"What thoughts?"

Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa did not answer immediately, but asked Wang Dazhi: "How much do you know about the AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter gunships of the Americans?"

Although he did not understand why Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa asked himself this question, he said: "I don't know much, I just know that this helicopter gunship has a long history, from the official entry into service in the late 60s to the present, and the Americans are constantly improving it." ”

Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa nodded: "Then do you know that the 'Cobra' gunship is actually improved on the basis of the UH-1 'Huey' helicopter, and many parts and components of the two are common?"

Wang Dazhi's eyes widened: "Really?"

What kind of aircraft is the UH-1 "Huey" helicopter? Known as the "battlefield taxi" of the US military, it has a huge production quantity, and it is a single-engine transport helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 4.3 tons -- in terms of maximum take-off weight, it is comparable to the "Dolphin" helicopter, but the internal space is much larger than that of the "Dolphin", but the AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter gunship was actually developed from the UH-1 "Huey" transport helicopter?

This made Wang Dazhi a little unbelievable, but Wang Dazhi believed that Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa was talking nonsense about this kind of thing, so it was true. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what do you mean ......?"

Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa looked at Wang Dazhi with a somewhat excited expression: "We can refer to ...... No, we can copy the development process of the Americans' 'Cobra' helicopter gunship, based on the Z-9 helicopter, develop a professional helicopter gunship, and continue to improve it, making it a product with a long life cycle.

Wang, I have calculated, although the power of the turboshaft-8A is a little lower, but if we make some sacrifices in terms of armor, in fact, it is also possible, at least it is much stronger than the combat effectiveness of directly using the Z-9 helicopter to change an armed type, and the most important thing is that the potential of this model is huge, we can continue to upgrade and improve this helicopter in the future, what do you think of this idea?"

After saying this, Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa thought of the problem of funding, and he hurriedly added: "As for the funding, well, I am sure that it will be controlled within 60 million, even if there is no financial allocation from the state, I think the company should be able to get this money, right?"

For Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa, who has participated in transport helicopters and armed helicopters such as Mi-8/17, Mi-24, Mi-28 and Mi-26, Wang Dazhi is not worried about his business level, and Wang Dazhi is also very moved by Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa's proposal, and he also has some understanding of the development of the Americans' "Cobra" series of armed helicopters, and the "Cobra" series has developed to this day and has "evolved" to pour the AH-1W "Super Cobra" It was this model that was previously sold to 4V in the United States.

In addition to the AH-1W "Super Cobra", the latest AH-1Z "Zulu Cobra" has also entered the intensive test flight, which will be in service in a few years, compared with the first generation of AH-1G, the engine power of the AH-1W "Super Cobra" has doubled, the maximum take-off weight has exceeded 50% compared to the AH-1G, the on-board electronics and weapons are more advanced, and the overall combat effectiveness has been doubled.

However, thinking of the plan that has not been approved for the time being, Wang Dazhi hesitated for a moment, and still told Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa: "Mr. Kapaja, in fact, the company also has an idea of deriving two engine series, turboshaft and turboprop, on the basis of the core engine of the AI-222-25 turbofan engine, but now the company is still hesitating......

"What?!"

Before Wang Dazhi's words were finished, Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa was suddenly excited: "What?! The company is ready to develop a turboshaft engine with the core engine of the AI-222-25 engine?!"

Why is Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa so excited?

Because the AI-222-25 engine was designed and developed by the Evchenko Design Bureau of the former Soviet Union, and in the former Soviet Union, the Ivchenko Design Bureau was the core engine engine supplier of the Miri Design Bureau: the TV3-117 series turboshaft engine on the Mi-8/17 transport helicopter and the Mi-24 and Mi-28 gunships, and the Mi-26 "Halo", known as the "king of heavy helicopters" The D-136 turboshaft engine for heavy helicopters was supplied by the Ivchenko Design Bureau (TV3-117 series turboshaft engines, there are several production plants, in addition to the Ivchenko Design Bureau, there is also the Klimov Design Bureau, at that time the Soviet Union was a large collaborative model, and what was designed by one design bureau would be allocated by the state to other units for production).

For the Ivchenko Design Bureau, Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa, is too clear, he not only knows that if a type of turboshaft engine is developed with the AI-222-25 engine, the maximum power can easily exceed 2200 shaft horsepower, but also knows that COMAC not only poached itself from the Miri Design Bureau, but also the chief designer of the D-18T turbofan engine / D-36 turbofan engine / D-136 turboshaft engine Lotarev At the same time, Vadim Rabinovich, deputy chief designer of the Ivchenko Design Bureau, dug it up!

After leaving the Soviet Union, the Mi-28 helicopter gunship under development is only equipped with two TV3-117 engines with 2200 shaft horsepower, if Vadim Rabinovich can carry out vortex transformation of the AI-222-25 engine, doesn't it mean that he can build a real heavy Wuzhi?!

Thinking of this, Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapaton became excited and hurriedly said, "Really?"

Wang Dazhi nodded to indicate that it was true, but said: "But now I just have such an idea, and whether I want to do this depends on the attitude above...... If the above is unwilling to allocate R&D funds, our group will not be able to support such a project that may not be able to enter and exit in the next ten years, and you know, for helicopters, it is not enough to have an engine, and the reducer is also a big problem. ”

Yes, the reducer is a big problem, when it comes to helicopters, the average military fan will say that this helicopter has created a few how many horsepower engines, as if everything is fine with the engine, but forget that the reducer is also a key component of the helicopter power system, the efficiency of the reducer directly determines the overall performance of the aircraft, and unfortunately, in the field of precision and high-performance machinery of the helicopter reducer, the level of Huaxia is more than the turboshaft engine.