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Lin Qiangsheng waved his hand and said to Lu Yunmo: "It doesn't matter, the design has to look farther, not just see the current market, if other companies design the aircraft bigger, then we are not lagging behind, medium and large passenger aircraft is a development trend!" ”

Schmidt nodded and said, "I very much agree with what Lin Johnson said, and our board of directors thinks so too!" ”

Lu Yunmo really hesitated, there is already a McDonnell Douglas-82 trunk aircraft in China, if the real intention of the German MPC-75 is also to go to the trunk aircraft, then this project is likely to be killed by the Ministry of Aviation Industry.

This kind of dispute is never allowed in China now, the previous Y-10, J-8 and J-9, turbofan 6 and Spey, how many aviation industry projects have been dismounted because of this kind of thing, McDonnell Douglas-82 must not have a conflict with MPC-75, and he must inform Lin Qiangsheng of the severity of this matter!

Lin Qiangsheng continued to look at the drawings and found that the MPC75-100 had 82 low-density layouts and 104 high-density layouts. He remembered that the ARJ21-700 regional airliner of COMAC in his previous life had 78 seats in a low-density layout and 90 seats in a high-density layout.

The McDonnell Douglas 82 mainline aircraft assembled in China now has a maximum passenger capacity of 147 seats. The MPC75-200 on the drawing has a low-density layout of 107 seats, and a high-density layout of 134 seats, which can also grow and enlarge the aircraft and become a real mainline aircraft.

"In practice, only airlines that offer cheap services tend to use high-density configurations, but in either configuration, the MPC75 has a 32-seat layout, and passengers feel comfortable well.

That's because our MPC75 aircraft has a cabin width of 125 inches (317.5 cm), with an average width of 18.67 inches per seat. ”

He then took two mainstream models, for example, saying: "The seat width of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 economy class is 18 inches and 17.3 inches respectively, which is not as good as the MPC75 in terms of comfort.

In addition to the wide seats, the aisle of the MPC75 passenger aircraft adopts a 20-inch width design, which is wider than the 19-inch width of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. ”

Lin Qiangsheng and Lu Yunmo glanced at each other, and they could see the other's shock from the surprised eyes of both sides.

As a representative of CAIC, Lu Yunmo understands the world's advanced aircraft technology, and he also pays a lot of attention to civil aircraft, and when McDonnell Douglas entered China, CAIC made great efforts to civil aircraft.

From these drawings, both of them can see that the Germans for this MPC75 can be said to be more than just a medium-sized passenger aircraft, the single indicators of the passenger aircraft are more than the same type of aircraft, if they don't want to build a big plane to hell, the Germans' minds have been written on the drawings!

Lin Qiangsheng said: "It seems that the MPC75 is a passenger aircraft that is wider than the McDonnell Douglas 82, and the only factor that restricts the passenger capacity of the MPC75 is that the length of the passenger aircraft is not enough!" ”

"Yes, MBB's mind is not small, Mr. Lin, you have to think about it carefully, this project must need a lot of funds!" Lu Yunmo said excitedly, and at the same time clicked on Lin Qiangsheng.

Chen Yao was very puzzled and asked, "Johnson & Johnson, is this plane very advanced?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng glanced at Lu Yunmo, then nodded and said to Chen Yao: "The Germans have a lot of thoughts, they want to build a big plane, and the number of this plane looks very beautiful!" ”

"Oh, what is a big plane?" Chen Yao asked.

Lin Qiangsheng said: "The big plane is very big, and it is like a building in front of you!" ”

"Huh?" Chen Yao thought in surprise, how to build such a big plane.

Schmidt waited for a few people to finish before continuing: "Our MPC75-100 has a length of 28.5 meters, a wingspan of 29.7 meters, and a height of 10.2 meters. The engine options include the B turbofan engine cooperated by BMW and Rolls-Royce, the GMA3014 turbo engine of Allison in the United States, the PW/MTURTF-180 of Daimler-Benz of Germany, the Garrett TFE742 of the United States, and the CFM-M1 of France. ”

Lin Qiangsheng asked: "These engines are still plans on paper, right?" ”

"Yes, but these companies have a lot of strength, and it's not difficult to develop a turbofan engine for the MPC75!" ”

"It's just a matter of time, go on." Lin Qiangsheng said.

Schmidt took out a drawing and information, "We have also made accurate calculations for the ground service, and the complete main base maintenance control is within 25 minutes, including the aircraft approaching the bridge to open the door, disembarking passengers, unloading baggage and cargo, clearing and overhauling, replenishing shelves, replenishing oil and water, loading luggage and cargo, boarding new passengers, closing the door and preparing for takeoff for 25 minutes." Our design guarantees the most efficient turnover rate and we can minimize operating costs. Compared with the MD87 series which takes 50-60 minutes and the Boeing 737-500 series takes 40-50 minutes, our MPC75 will definitely be welcomed by various airlines! ”

"Well, I hope so. Although this is a level that can only be achieved by German expertise, just like the ideal fuel consumption rate given by car manufacturers, the 25-minute ground service time is really amazing! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded, he has no opinion on the Germans' thoughtful ideas on ground maintenance, now Boeing and Airbus are making a fuss about ground service, Boeing aircraft are famous for their low maintenance costs, and if they want to compete with these mature mainstream aircraft, they must have the same characteristics of good maintenance.

At first, he thought that the Germans designed an aircraft with a tail crane layout, but when he saw the model and drawings, he found out that this was also a wing crane.

At this time, I heard Lu Yunmo say: "Can this kind of passenger plane be changed to a tail crane, the McDonnell Douglas 82 that we are now assembling in China is also a tail crane, this engine layout is not only low noise, but also more stable in flight, have you considered such a layout?" ”

Schmidt said: "The tail crane does have these characteristics you said, but we consider that the wing crane passenger aircraft is now the mainstream, and it is more time-saving in maintenance, if the Chinese side does have a demand, we can redesign the tail crane model." ”

"That's good!" Lu Yunmo nodded.

Lin Qiangsheng waved his hand and said to the two: "The design of this aircraft is very good now, there is no need to engage in tail cranes, after all, wing cranes are the mainstream!" ”

"This, well!" Although Lu Yunmo still has some ideas, but looking at Lin Qiangsheng's attitude may be difficult to change, in fact, he just wants to ask, the tail crane or the wing crane is not very insistent, just considering that China is now assembling the McDonnell Douglas 82, if the two have some commonalities, they can be effectively combined, it will be helpful to Chinese aircraft designers, and it will be much easier to build this type of model after learning from the Germans.

Schmidt took another drawing and material book, marked "composite material use", he said to the two: "We use composite materials on the landing gear doors and floors of MPC75, and composite materials are also used in a large area of the wings, vertical tail, hatch and nose fairing, as well as elevators, rudders and passenger aircraft parts with less force are made of composite materials, our entire aircraft composite materials account for 20% of the total weight, even in the new century, MPC75 is still a leader in civil airliner technology!" ”

Lu Yunmo was shocked: "At present, the composite materials of the world's mainstream passenger aircraft account for about 5% of the total weight, such as Boeing 737, and your MPC75 has a weight ratio of 20%?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng asked: "This level is very advanced, isn't it?" ”

Lu Yunmo: "As far as I know, the application of composite materials also represents the advanced level of passenger aircraft technology, the proportion of use exceeds 15% of the total weight, how can it be regarded as the ranks of advanced aircraft, 20% of the proportion is probably the highest!" ”

Schmidt nodded: "Yes, we have the ability to achieve a composite ratio of 20%, there is no doubt about that!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng laughed, and said again and again: "Okay, well, the development of civil airliners must be aimed at the future market, and the technical indicators are set to be more advanced, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

After the drawings and materials on the table were basically introduced, Lu Yunmo immediately asked Schmidt: "Can we take these materials with us?" ”

Schmidt said apologetically: "You can watch it here, but it is not allowed to take it away, and it is not allowed to take pictures!" ”

Lu Yunmo said: "Then please provide a telephone, and we need some time to study these materials, right here!" ”

Schmidt nodded and said, "Okay, a phone call, the drawings are all left to you, no problem!" ”

Schmidt did what he said, and a phone was immediately pulled in, and Lu Yunmo took out a pen and notebook, recording the numbers on the drawings and materials, and Schmidt did not stop him.

Lu Yunmo made a phone call to China, and now the German time is more than 10 o'clock in the morning, while the Chinese time has reached four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

The number on the information was all called by Lu Yunmo himself, and then the domestic engineers were discussing with him.

Maybe Lin Qiangsheng didn't realize what level these technologies were at just now, but with Lu Yunmo's communication with China, he immediately understood what kind of advanced aircraft the MPC75 was.

Lin Qiangsheng went out and found Schmidt waiting outside: "Schmidt, I have decided, I want to be the first user of MPC75, I want to order one for use as a business jet, when will you be able to build it?" ”

Schmidt didn't have time to react, and Lin Qiangsheng's jump shocked him even more: "What, Mr. Lin, do you want to order an MPC75 now?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said seriously: "Yes, I have been hesitating whether to buy a business jet, but I feel that those on the market are not what I like, so I fancy the MPC75 is good, big enough!" ”

Chen Yao also walked out of the conference room and asked, "Johnson & Johnson, haven't they come up yet!" ”

Schmidt also said: "Lin Johnson, now MPC75 is still only on paper, if you really decide to cooperate with us, then I have to inform you that if you want to complete the development and manufacturing of MPC75, we calculate that the entire project needs to invest 12~1.4 billion US dollars!" ”

"Ah, that's many!" Chen Yao covered her mouth and said in surprise.

"The amount of funds is about the same as we expected, but now, alas" Lu Yunmo also walked out of the conference room, he looked at Lin Qiangsheng hesitantly, and stopped talking.

Lin Qiangsheng nodded to the two, and then said to Schmidt: "I can mobilize 700 million US dollars, and you are responsible for raising the other half?" ”

Schmidt showed a surprised expression and immediately said: "Yes, the German government will give us low-interest loans, and we have no problem with MBB to provide the remaining R&D funds!" ”

Lu Yunmo already looked at Lin Qiangsheng in surprise, and couldn't believe it, where did this kid get so many dollars, this is 700 million!

Schmidt continued: "We have divided this 10-year plan into three steps: the first step is a two-year market study and planned feasibility study; The second step is a three-year pre-development phase; The third step is the five-year aircraft development phase, the MPC75 airliner is expected to fly into the sky in 1994, and then the flight test will take another two years! ”

"Ten years plan, a whole generation!" Lin Qiangsheng nodded and pondered for a while.

Schmidt stared at the look on his face tightly, while Lu Yunmo and Chen Yao both looked at him nervously, the former was afraid that Lin Qiangsheng would say some ridiculous decisions without thinking about it, and Chen Yao was nervous purely for the sake of nervousness, and the girl didn't know what the concept of the $1.4 billion project was.

At this moment, Lin Qiangsheng suddenly thought of something that felt very important to his Dongxing Group.

His company is foreign-funded, and Dongxing can completely ignore the domestic aviation technology and aviation department, and do it himself.

He assembles and manufactures airplanes in China, will the Chinese leaders still not welcome it, and he doesn't care what attitude his various units have!

Thinking of this, Lin Qiangsheng almost laughed out loud, and watched Schmidt stretch out his hand and shake him: "Schmidt, we can now set up a joint venture company, with 50% of the shares!" ”

Schmidt asked with some confusion: "Mr. Lin, do you guarantee half of the R&D expenses?" That's a $700 million decision! ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "Most of my funds are invested in the Japanese stock market and Japanese real estate, but I can still withdraw 700 million US dollars, which I can issue to you with an asset certificate later." ”

Schmidt and Lin Qiangsheng shook hands heavily and said, "Okay, we can talk about the joint venture now!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, but Lu Yunmo shouted in surprise next to him: "Mr. Lin, how can you make your own decisions, our people from China Aviation Technology and those who fly west have not yet arrived in Germany!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng turned his head to look at Lu Yunmo, and said indifferently: "Mr. Lu, they will directly participate in the project when they come, and I will entrust China Aviation Technology and Xifei to participate in the MPC75 plan at that time." ”

Lu Yunmo looked at Lin Qiangsheng in surprise, as if the other party's idea was extremely ridiculous: "But you can't sign the contract now, China Aviation Technology and Xifei are the leaders!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at him in surprise and asked, "You are the leader, so who pays?" As far as I know, the Ministry of Aviation Industry is now spending most of its financial resources on the McDonnell Douglas-82 project, will they, as the direct management unit of AVIC, contribute money to the MPC75 project? ”

"This we" Lu Yunmo was stunned and stammered, he was sure that the Ministry of Aviation Industry would never pay this money.

Lin Qiangsheng suddenly looked at Lu Yunmo with a stern gaze, and said uncompromisingly: "My Dongxing Group invests in this project, of course, I am the master!" (To be continued.) )