Pavel's face suddenly changed drastically!

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, life is naturally even more difficult," Lin Hongfei said with a smile, "In the former Soviet Union, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau was the little daughter-in-law of the gas bag, and in the past few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the loss of talents has been serious, and the employees are difficult to guarantee even basic living expenses, and last year it was an unprecedented loss of more than 160 million US dollars...... How the hell did they lose so much money when they had only sold less than $10 million in spare parts for a whole year, but I don't care, the more unlucky they are, the more chances we have, Mr. Pavel, right? ”

As the general director of the Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau, one of the three major institutions in the former Soviet Union that studied turbofan engines with large bypass ratios, how could he be extremely ignorant of the Kuznetsov design?

Mr. Kuznetsov, the chief designer of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, was one of the three chief designers who led the signing of the Soviet Union's large-bypass engine--Kuznetsov, Lotarev, and Soloviev--Lotarev was renamed the Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau after the independence of the Soviet Union.

However, the latter two models were put into service, the Lotarev Design Bureau's products were the D-36 three-rotor turbofan engine, and the D-18T, the largest thrust turbofan engine ever produced in the former Soviet Union, which was developed on the basis of the D-36 three-rotor engine, while the Soloviev Design Bureau's product was the D-90A.

Of the three design bureaus that developed turbofan engines with large bypass ratios, the D-36 and D-18T of the Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau and the D-90A of the Soloviev Design Bureau were successful, and only the HK-56 and HK-64 of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau were not able to complete the journey.

However, Pavel knew in his heart that the reason why HK-56 and HK-94 did not complete the journey was not because the products of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau were bad, but because Mr. Kuznetsov, the chief designer of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, had a bad relationship with his immediate boss, Silaev, the deputy minister of the Soviet aviation industry who was in charge of the aero-engine business of the nine defense industry ministries of the former Soviet Union at that time. What is even more tragic is that Mr. Soloviev has a very good personal relationship with Deputy Minister Silaev.

This inevitably leads people to speculate about the hidden reason that the Kuoku Bureau has repeatedly "fallen out of favor" in the power competition of the Soviet Union's large aircraft, and it is indeed Silayev who ordered the suspension of the HK-56 large-bypass ratio turbofan engine project, on the grounds that the Soviet Union does not need to develop two engines with similar performance at the same time.

Could it be that Lin Hongfei has secretly contacted the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, which is about to take a broken bowl to ask for food? The sweat on Pavel's forehead suddenly trickled down.

"But speaking of which, I admire Mr. Kuznetsov, the Kuninetsov Design Bureau is the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, among the three major design bureaus, their strength is indeed the strongest, don't you see that the large bombers of the former Soviet Union are almost all from the Kuznetsov Design Bureau? From the HK-12MB turboprop attack of the TU-95 "Bear" strategic bomber, to the NK-25 turbofan engine of the TU22M3 to the NK321 turbofan engine of the TU-160, Russia's strategic air force has always had a soft spot for the engine designed by Kuznetsov......"

Lin Hongfei said with a grin, and then did not forget to stimulate Pavel. "Of course, Mr. Pavel, it's not that the products of your Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau and the Soloviev Design Bureau are bad, but the main thing is that the products of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau are too good, don't you say?"

"This ......" faces Lin Hongfei's question. What do you ask Pavel to answer? Say yes? Or is it not?

Lin Hongfei didn't expect Pavel to continue to answer, and continued to say to himself. "I actually admire Mr. Kuznetsov's courageous spirit. After suffering a heavy setback in the project of a large bypass turbofan engine for civil aviation, he keenly discovered the broad prospects of the paddle fan engine, and later the design bureau focused on the development of a large paddle fan engine, and in my opinion, the NK-93 ducted paddle fan engine designed by Mr. Kuznetsov seems to be better than the D-27 open paddle fan engine of your Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau. ”

We are all familiar with the famous D-27 open propeller fan engine, which looks like a propeller with many more blades. However, the NK-93 ducted fan engine designed by Kuznetsov is different from the D-27 open fan engine, not only has more power, but also adds a large duct outside the paddle fan, which not only effectively solves the headache of the noise problem of the paddle fan engine. It also makes the engine safer......

If the blades of the high-speed rotating paddle fan collapse a piece, it is not a joke, if it collapses outward, it is fine, if it collapses in the direction of the fuselage...... Well, we can make up for the terrible consequences on our own.

"I also know that when I was researching the NK-93 ducted propeller fan engine, Mr. Kuznetsov had done many years of testing, and had done countless verifications on the basis of the open propeller fan engine HK-62D, HK-110 and the ducted propeller fan engine HK-63 before he began to develop the HK-93 ducted propeller fan engine," Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei couldn't help but look regretful. He really felt sorry for the ill-fated Kuznetsov: it would be nice if Nima could move the Kuznetsov Design Bureau to Lao Tzu's territory, "Of course, this ill-fated HK-93 paddle fan engine was born at the same time as his sisters, and it didn't take long for its development to encounter the drastic changes ......in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe."

If you want to say that Lin Hongfei feels regretful, HK-93 is very regrettable, because this product also has a sister machine: HK-93 turbofan engine, NK-93 and HK-93 use the same core machine, and the maximum output thrust is basically the same, whether it is NK-93 or HK-93 are treasures.

But this is not the most regrettable, it is even more regrettable that in the late 80s, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau also launched a large turbofan project with a take-off thrust of 44 tons: the NK44 turbofan engine, whose maximum take-off thrust of 44 tons is equivalent to the Trent 900 series of rolls-Royce, the GE90 series of General Electric and the PW4000 series of Pratt & Whitney, and these three engines, But it's all about the Boeing 777, the kind of baby bump that belongs to the Western aviation industry, the kind that you can sell the plane, but you definitely can't even move a screw on it.

It's a pity that if the Kuznetsov Design Bureau can succeed, the PW4000 series, GE90 series and Trent 900 series will have to be a strong opponent, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau's 44-ton push was "clicked" halfway.

Pavel was trembling!

The development of the HK-93 has not stopped, the maximum thrust of 18 tons of ducted propeller fan engine in last year was installed on an Il-76 air experimental platform for performance testing, the results of the test made the Kuznetsov Design Bureau very satisfied, it is said that now it is not long before the finalization, at most by the end of this year can be finalized, so that the batch production plan can start in 97 years.

If Lin Hongfei abandoned the Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau and instead sought cooperation with the Kuznetsov Design Bureau......

"Lin, the Kuznetsov Design Bureau is different from our Zaporosh Progressive Machine Building Bureau, very different, even if they are difficult now, the Russian central government will not be able to watch you empty their design bureau, but there is a lot of room for cooperation between us......" Wiping the sweat on his face, Pavel said Ai Ai, he only hopes that he can convince Lin Hongfei in this way, as for the rest, let it be fate.

"I know, but in the past few years, Russia has been so bad and chaotic that it can't even look at nuclear warheads, so losing a few people and a few pieces of paper shouldn't be nothing, right? It's like the Antonov Design Bureau and your Zaporosh Progressive Machine-Building Bureau, who cares if there are fewer people, a few pieces of paper? Lin Hongfei spread his hands extremely funny, "If I go directly to the Sankremlin, of course Xiao Yezi will not agree to let me vacate the Kuznetsov Design Bureau, but if I go to find an intermediary, I think there are probably few people who can refuse the temptation of 10 million US dollars, right?" ”

Boss Lin held his chin and thought about it, "Well, let me think about it, can you buy the information of the NK-93 turbofan engine, the HK-93 ducted propeller fan engine, the MK-321 military afterburner fan engine and the NK-44 large bypass ratio turbofan engine from someone in the Kuznetsov Design Bureau for 10 million US dollars?" Or maybe more? Pavel, you tell me, if I want to get these, how about 20 million dollars? ”

Small leaves? Yelly & Chin? But this doesn't matter, the important thing is that Pavel has been frightened by Lin Hongfei's words: in order to get the information of NK-44, NK-93, NK-321 and HK-93, Lin Hongfei, the bastard, is willing to come up with 20 million US dollars?!

With the current government in Russia, which has lost its faith and purpose, with the $20 million to open the way, Pavel believes that it will not be difficult for Lin Hongfei to get the information of these four engines and bring some experts...... When he heard the figure of 20 million US dollars, even he was moved.

That's $20 million!

Well? $20 million?! Lin Hongfei is willing to come up with $20 million?!

It was not only Pavel who finally realized this, but also Ivchenko, the general manager of the Cic Engine Company, and Dmitry, the chief designer of the Zaporosh Progressive Machine Building Bureau, whose eyes suddenly lit up, as bright as a 1,000-watt searchlight! (To be continued......)