Although it surpassed Russia's Yak-130 in technology and progress, and was also a generation ahead of the T-46 abandoned by the U.S. military, the Jianjiao 7Max was not mature as a whole.

If not, Zhuang Jianye would not have to take the Jianjiao 7Max to Thailand to try his luck, so that the domestic air force will be more worry-free and effort-saving in large-scale procurement and equipment?

The problem is that the Air Force, after conducting flight tests on the Jianjiao 7 Max, although it gave a high evaluation of the potential of the Jianjiao 7 Max, was not satisfied with the complex structure of the wing, the non-outstanding maintainability, the jamming of the fly-by-wire control system, and other defects.

Because of this, even if the performance of the J-7 Max on paper has reached the entry level of the third-generation aircraft, and it has replaced the J-7 and become an excessive model before the Air Force is fully equipped with the third-generation aircraft, the Air Force still has not made large-scale purchases because of various defects.

Just symbolically bought 2 as a prototype for research and experiments.

Of course, Zhuang Jianye knows that it is difficult to be competitive with the current situation of the Jianjiao 7Max, and the engine aside, the wings alone are too complicated, after all, the troops are not civil aviation, and they can get super-first-class maintenance at comfortable airports, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and combat aircraft not only have to meet the normal take-off and landing of airports, but also have to adapt to simple field airfields.

In this area, the current Jianjiao 7Max has to be a little delicate first, because the complex wing leads to too many parts, ordinary airports are fine, and simple field airports will inevitably increase the workload of aircraft maintenance.

In addition, there are also many problems in the manufacture of such a complex wing, so the next step is to simplify the overly complex wing on the basis of the existing Jianjiao 7Max.

Zhuang Jianye is not in a hurry about this, after all, airplanes are the same as cars, they are not popular as soon as they come out, and they have been perfected into classics that transcend the times little by little through years of improvement.

Boeing's 737, McDonnell Douglas' F-15, Loma's F-16, Sukhoi's Su-27 are all the same.

So I'm not afraid to change, but I'm afraid of a twitch of my head and the perseverance to persevere.

In terms of perseverance, Tengfei Group is a good domestic performance, not to mention, now all WD series aero engine models, that is not a little bit changed on the basis of the old model, complex aero engines are so, training aircraft is naturally not a problem.

What's more, this time Jianjiao 7Max did not get off to a good start in Thailand, but it also made a zero breakthrough, at least His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bought one for his dog son, from this point of view, Tengfei Group is still a lot stronger than other manufacturers.

In comparison, Chujiao 6PRO is much luckier, after all, the technical difficulty of turboprop aircraft is much lower, so this aircraft has not only been affirmed by Thailand, but even neighboring Myanmar and Laos have also shown favor for Chujiao 6PRO.

Because these two countries not only regard the Chujiao 6PRO as a training aircraft, but also as a low-cost ground attack aircraft.

The reason for this,It's very simple,Beginner teaching6ProIn addition to excellent flight performance in the air,Other aspects are also very balanced。

Chujiao 6 Pro Length: 12.6 meters

Wingspan: 10.5 meters.

Height: 4.2 meters.

Empty weight 3823 kg.

Maximum internal fuel load: 1290 kg.

Maximum take-off weight: 7865 kg.

Maximum external weight: 1800 kg.

Practical ceiling: 14000 meters

Maximum range: 2317 km.

It is equipped with a WD-42ML turboprop engine produced by Tengfei Aviation Power, with a maximum power of 956 kilowatts and a shaft horsepower of 1300 horsepower.

To some extent, this data is no less than that of some second-generation combat aircraft, especially in terms of bomb load, which is much higher than the MiG-21 series equipped by many countries, and with a maximum range of more than 2,000 kilometers, the Chujiao 6pro, which has a take-off weight of less than 8 tons, is properly an air truck, which is enough to complete a variety of ground strike missions.

Tengfei Group is also equipped with a variety of ammunition combinations and attack mode options, from conventional bombs to laser-guided bombs, from ordinary hoisting aircraft guns to large-caliber rocket nests, which can be improved and installed at any time according to customer needs.

Of course, these things are advanced, flexible, there are still many aircraft of the same type to choose from around the world, Myanmar and Laos look at the Chujiao 6Pro instead of other aircraft, there is another extremely important reason, that is, the price.

The lowest price of the same type of aircraft in Europe and South America is $8 million, while the Chujiao 6Pro costs only $6.99 million, and even if it is upgraded to the top version that can use laser-guided bombs, it will only cost $7.68 million.

In addition, the cost of turboprop aircraft itself is not high, and the price of various spare parts is not expensive, so Chujiao 6PRO is very attractive to countries like Myanmar and Laos.

After all, separatist forces have long been entrenched in Myanmar and Laos, and the cost of one sortie of fighter jets used by the Air Force may be worth the combat consumption of a battalion for a day.

On the other hand, the cost of the Chujiao 6PRO is less than half of that of jet aircraft, and its combat effectiveness even exceeds that of most old jet combat aircraft.

Because of this, when Myanmar and Laos learned that Thailand had purchased 72 Chujiao 6pro, they immediately arranged relevant personnel to contact Tengfei Group, and after several rounds of test flights, they immediately threw orders to Tengfei Group in the form of compensation trade.

Among them, Myanmar purchased 24 Chujiao 6PRO with rice, rubber, timber and other agricultural products.

Laos used timber, iron ore, copper ore and other ore raw materials to purchase 12 Chujiao 6pro.

The purchase price of the two countries is slightly higher than Thailand's unit price of US$6.99 million, US$7.24 million and US$7.09 million, respectively.

The main difference is with Myanmar and Laos on the basis of retaining the function of the trainer aircraft to increase the ground attack effectiveness of the Chujiao 6pro, especially Myanmar, Tengfei Jitu not only tailors the air-ground targeting equipment for it, but also installs a retractable photoelectric probe under the aircraft, with a certain infrared night vision function, so that Myanmar's Chujiao 6PRO has a preliminary night combat capability.

However, compared with the gratifying results achieved by the first education 6pro, the aerospace business that Zhuang Jianye had high hopes for was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no progress at all.

So much so that Zhuang Jianye was very depressed, and he dared to fiddle with the scenes he did at the press conference of the new machine a few days ago, and he didn't even buy it.

But think about it, the concept of rocket recycling is still a bit too advanced, after all, the people of the world in the nineties have not been as crazy as a few decades later, and that PPT can get a lot of investment with a blind pass, after all, it is a person who has experienced the Cold War, and he is very rational.

But the problem is that they are all rational, what can they do with their KPIs?

Just when Zhuang Jianye finalized the contracts with Myanmar and Laos, while packing his luggage in the hotel, he was thinking about how to explain to the senior management of the factoring when he returned to China tomorrow, so as to convince them that Tengfei Group's aerospace business is not only a supporting business, but also has its own unique good products, when the door was suddenly knocked, Zhuang Jianye got up and opened the door, and when he saw that it was Gu Jingyou, he asked: "What's the matter?"

Gu Jingyou's face was a little strange: "That's the case, Mr. Zhuang, the head of the technical team of McDonnell Douglas Trainer Aircraft sent someone to contact him and said...... I want to see you. ”

"See me?" Zhuang Jianye was a little surprised, the two sides didn't know each other at all, what was Merlinz doing when he saw him, but the next moment Gu Jingyou's words made Zhuang Jianye want to immediately put on his wings and go to Merlintz: "Yes, he said...... He said...... I would like to inquire if we have the production capacity of satellites. ”