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>China is still 25 years behind on jet engine development. I don't understand how that comment fits Comac development. See their current aircraft: https://e
by jasode 5y ago
>China is still 25 years behind on jet engine development.
I don't understand how that comment fits Comac development. See their current aircraft:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac#Aircraft_in_production_or_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac#Aircraft_in_production_o...
Their 2 planes in production use GE/CFM engines and the 1 in design is expected to use Rolls-Royce or GE.
- latch 5y agoConfused. If they're relying on engines from America/Europe/Russia, doesn't that meant that they are, in fact, behind?
- gimmeThaBeet 5y agoPerhaps that's true, but it's sort of orthogonal. boeing and airbus don't make engines either; afaik no major aircraft manufacturer does (pending the inevitable exception). Granted, I don't understand how China's aerospace industry works, if it's basically just a large industry-wide state conglomerate. But not having locally sourced engines does not really give any information about comac's potential competitiveness.