Before going to Russia, Wang Hongtao had reported to Lu Yang about the exhibition. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt that time, Lu Yang was quite excited, and he also wanted to join in the fun. However, when he heard that Wang Hongtao and they were not going to the Moscow International Aerospace Exhibition, but the International Helicopter Expo, Lu Yang was not interested. He wanted to see fighter jets, not helicopters.

This time, Wang Hongtao brought the latest masterpiece of Tianxin Aerospace Company to the exhibition. This is a military transport helicopter, codenamed Red Hawk. Red Eagle transport helicopter is a large transport helicopter jointly developed by Tianxin Aerospace Company and Changfei Helicopter Design and Research Institute, in addition to being used for military transportation, civilian functions are also quite excellent, such as forest firefighting, natural disaster rescue, have good performance.

The birth of Red Eagle is a major breakthrough for Huaxia. To say that Huaxia's air force has grown rapidly in strength over the years, and even the fourth-generation fighters are about to be installed, however, Huaxia's shortcomings in helicopters have still not been made up. Eight years ago, the state dispatched a considerable number of rescue helicopters, but most of these helicopters were from abroad. It wasn't until the appearance of the Z-10 that Huaxia's military helicopters saved a little face and got rid of the embarrassment of the Wanguo brand.

Z-10 is a bit similar to Red Eagle, the former was jointly developed by the original Hafei and Changfei, and later the work was transferred to Changfei to complete. The latter is completed by Tianxin Aerospace and Changfei, which inherited Hafei, and this time, Tianxin Aerospace played a leading role.

As the first large-scale military transport helicopter in China, Red Eagle has been the focus of everyone's attention since the project was established. However, attention is concern, and most people are not optimistic about Red Eagle's project. Hafei, the predecessor of Tianxin Aerospace, is a key unit in domestic helicopter research and development, but their technical strength is not enough to complete the Red Eagle. Besides, after Hafei was acquired by Lu Yang, only two works were launched in four or five years, a civilian helicopter flash, a high-speed unmanned helicopter Dark Mine, and there were no research results of large military helicopters.

Lu Yang doesn't care whether the outside world is optimistic about this project or not, the Red Eagle helicopter is the prelude to his military helicopter research and development, and there is no room for failure. Lu Yang gave Wang Hongtao a death order, no matter how much he invested, he must complete this project. Wang Hongtao's execution is quite good, not only to concentrate the company's existing technical forces, but also to mobilize many retired experts. With Lu Yang's own funds, he poached a lot of people from other places to form a huge team.

Due to the lack of domestic experience in the design of large transport helicopters, the project did not start smoothly. When it was first designed, it was suggested that the twin-engine, twin-propeller design of the CH-47 should be adopted, but it was later vetoed by Lu Yang. He gave Wang Hongtao the task of developing a heavy transport helicopter similar to the Mi-26.

In the early stage of the project, Lu Yang spent a lot of effort. He has purchased a lot of advanced helicopter technology from Tiandao Mall, and in terms of technology, he is already the world's top helicopter expert. With Lu Yang's leadership, the Red Eagle helicopter project was able to be carried out, and more than 20 technical problems were solved within half a year. In this way, the project has received strong support from the state.

After more than two years, under the coordination of the military, Tianxin Aerospace concentrated nearly half of the domestic helicopter experts, coupled with the technology provided by Lu Yang, and finally completed the leapfrog development of Huaxia helicopter technology from scratch and manufactured the Red Eagle helicopter.

The Red Eagle helicopter has a length of 42 meters, a height of 8.3 meters, a rotor diameter of 35 meters, an empty weight of 24,400 kg, a load of 26,800 kg, a normal take-off weight of more than 50,000 kg, a maximum take-off weight of 58,000 kg, a load of more than the Mi-26 of the Polar Bear, and a transport capacity of more than double that of the CH-47.

The Red Hawk helicopter has been tested for half a year and has found no major faults, only minor adjustments. Overall, this transport helicopter is fully capable of meeting the needs of the military, and it can adapt to a variety of complex environments and perform tasks around the clock.

The most satisfying thing for the military is that the speed of the Red Hawk helicopter is more than 30% higher than that of ordinary transport helicopters, and its top speed reaches 386 kilometers per hour. For such a large transport helicopter, this speed is simply a miracle. The Mi-26 has a top speed of 295 kilometers per hour, and the Ch-47 is even lower, at 285 kilometers.

At such speeds, the helicopter is worthy of its name, the Red Eagle.

The Red Eagle uses more advanced engines, with a self-sealing pressure refueling anti-crash fuel tank on each side of the fuselage, and three auxiliary long-range fuel tanks can be installed in the cargo hold, with a maximum range of more than 3,500 kilometers, more than any military transport helicopter.

After the Red Eagle helicopter test, the military was full of praise for it, and had identified it as the main transport helicopter in Huaxia, and at the same time placed an order for 100 planes for Tianxin Aerospace Company, which made Wang Hongtao overjoyed. For military helicopters, Wang Hongtao has a knot. When the original research and development of Zhi 10, Hafei did the preliminary work, but the result was to let Changfei pick peaches, as an employee of Hafei, of course he was not convinced. Not only him, but also the employees of Hafei wanted to develop the next main helicopter for the country, and now, they have finally done it.

Weapons such as Red Hawk helicopters were not intended to be sold by the state. However, Tianxin Aerospace Company is Lu Yang's company, and the Red Eagle helicopter is a product of Lu Yang, and the state cannot restrain him in the same way as it restricts military enterprises. That's why there was a matter of Red Eagle Helicopters participating in the Moscow Helicopter Expo.

The outside world has also reported on the Red Eagle helicopter for a long time, after all, there is such a long time in the middle, and the military news of Huaxia has always been the focus of everyone's attention. Unlike the Z-10, the Red Eagle helicopter did not deliberately hide it from the outside world, and soon, its approximate data was guessed.

Jane's Defense Weekly was the first to publish its opinion on the Red Hawk helicopter, saying that it was a Chinese imitation of the Mi-26, and that there were many similarities between the two in terms of appearance. This is also because the outside world has not figured out the performance of the Red Eagle, so it is concluded. In every aspect, the Red Eagle surpasses the Mi-26 by more than a generation.

For the birth of the Red Eagle, countries such as the United States are unhappy, and the polar bear is equally depressed. Over the years, the Polar Bears have been promoting their Mi-46 program to Huaxia, focusing on Huaxia's lack of strength to develop heavy transport helicopters, hoping to use Huaxia's funds to complete the project. However, the appearance of the Red Eagle bankrupted their attempts. In terms of the Polar Bear's scheme, the Mi-46 is inferior to the Red Hawk helicopter in many ways.

According to the established rules, the performance of weapons sold to foreign countries must be discounted from those used by the country itself, and the Red Eagle helicopter is no exception. The performance of the foreign trade models participating in this helicopter expo is only 80% of the original, and even so, there are no other transport helicopters that can compare with the Red Eagle helicopter. As for the price, the Red Eagle helicopter is not expensive, and the external price is $13 million, which is definitely a conscience price.

The media paid great attention to the Red Eagle helicopter exhibiting for the first time, and the Huaxia exhibition area was full of people early in the morning. I have to say that this time Huaxia has given the world another surprise, and many people can't believe it when they see the Red Eagle helicopter. Prior to this, the most advanced helicopter independently developed by Huaxia was the Z-10, but the performance of the Z-10 could only be regarded as the middle and upper in the world, and this time, the Red Eagle helicopter entered the world's advanced ranks in one fell swoop, which surprised many people who looked down on Huaxia's military technology. (To be continued.) )