Yes, this kind of persistence is no longer simply gritting one's teeth or competing for endurance, but has become a kind of naive, idiotic, stupid, and heartless existence in the eyes of outsiders.
"There is no way that in Ascendas Group's aero-engine and gas turbine business, only the turboshaft engine loses money, and the compensation is not small, often hundreds of millions or even billions."
The reason is very simple. The high-end helicopter business is really holding back a lot. Whether it is "aerial forklift", "aerial pickup truck" or zb-max, almost all of them are praised but not popular.
There is nothing to say about the performance, and the price/performance ratio is also very good. However, except for small orders from the military and emergency departments, no one buys it anymore.
The reason is very simple. All three helicopters are special helicopters for engineering lifting. They are targeted at large construction units such as power transmission and transformation projects, hydropower projects, roads and bridges, and railway construction.
However, when these target customers visited these helicopters, except for some heartfelt praise, then nothing more.
The reason for this is not complicated, that is, the operating costs of aviation equipment such as helicopters are too high, while the current domestic labor costs are pitifully low.
Take the steel tower of the power transmission and transformation project as an example. The lifting efficiency of the three helicopters of Ascendas Group is indeed high, and the degree of completion is also very good. However, the aviation equipment cost of a tower crane is nearly 300,000 yuan more. It made the leaders of the power transmission and transformation project feel sore.
You must know that for less than half of the money, they can recruit all the young laborers from the two most populous counties, and carry the steel components day and night on the steep mountain roads to transport them.
It would be cheaper if women were allowed to participate, because women only need 15 yuan a day.
This is the hard-working group of migrant workers in China who work harder than cattle in the fields.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? It would be a wonder, when it comes to the lofty engineering helicopters of the Ascendas Group, not to rush into the streets, when they meet these migrant workers, who can go up the mountains, and down the rivers, and can turn the chasms into thoroughfares in between.
Because of this, the Ascendas Group, including Zhuang Jianye, promoted the three helicopters vigorously, and only sold 22 helicopters in a few years.
??Among them, the army purchased 10, accounting for half of them.
In other words, other units are just giving Zhuang Jianye face, just like attending weddings and funerals, and getting back one or two of them is just for fun.
As for export
Ascendas Group has been fighting against the European and American airworthiness certificate for more than ten years and still has not broken through it, so the three helicopters have no chance of going to sea.
"Exports can't be counted on, and the country is so desperate, it would be strange if we don't lose money."
As the saying goes, one step ahead is a genius, three steps ahead is a martyr.
¡°Obviously, on the three engineering helicopters, Ascendas Group¡¯s ideas were too advanced, and they went directly to the martyrs.
But this is not the most critical thing. The biggest blow to Ascendas Group is the turboshaft engine.
You must know that at the same time that Ascendas Group launched three engineering helicopters, higher-level departments have begun to select engines for the three helicopters Z-9, Z-8, and Z-11.
According to the strength of Ascendas Group, not to mention the powertrains of all three helicopters, it is not difficult to look at the next two models. No matter how difficult it is, you can still get one as a comfort.
As a result, during the bidding process, Ascendas Group was actually shaved off its head.
It was later learned that it turned out that several other turboshaft engine manufacturers had spared no effort to discredit the technical capabilities of Ascendas Group¡¯s turboshaft engines, and the reason they cited was the dismal failure of three engineering helicopters.
"Why can Ascendas Group make fixed-wing aircraft so well? Can it always come up with explosive products? But helicopters are a mess on the street?
It is not an old problem in China, but the heart is not good, so everyone should wake up. Ascendas Group¡¯s turboshaft engines cannot be used. What technology can purely domestically produced ones have? It is better to use the turboshaft produced by the technology we imported from France and have the advanced European level in the 1980s and 1990s. "
At that time, such comments were prevalent in the industry, and even some newspapers and magazines published numerous reports on it.
But Ascendas Group hasn¡¯t issued a rebuttal yet. After all, the sales of the three engineering helicopters have gone to grandma¡¯s house. Facts speak louder than words. How to refute?
¡°You say that the three helicopters are engineering helicopters, but their audience is already small?
People don¡¯t even listen to your explanation, they just stare at the pitiful sales figures and make a fuss about it.
It was precisely because of the raging public opinion and the assistance of the manufacturers behind them that Ascendas Group and Zhuang Jianye suffered their biggest failure since entering the industry. They failed to obtain any powertrain for the three helicopters and were completely shaved.
Zhuang Jianye said nothing at that time. He returned to the group to convene the helicopter business department and launched two general-purpose helicopters at once. He went to the capital to meet with the head of the headquarters and won two military research and development plans. This is the Zhi-12 and the Zhi-12. 15 Two helicopters.
¡°At first, this move really shocked the industry. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jianye¡¯s counterattack came so quickly, so much so that many public opinion and manufacturers stopped doing business after seeing good news, for fear that Zhuang Jianye, a petty cheater, would cause trouble.
However, the good times did not last long. After both Zhi-12 and Zhi-15 came off the production line and started actual testing, various problems emerged one after another, especially the Zhi-15, which stretched the crotch so much that even the head of the headquarters could not stand it. More than once He called Zhuang Jianye over and gave him a lecture.
Seeing this, public opinion and other manufacturers have become active again, and the voices attacking Ascendas Group¡¯s helicopter business are getting louder and louder.
Ascendas Group seems to be unable to withstand this turbulent trend. It has taken the initiative to shrink its helicopter business and cut off three useless engineering helicopters. At the same time, the Z-15 project has also been suspended indefinitely, leaving only the Z-15 project. ¡ª12 was retained as evidence that Ascendas Group could develop helicopters.
Faced with this situation, public opinion and other manufacturers can be said to be celebrating. This not only means that they have an absolute advantage, but more importantly, they have blocked Ascendas Group, a well-known barbarian in the aviation industry, from the helicopter business.
From now on, Ascendas Group can only hang out in fixed-wing aircraft, and the helicopter field is still dominated by veterans like them.
At that time, Ascendas Group was indeed under a lot of pressure. If other companies had packed up the helicopter business and dumped it, there was no other way. It was really too hot.
But Ascendas Group did not, and Zhuang Jianye did not. Their helicopter business failed, but relying on so many failed helicopters paved the way for the rise of turboshaft engines.
Yes, Ascendas Group has indeed shrunk its helicopter business, but shrinking does not mean retreating, but preparing to fight harder and harder.
When the army was dissatisfied with the improved version of the Z-8 and requested a redesign of the design blueprint to further improve performance, Cidu Helicopter Co., Ltd. had to re-invite bids for various sub-systems of the Z-8, one of the most crucial ones being the powertrain. .
Because this is the only three-engine large helicopter in China that masters a full set of production technology, the future equipment volume will reach 350 to 500, not including various modified aircraft.
Because of this, each turboshaft manufacturer has come up with its own special skills and presented a large number of 1,000-kilowatt turboshaft engines to Cidu Company.
Among the turboshaft engines below 2,000 kilowatts, Ascendas Group¡¯s 3,000 kilowatt high-power turboshaft engines simply don¡¯t stand out. Without a high-power engine, Zhi8, which has the frame of a heavy helicopter but does not look like a heavy helicopter, will Without even thinking about it, the company handed over all large turboshaft orders for future Z-8 improved models to Ascendas Group.
This battle alone caused an uproar among public opinion and other manufacturers!
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