When this scene was displayed on the monitor screen on the "Octopus" through various monitoring methods, both Temel and Valerio were stunned by the sight in front of them, especially Temel, whose head The melon seeds buzzed.
When did a big country in the East get a new type of gas tanker?
? Shouldn¡¯t their refueling machine be modified from old H-6 bombers? A few years ago, we just conducted aerial refueling test experiments. The Navy determined that this should be the main model of aerial tankers of a large Eastern country in the future. Why did the Tanker-15 suddenly appear?
Just when all kinds of questions were flooding the screen in Temel's mind, the lieutenant colonel commander suddenly remembered something. He immediately turned his chair aside, rummaged in the filing cabinet, and then took out a clear Silhouette photo of Yun 15plus.
After glancing at the slightly blurry real-time image of the Tank-15 on the screen, and looking at the silhouette photo in his hand, and comparing it over and over again for more than a minute, Temer suddenly exclaimed: "No no that's not the Y-15. It's definitely not the Y-15, but a brand new air transport platform. Yes, that's right, it's definitely the latest air transport platform. We discovered the latest air transport platform of a large eastern country. Transport platform.¡±
Temer yelled the last sentence almost hoarsely, and his sudden shout immediately attracted everyone's attention. Because Valerio was sitting next to Temer, he was the first to get the moon near the water. I saw the situation with the screen and hard photos.
It was also surprisingly grown up the biggest.
The Yunyou-15 that is refueling two J-82s in the air does indeed look very similar to the Yun-15plus at first glance, especially the fat-headed fish-like nose and the overall cockpit portholes like sunglasses, which indicate that this is a company similar to the Yun-15plus. An aircraft with deep roots.
If someone who doesn¡¯t have a deep understanding of aviation equipment sees this, they may really regard the Yuntan-15 as an improved aerial refueling version of the Yuntan-15plus.
But both Temer and Valerio are senior officers. Naturally, they will not be as superficial as ordinary people. It is precisely because of this that they are shocked and unbelievable. The reason is very simple. That aircraft Aerial refueling operations are in progress, and the oil transport is very similar to that of the 15plus. The 15 is actually not the 15plus, but a brand new transport aircraft. The reason for this judgment is very simple. The 15plus is a twin-engine light-duty transport aircraft. Transport aircraft, and the Yanyou-15 is a four-engine medium-sized transport aircraft.
In fact, the Yunyou-15 is indeed a brand new air transportation platform different from the Yunyou 15plus.
But if we want to say that it is truly separated from Yun 15plus, it is not necessarily true. After all, the overall aerodynamic layout and specific production conditions are closely related to Yun 15plus.
In Zhuang Jianye¡¯s words, Yunyou-15 is the enlarged version of Yunyou-15plus with added fertilizer. Otherwise, how could a new air transport platform still use the old name of Yun-15? Basically, they are all derived from the same root. twigs.
You must know that when Ascendas Group developed the Y-15, it did not regard it as a product that was planned to be completed after the model was launched. Instead, the original design left a strong room for upgrades and modifications, especially for later expansion. Ascendas Group Very humbly borrowing the shameless ideas of Airbus and Boeing Bah It is a modern development concept.
That means it can be arbitrarily expanded on the basic model and expanded as much as you like.
Just like the Airbus A320, if it is shortened, it becomes the A318, if it is lengthened, it becomes the A320-200, if it is bolded, it becomes the A320-400, and the fully upgraded version is the A320neo. In short, the models are dazzling, and there is always one that suits you.
The same is true for Ascendas Group¡¯s Y15. Rather than saying it is a model, it is better to think of it as a series.
The twin-engine turboprop version is the basis, and the twin-engine turbofan version is a transition. Based on these two models, it can be freely extended in all directions.
For example, the Tanker-15 was not actually built by the Ascendas Group itself for free, but was tailor-made based on the Air Force Headquarters¡¯ description of the bidding situation for aerial tankers.
At first, the Air Force Headquarters did not take Ascendas Group¡¯s bidding plan seriously, because at that time the Air Force was interested in the Northwest Aviation Factory¡¯s H-6.
This aerial tanker is an improvement based on the H-6 bomber. The idea is similar to the Soviet Union's use of the Tu 16 bomber to modify the Tu 16n aerial tanker.
Not only is the platform mature and the production technology guaranteed, the training and maintenance are also uncomplicated, which is very in line with the current domestic reality.
Since the Air Force is interested, what are you doing with Ascendas Group?
The Air Force doesn¡¯t want to do this kind of thing like taking off your pants and farting.??, the problem is that with the deepening of reform, the country's large-scale procurement will require competition and bidding, and the military will naturally have to respond to the country's call and show off.
So we sent out bidding documents to domestic aviation companies that were ¡°capable¡± of producing air transportation platforms, and had a one-year deadline to come up with their respective bidding products.
Just looking at the bidding requirements, we know that the Air Force Headquarters is obviously biased towards the northwest factory, because their H-6 has been flying for more than a year and is about to complete the first phase of flight testing. Other factories are not able to do it even if they are exhausted. To produce a product as mature as Hongyou 6 within one year.
You must know that it is an airplane, not a building block toy for children to play house with.
Therefore, the named aviation factory basically just handed over the drawings and settled down to be a soy sauce maker. The only Y-8 that was considered by the industry to have the potential to compete with the H-6 was because it came from the same Northwest Aviation Factory. There is no positive pk relationship either.
As a result, just when people thought that the H-6 would undoubtedly win the Air Force's order for 26 aircraft, news suddenly came from the Air Force Flight Test Verification Center that Ascendas Group's new medium-sized air transport platform began full-scale ground static testing.
As soon as the news came out, the industry was in an uproar. What happened? Why did Ascendas Group come up with a new medium-sized transport aircraft? How are they so fast? When did Ascendas Group launch the new China Fortune? Why is there no news at all in the industry?
Just when the industry had no time to digest why Ascendas Group started the development of the new China Transport, news came again from the Air Force Flight Test Verification Center three months later that Ascendas Group's new medium-sized transport aircraft Yun-15max had successfully made its first flight.
Immediately afterwards, news one after another began to spread in the industry, and the Yun-15max also unveiled its mysterious veil in this communication.
Yun-15max is an improvement and upgrade from Yun 15plus.
The overall proportion has increased significantly compared with the Yun-15plus, and its multi-mission capability has been enhanced several times compared to the Yun-15plus. In particular, four aviation fuel storage modules developed by Ascendas Group can be added to the cargo hold, plus the Yun-15max. With its four large fuel tanks and two small spare fuel tanks, the Y-15max has a maximum fuel capacity of 30.7 tons.
And can transport 18.2 tons of aviation fuel to various types of aircraft that need fuel replenishment.
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