"Of course, this is a good thing, our MBT-2000 was originally intended to be used for sale of the main battle tank, this time to take the opportunity to let Pakistan drive to the Gulf battlefield to test the water, one is to test the effect in actual combat, and the other can also have a good publicity, and then it can be well connected to our third-generation tank sales market."

For this kind of thing, Yang Hui has never been stingy to say two more good words, especially this kind of good things that may bloom in the wall and fragrance outside the wall, and may be exported to domestic sales in the future, even more so.

"That's right, this time we have no opinion on Pakistan to send ground tank troops equipped with MBT2000, a big reason is also based on these considerations you said, if this MBT-2000 table is good, I believe that the country will also give it an official military number, and then your Southwest Science and Industry is also one of the great heroes!"

Knowing that this is saying that Southwest Science and Industry uses the CG-2000 assembly line to replace the 870 series engine, it is also not a prevarication, and it is also not a credit, anyway, Southwest Science and Industry finally got a lot of compensation, and there is no Zài who suffered a big loss, which is nothing more than a matter of your willingness.

It is rare to have the opportunity to directly contact Vice Chairman Liu's side, Yang Hui naturally needs to ask some questions in place, the last time he left Southwest Science and Industry to participate in the first flight of MPC75 in the United Passenger Aircraft Company, the catapult question raised by the chief engineer can be asked now, although it is not too much hope, but asking will not lose a piece of meat.

After carefully organizing the language, he asked, "Chairman." As I said before, let us Southwest Science and Industry follow up on the lightning carrier-based aircraft plan proposed by Brazil, and now there is a preliminary result. Just three days ago, the Brazilian government approved the project, and we are ready to start working on the detailed design. The design and prototype should be completed within two to three years, but we now need the supporting test equipment, catapults, arresting cables. ”

When these words were transmitted to the other end in the form of a telecommunication signal, the old people on the other end were also silent, one was happy that the carrier-based aircraft finally saw the possibility of borrowing chickens and eggs, but when it comes to catapults and arresting cables, this is really not so easy to solve!

Fortunately, he was a senior member of the navy before, coupled with his infinite dedication to aircraft carriers, so when Yang Hui made a request. Very keenly considering a very critical issue.

"As for the question of the catapult, I don't want to talk about this first, I want to know what kind of weight indicators your design lightning carrier-based aircraft will have, and what are the indicators of no load, full fuel and no bomb, half fuel and half bomb, and full fuel and full bomb, which is very important."

didn't expect to hear a decisive denial, which made Yang Hui unusually surprised, what does this mean? Is there hope

"The empty weight of the aircraft should not exceed seven tons, and the normal take-off weight of half fuel and half bomb is about 8.7 to 9 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is limited to less than 12 tons. The engine is definitely still a turbofan 10a, because we have also considered the high-salt, high-humidity environment used by the navy before, so this is a very mature engine. ”

This time, Yang Hui must not be wrong in the number jù that was reported, and there was the number of shore-based lightning in front of him. There is still no problem in estimating the various weights of the carrier-based type, so it is possible to directly report the number jù.

What Yang Hui never expected was that he really had to ask for a positive answer: "Since that's the case." Then the country can still provide some supporting support, and the design of our catapult began as early as the eighties. A catapult entity has also been mapped before, so now we can try it. ”

Give it a try. Naturally, it is because Chairman Liu plans to launch a set of catapults under development, and this set of catapults does not need to be considered

Somewhat incredulously confirmed: "What does the chairman mean is to prepare to build a set of real Yàn-type catapults under development, and then use this set of catapults to test our shipborne lightning prototypes?" ”

To be honest, Yang Hui also admired this scheme to the extreme, and how much courage did he have to use a real Yàn-type catapult to eject a new carrier-based aircraft in a test flight?

But when it comes to it, does it really not work? I'm afraid it's not completely unreliable, at least the experimental catapult on land does not have as many requirements for the use of catapults on aircraft carriers, and the equipment integration is not enough? It's better to take up a bigger area, on land anyway.

The vapor seal is not good, and the power loss is somewhat large? No problem, the experimental equipment on land only needs to supply enough steam, and the loss is larger, and the carrier-based aircraft with a maximum of 12 tons does not need much power.

Longevity, reliability is not good? Or even every time a cylinder is ejected, a cylinder and other components need to be inspected?

Anyway, it is only necessary to ensure that the most basic aircraft ejection is real, and this thing will not necessarily have an ejection test task even if it is a few days or ten days, and even if it is time for intensive test flights, it can effectively solve the problem by adjusting the schedule of test work.

"That's right, what I mean is to let the naval test station cooperate with the catapult scientific research unit, and on the basis of the current scientific research results, prepare to build a real Yàn type steam catapult, although this thing will not be very mature in all aspects, but as long as you do a detailed inspection and maintenance before ejecting your carrier-based aircraft, you must ensure that your test requirements are no problem. Sooner or later, we will have to build a catapult for testing, and if we don't build an experimental one for testing and accumulating experience, our catapult will always be immature. ”

For such a statement, Yang Hui on the phone did not have any rebuttals, after all, he has been engaged in this business since the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he is always so thoughtful at this critical moment, and the country is willing to build an experimental catapult to support the development of carrier-based aircraft of Southwest Science and Industry, which is already benevolent and righteous, isn't it?

"In this way, it would be the best, as long as we can ensure that our carrier-based aircraft can be used for more tests, whether it is a real or formally finalized catapult, we can accept it."

Anyway, Yang Hui figured it out, it is not without precedent to use an experimental catapult to catapult a real Yàn-type carrier-based aircraft, and it is so awesome to enter the Soviet Navy, when testing the MiG-29K and Su-27K, didn't any aircraft carrier be equipped with a steam catapult before? The people did not cooperate equally to complete the ejection of the carrier-based aircraft.

After another question was determined, only one last question remained: "Then the question of the catapult will be left at that, and then the Southwest Science and Technology Union will send special technical personnel to contact the navy and the catapult developer to jointly determine the issues that should be discussed." Now the last thing is about the CG-2000 to further expand the scope of use, we have a plan to develop a 13-17 MW class gas turbine, proposed by Chief Designer Wu Zhonghua and responsible for the preliminary program exploration, this gas turbine "

"Needless to say, I already knew about this, the chief designer of the 420 factory Wu had put the specific text on my desk half a month ago, and the navy also gave a feasibility report yesterday, this project has a high feasibility, you just don't say it now, I will also call you in these days to set up a plan."

Let's just say, good things are always good things, and the Navy is still very knowledgeable.

"Yes, it turns out that Mr. Wu has already reported the plan first, but I have been thinking too much, since the Navy has agreed to set up this gas turbine plan, then I will be relieved."

"Don't worry, I tell you, the navy did plan to allocate funds to support this gas turbine project, but you just said that the navy needs to support the catapult, so the navy's original funds are definitely not enough, your gas turbine project is ready to invest a lot of it, anyway, I know that you have money in the southwest science and industry, plus this gas turbine is a dual-use thing, in terms of your urine, you must open up the civilian market, so this project must not be the navy's investment."

Well, for this statement, Yang Hui is no longer able to complain, is this still the vice chairman of a country? How can you be so slammed, it's just to the point of madness, okay, really when Southwest Science and Technology is a local tyrant!

I have all kinds of helplessness in my heart, but in fact, I almost admit it, and I must admit that what Vice Chairman Liu said just now is the big truth, and this is indeed a dual-use project. (To be continued.) )