Chapter 544: An Italian with a flexible body
Although Agusta is going to cooperate with Bingcheng Aircraft Industry Group, because the prototype of the Z-9WY has been flying in Hojing, and about a year ago, Huaxia and Europe also signed that far-reaching aviation industry cooperation agreement here.
So this time the Italians still chose this old place, which they were relatively familiar with.
And, of course, with some on-the-ground confirmation that you really have something or a bluff.
On the tarmac, Chang Haonan, who had just flown here earlier that morning, finally saw the helicopter that haunted the Italians-
Although the underlying technology to complete the design plan came from Chang Haonan, it was indeed the first time he had seen the helicopter with his own eyes.
After all, it has always been Liu Hongbo who has been dealing with it before.
At first glance, it looks a bit like the straight 9WA/WZ in the previous life.
Flat nose, optoelectronic sighting equipment underneath, curved hanging beam that does not take up space in the cabin......
However, there are indeed quite a few differences in the details, especially in the details of the main rotor and the engine cover.
Of course, this is also the basis that determines the quiet performance of this aircraft.
Cui Wenxue, Guo Jingshan, and Liu Hongbo gathered a little later around Chang Haonan and were briefing the latter on the basic performance of the helicopter.
And, of course, blowing rainbow farts by the way.
Generally speaking, Cui Wenxue, as the general manager, will not be directly involved in specific technical issues such as the test flight of the new model.
But this time it was different.
When discussing cooperation with foreign counterparts, you must still have a leader.
A little farther away in the hangar, a young engineer who was preparing data and materials on the spot looked up and warmed his somewhat frozen hands.
Despite coming from the ice city of the north, it is known that the northerners mainly rely on equipment to survive the winter.
Therefore, at the turn of February and March, Hokyo was not comfortable.
"Eh, who's going around the helicopter over there?"
One of the shorter engineers touched his companion's arm and motioned for him to look into the distance.
The latter looked up and over there:
"Mr. Cui and Mr. Guo, who else could it be?"
"And the professor Liu who came before, it's very powerful, the front fuselage and rotor scheme of the new helicopter were given by him, and you should have seen it when you held a technical seminar before."
Then he looked back at the screen and was ready to get back to work.
He is just an ordinary engineer of the 602 Institute, and he knows his position very well.
Doing your own things well and not dragging your feet is already the greatest help to the organization.
"No, of course I'm not talking about those three."
The first man reluctantly patted his companion on the shoulder again:
"If you look closely, all three of them are following the other person!"
"How can you ......?"
The latter, with some impatience, raised his head again.
Then the sound stopped abruptly.
After a few seconds, he lifted his glasses up vigorously.
"This doesn't look like Mr. Liang......"
The short man's voice came from the side again.
Mr. Liang naturally refers to Liang Zhuoping.
Let these three people follow, the first thing that comes to mind must be the general manager of the Aviation Industry Corporation.
But no matter whether you look at age or hair volume, it is obviously not.
"Shhh...... It won't be Chang Haonan Chang Zong, right? ”
"Who?"
"The general manager of the Torch Group, the super-awesome who developed the TORCH Multiphysics software, is said to be younger than the two of us."
For two engineers at the very grassroots level, if they don't pay extra attention to it, in the late 90s, the amount of information obtained would not be very large.
Especially when the Internet penetration is not too high, if you miss the few times Chang Haonan has been on TV in a limited time, it is normal to not know what he looks like.
", so awesome?"
"I said that our group has been like a sudden enlightenment during this time, and everything good can be taken out...... It turned out that I had invited such a number one immortal......"
"Alas...... If only I could have half of him, no, a third of it would be good......"
"Hurry up and get to work, don't put that nonsense aside, you don't count on ......"
“……”
After a period of ear-to-ear chatter, the two of them saw a few people in the distance walking towards the hangar, and quickly silenced.
……
A short time later, two minibuses drove from the outfield along a lane that is not usually used directly into the test flight area, and finally stopped at the edge of the tarmac.
Naturally, the Italian delegation that had just landed in the car was out of the car.
This time, instead of connecting flights from the country, they flew directly from Rome to Hokyo on an Airbus A340.
Naturally, it is impossible for a civil aircraft to land directly at the airport of the test flight institute, so in the end, people can only be picked up by car.
Cui Wenxue, who had already prepared, took the lead in welcoming him.
In the process of determining the specific cooperation plan later, Chang Haonan, who has mastered the core technology and has full voice within the Commission of Science and Technology, is naturally the absolute leader.
But nominally, Agusta is cooperating with Bingfei Group, so Cui Wenxue is still responsible for these things on the scene.
Of course, Chang Haonan is also happy to be idle.
He wasn't particularly into interpersonal relationships either.
It's just that because the strength is too strong, I accidentally made a lot of contacts......
However, it is unexpected, but it is reasonable.
Chang Haonan soon saw the familiar face of the leader in the Italian delegation.
Rosie Colombo.
After a nourishing pleasantry, the Italian's attention was quickly drawn to the helicopter parked not far away.
In fact, the Z-9WY has already been publicly displayed and flown at the Singapore Airshow.
It's just that the European and American media didn't pay much attention to the China pavilion, and Italy did not participate in the Singapore Air Show, so everyone in the delegation, including Colombo, saw it up close for the first time.
Nico Gambelli, who was following Colombo, stepped forward and took a closer look at the helicopter in front of him.
As the technical director of the new 15-seat helicopter project, he was invited to check the cooperation.
In all fairness, even if you just look at the surface of the plane, you can feel a shabby breath coming over your face.
For an Italian who likes precision and luxury, this feeling is like someone putting green peppers in a meat bun in front of a pickaxe people, which is very uncomfortable.
He looked at Colombo next to him with a slightly suspicious eye.
Subjectively, he didn't quite believe that a helicopter of this kind of workmanship could be as quiet as the other party said.
Chang Haonan and Cui Wenwen did not restrict the movement of the group of Italians to look around.
Just like some exams, even if you open the book, you will fail.
The helicopter's main rotor has to strike a balance between quietness and efficiency, as well as design coupling with the fuselage, which is a very empirical and computational process.
Not to mention just looking at the plane, even if Chang Haonan lent them the design drawings of the straight 9WY, there was no way to move it to other designs as it was.
"I've seen French artificial dolphins, at least the workmanship is much better than this, and the main differences you can see at a glance are that the tips of the rotors are sharpened and bent, and the shape of the hood is strange."
As he spoke, Gambelli and Colombo retreated to a position far away from the helicopter, as the two test pilots had already entered the cabin and were starting the helicopter for a demonstration flight.
"To be honest, it's hard for me to believe that such a helicopter can reach ......"
Before he could finish speaking, a fresh breeze blew from the direction of the tarmac.
Obviously, this is the air wave caused by the rotation of the rotors of the helicopter.
Because of the distance, the wind is not really strong.
Even the hat on the top of the head will not be blown off.
But this and the wind blew on Gamberly's face, but it made him feel a little hot and painful -
The planes had already taken off, and the conversation he had just had with Colombo was not even interrupted by the noise.
"Dr. Gamberry, I'm sorry I didn't hear you clearly, what are you saying is hard to believe?"
Colombo didn't mean to be sarcastic, he really didn't hear clearly because he was stunned.
"I said ......"
Gambelli's whole body froze for a moment, but soon his face did not change and his heart did not beat:
"I said, it's hard for me to believe that we didn't find out until now that the Huaxia people have such a high level of helicopter design......"
(End of chapter)