"The An-12 transport aircraft is backward in the first place." In Xi'an, when Qin Feng heard about his sister's marriage, he was also quite happy, but he couldn't get by, and he was going to start the test flight again soon, and at the same time, he also heard about the sudden problems in this radar test flight.

The domestic aviation industry is backward everywhere, and in addition to fighters, transport aircraft, too.

An-12, originally a passenger aircraft platform, you know, passenger planes and transport aircraft, there are many differences, this is also the result of the Soviets rushing ducks on the shelves, the An-10 passenger plane was changed, and the fuselage and tail were redesigned, but all kinds of defects of this aircraft were brought out from the womb.

For example, as a transport aircraft, its tail hatch is lowered downward, which can also be used as a parachute platform, but when it was designed, it was found that after opening the hatch in the air, it could not be closed! At that time, in order to finalize the shape as soon as possible, they adopted a simple method to remove the pressurization of the warehouse, so that the internal pressure was small, and it was naturally closed.

As a result, this kind of cargo hold becomes a non-pressurized cargo hold, which means that it cannot carry people, or when carrying people, the flight altitude cannot be too high, otherwise the air pressure is too low, and everyone in the cargo hold will be unconscious or even die due to lack of oxygen.

Its wing design is also backward, and the icing of the wings during this test flight is a problem, which has long been solved in other aircraft.

However, although this aircraft is backward, it is still copied by its own surveying and mapping and has become a Yun-8.

In the early eighties, the Yun-8 was officially finalized and put into production, becoming the only tactical transport aircraft of the Air Force.

Compared with the C130 in the West, the gap in all aspects is quite large, back then, did not select C130 to survey and copy, naturally there are technical risk considerations, after all, C130 technology is advanced, and it is a Western system, not their own side can easily imitate success, if the C130 is selected as the standard, I'm afraid it can't be done now, not to mention anything else, the engine above, can not be mapped.

Now, hearing about what happened to his sister, Qin Feng also broke out in a cold sweat, but Qin Feng himself was helpless, after all, this was not something he could control.

"I haven't been back to Chengdu for a long time, and I don't know what happened over there." Qin Feng said to himself, and at this moment, he bumped into Old Chen head-on.

"Do you mean Lao Song or Lao Tu, Lao Tu recently signed a batch of agreements with Lao Ba and them in the capital, and sold a batch of new J-7 fighters, and in our aviation system, they have the best life in Factory 132." Chen Lao said: "However, Lao Tu has also been a little unhappy recently. ”

"What's wrong?" Qin Feng immediately asked, after all, Qin Feng always remembered that he was a person from Factory 132, and he started as a test pilot from Factory 132.

Now, what did Tu Lao encounter that didn't go his way? The last time I saw Tu Lao, Tu Lao was still very happy, this project has gradually established a modern prototype in cooperation with Grumman, and it looks very tall.

The shape of the new Super Seven has been greatly modified, and after modification, it is almost a small F16, and the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved.

"Lao Ba, they have given up the Super Seven project." Chen Lao said.

What the? When he heard this, Qin Feng couldn't believe his ears, this project, it was developed by Lao Ba and them at the beginning, they called the Sabre 2 project, they have always been promoting, contacting avionics and engines from the United States, and then contacting Grumman, and now, they say they won't do it?

At the beginning, they were so interested, and now, Qin Feng suddenly had a strange feeling, it is too difficult to make an aircraft successful, the self-developed project is like this, the export project, the same is the case, this aircraft has developed to the present, how difficult it is, not to mention anything else, Tu Lao ran to Pakistan, ran to the United States, how many times did he go before and after, now, the project has entered the detailed design stage, right? Why did this happen again?

"Didn't expect that, did you?" Chen Lao said: "Everyone didn't expect that the most direct reason was money, Grumman, they were really black, and the price was 200 million, which directly scared Lao Ba and them back." ”

200 million, what can you do? Even if it is an F16 fighter, it can be equipped with twenty of them! Is it worth investing in the development of an aircraft with such a huge amount of money?

With this amount of money, it is better to order more F16 fighters from the United States, even if it is US aid, it is also money.

In this way, Pakistan's high-end aircraft already have F16, and low-end aircraft have J-7, what do you need a super 7 that is not high or low?

They are planning to upgrade their own defense industry through this project, but after all, there is a limit, if the investment is too much, it is not cost-effective.

This project is completely foreign trade, since Lao Ba and they don't invest, then Tu Lao must have given up, right? With such thoughts, Qin Feng asked, "Old Tu must be very sad if he gave up this project, right?" ”

"No, no, Lao Tu didn't give up." Chen Lao said: "They are taking the way of international cooperation, looking for new buyers, and at the same time, they have also decided to invest in their own research and development, to be honest, I still really admire Lao Tu." ”

They are all people of the same era, and now they are all standing in the role of the person in charge, to say that the most courageous is Tu Lao, the avionics of the Marconi company that the Air Force did not want, finally succeeded in selling under the repeated promotion of Tu Lao, and the J-7M became a star aircraft, and now, the super seven project is developing to a very good prospect, and suddenly it is going to stagnate again, so that the investment in the early stage is all wasted, in this case, Tu Lao did not give up, he is still insisting, even if the customer does not want it, He's going to do it too!

How many projects can a person do in a lifetime? For Tu Lao, this Super Seven is likely to be his last project, he has already seen the prospect of this project, and he will definitely not retreat!

The road is walked out by people, no matter how bumpy it is, we must go on until we reach the end of success!