"Boom......" Acton swallowed his saliva and nodded vigorously, "Yes, of course, such a big and fast plane only sells for five or six million dollars, which is similar to a Gulfstream 2 and Beechcraft King of the Air series that have been used for more than 10 years, even if the fuel consumption is a little higher, but as long as you are not stupid, you know which one to choose." ”

But then, he hurriedly shook his head, "But Mr. Lin, that's not what I said, I mean to say, your TU-134 should be born to be the embryo of a high-end ultra-long-range business jet, you look at the slender fuselage, elegant and neat wings, just like a beautiful female star, charming, we must import a batch of TU-134, all of them are converted into business jets for sale, I believe there is no problem at all in selling twenty or thirty aircraft, but now I feel that this TU- 134 has a small problem...... I can't tell you what was wrong, but it always felt like there was still a little bit of something missing. ”

Lin Hongfei is also thinking about this problem, and he also agrees with Acton's words, it seems that there is always something that makes people feel inappropriate, but what is it?

The engine is not installed under the wings like a civil airliner, but on both sides of the rear fuselage?

Yes, the engine installation on both sides of the rear fuselage will indeed bring a certain amount of trouble to the civil airliner, which is the problem that the center of gravity will move a large distance when the fuselage is empty and fully loaded. What takes off and lands is that the aircraft is not easy to maneuver.

But this problem is a problem for civil aircraft, but it is not a problem at all for luxury business jets that only carry a few people, at most a dozen or twenty people, but the advantages of this layout are thoroughly highlighted: to keep the wing shape clean and elegant as much as possible, and at the same time to protect the air flow through the wing from the interference of interfering engine pod vortices.

The most important thing is that the take-off and landing of the TU-134 are very well done and have been used for many years. The good take-off and landing performance of the TU-134 impressed everyone, and even the Americans had to admire this: they could not understand how the Soviets solved the problem of how the TU-134 maintained the engine tail crane layout, and how to ensure that the aircraft was significantly more stable and took off and landed than those aircraft with engine wing downhang layout.

This is a big advantage, and it can be used as a selling point of the aircraft in the future to focus on the selection of U years, and in the aesthetics of Westerners, the aircraft with a narrow fuselage and engine tail crane layout scheme is the most charming, especially at the moment of takeoff, it is simply elegant and charming to the extreme. As if a beautiful beauty was flying in the air, countless rich people let people take pictures of the moment their planes take off, and then watch the video repeatedly as if narcissistically.

In addition to the BBJ business jet modified by Boeing on the basis of the Boeing 737, all the famous international luxury business jet manufacturers have chosen the engine tail crane layout? Here's why...... In other words, the sales of Boeing's BBJ business jets are really miserable.

Since it is not a question of the layout of the engine. That's ...... Lin Hongfei looked at it carefully for a long time, and finally slapped his thigh hard: "The shape of the front fairing and wings!" ”

"That's right! That's right! Hearing Lin Hongfei's words. Acton took a closer look at the front and wing shape of the TU-134. nodded approvingly, "The shape of this nose fairing and wing is really ugly, the shape of the wing is fine, but this nose fairing ......"

He grimaced a grimace and uttered a long list of English.

This English sentence can actually be summed up in an idiom: miserable!

It's just miserable!

It is true that Lin Hongfei is a designer of automobiles and internal combustion engines, but he was also an upper-middle class figure in American society at the beginning. I don't know how many luxury business jets I have seen, and there is no problem in drawing sketches and three-view of the nose fairing and wing shape of the business jets that I have seen and think are relatively beautiful.

Hearing this, he unceremoniously picked up a few pieces of paper from the table and drew them, the wings just a sketch outlined by lines. It was painted in no time. However, the drawing of the nose fairing is a little troublesome, and I use a sketch, but I can't help it, I always have to show that noble and elegant temperament.

"Oh God!" Knowing that Li Hongfei is a famous designer in the world, Acton, when Lin Hongfei draws, he doesn't dare to blink his eyes, but after Lin Hongfei paints it, he almost rushes up at the speed of a vicious dog snatching, and carefully holds the sketches and sketches drawn by Lin Hongfei in his hands, and the careful appearance is just like a fanatic fan of Van Gogh holding Van Gogh's works in his hands, "God, God, this is simply a perfect masterpiece that God can make!" ”

After calling out a few gods, Acton suddenly came to his senses and grabbed Lin Hongfei's hand with a fanatical expression, "Mr. Lin, if we change the nose fairing and wing shape of the TU-134 to this, I swear to you that our plane will definitely become the best business jet in this world. Luo's "Spey" MK611-8 turbofan engine, in addition to such a ton of fuel tank, I assure you that this will be the world's first ultra-long-range large business jet with a range of more than 12,500 kilometers...... I know that you now have the patent for the TU-134 in your hand, and you can change this aircraft as you want...... Do you know the truth? We're developed! We're going to be billionaires because of it! ”

Acton is right, so far, there is no ultra-long-range business jet with a range of more than 12,000 kilometers in the world, of course, it can't be said that there is none, strictly speaking, there is, that is, last year Gulfstream announced that they Gulfstream Aerospace began to develop the latest generation of Gulfstream business jets: Gulfstream V.

Acton, who was in a state of frenzy, was still excited here, "Mr. Lin, I know what you thought, is the Gulfstream V plan just announced by Gulfstream Aerospace right?" Yes, I remember very well, according to the data released by Gulfstream, the longest range of the Gulfstream V pair can reach 12,000 kilometers, and it can fly directly across the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the United States to your country, which is the farthest model that can fly among the business jets announced in the world, and before that, the farthest flight was only Gulfstream IV, that is, 7820 kilometers of the Gulfstream G400-SPV type. But it seems to me that the Gulfstream V is a piece of shit compared to our TU-134! ”

This thing is so excited that it has even begun to be a little speechless.

Lin Hongfei was a little surprised, he really didn't pay much attention to the Gulfstream V, because he didn't plan to buy such an expensive business jet at all, but he didn't expect the designer who modified his aircraft to be so familiar with the Gulfstream V.

And so far, Acton is still in the excitement, "this aircraft is designed to fly 12,000 kilometers, but it has an interior space that is not commensurate with his range machine: the cabin is 15.3 meters long, 2.2 meters wide, and 1.9 meters high, although it can reach a range of 12,000 kilometers, but the cruising speed is only 850 kilometers." ”

"But what about our Tu-134, oh, I'm talking about the TU-134B in your hand, our TU-134B has a cabin length of 20.12 meters, a width of 2.65 meters, and a height of 1.95 meters, and it completely blows up the Gulfstream V in the interior space;"

"In terms of appearance, the Gulfstream V has dimensions of 29.4 meters in length, 28.5 meters in wingspan and 7.9 meters in height, while our TU-134B has a length of 37.1 meters and a wingspan of 29.77 meters. The height of the aircraft is 9.38 meters, in terms of external dimensions, we also completely exploded the Gulfstream V, and you know, a big man like you, only a big plane can set off your noble and extraordinary identity, Gulfstream V, the kind of aircraft that is slightly taller and people have to lower their heads inside, how can you show the identity of those big guys? But our TU-134B does not have this problem. ”

Lin Hongfei had to admit that Acton had a point.

Big people have big face, this is not our Chinese's patent, many so-called "veterans of the automobile industry" criticize the Chinese people for good face, they like big cars, this is actually not right, the same is true for foreigners, otherwise whether it is Mercedes-Benz or BMW, whether it is Lincoln or Cadillac, will make their cars bigger and bigger?

The reason is very simple, the bigger the more face!

The car is like this, the same is true of the business jet, the two bosses are taking their own private jets to talk about cooperation, one of the boss's private business jets is about the same size as a civil airliner, and the other boss's business jet is stingy like a toy, the two are compared, the boss of the plane is small, and the momentum is first lowered: this guy's plane is so big, isn't it cheap? It's not cheap to keep this plane for a year, right?

It's not a waste, and for businessmen, it means that their partners have a lot of power, and private business jets are the best symbol of the city.

"What are the advantages? Speak it up and listen to it together. Lin Hongfei nodded noncommittally, Lin Hongfei was not very clear about the future market positioning of TU-134B, but with Acton's words, his market positioning of TU-134B that had not changed before was gradually clear - now, what he has to do is to listen to the analysis of veterans in the American business jet industry as much as possible. (To be continued......)