Chapter 1178 Seizing the Opportunity to Stuff Your Own People in (Fourth Watch, Third Watch)
After speaking, Lin Hongfei added, "If you can do all this, until you leave the company, you can get 10% of the net profit share of the sales revenue of these three aircraft every year." ”
Lin Hongfei did not propose this time casually, he had his own basis for calculation.
In the last life, Lin Hongfei once again heard an American show off to himself, the world's first ultra-long-range business jet Gulfstream V, which has a range of more than 12,000 kilometers and can fly over the Pacific Ocean, announced the project from 92, built the first prototype at the end of 95, and began to obtain the FAA's airworthiness certificate in April 97 and began to deliver it to customers, which took about 5 years.
This is originally nothing, under normal circumstances, according to this kind of thing after it is said that it will pass, Lin Hongfei is also narrow-minded to others stimulate the person who remembers the matter in two sentences, everyone knows that Americans love to show off and brag, and people can't be regarded as bragging, can only be regarded as showing off, but this girl should not stimulate Lin Hongfei after showing off: 5 years to make such an awesome plane, only we Americans can do it, you Chinese can never do it!
Lin Hongfei in the previous life, in the face of these words, he could only be speechless, which may also be a psychological factor for him to reject business jets and only like to play paramotor and power delta wings.
But this time, Lin Hongfei had a chance to slap that guy's face...... Although it is very likely that he will never meet that guy again in his life, Lin Hongfei will pull this slap back in his heart......
There are three aircraft that have been in service for more than 20 years as the foundation, what you Acton needs to do is only need to improve on the basis of this aircraft, in the avionics system, aviation instrument system, power system and control system and other most of the core systems can temporarily adopt the "take-it-or-leave-it" situation, if you Acton can not come up with a satisfactory result in three years, then I can only doubt your ability...... He deserved to be driven away by Cessna Aircraft Company.
As for the wing improvement work of the improved Superjet business jet based on the TU-134B, Lin Hongfei is not convinced. With the support of the powerful wind tunnel group of the republic, and the support of the rich elders, isn't this kind of trivial thing easy to catch? …… Until now, he didn't doubt that Qian Lao was willing to help him with this.
Acton's face was entangled for a long time, but finally the wealth was moving, Lin Hongfei's promise of 10% of the annual net profit share completely moved him, although it was not a company share, but it was enough, he nodded heavily, "Okay." Dad, no problem, as long as the company's experts and Russian experts can be in place in time, three years will be absolutely fine. ”
Acton was also ruined, and he knew it very well. It's an opportunity to prove that you're still one of the world's top business jet designers, and that it's not as difficult as others. Because I am facing three aircraft with extremely mature fuselage designs and fully verified safety. In addition to making improvements to the aircraft in accordance with Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations and reducing the weight of the aircraft, the main work is to equip the aircraft with avionics systems, aviation instrument systems, and power systems and control systems.
Although the Tu-134B needed to modify the wing, as a designer who was in charge of the overall work, he knew that this was not a big problem, and he was really confident that he could complete the improvement of three aircraft at the same time in three years, which seemed completely impossible. So much so that the confidence was a little overdone, "Boss." Can we use a digital fly-by-wire system? ”
"No, we still use traditional hydraulic control, you know, people are afraid of death. The richer the person, the more afraid of death, the core of the digital fly-by-wire control system is the computer, operating system and sensors, but these things are fragile, the most worrying problem is reliability, the probability of problems is much higher than the probability of problems with the traditional hydraulic control system, once there is a problem, the consequences of the problem of the digital fly-by-wire control system are even more serious than the analog system, because the computer running the software is the only control path between the pilot and the control surface, if the computer software crashes, the pilot will not be able to control the aircraft......" Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei spread his hands, "There is no worse result than this." ”
But Acton still didn't give up, "Boss, you may not know, in fact, all fly-by-wire control systems are redundant, generally three to four redundancy: there are three or four computers working in parallel, and each has its own independent line connected to each control surface, so the result is that one or two computers crash, the others can continue to work, and ensure the normal flight of the aircraft, and this system also has a mechanical or hydraulic backup control system." ”
"But then the price goes up, and you can't just think about your perfectionism and ignore our customers' wallets: Are they willing to pay so much for a skill they don't feel comfortable with, and risk their own lives?" Lin Hongfei will not be persuaded by Acton, "Have you ever thought about how much such a system costs?" How much does repair and maintenance cost? If we only use the hydraulic control system, how much does it cost? …… Is there a business jet with a digital fly-by-wire system to date? No! Mr. Acton, do you think that the designers of other companies are all fools who don't see the merits of digital dotting? ”
Listening to his boss say this, Acton has nothing to say, because this is indeed the truth, so far, no business jet is using a digital fly-by-wire control system, not that everyone does not know the advantages of this new type of control system, but as their boss said, everyone is more worried about his shortcomings.
For business jets, the passengers are expensive bigwigs, they would rather use the traditional hydraulic control system that looks a little backward but reliable and durable, rather than give their lives to a computer and a software system that does not know when the road will be pumping, their ideas are neither economical nor real, it is indeed a little too idealistic, even in the field of civil aviation, is not only Airbus A320 such a civil aircraft with a digital fly-by-wire control system, in addition to A320, No other aircraft has this seemingly advanced control system.
"Acton, I see some signs of radicalism from you, this is not a good phenomenon," Lin Hongfei was already worried about how to speak something, Acton's radicalism gave himself a great opportunity, "So I decided to match you with a deputy chief designer." ”
"It's not ......"
As soon as he heard the boss say that he wanted to share the power in his hands, Acton was about to blow up, but before he could finish speaking, Lin Hongfei interrupted him again, "Acton, you don't have to doubt that I will recommend a layman to you, and you don't underestimate the skills of the deputy chief designer I recommended to you, let me tell you, this gentleman is the best chief designer of large aircraft in our country, and you can even hand over the improvement of the TU-134B aircraft to him." ”
"Is he really that good?" Hearing his boss say that the deputy chief designer recommended to him was such a powerful person, Acton immediately quieted down a lot, anyway, his income did not decrease, so what was he afraid of, but he was still a little skeptical, "Boss, although I'm sorry, but I still have to ask, is there really such a powerful person in your country?" ”
Although doubting the boss's words is the last mistake that an employee should make, at this time, Acton feels that he needs to ask this question clearly, and he also hopes to have a deputy to help him share the pressure of work, but he must be a knowledgeable person, and it is not okay to be sent to mix performance without understanding anything.
"Did you know that in the 70s and mid-80s, our country had a plan to develop a large passenger aircraft?" Lin Hongfei asked.
"Zhilu Dao Zhilu Dao," Acton nodded again and again, "It is based on our Boeing 707, and it is said that it is close to success, but I don't know what Lu Dao failed for, this is really regrettable," Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly widened, and his voice trembled, "Boss, you don't mean ......"
If it's really what you think, then you dare to have a fart opinion, don't say that people are just here to be the deputy chief designer, even if you want to grab your own position, you have to obediently let the virtuous.
"That's right, it's Mr. Ma Fengshan and some of his team members," Lin Hongfei nodded affirmatively, "as well as some of our excellent domestic aerodynamics, structural experts and mechanics experts, etc., do you think their strength can afford this heavy responsibility?" ”
"I'm totally okay." Acton shrugged his shoulders and said he had no opinion at all, "I welcome them with great enthusiasm." ”
As a practitioner in the aircraft industry, Acton has an understanding of the republic's 10 plans, and knows very well that the dismount of this project is not that the aircraft is bad, but that most of the political factors are that the turbofan engine performance of the aircraft is not good, and the reason for the dismount of the aircraft is simply ridiculous: it is a huge progress to be able to build the fuselage of the aircraft, and as for the engine, it is completely possible to use the internationally mature commercial turbofan engine first, In this process, they slowly build their own turbofan engine, and when their own engine matures, they will use their own engine, and they will eat the meal one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step, and they want to eat one bite to become a fat man? Are they dreaming? (To be continued......)