Chapter 335: Letter from Xifei
It has been more than half a month since he returned to the headquarters of Southwest Science and Industry Anxi, during which Yang Hui has also participated in some research and development tasks from time to time, especially the development of DSI air intakes, which makes Yang Hui eager to run to the project team every day.
Last time, Northrop threatened to withdraw all experts in the southwest science and industry cooperation and even destroy the data, but fortunately, in the end, the two sides reached an agreement and everyone was satisfied, and Northrop also knew that after the two sides completed the investment in Embraer, the cooperative relationship would be closer, and naturally the development of DSI air intakes here was also more important.
As long as the approximate aerodynamic data of Southwest Science and Industry comes out, it will be able to get Northrop for supercomputer calculation, and the cooperation between the two sides can be described as handy, and it is already quite proficient to a certain extent.
A few years ago, when Northrop and Southwest Science and Industry first started to cooperate, the promise was to make Southwest Science and Industry domestic electronic cockpit system within three years.
There is Changhong Factory to provide electronic cockpit display system display, Southwest Science and Industry of its own domestic parts, plus other electronic industry units to provide support, it is no exaggeration to say that in addition to the on-board computer, others can be completed.
As for this record computer, Yang Hui has no good way, this is really not the dish of Southwest Science and Industry, no matter how he can get involved, fortunately, the Republic of China at this time 863 plan put the computer in a very important position. Military airborne computers are also tackling key problems, and I believe that in a few years, we will be able to come up with some airborne computers for publications, and the big deal is that the cost will be higher. In some places, the performance is a little lower.
And these are not too worthy of attention, at least the Southwest Science and Industry is still out of reach of the computer. Now Yang Hui is paying attention to this batch of J-74 fighters that are somewhat different from each other.
It is difficult to see the difference between this J-74 from the appearance alone, and the only thing that can see some doorways is probably the huge difference in the engine tail nozzle. After all, this J-74 is tailor-made for Thailand, and the tail nozzle of the F404 engine is indeed very different from the turbofan 10 in appearance.
Standing next to Yang Hui is no one else, it is the commander of the Thai Air Force Wenjin who came from Thailand, this guy has been drooling over the J-74T for a long time, of course, it can also be said that he has more ideas about the kickbacks promised by Southwest Science and Industry.
Watching the two J-74T fighters that rolled off the assembly line together being dragged out of the final assembly workshop by the tractor, Wenjin also muttered constantly at this moment.
"Good thing, this fighter that beat the Vietnamese Navy to the ground is finally about to be delivered to Thailand. Mr. Yang, don't you know that Thailand is a neighbor of Vietnam. But I have always been worried, and now with the delivery of the famous fighter J-74, I believe that we in Thailand can sit back and relax for at least ten years. ”
This is from the bottom of Wenjin's heart, the previous purchase of J-74T may still be the kickback promised by Southwest Science and Industry accounted for a large reason, but since the Republic of China HNA used J-74 fighters in the 416 naval battle to blow up Vietnam. Thailand's domestic demand for this fighter has been higher and higher, especially when the Thai government announced that the J-74T procurement case has been finalized, and Thailand is extremely down-to-earth.
And Wenjin, who single-handedly promoted the J-74T to enter the service in Thailand, was even more bragged about it, and a prescient air force commander was already the most euphemistic and low-key praise, and other things such as: clever calculations, able to pinch and calculate
and other words of praise filled Wenjin's career as an air force commander. Even Wenjin subtly thought that he seemed to be really prescient, and he was even full of enthusiasm for a while, which came to Southwest Science and Industry to receive the first batch of J-74T fighters off the assembly line and delivery.
Yang Hui naturally knew what the situation was with this guy, and he also praised it together: "Yes." Our J-74 won a brilliant victory not long ago, and when Thailand is also equipped with this aircraft, presumably Vietnam will no longer have any wrong thoughts about Thailand. ”
"That's, that's. Now the whole of Thailand is waiting for the plane to fly to the country, and then it will be cheered by the crowd. ”
said. A group of people came to the front of these two fighters, after all, this plane was the first two to roll off the assembly line. In addition, the commander of the Thai Air Force was personally present, and a small celebratory ceremony was still necessary.
Yang Hui, Wenjin, and the vice president of Northrop, the company with the highest position in Southwest Science and Industry, sat at a table, looking at the two J-74T fighters with festive red flowers on the radome, and a strong sense of festivity arose.
"Come on, let's send blessings to the two first batch of J-74T fighters together, and send them to the test flight station together."
In this way, the three of them stood up and walked to the side with a smile, and under the leadership of Yang Hui, they climbed into the Dajiefang CA10 'tractor' that was used as a tractor.
That's right, although the current Southwest Science and Industry is also doing very well, but the tractor has not been replaced, this use of the old liberation truck as a tractor is also the Republic of China's army, military aircraft manufacturing plant before 2000 unique landscape.
There is no way, who called the republic this year really does not have a real large-scale stereotyped aircraft tractor, this kind of thing Yang Hui can only make do, anyway, the effect is almost the same, the back of the truck can pull people, equipment, weapons, the most important people can be with the liberation of CA15 tank truck logistics.
In this way, after Yang Hui climbed into the carriage of the car, the vice president of Northrop on the side seemed to have long been accustomed to this kind of convertible, and naturally climbed into the carriage with agility, only Wenjin looked at the two people with a sluggish face, and finally was ruthless and climbed up under Yang Hui's answer.
The three of them held the high bar of the carriage for a while, and they were full of emotion, this car is definitely an old model from World War II, and the old model of the Giss 150 from the Soviet Union can indeed only be seen in the Republic.
The driver drove a tractor with three people and a fighter plane, and the same was true for the car behind, which seemed to carry more people, so he could still run fast and go to the test flight station on the side
Although there are not many follow-up test flights, most of them are quite cumbersome, and they still need to be accepted by the Thai side, and it will take at least half a month to deliver the first batch of J-74T fighters.
But in the past half a month, Yang Hui received a letter from Xifei Company, and after opening it and reading it, he realized that this thing was actually related to the MPC75 project.
After browsing carefully, he casually put the letter on the desk, and after pondering for a long time, he picked up the phone and dialed the 624 Institute far away in Fucheng, which was about the same time as the approximate test data finalization time of the core machine promised by 624.
Now Xifei has begun to ask the three suppliers who are willing to provide engines to participate in the bidding together, and it seems that they are preparing to preliminarily determine the engine model, and Yang Hui has to be cautious.
"Hey, Chief Engineer Liu? I am Yang Hui of Southwest Science and Technology, and now I want to ask where the progress of the core machine has been, Xifei has begun to urge our engine suppliers, and now the situation is not optimistic, and our progress is the slowest. ”
Chief Engineer Liu on the other side of the phone also replied to Yang Hui with confidence: "No problem, the preliminary core machine data has been decided, and it has been sorted out and shipped to you yesterday, and a core machine with a remaining 100 hours of life has also come with the data." (To be continued.) )