That...... What is the performance of this modified turboprop engine?" Wang Dazhi, who came to his senses, still couldn't believe that it only cost 5 million rubles to change from a turboshaft to a turboprop.

"Of course, the design requirements have been met," Vadim Rabinovich wondered why his general manager would ask such a question: "And it has passed the acceptance of the acceptance team, which fully meets the requirements of the An-140...... Well, I remember that in the information that the company brought from the Ivchenko Design Bureau, it should be the information about the TV3-117VMA-SB2M turboprop engine. ”

Well?

Wang Dazhi's spirit suddenly lifted: Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and go to the archives to have a look!

During the most chaotic period before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with the contacts and relationships accumulated before, COMAC was crazy to copy materials in the major aviation design institutes and scientific research institutions in the Soviet Union, and some of them were not even directly copyed, but directly pulled back the most primitive paper files.

To this end, COMAC even built a special building, that is, an archive, to preserve these materials, for COMAC, these are the company's confidence.

The general manager personally went out, and the information of the TV3-117VMA-SB2M turboprop engine, the TV3-117MT turboshaft engine of the Mi-17 helicopter, and the TV3-117VM turboshaft engine of the Mi-171 helicopter were found.

There is Vadim S. Rabinovich, an aero engine expert, Wang Dazhi easily figured out the difference between these three engines: from the data map, compared with the user's earliest TV3-117MT turboshaft engine, the new TV3-117VMA-SB2M turboprop engine and TV3-117VM turboshaft engine have made some optimizations on the front-end gas generator, but whether it is TV3-117MT or TV3-117VM, the improvement is actually very small, and TV3-117VM and its subtype TV3-117VMA-SB2M, most of the gas generators are exactly the same, the difference is only a slight difference in the deceleration mechanism, but these improvements are not something that 5 million rubles can take down, right?

In the face of Wang Dazhi's doubts, Vadim Rabinovich explained: "Wang, you must understand that during the Soviet period, our scientific research system was actually similar to yours. ”

Wang Dazhi patted his head heavily: Why did you forget this?!

The Soviet Union is the teacher of China, before the 80s, China's economic system and scientific research system were inherited from the Soviet Union, such as the development of this TV3-117VMA-SB2M engine, the required funds and materials are all allocated by the state, and scientific researchers just do their own work normally, usually only after the completion of research and development will be symbolic bonuses, in this case, 5 million rubles of research and development costs can really be done - After all, when this engine was developed, the value of the ruble was still very strong, unlike now, the value of the ruble is barely a little stronger than waste paper.

Thinking of the reasoning behind this, Wang Dazhi asked Vadim Rabinovich: "Vadim, you have participated in the research and development and design of the AI-222-25 engine, how long do you think it will take to make a turboshaft engine based on the core engine of the AI-222-25?"

"To make a prototype?" asked Vadim Rabinovic.

Wang Dazhi nodded: "Go to the prototype to start testing." ”

"Two years," Vadim Rabinovic said confidently, "If the project starts now, as long as there are enough funds to ensure it, about two years should be enough." ”

Wang Dazhi was in a trance: Is it only two years? Two years......

Thinking of Chen Geng's words, Wang Dazhi finally made a decision, he looked up at Vadim Rabinovich and said in a deep voice: "Vadim, let me tell you the truth, our project is likely to not be able to get the state's financial allocation, and can only be carried out by self-financing, and we can win some policy support if we do more, so we must be able to save money in terms of R&D funds, and the company may send a financial team to settle in the R&D project team to review the funds......"

Do you need to self-finance? Vadim Rabinovic was stunned, but quickly, he nodded: "I'm fine, but will the entry of the finance team cause some ...... in R&D?" Hmm, unnecessary trouble?"

"You can rest assured," Wang Dazhi smiled: "Your project is very high-level, directly responsible to me, if you have any comments on the audit results of the financial team, you can directly reflect to me, I can also assure you that as long as your demand for funds is reasonable, the financial audit team will definitely not make trouble for you...... If they dare to trouble you, I will dare to trouble them. ”

Hearing Wang Dazhi say this, Vadim Rabinovich thought for a moment and nodded: "Then I have no problem, when will it start?"

He was even a little impatient, as the person Chen Geng had spent a lot of money to recruit at the beginning, Vadim Rabinovic knew very well that he had to prove himself as soon as possible.

"Soon, the company needs to hold a meeting to discuss this matter, and it will be started after the company has formed a resolution," after a deep sigh, Wang Dazhi said: "It shouldn't take more than two months." ”

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Previously, whether it was the "tay" series engine or RB211 series engine imported from the British Rolls-Royce Group, or the Fokker F100 aircraft introduced from Fokker Company, more people still "bought steamed buns", and now, the development of this turboshaft engine means that COMAC Group must really start to learn to "make steamed buns" by itself Wang Dazhi even directly served as the leader of the project team as the general manager of the group, and Vadim Rabinovic served as the deputy leader of the project team and the actual person in charge of the project team, so to speak, the whole project was carried out under the watchful eye of the whole group, and the financial team that was stationed in the project team was more to escort the smooth progress of the entire project.

After Wang Dazhi reported this arrangement to Chen Geng, Chen Geng was also very satisfied with this arrangement: "I think it's very good, there's no problem, just do it." ”

"Okay," Wang Dazhi replied repeatedly, but the next request he made made Chen Geng feel a little surprised: "Chairman, you do some ebaytalk, can you publish a Chinese version?"

"Hmm, what do you say?" Chen Geng was surprised.

"I think this ebaytalk is very suitable as a communication tool within our company," Wang Dazhi said, "but in China, many ordinary employees do not have a good level of English, if we can provide a Chinese interface, everyone can use this thing, it can bring a lot of convenience to work." ”