Philip thought for a moment and said, "Then we should develop a fighter to participate in the competition!" Although the performance of the M20 transport aircraft is at the top of its class, it is a light transport aircraft after all, and the profit margin is not too large. In the future, only fighters and bombers will be the mainstream aircraft that countries compete to equip, and since the restrictions are gradually relaxed, then we are just developing the world's first jet fighter, and the first jet engine should match the installed object. In this way, the jet fighter we want to develop will have to use two jet engines. ”

Messerschmidt nodded again and again: "Not bad! This jet engine will also be derived from a turboprop engine, which will be used to assemble the M40 transport aircraft. Therefore, both models have installed objects, so that they must be able to save a lot of development costs! ”

Philip frowned, and said with some concern: "Mr. Messerschmidt is on point. We are looking forward to a better future, and we have not yet had time to consider the issue of research and development funds. You must know that the development of turbojet engine not only has great technical risks, but also because it is an extremely complex and sophisticated equipment, so the development cost is very high, without strong financial resources as support, I am afraid that it will not be able to do it. In this way, let's go back to the office and sum up the research and development funds, and then I will make an overall design plan. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, but they didn't expect that the development of jet engines was different from piston engines! I don't know how much the development cost will need, and if it is too high, Messerschmitt and Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing will definitely not be able to afford it.

The group followed Messerschmitt and Philip back to Messerschmidt's office, but fortunately the office was large enough, otherwise it would not have accommodated a dozen people.

Philip picked up a pen and paper and sat next to the desk, then glanced at everyone, and said loudly: "Let me first talk about the procedure for estimating the development costs, let's first estimate the price and approximate consumption of various materials required for the trial production of a jet engine, the second step is to estimate the working hours of the engine trial production, the third step is the number and unit price of the 0th batch of tooling and non-standard equipment for the engine trial production, the fourth step is to estimate the hourly cost of the various tests of engine parts, and finally determine the number of engines in the trial production batch. Considering that at least 10 prototypes are required to complete all engine tests before finalization, such as standard benches, flight benches, various special tests, finalization tests and life tests, as well as engine performance test flights. ”

As an expert in the field of engines, Billy thought for a moment and said: "Mr. Philip has thought it all through, and we have never estimated the development cost in such detail before. However, there are many materials and parts that should be new technologies, so the price is really difficult to estimate, so this research and development fund must be left with 30% of the unforeseen costs! ”

Philip listened to the praise, stretched out his thumbs and said, "Mr. Billy is worthy of being an engine expert, and he really gets to the point." In fact, our development of jet engines can be regarded as the first time in the world, although some people are already working on it, but it has not entered the actual development stage. Therefore, with the help of the development of the first jet engine and jet aircraft, we have worked out the development procedures and standardization, and there will be a reference standard for the development of new jet engines and aircraft in the future, so that the development cycle can be greatly shortened and unnecessary expenses can be reduced. ”

Billy said with some embarrassment, "Mr. Philip has won the prize." I think that our jet engine, with a total weight of less than 700 kilograms, should be made of alloys, and the price is still very high. And all the tooling, including the test bench and test equipment, is almost brand new, I can't imagine how much research and development funds are needed! ”

Although the cost of many projects is not easy to confirm, but still according to the existing technical conditions and material prices, labor prices have been estimated, fortunately, more than a dozen people are senior engineers in the aviation industry, for the current material prices, working hour quotas, tooling design and manufacturing have a relatively in-depth study, and finally after more than two hours of repeated presumption and calculation, the development of this jet engine is finally estimated.

When Philip summed up the numbers of dozens of items, everyone present gasped! 15.5 million marks, about 5 million dollars! What is this concept, the M20 transport aircraft is only sold for more than 10,000 dollars each, which is equivalent to the total value of more than 300 M20 transport aircraft. You must know that the current order for M20 transport aircraft is only more than 200, where does so much money come from?

There was a sudden silence in the office. In this era before the economic crisis has passed, $5 million is a huge amount of money for any company, and I am afraid that there are not many companies that can casually come up with $5 million, unless it is supported by the government.

Billy whispered, "Mr. Messerschmidt, can we apply for financial support from the government?" I'm sure those people in the Ministry of Aviation will also be very interested. ”

Messerschmidt's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Yes! The people in the Ministry of Aviation must prove their existence with their achievements, and if we report the jet engine development plan, they will definitely help us apply for funding from the Ministry of Finance, and this problem will be solved. ”

Philip pondered for a while, and then heard that Messerschmidt also agreed to apply for government funds, so he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I think there is no problem in applying for government funds, we must get the support of relevant government departments, but that can only be used as a supplement, and the main cost should be paid by us." If the government's funding accounts for the lion's share, we must sign a contract with the government, for example, in the future, the development of this engine will be restricted or something, so that we will completely lose our autonomy. I think we can still cooperate with Bofors, the three companies to develop this jet engine together, on the one hand, because Bofors's current performance is booming, with this fund, and secondly, Bofors has a very strong strength in metal technology, especially alloy technology, we still need to rely on its materials. ”

Messerschmitt thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Philip, you have a point. I think that if we can join forces with Bofors, we can share the development risk on the one hand, and solve the problem of funding on the other hand, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. As for government funding, if we can solve it, we must apply, of course, we still have to strive for the support of the Ministry of Aviation, after all, these people are our competent department, and we must not be offended. ”

After speaking, Messerschmidt looked at the crowd again and said loudly: "What do you think?" Is there any opinion that can be put forward now. ”

The engineers didn't know much about the capital market, so they didn't speak, and Messerschmidt saw that everyone had no opinion, so he said in a deep voice: "Okay! That's it, we will immediately prepare for the fundraising, and Philip, you have to work harder, as soon as possible to make the overall design of the jet engine, and it is best to make the turboprop engine plan and the overall performance plan of the jet fighter, our jet development plan is called the Wind Thunder Plan. ”