperation project, he also perfectly completed the additional tasks assigned by Chang Haonan.
No matter how you look at it, it's a win.
And Ou Zhi's side, anyway, is not a loss.
It's a happy ending.
In addition to the NSK Group, which is currently completely in the dark......
(End of chapter)