Paolo6691
Re M346
Quote Wiki:
Originally co-developed with
Yakovlev as the Yak/AEM-130, the partnership was dissolved in 2000 and then
Alenia Aermacchi proceeded to separately develop the M-346 Master, while Yakovlev continued work on the
Yakovlev Yak-130.
Further:
The Hongdu JL-10, also initially known as Hongdu L-15 Falcon, AVIC Int. contracted the
Yakovlev Design Bureau from
Russia — and designer of the
Yak-130 trainer — as a technical and scientific consultant for the L-15 programme
I believe there is a quote out there somewhere along the lines of “over my dead body, will nine jets of Russian origin fly down the Mall to celebrate the King’s birthday” and I happen to know from bitter, bitter personal experience that CAS likes nothing with Chinese connections.
Bob Viking
I won’t respond to the allegation that my intelligence has been hoodwinked as I don’t believe I have “fallen” for anything.
If they had an actual design and a production prototype I’d be more inclined to agree with you.
They do have a CCF (Common Core Fuselage) that has been fabricated and built – can’t recall where Archie said it was, Hamble Aerosystems I think. There is a lot of design work and modelling that has already been done, sufficient enough to get a reliable estimate of performance figures. All waiting to be unlocked when the funding comes.
The idea of a modular design is an answer to a problem that doesn’t exist
I disagree, from a commercial perspective the modular design concept solves the problem of producing a return on investment. It allows the development costs to be amortised over a number of different product lines. It really struck me how sensible the idea is when you consider the other places a small jet platform can be engaged. I personally don’t believe that the will end up producing all the different variants that the brochure and website currently show, but even a subset of that help the affordability.
Easy Street
I take your opinion re BAES/GCAP/Tempest. I was thinking more of having a production capability that would give the option of an alternative and not leave the UK with a single manufacturer with the monopoly and the leverage to set higher prices. Lack of competition leads to complacency.
Your question of the need for future training is supporting my contention that the current system is FUBAR’d . There is an urgent need to conduct a deep analysis of what is actually required. The truth is that its actually quite hard to build a training system that doesn’t have the KOF, wrinkled, grey and grumpy sitting there recounting the good old days and “that’s not how we did it”. It also takes far too long to train an instructor to teach all aspects of any syllabus.
KOF = knackered old fart
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Tarnished