Also looking at the $9.98 million price tag was stunned by Merlintz, and I don't know how long it took to look at the seemingly conventional layout under the spotlight, but in fact there was no point in the conventional category of the Jianjiao 7Max advanced trainer aircraft, and then stared at the price tag again.

The look of disbelief on his face was uncontrollable, and he couldn't help but cover his freckle-ridden face.

Despite this, Merlinz still couldn't believe what he saw in front of him, and kept rubbing his eyes with his hands, unable to understand why the Jianjiao 7 Max, which is comparable to a light combat aircraft, was only priced at $9.98 million.

There is no way, it is really the brand in front of the plane, in addition to the huge 9.98 million US dollars, there is also a series of performance introductions.

The length is 12.21 meters.

The wingspan is 8.94 meters.

It is 4.56 meters high.

Wing area: 25.27 sq.m.

Empty weight: 5623 kg.

Maximum take-off weight: 9536 kg

Equipped with a turbojet-13 engine.

Normal thrust 4.3 tons.

Afterburner thrust 6.4 tons.

Maximum flight speed Mach 1.2.

The maximum range is 1200 km.

The external weight is 2.6 tons.

The practical ceiling is 16,000 meters.

Limit overload: minus 2G to plus 8G.

Tumbling speed: 268 degrees per second.

Maximum turning speed: 26 degrees (instantaneous) or 22 degrees (continuous)

Take-off and running distance: 322 meters.

Landing run: 586 meters.

Judging from the data and the actual real aircraft, the Jianjiao 7Max is not large, at best, it is only two-thirds of the F-16, one-half of the F-15, and at most it is the level of the F-5 that the US military has eliminated.

However, the size of the Jianjiao 7Max is not large, but the performance is not worse at all, and the other are not subject to the rolling speed and the maximum turning rate, which are the two most tests of the low-altitude maneuverability indicators of the third-generation aircraft, the Jianjiao 7Max is almost the same as the F-16, that is to say, the Jianjiao 7Max is not inferior to the F-16 in terms of subsonic maneuverability at medium and low altitudes, far exceeding other advanced training aircraft of the same level.

The problem is that this is not a performance on paper, but a real existence that can be fully realized, after all, although the side wing and double delta wing are complex, but they have unique excellent performance in medium and low altitude subsonic speeds, with the full dynamic horizontal tail and the lift body structure of the wing body fusion, it is a high probability event to have the maneuverability of the F-16.

The only thing missing may be the engine, the turbojet-13, which is obviously a Chinese-made aero engine with an afterburner thrust of only 6.4 tons, and it is only a turbojet rather than a turbofan, which is obviously a little underpowered.

Because of this, the excellent aerodynamic design of Jianjiao 7Max has not played a real potential, if it is replaced with a 6-ton turbofan in the future, Jianjiao 7Max will have a qualitative leap, and then with advanced avionics and fire control radar, Jianjiao 7Max can compete with F-16 and Mirage 2000 in the sky.

But then again, by that time, the J-7Max is not a trainer aircraft but a real fighter, so at this moment, as a trainer aircraft, the J-7Max chooses turbojet-13There is no problem at all, after all, the biggest task attribute of the trainer is to train pilots, from this aspect, today's J-7Max configuration can be proud of the international high-level training aircraft.

Among them is the training aircraft program led by Merlintz.

If Mareshevsky was shocked to see the Jianjiao 7Max, then Merlinz can only be described as desperate.

The reason is very simple, the training aircraft project supervised by Merlinz is not the official main equipment model of the US military, but the dismounted project that was killed by the US military several years ago.

That is, the T-46 training aircraft, which was prepared to replace the T-37C intermediate training aircraft in service with the US military.

At that time, the U.S. military did seriously consider replacing the T-37C intermediate trainer aircraft, so Merlintz, who worked for Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company at the time, participated in the development of the T-46 trainer aircraft.

After two or three years of struggle, the prototype successfully flew test, but the budget was seriously overrun, and the US military reassessed and found that the T-37C intermediate trainer could last for more than ten years after being upgraded, and it was not cost-effective to purchase new aircraft, so the T-46 trainer was directly cut.

The Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company, which was expecting the T-46 trainer to make a lot of money, did not expect to shoot itself in the foot, not only did it not make money, but it suffered a blood loss to the point of vomiting blood, and could only file for bankruptcy due to insolvency.

At this time, McDonnell Douglas valued the technical strength of Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company in aerospace, knowing that in addition to aircraft, Fairchild also undertook the processing and manufacturing of NASA star detectors, radio antennas, collective shells, and launch vehicle two-stage liquid oxygen irrigation.

It just so happened that McDonnell Douglas was responsible for the upgrade of strategic ballistic missiles of the US Air Force at that time, and needed to enhance its technical strength in this area, so he took Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company under his command with a big hand.

Then there was a drastic reorganization, Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company was retained, nominally a subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas, and you can also use the name of McDonnell Douglas when you go out to deal with it.

Because McDonnell Douglas values the aerospace sector, the purpose of the reorganization is to cut out the aerospace sector as a whole, integrate it into the mainstream system of McDonnell Dalwellwell, and take care of it as a grandson.

McDonnell Douglas couldn't look down on the rest of the aviation business, and he was left to fend for himself as a step-mother and a subsidiary.

Because of this, although Fairchild can use some resources of McDonnell Douglas, it is very limited, and even at some times McDonnell Douglas that Fairchild will collapse quickly, so that it does not have to pay so much salary and insurance every month, and it can save some costs.

But as a shareholder and executive of Fairchild, Mellintz naturally doesn't want to watch his own industry collapse like this, McDonnell Douglas can't help, so he can only rely on himself, since the U.S. military has dismounted the T-46, it does not mean that other countries in the world do not need it, after all, as a replacement model for the T-37C intermediate training aircraft, there are still a lot of merits.

For example, its preliminary supersonic flight capability is not comparable to that of ordinary trainer aircraft.

Realizing this, Merlinz quickly changed his mind and began to sell his T-46 trainer all over the world, not to mention that there were really people who took the bait, and this country was none other than Japan.

However, Japan is not simply interested in the performance of the T-46, but aimed at Merlinz's favorable technology transfer conditions, so after paying a large amount of patent fees and production line purchases, Japan buried itself in several years and finally created a "purely domestic" T-3 intermediate training aircraft.

Merlintz, who made a lot of money on the Japanese, not only allowed the self-sustaining Fairchild company, but also got inspiration from this deal, that is, you can use the T-46 trainer to earn patent interviews or technology export fees, based on this idea, after learning that Thailand invited the trainer aircraft, Mellintz brought the newly formed team to kill the generals, ready to export their so-called "American technology" without reservation!