COMAC C919
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lcloo
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It is a Leap-1C engine. You can't put uncertified engines on an airliners that is about to enter commercial service.
This is NOT an AI generated photo
lcloo
Major
There is a Southern Airline plane on the left side, I wonder if that is also a new C919 ready for delivery?Air China's 7th(?) C919. Airframe B-658R.
Its the Leap1C. Previously we had images of many finished hulls sitting in parking waiting for engines. Now that one arrived they installed it right away before even finishing the paint.
News on the C919-800 variant, posted by @爱旅游爱军事的大俊子 on Weibo.
So basically, the C919-800 would be a counterpart/competitor to the A321neo with the 200-240-seat capacity.
However, what's more interesting is this phrase:
I wonder if that means the C919-800 will have CJ1000B with more than ~133kN of thrust? Or will the C919-800 use a more powerful foreign engine (e.g. the -1A variant of LEAP)? The aircraft won't be using derivatives of the WS-20, that's for sure.
So basically, the C919-800 would be a counterpart/competitor to the A321neo with the 200-240-seat capacity.
However, what's more interesting is this phrase:
I wonder if that means the C919-800 will have CJ1000B with more than ~133kN of thrust? Or will the C919-800 use a more powerful foreign engine (e.g. the -1A variant of LEAP)? The aircraft won't be using derivatives of the WS-20, that's for sure.
Hard to believe that it'll be a true competitor unless it had some kind of redesign with maybe a new composite wing, if they simply just stretched the current C919 you'll be lucky if it even competes with the original A321.