Chapter 1124: Plan Approved
The factory cherishes it very much. I had a small opinion about Dr. Van Dane’s desire to join the Russian military’s fighter aircraft research project cooperation. Putin refused directly.
Although Russia is in extreme difficulties, it is absolutely impossible to exchange things that are related to the country's major interests. Especially for the Chinese, they really have to learn the design skills of the Russian military's top fighter jets. , there is no guarantee that they will not make a breakthrough in the shortest time, and Russia will be directly affected by that time.
After all, there is a large border area between Russia and China. Most cities in the Far East are not fortified with China. If something happens, they will really be out of reach.
Although Putin is determined to reform and has made great progress in the Russian economy, and is expected to achieve greater achievements in a few years, there is no way he can agree to Fan Wubing's request. Giving up the military's most important fighter technology.
Although Fan Wubing had this idea, he didn't have too many extravagant hopes. After all, this was related to the foundation of the Russian military. It was not easy to get them to agree. In fact, his real idea was just to put forward something to embarrass Putin. The problem. It's just a headache for him.
For Fan Wubing, it is very important to be able to constantly remind the owner of the Kremlin to remember the favor owed to him. At least when he makes more reasonable requests in the future, Putin should be able to reject those requests before. And therefore agreed relatively smoothly.
This should be considered...an art, the art of struggle.
Over there in Lingxi Province at the end of August. Finally, good news came. The overall design plan of the large aircraft project has been completed, and the details have been fully discussed and verified, and after such a long period of preparation. The wind tunnel used for large aircraft project testing has also been built long ago. On the basis of Lingxi Airport, most of the original crew that built the Yun-10 were added, as well as large aircraft project teams drawn from all over the country. Members have also begun detailed decomposition work, decomposing the parts required for large aircraft projects according to the principles of in-factory processing and out-of-factory processing, and looking for the most suitable collaborator for processing and manufacturing.
"It is expected that more than 100 companies will participate in the cooperation this time, and the construction period will be completed ahead of schedule. It is very likely that a prototype will be available within two or three years, which is much better than previous expectations." Maximos, chief executive of China Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, which oversees the aircraft project, told Fan Wubing.
Fan Wubing was very happy about this. In other words, if there were no major problems, he would be able to fly on a domestically produced large aircraft by the end of 2005 at the latest. According to the design capabilities, such a large aircraft Airplanes can fly to any corner of the world.
Of course, the most critical issue in this is that the valuable information of the Yun-10 project team, especially the engine manufacturing technology, played a big role. After absorbing the advantages of Russian engine technology,
The engine model obtained through the most advanced digital design method has greatly improved the domestic engine technology by several levels, and has become a leading engine technology that can compete with advanced large aircraft. This progress made it possible for the large aircraft project, which was originally expected to last ten years, to be completed within five years.
The other is due to the breakthroughs in new material technology in recent years.
Originally, when manufacturing the Top Ten Aircraft project, there was a concern that the large aircraft's fuselage was too long and the materials could not achieve optimal performance, so some people were worried about it during flight. The huge pulling force will gradually lengthen the fuselage.
If the aircraft suddenly grows several inches after a flight, that would be very problematic. Even if it flies into the sky, no one would dare to fly more than once. After all, the huge deformation will cause the aircraft to collapse at an unpredictable time. Disintegration in the air, which is very scary.
Even if there is no mid-air disintegration, the longer and longer fuselage is still a big problem. As the most precision-assembled aerial vehicle, even a slight deviation is not enough. What’s more, if the metal processing technology of the fuselage is not up to standard, the aircraft will become several meters longer, which is very dangerous.
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Developing large aircraft is very expensive, but it is also important to reflect the country's economic strength.
The airplane has only appeared for more than a hundred years, but it has become a product that marks the entry of human society into the technological era. In addition to being of great value in the military, it is also known as the flower of science and technology in the economy. Many scientific and technological achievements of human society are gathered on aircraft.
At the same time, the aviation industry is also known as the locomotive of industrial technology. The development of the aviation industry will drive a wide range of aspects of society to move forward. therefore. In the second half of the twentieth century, some people believe that if two important factors are cited for the rapid development of the American economy, one of them should be attributed to the development of aviation, and the other is the development of education.
The development of large aircraft is of course a very energy-consuming task, but it is also very economically beneficial. The aircraft industry is an industry with highly intensive knowledge, low energy consumption, low material consumption, and high added value. The price per unit weight of aircraft and engines is three to five times that of electronic computers. It is ten to thirty times that of a color TV. Nearly a hundred times that of a car. In terms of consumption, the raw materials, including fuel, used by each person in the aircraft industry are only one-third that of the steel industry and one-half that of the automobile industry.
Because of this, those countries that have husband-type aircraft regard it as a pillar industry of the country. It can be said that the civil aviation industry is an industry of great economic value. This is also one of the large aircraft projects that Fan Wubing wants to invest in. important reason.
After all, although Mr. Fan is patriotic, he also loves money, and his favorite thing is to kill two birds with one stone.
In its century-long development, aviation has pursued various technical indicators, such as speed, altitude, range, endurance time, etc. But over the past fifty years, indicators have gradually stabilized. For example, the Y-10 that was developed in China at that time had the same flying speed and altitude as Airbus's latest aviation product, which is still undergoing test flights, and Boeing's Wave, which has not yet started to be developed.
The forefront of aviation technology exhibitions has shifted to large passenger aircraft, mainly because large passenger aircraft have brought huge economic benefits and played a great role in improving the country's comprehensive national strength and international reputation. Therefore, the expansion of large passenger aircraft is a strategic arrangement, not a temporary arrangement for immediate needs.
Since it is a strategic issue, the core thing is the overall design of the aircraft, which is comprehensive design. Put all the technology in Bu. This is what requires the most attention. It is not a specific calculation and calculation, but a comprehensive consideration of various possibilities.
Therefore, this time the overall design plan of the large aircraft project passed the review and entered the production stage, which was indeed a success for Fan Wubing. Very good news.
As for the generally thought that there are three thresholds for developing large aircraft, technical, institutional, and economic, in fact, they no longer exist. In fact, after the Yunshi was manufactured, a leap has been achieved. At that time, we should have entered the club of developing large aircraft in the world, but we later withdrew. This withdrawal made the country lag behind in large aircraft projects for many years. However, with the wisdom of the Chinese and their accumulation of aviation technology over the years, technology There are no insurmountable obstacles.
As for institutional obstacles, after being put on hold, Yunshi failed to embark on a path focused on innovation for various reasons, resulting in the aviation road becoming narrower and narrower. Conditions are much better now than then. There are more opportunities to be exposed to new technologies, accept the intellectual achievements of the world, and there is an injection of sufficient funds provided by Fan Wubing. And established the principle of independent development.
China has been ranked second in the world in air traffic volume for many years, which is related to China's population base. When China's economy further rises. As the total number of people flying increases, the large passenger aircraft needed will be a huge market. Boeing Company of the United States estimates that China will need at least 3,000 large aircraft in the future. Although the specific estimated number has yet to be determined and tested in practice, such a huge domestic market demand is not available in other small countries.
China is the largest buyer of aircraft in the world. It is said that the money used to buy aircraft today can be put into space if piled up with one hundred yuan of new banknotes. It is obviously nonsense to say that we cannot afford to spend money on research and development.
Just like overseas restrictions on domestic wafer manufacturing technology, if the country has its own large aircraft production and manufacturing base, then even if the market share has not become large, it will be difficult to negotiate when buying aircraft from abroad. In other words, there is a lot of leverage, and the economic benefits in other places are far greater than the economic benefits of the aircraft itself.
All in all, after Fan Wubing got the news, he immediately rushed to Lingxi Province and came to the China Aviation Manufacturing Group Corporation. He invited the leaders of the General Armament Department and the leaders of Lingxi Province to visit the factory. At the same time, I would like to express my gratitude and condolences to the cadres and workers who participated in the large aircraft project competition.
Of course, Fan Wubing would not inform Boss Zhu. After all, Boss Zhu personally served as the leader of this project team.
However, Boss Zhu seemed to have a lot to do and was not very interested, so he entrusted Fan Heng to go to Lingxi Province on behalf of the Central Committee and the State Council to inspect the progress of the large aircraft project and provide encouragement.
Fan Heng does not have many urgent matters on hand recently, and he has always been very concerned about the large aircraft project, so he accepted Boss Zhu's commission immediately and took a special plane to Lingxi Province to meet Fan Wu. Bing and others gathered together to visit the China Aviation Manufacturing Group Corporation.
This time, Southwest Aluminum Corporation's large-scale Ming alloy material development project achieved a major breakthrough. Recently, batches of domestic large aircraft aluminum alloy fuselage frame forging materials were successfully produced on the 30,000-ton hydraulic press of Southwest Aluminum Corporation. Since then, Southwest Aluminum Corporation has been able to develop aluminum with large specifications and high performance requirements. alloy product capabilities.
Large aircraft refers to transport aircraft with a total take-off weight of more than 150 tons. Currently, only a few countries such as the United States, Russia and the European Union have the manufacturing capabilities. Since the development of large aircraft is a high-precision project, each aircraft requires the use of a large amount of aluminum alloy materials. After the launch of the domestic large aircraft project, Southwest Aluminum Corporation also fully played its role in providing forging products for Boeing and the Shenzhou series. Aerospace projects such as spacecraft provide advantages in the development of advanced aluminum alloy materials. Intervened in advance, established a leading group for the development of advanced aluminum alloy materials for large aircraft and a large aircraft sub-project office, and began pre-research and trial production of some key special aluminum alloy materials in the large aircraft project.
The vice president of Southwest Aluminum Corporation also came to Lingxi Province to participate in this event. When meeting, he introduced to the leaders. The processing technology of large load-bearing components such as the fuselage frame of large aircraft has always been a cutting-edge technology blocked by the international community. In the absence of drawings and process data, the scientific and technological personnel of Southwest Aluminum Corporation developed a composite strong deformation process. After many tests and debugging, they finally broke through the problem of insufficient processing deformation capacity of existing supporting equipment and insufficient product deformation. The thickness of the product was successfully increased from 10,000 to 20,000 times, filling the gap that the country cannot produce thick components. It meets the material demand for manufacturing large aircraft.
According to him, Southwest Aluminum Corporation has received hundreds of sets of large aircraft aluminum alloy supporting material production orders with various specifications and a total weight of about 700 tons. It is closely following the research and development needs of large aircraft related design and equipment manufacturing units, and refining the research and development of key materials such as special aluminum alloy plates, profiles, and forgings required for large aircraft projects.
In addition, Southwest Aluminum Corporation is also building a 4.3-meter wide and thick plate hot rolling production line and a large-tonnage stretching machine of more than 12,000 tons. After the project is completed, Southwest Aluminum Corporation will have the production capacity of large aluminum and aluminum alloy wide and thick aluminum alloy plates for large aircraft, which can fill the domestic gap.
"Great, now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing." Fan Heng was very satisfied with this.
Obviously, in the shortest time. The large aircraft project has entered the substantive operation stage. I came here when the large aircraft project was originally planned to be established, and then I came here again when the China Aviation Industry Corporation laid the foundation. This visit and congratulations on the approval of the overall design plan of the large aircraft project are the third time.
If I can stay in office for the next term. Then it is possible to come again when the large aircraft is officially tested. In other words, this project has grown completely under my care, which is of great significance.
I think Boss Zhu gave me this opportunity to visit and encourage me, hoping that I can start and end well and do this thing well.
It is estimated that there should be no big suspense for my re-election as a member of the Standing Committee this time.