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They're building their own engine as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAE_CJ-1000A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAE_CJ-1000A I agree that the C919/929 po
by rippercushions 3y ago
They're building their own engine as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAE_CJ-1000A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAE_CJ-1000A
I agree that the C919/929 pose no threat as is, but the Chinese are clearly playing the long game here and their massive domestic market coupled with government arm-twisting lets them scale: the C919 has already racked up over 1000 orders.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoChina is still at least 20 years behind on jet turbines. They can get the power or economy (in terms of use time/overhaul), but not both at the same time. Jet turbines are hard to reverse engineer, and you really just have to put the time in on materials engineering.