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Chapter 543 Turboshaft Engine

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    It¡¯s not the fault of Zhuang Jianye, but the weird trainer aircraft equipped by the Thai Air Force.

    The trainer aircraft produced by the German Rheinland Aircraft Manufacturing Company, as its name suggests, has a large fan. This does not mean that the trainer aircraft uses a more advanced turbofan engine.

    On the contrary, such a fixed-wing trainer aircraft uses the same model of Rolls-Royce Acheson 250-C30 turboshaft engine as the American Bell 206 helicopter.

    This alone is enough to subvert people¡¯s imagination. Even decades later, no one would dare to open such a big imagination.

    But in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, in order to prevent the invasion of the Soviet Union and equip combat aircraft with the so-called ultra-short takeoff and landing capabilities, some well-established aviation powers such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy have been groping on this road.

    The British Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter and the French F-1 fighter are both products of this time.

    Although Germany has been restricted in fighter jets due to its defeat in World War II, it has still made attempts in this area, and the "Fan Coach" is one of its results.

    The turboshaft engine is used to drive a large fan at the rear of the fuselage, giving it a strong reaction force to complete power transmission.

    Precisely because the power selection is too alternative, coupled with the need for short take-off and landing, the layout of the "Fan Trainer" is also non-mainstream. For example, in order to stabilize the center, a forward-swept wing structure is used, and a T-shaped rear part is used.  The vertical tail looks very incompatible with the impression of traditional layout aircraft.

    But it is such an unusual aircraft, but its flight performance is very good, especially the rear-mounted engine and the stability of the forward-swept wing structure at medium and low speeds, allowing the "Fan Trainer" to simulate many features of a jet fighter  Effect.

    Coupled with the good economy of the small turboshaft engine and low cost of use, it can be regarded as a very good high-quality trainer for junior and middle school students.

    Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Thai Air Force to purchase 47 aircraft in one fell swoop for F-5 fighter training and pilot adaptability training for return flights.

    The main reason is that the entry of "Fan Coach" has broken the original three-level training system of junior, intermediate and then advanced. With the use of "Fan Coach", one aircraft can complete all primary and intermediate training subjects. In addition, Thailand  The Air Force has not yet equipped third-generation fighter jets, and it lacks training subjects for advanced trainer aircraft.

    Therefore, after completing the "Fan Coach" training course, you can directly fly the F-5 fighter into the air to perform missions.

    Reducing the use, maintenance, upkeep and maintenance of first-level aircraft and the maintenance of the personnel team is equivalent to saving a lot of expenses. Under the condition of the same training effect, the Thai Air Force naturally feels that the "fan trainer" is really good.

    If this were not the case, the Thai Air Force would not continue to maintain the size of the "Fan Coach" fleet, and would have been swept into the garbage heap.

    However, such a model with good performance and even a vague ability to subvert the existing mainstream training aircraft training system has encountered serious setbacks in its own country. It is not that the Germans themselves do not like it, but just like the Action Company in Germany.  The experience is the same. No matter how good the product is, several forces will still put pressure on it because of the original sin of World War II.

    Especially in the United States, the three-level training aircraft system is running well. The major aviation giants are counting on the three models of junior, middle and high-level aircraft to make a small amount of money. The Germans suddenly jumped out and said, "Don't be so troublesome, I have this one."  "Fan Trainer" can do all the work of a junior trainer and an intermediate trainer.

    What will Americans think after hearing this?  Of course, without saying anything, he stretched out his fingers and pressed him to death.

    As a result, the sales performance of the "Fan Coach" in Germany cannot be described as miserable. It has only equipped less than ten units. It is regarded as a spiritual encouragement for the German Rheinland Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Only the Thais think this aircraft is good.  I ordered 47 aircraft in one go and became the world¡¯s largest user.

    ¡°Then¡­there is no more.

    Because this amount did not even recover the minimum research and development expenses, it was obviously a loss, so the German Rheinland Aircraft Manufacturing Company went bankrupt within a few years. However, the Germans were also conscientious, and the other company they took over continued to fulfill its obligations with Thailand.  Contract to provide spare parts and maintenance work.

    "It's a pity that this German company still didn't hold on. It also declared bankruptcy more than a year ago, and this time it was even more thorough. It sold everything it could, including the "Fan Trainer" accessory production line.

    Fortunately, the Thai Air Force has accumulated a lot of inventory. In the past year, it was able to survive by saving money. However, as the number of spare parts gradually decreased, the condition of the aircraft gradually declined. There was no other way but to find other solutions.

    For example, other European countries, or the United States, the big backer behind it.

      As a result, these European and American countries have shown extremely unusual enthusiasm for Thailand, as if a macho man has met the goddess he is looking for. If we want to repair an old plane, let¡¯s just start it in one step How good is it to buy a new plane?

    So the British "Eagle" trainer aircraft, the French "Alfa Jet" trainer aircraft, and the American T-38 trainer aircraft were like all kinds of macho men posing in front of this little princess in Thailand, shouting shamelessly, "Choose me, choose me."  ¡­

    The problem is that Thai people just want to build a plane and don¡¯t want to sell it. Why is it so difficult?

    The European and American aviation giants frowned and immediately settled the account for the little Thai princess. The German "Fan Coach" has been discontinued for many years. If you want to do in-depth repairs, you need to restart the parts production line. The cost is not a small amount, and there will be more after that.  Workers have to be trained, which is an astronomical sum of money, and then they have to re-measure, design tooling, make plans, etc. All in all, the cost of in-depth maintenance of a "Fan Trainer" is more than buying a new aircraft of the same type.  To be expensive.

    In short, in short, if Thailand wants to carry out in-depth repairs, it can first invest more than one billion US dollars in the upfront investment, and they guarantee that it can be used in various situations.

    Thailand knows that this is a hole dug by the European and American aviation giants, but it has nothing to do. This is the tragedy of the lack of support from the aviation industry. People really say what they say. You don¡¯t even have a chance to argue, except to choose to be beaten by that wolf.  Take it away, nothing else can be done.

    Originally, the Thai Air Force had accepted its fate, but unexpectedly, its own Royal Aerospace Industries Company suddenly rose up. The fire of hope that was about to die out immediately burned brightly, and then pounced on Ascendas Group It only thinks about users.  one's business Patner.

    Zhuang Jianye looked at the weird-looking "fan coach" and the technicians working around the aircraft, and his thoughts began to wander involuntarily, until he found Lin Guanghua, who had a little oil on his body, walking over. He glanced around and found that there was no one around him.  Then he asked in the southwestern dialect of China: "How is it?"

    Lin Guanghua didn¡¯t have any surprises. He also replied in the southwestern dialect: ¡°It should be fine, but we may be a little behind on the engine. After all, our turboshaft engine has not been used yet, so I don¡¯t know if it will work.¡±

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