Engine Hunt Begins For Indian Civil Jet Effort

[typoerror]

Civilian planes need worldwide servicing infra and trained service providers, something that existing players already have.



I don't think that's the right way to go.

Poor excuse to not develop an engine for the plane. Its primary use is the domestic market, NAL can easily put up 20 service facilities across the major airports. In time that will grow to nearby international destinations as well and then you take it from there.

Or forever depend on Europe and America

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Poor excuse to not develop an engine for the plane. Its primary use is the domestic market, NAL can easily put up 20 service facilities across the major airports. In time that will grow to nearby international destinations as well and then you take it from there.

Or forever depend on Europe and America

This is civilian business, not defence. The rules are different.

 

[typoerror]

This is civilian business, not defence. The rules are different.

Yes its business, I get it that you dont.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Yes its business, I get it that you dont.

You don't get anything

 

[UKBengali]

Poor excuse to not develop an engine for the plane. Its primary use is the domestic market, NAL can easily put up 20 service facilities across the major airports. In time that will grow to nearby international destinations as well and then you take it from there.

Or forever depend on Europe and America

Good idea but India does not have the technological base to develop this kind of engine yet.

China, who is ahead in engine technology, will be using foreign engines for both the ARJ-21 and C-919 and is only planning to equip with domestic engines in 2020.

 

[jarves]

Good idea but India does not have the technological base to develop this kind of engine yet.

China, who is ahead in engine technology, will be using foreign engines for both the ARJ-21 and C-919 and is only planning to equip with domestic engines in 2020.

Yeah but we have to start from somewhere........

Also wont the experience gained from kaveri engine program be useful?

 

[UKBengali]

Yeah but we have to start from somewhere........

Also wont the experience gained from kaveri engine program be useful?

Again you logic is sound but India does not yet have enough knowledge and experience. Kaveri base is not good enough as the program was not successful

China already has the WS-10A engine in service since 2010. China is using a successful engine as a base and is aiming for 10 extra years to be able to produce civilian engines.

 

[jarves]

Again you logic is sound but India does not yet have enough knowledge and experience. Kaveri base is not good enough as the program was not successful

China already has the far WS-10A engine in service since 2010. China is using a successful engine as a base and is aiming for 10 extra years to be able to produce civilian engines.

Quoting from the article.......
As well as initial demonstration of the engine's performance on an Il-76 plane, the lab also intends to evaluate it as second engine fitted on a twin-engined MiG-29 fighter aircraft in 2014, prior to start of certification process the same year.

Indian DRDO to revive Kaveri engine development programme - Airforce Technology

Of course we are behind China............
I am not saying that we will devlop those engines by 2017 but we have to start a devlopment program.