Is COMAC really developing a tiltrotor?

When this was confirmed, Farouk Legari was in a trance.

Prior to this, he, including the entire Pakistani side, although there was a lot of cooperation with China in the field of aviation technology, especially in the field of military aviation technology, whether it was the ongoing JF-17, which is the future FC-1 "Thunder" Light fighters, or K-8 trainer aircraft, are all minibuses take the initiative to come to the door to cooperate with Huaxia, and since last year, the Pakistani side has been paying close attention to Huaxia's Z-10 and Z-10B helicopter gunships, in order to be able to get a close understanding of the situation of the Z-10 helicopter gunship, Pakistan even secretly invited the Huaxia Z-10 "Haidongqing" helicopter gunship test team to Pakistan in the name of "inspecting the use of this helicopter gunship in high-altitude areas" for field flight tests.

And after knowing the existence of the Z-10B heavy armed helicopter, the Pakistani side has maintained close contact with the COMAC Group, in order to be able to grasp the situation of the Z-10B at the first time, but now, the COMAC Group is actually exploring the technology of the tiltrotor aircraft.

Farouk Legari suddenly felt that the entire country seemed to have neglected China's technological level in the military field.

Because of this, his brain spun at an unprecedented speed, thinking about how he could impress Wang Dazhi and persuade him to agree to learn about the tiltrotor.

After all, he is a person who has been in China for so many years, and he was really thought of a solution by Farouk Legari......

"Mr. Wang, you know very well that our two countries are natural allies, and the friendship between China and Pakistan will last as long as real gold," Farouk Legari directly took out the big killer weapon of "China-Pakistan friendship": "For Chinese friends, our Pakistani government and Pakistani people have always had the greatest sincerity, so please believe me, I don't mean to explore your secrets, we just want to determine whether COMAC is really developing a tiltrotor ......"

"This ......"

Wang Dazhi's face was cloudy, and he seemed to be moved by Farouk Legari's words.

Farouk Legari was overjoyed, and hurriedly continued: "Mr. Wang, as you know, this brand new aircraft is very important for your country, and it is also very important for our country...... Well, you know, no matter what, I will report everything I saw today to the military attache of our embassy in China, and I will also suggest that he ask the superior leadership of your government to verify that as long as this project of your company is not related to national strategic security, your government will most likely agree to our request. ”

That's true.

With the friendship between the two countries, if Pakistan says that it wants to visit our nuclear submarines and nuclear missile bases, of course, it is not possible at all, but if it is only a helicopter under development, this face will definitely be given.

Wang Dazhi also understood this, so he hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded, although his face was not good-looking: "Okay, Legari, you saw it right, we are indeed conducting research on tiltrotors." ”

I knew it was so!

I knew I was right!

Farouk Legari did not hide his excitement and happiness, and nodded repeatedly: "I knew I was not mistaken. ”

"Actually, we didn't mean to hide it from our friends," Wang Dazhi seemed a little embarrassed, and explained to Farouk Legari: "The reason why I said that just now is because the tiltrotor cannot be compared with the Americans' Osprey, but it can carry up to 2 people and has an empty weight of only more than 500 kilograms. ”

Farouk Legari nodded again and again, and some doubts in his heart were also eliminated one by one: No wonder I thought that the size of the plane was so small just now, it turned out to be just a technical verification aircraft with an empty weight of only more than 500 kilograms and only two people, the purpose of which is to explore and verify the flight characteristics and aerodynamic structure of the tiltrotor aircraft, etc., no wonder......

Hey?

Farouk Legari suddenly reacted to one thing: no!

Even if it is just a technical verification aircraft, from a purely technical point of view, this technical verification aircraft and the maximum take-off weight of more than 27 tons of V-22 "Osprey" is actually exactly the same, the American V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor is the United States Boeing and Bell Helicopter Company jointly developed, Boeing is a super giant in the field of civil aircraft today, in the field of military aircraft is also quite powerful, is the world's largest, The most technologically advanced fixed-wing aircraft manufacturer, and the Bell Helicopter Company is the most advanced and powerful helicopter company in the world today, Bell Company and Boeing Company have joined forces to come up with the V-22 "Osprey", and now, the Commercial Aviation Group alone has come up with the tiltrotor, which ...... This......

Could it be that the technical level of COMAC has reached a level close to that of Bell and Boeing? !

As soon as the idea came to him, even Farouk Legari himself was frightened: how is this possible? Is that Boeing and Bale?

Although Farouk Legari does not think that COMAC can be technically compared with fixed-wing aircraft giants and rotorcraft giants such as Boeing and Bell, it seems that the gap between them is not as big as Pakistan previously thought.

This is an important situation!

Farouk Legari felt he had to report the project back home as soon as possible.

Holding back the excitement in his heart, Farouk Legari asked Wang Dazhi: "Mr. Wang, can I ask you where you have been? Well, I mean, have you figured out the structural characteristics and aerodynamic characteristics of the tiltrotor?"

"Haha...... It's still very early," Wang Dazhi waved his hand again and again: "This project is self-financed and self-carried out by our group, and Mr. Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya is in charge, and Mr. Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya is also responsible for the development of a number of aircraft, including the Z-10B, so ......"

He shrugged and didn't speak.

However, Farouk Legari, through Wang Dazhi's words, once again grasped several key information: this technology verification machine is a self-funded self-research project of COMAC, and it is commanded by Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaja - with Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya personally in charge, no wonder COMAC is so bold!