Looking at Ma Fengshan's face full of hope, Xie Kai thought about it and agreed, but in the end, he shook his head ruthlessly, "Mr. Ma, you also know that the current state of the aircraft is not suitable for continued production. Even the aircraft of the 7503 plant, which has not yet been assembled, cannot be put into the field of civil aviation transportation, unless we form our own air transport company. "At the moment it is simply not appropriate to form an air transport company.

It takes too much money, not to mention that the safety of Yun Shi is not guaranteed, and no one dares to be the master.

Drop one, that's hundreds of lives.

What's more, at present, domestic civil aviation has been in a state of loss.

The Yun-10 has not obtained airworthiness standards, and the safety performance cannot be guaranteed, so it is impossible for the Civil Aviation Administration to agree to put the Yun-10 into the civil aviation market operation.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Cheng asked Xie Kai from time to time. "Two test flights, the cost is too high. ”

This kid's idea can make the 404 base from the situation that the salary cannot be paid, and in just over two months, there is money to invest in a project like a large aircraft, and maybe it can really find a good future for Yunshi.

"Changed to a cargo plane. Xie Kai said. "That one is also a test aircraft, in the process of test flight, we can transport some expensive goods, freight can recover part of the cost of the test flight. ”

Let Yun Shi fly around empty-air after it is produced, the cost is indeed too high, and it does not conform to Xie Kai's idea of capital recycling.

If the cost can be recovered, it must be recovered.

The game consoles produced in the base have to be transported to Shenzhen City for export through customs, and if they are transported by train, the time is too long.

Only air freight is the most suitable.

Although it will increase the transportation cost of the game console, it can at least reduce the cost of transporting ten.

The cargo hold of Yun Ten is not small, when transporting game consoles, it may not be much at a time, and when the game substrate is transported later, the cost will be reduced when the motherboard and chips are transported from the outside.

The factory established in Shenzhen will only carry out assembly.

"Can this work?" Mr. Ma asked Xie Kai, "The cost of air transportation is not cheap. The planes of other airlines in the country are able to carry passengers and cargo at the same time. ”

"We originally had to conduct a large number of test flights, test flights in various complex environments, accumulate a lot of flight experience, verify the strength of the aircraft's airframe, and obtain data for subsequent improvements. ”

"Even if you don't carry cargo, you have to fly, don't you?" Xie Kai said. "If you want to produce it and put it on the market, you have to modify it and get safety guarantees. Previously, the flight time was too short, and the service life of parts on the fuselage was not verified. ”

From the time he decided to take over the Yun Shi project, Xie Kai made up his mind to pay attention.

In accordance with the opinions of the expert group in 81, the results of Yun Shi were maintained, and the research and improvement work was not stopped, and the team of Yun Shi was not disbanded.

Use the funds of the 404 base to support Yunshi and the entire team, invest in design improvement work, and wait for the improvement of the domestic industrial supporting system.

Now production, there is no buyer not to say, Xie Kai does not want to get more sources of funds to put into the market when there is a problem, and finally smashed the signboard of the domestic large aircraft Yunshi.

As long as there is a problem with the transportation of ten, it will be more difficult to promote it to the civilian market.

From the beginning, it was specially engaged in freight.

"That's the way to go, but it's not easy to find a transportation business. Cheng nodded from time to time. "Last year, we helped the foreign trade company transport 13 tons of export goods, and this year, we have brought supplies with them every time we enter Tibet. ”

Better than nothing.

"When the time comes, I will discuss this matter with Director Zheng, and the base will arrange a few special personnel to contact the freight business in the test flight area according to the test flight plan of Yun Shi. Xie Kai said, "Maybe we can get an order from the military in the future." ”

Now, with the gradual increase in the number of 404 products, logistics must also begin to match.

From the base to Jiayuguan, that line only has the train of the base, which is not a problem.

But on the national railway network, even if there is a relationship, once or twice is fine, it is impossible to mobilize a large number of wagons to 404 every time, right?

"Our Yunshi is a civil airliner, and it turned out to be a cargo ......plane," Ma Fengshan sighed.

"What a cargo plane, it's still a civil airliner, but it's just to help transport goods. Xie Kai comforted, "Now it is not possible to use civilian use, we have to pursue orders from the military." ”

Ma Fengshan looked at Xie Kai in surprise.

It turned out that he did not give up putting Yun Shi into the market, but he was more interested in the military market.

"Before the 10th Yun, there was a military modification idea, and some technical solutions were well demonstrated. Cheng whispered from time to time.

"Military ideas?" Xie Kai knew that in the early 80s, the Yun-10 project team had already put forward a lot of ideas.

Domestic large aircraft are not only used in civil aviation, but also very important for national defense.

"It's not just that. Ma Fengshan said, "In the military, there is the idea of a transport plane. According to our preliminary calculations, in terms of length, as long as the fuselage is lengthened by 3.5 meters, the shipment capacity is increased, and the left front of the fuselage is opened, it can be called a passenger and cargo dual-use, and civil air transport is not good, but the military has a great future, far higher than the transport capacity of the Y-8. ”

"How much can be achieved?" Xie Kai really didn't know about this idea.

No matter how complete the information on the Internet is, it is impossible to know better than the chief designer of Yunshi.

"The maximum load of the cargo is 35-40 tons, and it can carry 12 containers or 189 fully armed soldiers. Cheng said from time to time.

Xie Kai immediately became interested when he heard this, "This is about the same as the carrying capacity of the Soviet Il-76." ”

"For the transportation of heavy equipment, the Yun-10 modification may not be very suitable. Ma Fengshan reminded Xie Kai. "There are no problems with being used in paratrooper units. ”

"This is okay, the modification is going like this, even if the military doesn't like it, we can also be a cargo plane. Isn't this modification dual-purpose for passengers and goods?" Xie Kai licked his lips.

If it is really changed, even if the military does not give up the purchase of the Il-76, it will have to buy a few planes.

"Really to a cargo plane?" Cheng was a little dumbfounded from time to time.

Our purpose now is to preserve the achievements of Yunshi, to ensure that the team will not only not be disbanded, but also to continue to grow, and at the same time to promote the development of supporting manufacturing, materials, processes and other industries. When Xie Kai said these words, it was completely out of touch with his age.

Ma Fengshan and Cheng were in a trance from time to time, as if they were facing peers who were more shrewd than them.

"It's going to cost a lot of money. After the retrofit, the production of the demonstrator had to be restarted. Ma Fengshan reminded Xie Kai.

"The problem of money, let's find a way to solve it. One of the biggest advantages of our 404 is that as long as the project is determined, the technicians do not have to think about anything else, and there is a dedicated team to ensure their logistics and solve their needs. "Xie Kai, this is really not bragging.

There are not many technicians in the base, but there are a lot of supporting ones.

"By the way, I remember that you also put forward the idea of an AWACS aircraft before, does this have eyebrows?" Xie Kai asked.

AWACS, that's the most important thing.

Both the Navy and the Air Force need AWACS.

The voyage of Yun-8 was too short, and there was no way in China to use Yun-8 as a platform.

"Yes, the military is very interested, and the technical project has also been demonstrated, but the Yun-10 has not been finalized, and the Air Force is also short of military spending, so there is no news. Ma Fengshan nodded.

In this case, in the process of carrying out the test flight of the Yun-10, we began to improve the design in these two directions. If the military aircraft of other countries can be modified to become civil airliners, why can't we use the technology of civil airliners to seek orders from the military? As long as the technology is successful, verified, and the team has been trained, we will return to the civil aviation market. Xie Kai said excitedly.

It is completely feasible to modify military transport planes and early warning aircraft with the technology of the Y-10.

As a result, they need to invest less, and even receive a small amount of funding from the Air Force.

"There's no problem with that. Ma Fengshan and Cheng were both excited from time to time, "But will the base management committee agree? ”

"I'll convince them. Xie Kai assured the two.

The two of them knew Xie Kai's special position in the hearts of the members of the base's management committee, and they didn't have the slightest suspicion because he was young.

After discussing, time passed quickly, and it wasn't until the plane landed that Xie Kai realized that it had arrived.

When he got off the plane this time, his legs were not weak, let alone Tian Li supporting him to get off the plane.

After the plane stopped, the technicians on the plane began to conduct a full inspection of the plane, regardless of the fact that the time was around half past four in the morning.

"You guys stay in the guest house first, and Director Zheng will come here tomorrow morning. Cheng personally sent Xie Kai and Tian Li to the guest house from time to time. "I'll take you tomorrow to see the one that's being assembled. ”

Xie Kai was so sleepy that he didn't object.

If Zheng Yucheng hasn't arrived yet, he can take a good look at the Yunshi assembly factory, he hasn't seen it yet.

"Boy, hurry up, we must go to Factory 742 right away. There are quite a few people on their side who want to cut in line. Xie Kai slept soundly, and Zheng Yucheng called Xie Kai up. "You can be so tired on a special plane?"

Xie Kai was helpless for a while, "People are not in a hurry, they are not in a hurry." ”

"I grabbed a thousand sets of Mitsubishi's order this time, and if the little devil breaks it, the production of our motherboard or something will be in trouble. Zheng Yucheng reminded Xie Kai.

robbed the little devil's order, and they had to be mentally prepared for revenge.

"The integrated circuit production line imported by Factory 742 from Toshiba, if Mitsubishi's old devil Yoshikawa cooperates with Komatsu before and looks for people from Toshiba, the people from Factory 742 will not help us if they can't do it. Zheng Yucheng understands this matter.

Even if his head was groggy, Xie Kai had to leave the warm bed and wash up.

He was worried that the little devils would make it bad, and the 742 factory would definitely consider Toshiba's opinion.