The twin-tailed scorpion drone is oil-burning, not powered by a lithium battery.

In fact, most large drones do not use batteries.

Only small drones will be powered by lithium batteries.

So where does the power of the twin-tailed scorpion drone come from?

That, of course, were the two engines mounted on the fuselage.

These two engines are not the jet engines that everyone is familiar with.

Twin-tailed Scorpion UAV engines are turbocharged piston engines, each with a three-bladed propeller.

The advantage of this is that the power and torque of the engine can be greatly increased without increasing the engine displacement, and at the same time, it can also reduce the exhaust gas generated, reduce the infrared heat source signal, and increase the reliability at the same time.

When one or both engines are turned off, it is guaranteed that the height will not fall immediately.

The engine business is the flagship product of Nanshan Group.

Xingchen Automobile was able to gain a firm foothold in the luxury car market so quickly, and Nanshan Engine was absolutely indispensable.

Even the rapid rise of Huaxia's own brand has a lot to do with Nanshan Engine.

Therefore, even if electric vehicles will become the trend of the future, Nanshan engine is still very valued by Cao Yang.

On the one hand, there are large diesel engines that need to be further developed, which can be used in many occasions such as heavy trucks.

On the other hand, the future rocket engine, as well as the engine used in the UAV, will also require the contribution of Nanshan engine.

For example, the turbocharged piston engine used in the twin-tailed scorpion UAV is a bold attempt of Nanshan Engine in aerospace.

Directly engaging in jet engines, the span is too large and too difficult for Nanshan engines, and Cao Yang has no intention of focusing on it in a short period of time.

However, the traditional piston engine suitable for drone use works very similarly to the engine of a car.

Making full use of the current technology of Nanshan engine is still promising.

No, the appearance of the twin-tailed scorpion drone gave everyone a surprise.

"Mr. Cao, since the end of World War II, the traditional piston fighter has come to the end of the road."

"In the face of the ever-changing jet aircraft, the performance of the piston engine has reached its limit."

"Because since the 50s, they have disappeared from the main fleets of the Air Force, the Navy and even the Marine Corps of various countries."

"Especially after the retirement of the American A1 and the English Dragon, any battle with piston fighters will be labeled backward."

"However, there has been a great deal of controversy about the widespread use of piston fighters."

"If an aircraft with a piston engine can take on many low-intensity combat missions, it can save a lot of money for many countries."

"After all, piston aircraft are much less expensive to maintain and use than jets."

"Its performance is stronger than most attack helicopters."

"For buyers who don't want to spend too much on defense, they can't put down such an aircraft."

"In addition to this, some private jets are also using piston aircraft."

"If we can produce a small private jet that sells for about $1 million, then the piston aero engine we develop will have more application scenarios."

The aero engine of Nanshan Engine now has only the simplest piston engine.

However, the demand for the twin-tailed scorpion drone is limited after all.

So we need to consider more opportunities for use.

There is a certain market for light fighters and other aircraft that do not require so much speed.

What makes Cheng Tao even more optimistic is the foreign private jet market.

Nanshan Group has advanced carbon fiber technology, and avionics systems have also begun to be involved.

When the time comes, the cost of producing a small private jet by yourself can actually be controlled at a relatively low level.

Over time, this can also allow Nanshan Group to have a certain influence in the aerospace field.

In the future, when rockets and satellites are built directly, everyone will not think it is so strange.

"If you think this market is good, then there must be other airlines involved, right?"

Cao Yang felt that what Cheng Tao could think of, others must have thought of it.

It is impossible to leave such a good thing to the Nanshan Group.

"That's true, let's not talk about private jets, many companies have production."

"Even fighter jets equipped with piston engines are also produced by companies."

"Like toucan fighters, they are equipped in many countries."

"I think when the time comes, we can cooperate with some domestic aircraft companies, and we provide cheap piston engines, and they will produce them."

Cheng Tao is very clear about Cao Yang's positioning of Nanshan Group.

The products produced by Nanshan Engine are all "civilian".

Therefore, the direct production of fighters is definitely something that does not belong to the Nanshan Group.

But the production can be used on fighters, and also on engines for aircraft such as patrol aircraft, then there are no problems.

As for private jets, that's completely straightforward to produce without any pressure.

"A piston engine alone doesn't give full play to our competitiveness."

"If we don't work on jet engines first, turboprop engines can still be done, right?"

"When the time comes, whether it is the production of large transport aircraft, or other low- and medium-speed aircraft, it can be used."

As soon as Cao Yang said this, Cheng Tao immediately continued: "The working principle of a turboprop engine is actually similar to that of a turbofan engine. ”

"If we can make a breakthrough in turboprop engines, it will be easy to make breakthroughs in turbofan engines in the future."

Nanshan Engine supplies engines to twin-tailed scorpion drones, so Cheng Tao also has an understanding of the global drone market.

For example, the Predator drone in the United States uses a turboprop engine.

Piston engines have natural defects, and the power-to-weight ratio is far inferior to that of turboshaft engines.

The "Twin-tailed Scorpion" uses two piston machines, with a maximum take-off weight of 3200 kg, reaching a load capacity of 1500 kg, but the flight speed can only reach 300 km per hour.

The American Predator UAV only uses a turboprop engine, which has reached a maximum take-off weight of more than 4,700 kilograms, and an external capacity of more than 1,760 kilograms, and a flight speed of more than 480 kilometers per hour.

If the turboprop engine of Nanshan Engine can make a breakthrough and be widely used in various UAV models, then the "Twin-tailed Scorpion" can also get performance improvements.

For example, changing two piston engines to two turboprops and slightly changing the body design can greatly increase the load capacity and flight speed.

When the time comes, it can even carry large missiles and fly to the far sea to carry out missions.

The meaning is very different.

That's why Cao Yang mentioned the research and development of turboprop engines.

As for turbofan engines, which are very difficult and are used by all sorts of advanced fighters, then forget it.

The threshold is too high, and the Nanshan engine should not be involved for the time being.

To be able to make some very big breakthroughs in unconventional fields such as drones, Nanshan Group has made enough contributions.

After all, the future use of drones will be beyond everyone's imagination.

Something that doesn't seem so advanced, if there are enough of them, and they can be stealth, it will have an unexpected effect when the time comes.

If Nanshan Engine wants to engage in turboprop engines, it must be necessary to recruit some professional and technical personnel from outside.

Otherwise, even if Cao Yang can come up with some very advanced technology, it will be completely unclear.

Nanshan Engine has a large team of engineers, and when the time comes, recruiting a group of professional turboprop engine engineers and combining them with the original piston engine team should be able to achieve the desired effect.

However, as soon as the recruitment information of Nanshan Engine to recruit engineers related to turboprop engines was announced, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

First of all, several manufacturers of drones in the United States noticed the news.

Due to the emergence of twin-tailed scorpion drones, Nanshan Group has entered the sight of many well-intentioned people.

Whether it is General Atomics, which produces Predator drones, or Northrop Grumman, which produces Global Hawk drones, there are people who are specifically watching the every move of companies such as Nanshan Carbon Fiber, Nanshan Robotics, and Nanshan Engine.

"Pultrint, the engine used by Huaxia's twin-tailed scorpion drone is said to be a piston engine, and I think they are recruiting turboprop engine technicians."

"When the time comes, if this drone is equipped with a turboprop engine, then the performance will immediately surpass your Predator."

"I think this situation needs to be taken seriously."

Kevlar, as vice president of Northrop Grumman, can now be said to see the twin-tailed scorpion drone as a thorn in his side.

The more news he received, the more jealous he became of the twin-tailed scorpion drone.

In the future, if China relaxes the export business of twin-tailed scorpion drones, then there will definitely be many countries interested.

That will directly affect the business of Global Hawk UAVs.

Cutting off money, such as killing parents.

One can imagine how much Kevlar hates twin-tailed scorpion drones now.

"According to what we have heard, the performance of the twin-tailed scorpion drone is now more advanced than your Global Hawk."

"This is definitely bad news for us in the United States."

"Now that they're going to recruit turboprop engineers, are we going to arrange some commercial spies to go in and see if we can grasp each other's progress?"

As president of General Atomics, Plint is more concerned about changes in the drone market than Kevlar.

For Northrop Grumman, the Global Hawk drone is just an insignificant product.

It is the world's largest radar manufacturer and the largest manufacturer of naval vessels.

Its most well-known products include the B-2 stealth bomber, the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone, and the F-14 Tomcat fighter.

There are also E-8C AWACS aircraft, T-38 trainer aircraft, EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft, E-2C AWACS aircraft, etc.

General Atomics, on the other hand, has a drone in its fist.

If the fist products are scrapped by the Nanshan Group, their losses will be great.

"Yes, yes, but Nanshan Group is definitely not stupid, it is not so easy to succeed."

"It's better to find a way to sell some of the other party's employees, maybe the effect will be more significant."

Kevlar is naturally curious to know all kinds of information about the Nanshan Group in the field related to drones.

It doesn't hurt that way.

"No problem, but you can't rush this matter, you have to put a long line to catch big fish."

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"Mr. Cao, has Nanshan Engine even started to produce aero engines now?"

The news of Nanshan Group's recruitment of turboprop engine-related technicians has inexplicably been on the hot search.

This is definitely a curiosity for many people.

Wang Fu is no exception.

In recent years, most of BYD's engines have been supplied by Nanshan engines.

In the past two years, some of the engines developed by themselves have been used.

However, the overall performance is definitely not as good as the products of Nanshan Engine.

Now seeing that Nanshan Engine has begun to enter the aero engine, Wang Fu really can't help but call Cao Yang.

"With the transition to electrification, the engine of gasoline vehicles will definitely decline in the future."

"There are so many technicians and workers in Nanshan Engine, so we can't just lay off them when the time comes."

"So it's a matter of looking for other engines."

Cao Yang answered Wang Fu's words half-truthfully.

However, this answer made Wang Fu feel a little speechless.

In order to worry about layoffs, so go across the industry to engage in aero engines?

Although they are all called engines, can this engine be the same as a car engine?

Especially the current turboprop engine, in Wang Fu's view, really has nothing to do with automobile engines.

"Mr. Cao, this span is a bit big."

"Some time ago, the United States made a fuss about sanctions because of the production of drones by Nanshan Robots, and if Nanshan Engine also produces more aero engines in the future, it may also be sanctioned."

Wang Fu kindly reminded him beside him.

He is still a little worried that one day Nanshan Group will not be able to produce some parts due to sanctions.

No one knows how big that impact will be.

"We can't stop researching technology because it might be sanctioned by the United States."

"The engines developed by Nanshan Engine are only products used in low-speed aircraft, which are not very sensitive."

"If the American side can't even accept this, then I can't do it."

If there are more lice, I am not afraid of itching.

Several subsidiaries of Nanshan Group have been sanctioned by the United States.

The impact wasn't that big.

The current international environment has not yet deteriorated to that extent.

Besides, Nanshan Group has been promoting 100% localization of equipment and materials over the years, and it is not without achievements.

Even if it does encounter stricter sanctions, it will not be impossible to survive.

It's just that there is no way to live so nourishingly.

"There is a lot of discussion on the Internet about Nanshan Engine's production of aero engines, although there are all kinds of things to say."

"However, it is also a good thing to enhance the popularity of Nanshan Engine and enhance the brand power of Nanshan Engine."

There are pros and cons to everything.

In Wang Fu's view, Nanshan Engine is engaged in aero engines, which is obviously the same.

"This is also a bonus, Nanshan Engine's reputation has gone up, and it is a good thing for all customers who use its products."

"In the future, when domestic consumers buy cars, they will not feel that the engines of those international auto giants will be better than those of independent brands."

Cao Yang chatted with Wang Fu for a while before hanging up the phone.

However, he had just finished the call with Wang Fu, but Pan Jun came to the door again.

"Mr. Cao, do you have any specific direction for our turboprop engine research and development?"

As long as Pan Jun hears the name of an aero engine, his first reaction is that he thinks that this thing is military.

No way, this is also an occupational disease.

"Representative Pan, our turboprop engines, mainly small products, are used by UAVs."

"At least that's how it was planned in the early days."

There is no need to hide this kind of thing from Pan Jun, so Cao Yang directly revealed the direction of research and development.

As for whether there will be changes in the future, that's for the future.

Whether it is a business jet or other aircraft, it is more just used to enhance the popularity or technical impression of Nanshan Group.

But where the real power comes is the drone.

Whether it's a twin-tailed scorpion or some other use of drones, you can study it well.

The market in this area will be very large in the future.

At that time, a large drone that costs 2 million yuan will sell 2 million US dollars abroad, which is not an exaggeration at all, right?

After all, the unit price of people's Predator drones has gone to $10 million.

This is still the internal price of the United States, and it is even more expensive if it is sold to outsiders.

In this case, buying products with good performance and cheap prices from Nanshan Group will definitely become an important choice for some people.

Cao Yang is aiming at this market.

He believes that sooner or later, the twin-tailed scorpion drone will still be allowed to be sold to the outside world.

When the time comes, you just need to change the stealth function and avionics system, etc., and continue to keep the shape and the name of the twin-tailed scorpion, and you'll be fine.

"You can all produce large diesel engines, and I don't think a big turbofan engine should be a problem for you."

"Since Nanshan Engine has plans to enter the aero engine, does it make sense to directly develop a more promising turbofan engine?"

Pan Jun knows very well what domestic aero-engine technology looks like.

It can be said that there is still a big gap between the high-end advanced turbofan engine and the international advanced level.

If ordinary enterprises want to study turbofan engines, Pan Jun will listen to it and don't want to say anything.

Because there is a high probability that other private enterprises will not be able to achieve anything in this regard.

But Nanshan Group is different.

Pan Jun's confidence in Nanshan Group is more than that of some other large central enterprises.

If Nanshan Engine really began to study turbofan engines, then Pan Jun felt that maybe in a few years, they could really bring huge surprises to the field of Huaxia aero engines.

This is a situation he very much hopes to see, and it is also an important achievement for him as a representative of Nanshan Group.

However, Cao Yang didn't mean this at all.

"The threshold of turbofan engine is too high, and it is meaningless to simply solve the problem of whether there is one, and it is necessary to directly benchmark the international first-class level and develop a competitive engine."

"We don't have any relevant experience, and we don't see any chance of success in five years."

"So it's enough to think about the aero engine of the drone."

Cao Yang said this, and Pan Jun didn't know how to refute it.

After all, he was telling the truth.

I am also looking forward to the situation on the side of the Nanshan engine, as well as DJI drones.

Although the production of new products of DJI drones during this period is a tense time, Wang Tao is still very concerned about the movements of Nanshan Group.

"Mr. Chen, we are engaged in small UAVs, and Nanshan Group is engaged in large UAVs by itself, do you say that this is Mr. Cao's layout in the UAV industry?"

Wang Tao is a person who likes to think.

When Cao Yang invested in DJI drones, he was thinking about what the other party had taken a fancy.

Because the drone industry did not seem to have any intersection with the business of Nanshan Group at that time.

In this case, Cao Yang is willing to invest in DJI at a higher valuation, and Wang Tao is actually grateful.

Now seeing that Nanshan Group has produced large drones, Wang Tao slowly has some guesses in his heart.

"There is this possibility, after all, the drone is either a little bigger or a little smaller."

"Big has a big effect, and a small has a small wonder."

"There is no special market for those who do not slip away."

"The energy of a team is relatively limited, and arranging manpower and material resources on the research and development of more important and sensitive large-scale UAVs should be something that Mr. Cao has thought about before."

Chen Dajian now admires Nanshan Group more and more.

This is a company that always surprises itself.

"Previously, Nanshan Engine produced piston engines, which is not very different from gasoline engines."

"Directly using it on the twin-tailed scorpion drone is also a good way to reduce costs."

"Now they're starting to work on turboprop engines again, and they're already very professional aero engines."

"If it really gets done, it will be amazing."

Wang Tao has always felt that he is a more powerful person, but compared with Cao Yang, he is not proud at all.

There is no way, the gap in record is too big.

Maybe in another ten years, he will be able to communicate with Cao Yang with a more peaceful mind.

"The turboprop engine is just a kind of aero engine, and maybe in the future, Nanshan Engine will be more difficult to build an aero engine."

As soon as Chen Dajian said this, Wang Tao immediately couldn't help but say, "Not really, right?" If you do it again, wouldn't it be a turbojet engine, which is not an area suitable for private enterprises. ”

"No matter how much money is invested in it, nine times out of ten, it will be wasted!"

I have to say that Wang Tao's point of view should represent the views of the vast majority of people in China.

Turbojet engines, except for those specialized state-owned enterprises, are not suitable for other enterprises at all.

"Mr. Cao often brings unexpected surprises to everyone, who knows what it will be like in the future?"

Wang Tao: ......

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