After hearing this, Zhuang Jianye couldn't help but relax his brows, and his heart finally relaxed a little.
In fact, Zhuang Jianye hurried back from Qiongzhou Phoenix Airport this time, and it was really not for the two Indonesian guests, Wahid and Suharto. Even if he intended to merge with the Indonesian National Aviation Industry Corporation, Zhuang Jianye did not need to go into battle personally.
It was because a serious air conditioner accident occurred during the pre-production test flight of Project No. 10. As the person in charge of an important supporting production plant, Zhuang Jianye had to rush back when he received the news, even if it was a knife from the sky.
Because no one knows what the cause of this air traffic accident is. If it is on the supporting side, Ascendas Group will bear a considerable responsibility. Unless he, the head of the family, can bear it, everyone in Ascendas Group can really count. I can't take it.
There is no way. In fact, the importance of Project No. 10 is to a certain extent equal to that of the imported Su-27, and to a certain extent, it is even more important.
Especially in the context of the sudden rise in military struggles along the southeast coast after major events, the significance of a completely domestically produced medium-sized third-generation multi-purpose fighter jet is self-evident. Because of this, the headquarters hopes to be able to deploy the fighter jet within five years. The first batch of Project 10 mass-produced models are officially equipped with troops and will form complete combat capabilities within the first decade of the new century.
Based on this timetable, the headquarters requires all participating manufacturers to strictly enforce quality and assign responsibility to everyone. Anyone who has problems must be held accountable. Even the King of Heaven will never tolerate it.
The headquarters has already spoken up to this point. Zhuang Jianye, who received the news that there was a problem with the pre-production test flight of Project No. 10, dared not neglect it and directly chartered a Qiongzhou Airlines A310 passenger plane to fly back.
Of course, they couldn't tell the truth to Wahid, so Zhuang Jianye opened his mouth and said A310 was TNB-18F. Anyway, the other party couldn't go to the airport to investigate, so Zhuang Jianye made nonsense without any scruples, no matter what Let¡¯s confuse the Indonesians first.
Now that the cause of the problem has been found, it is still the Russian-made al-31fn high-power turbofan engine, not Project 10 itself. While Zhuang Jianye breathed a sigh of relief, he could not help but slowly tighten his brows.
Yes, it is still al-31fn, not actually. In other words, this is not the first time that similar problems have occurred with the pre-production version of Project 10.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Since the first flight of Project No. 10 was successful, it has entered an intense test flight stage. Due to the adoption of a large number of new processes and new technologies, the maturity of the model is not high. Because of this, things like this often occur during test flights. or flaws like that.
But the problems were not big and were solved quickly.
However, there is one core issue that worries the No. 10 project team, and that is the supporting high-power turbofan engine.
The domestically produced turbofan 6 was too stretched. The design specifications were changed five times and launched three times. As a result, the entire project finally became nondescript and had to be completely discontinued.
Without the turbofan 6, Project 10 was forced to choose the Russian-made al-31f high-power military turbofan engine. As the main power of the Su-27 series, the performance of the al-31f is unquestionable and can be regarded as One of the few high-power military engines in the world, it should be no problem to meet the requirements of Project No. 10.
The Russians beat their chests loudly at that time, and even said that the United States can use the F-110 to support the F-15 and F-16, and their Russian al-31f can naturally support the Su-27 and Project 10; Otherwise, how could it live up to the status of the former Soviet Union as a world superpower?
This sounds very encouraging and very reasonable, but has anyone seen the former Soviet Union¡¯s single-engine combat aircraft using the al-31f engine?
No!
So the modified al-31f, al-31fn, did support Project 10. However, the al-31f, which was born with a dual-engine system, had low reliability on a single-engine aircraft and its shortcomings such as short service life were quickly exposed. come out.
For this reason, the No. 10 Project Team asked the Russian manufacturers to further improve the al-31fn based on the actual needs of the Chinese side. The Russian manufacturers agreed happily and acted very actively, and then they extended their big furry slaps very unceremoniously. , asking for $600 million in research and development expenses.
Increasing the reliability of the al-31f so that it can be used on both single- and twin-engine aircraft like the American general-purpose f-110 aero engine is also a luxury that the Russians dream of. However, the Russians now have no money. So we set our sights on China. Since your Project No. 10 is a single-engine fighter, and there is a lack of high-power aero engines in China, then you Chinese should simply pay for it, and we Russians can contribute, to build a single-engine fighter that meets the requirements. Wouldn¡¯t the requested deeply improved version of al-31fn be enough?
Such a simple, fast, and effective win-win move made the Russians believe that No. 10??The project team will not refuse and cannot refuse.
The Project No. 10 project team really couldn¡¯t refuse. After all, there is simply no field in the field of high-power aero engines in China, and the West has implemented strict blockades and technical embargoes on the country in this area. Apart from the Russian Project No. 10 project, there is really no other project. No choice.
Therefore, 600 million US dollars is 600 million US dollars. The No. 10 project team gritted its teeth and admitted it. However, the No. 10 project team made a request to the Russian manufacturers to share the full set of technologies of the deeply improved al-31fn.
¡°As a result, the Russian manufacturers were like a cat whose tail was stepped on and immediately stopped working.
There is nothing wrong with using Chinese money to support Russia¡¯s technological breakthroughs; why should the Russians share the technology they have worked so hard to develop with you, China?
¡°Anyway, what China wants is products, just sell them to you, but the technology is not good, no matter what, if you China learns it, who will the Russian manufacturers make money in the future?
At this time, the Project 10 project team just discovered that although the Russian manufacturers were a little rough in their work, their calculations were very good.
But the problem is that the No. 10 project team has spent so much money. If they can¡¯t get the technology, doesn¡¯t it mean it¡¯s wasted?
So the two sides went back and forth on this issue, arguing, and had great differences.
Until this time, the pre-production model of Project 10 experienced an engine shutdown in the air. Instead of actively searching for the cause, the Russian manufacturers used it as a bargaining chip to put pressure on the Project 10 project team, thus forcing the Project 10 project team to accept the problem. their conditions.
As a result, the Chief Engineer No. 10 was completely angered. He swore a few curse words in front of the Russian manufacturer's representatives and slammed the door. He then said angrily to the staff around him: "I can't bear this cowardice anymore." , drafting a report to our superiors, we must have our own high-power military turbofan engine, we must have it!"
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Listening to Xiao Lu's introduction about the pre-production air condition of the No. 10 Project compiled from other places, Zhuang Jianye was a little bit gnashing his teeth. He was just about to explain a few words, and then continued on his way to Jinguancheng Aircraft Research Institute to meet with the No. 10 Aircraft Research Institute. Chief Engineer No. 10, but before he could speak, Zhuang Jianye's cell phone suddenly rang. Before he answered it, the unquestionable voice of Chief Engineer No. 10 came from inside: "You should know about my affairs. Since So, I will take the leaders of several domestic aerospace engine plants and senior experts in this field to your place. Let's sit down and discuss how to make high-power military engines. It is best to come up with a charter in the next few days. !¡±
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