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Chapter 1435 The Final Splendor

Professor Wu, Zhang Jiwen and Shi Zhen didn't react at first, but after listening to Zhang Qihang's words, the three of them seemed to be thinking about it and felt that what Zhang Qihang said made sense.

Zhang Jiwen pondered for a moment and raised a new question: "Mr. Zhang, our group has never made such a large aircraft before. If we take our time, I won't worry, but the old experts we invited from the former Soviet Union are old, and they have only made one fixed-wing UAV in these years. If the maritime supervision is more demanding on time, it may be a bit troublesome to pick it up again..."

Professor Wu and Shi Zhen also frowned slightly when they heard this.

  What Zhang Jiwen actually said was euphemistic. What he really meant was: The drone we are going to make this time is so big, with a maximum take-off weight of 4.5 to 5 tons. With our group's current technical strength and level, can we really do it?

Don't think that the maximum take-off weight of 4.5 to 5 tons is too small. If it is placed on a manned aircraft, it is equivalent to a light jet trainer or a Y-5. But think about it further. In the world, apart from the RQ-4 Global Hawk, only the MQ-9 Reaper UAV can reach this weight. The previous fixed-wing UAV of Huateng Group, which was based on the RQ-1, has a maximum take-off weight of only about 1 ton.

By comparing them in this way, we can roughly understand the technical difficulty between the two.

"Jiwen, you have reason to worry," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile: "Then tell me how we can solve this problem?"

After that, he signaled to Professor Wu and Shi Zhen: "Let's discuss this together."

Looking at Zhang Qihang's expression, the three of them instantly understood: Mr. Zhang must have already had an idea of ​​how to solve this problem.

  As for why Mr. Zhang asked a few people when he already had an idea, it was actually simple: the boss had solved all the problems, so why did he need people like him? Where could his own value be reflected?

Professor Wu and Shi Zhen's main focus was still on the rotorcraft and its accompanying flight control. For a moment, they really couldn't think of any good solution. They frowned and thought for a long time before Professor Wu said, "Then... ask for help from above?"

In Professor Wu's opinion, it is natural to seek help and support from superiors when encountering problems.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Professor Wu finished speaking, Shi Zhen shook his head and said, "No! You absolutely can't do that!"

"why not?"

Professor Wu was a little surprised.

Shi Zhen explained: "As of now, drones are the last piece of land left for our Huateng Group in the military industry. If we seek support from above, wouldn't it be like telling our superiors that our Huateng Group can't make it in the field of fixed-wing drones?

Since we can't stand up, why should the leaders leave this piece to us? We must take it back."

Zhang Jiwen also said: "Even if the leaders want to speak for us, how can other units let go of such a big piece of fat meat?"

Professor Wu finally realized what was going on and immediately looked embarrassed. "Don't feel embarrassed," Zhang Jiwen waved his hand and then thought for a moment, "But then again, although it's not appropriate to ask for help from above, we can still seek help from outside."

"Yes, we can seek external help!"

Shi Zhen also reacted. He turned to look at Zhang Qihang, and he became excited. "Even the Kunpeng transport aircraft project has cooperation with Antonov Design Bureau. The priority of our project is much lower than that of the Kunpeng transport aircraft project. Naturally, we can also seek external assistance."

"Look, haven't you found a solution to the problem?" Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded slightly: "Then let's talk about which foreign aid is more suitable?"

Professor Wu thought for a moment and said, "Considering the application scenario of this drone, it is definitely not possible to find aviation manufacturing companies in Europe and the United States. We can only cooperate with research and development institutions in the former Soviet Union, and it is best if this partner is a company with experience in the development of civil passenger aircraft."

Having said this, Professor Wu stopped.

In fact, Professor Wu already has a suitable choice in mind, but he can't say everything himself.

Seeing Professor Wu stop, Zhang Jiwen looked at him gratefully and quickly took over the conversation, saying, "If it is an aviation unit in the former Soviet Union that has experience in developing civil passenger aircraft, it is nothing more than the Antonov Design Bureau, the Ilyushin Design Bureau, the Yakovlev Design Bureau and the Tupolev Design Bureau. Considering that the Antonov Design Bureau is cooperating with the 'Kunpeng' transport aircraft development team, I think we can only choose one from the three of the Ilyushin Design Bureau."

Zhang Qihang nodded silently. He was actually also struggling with who to cooperate with.

The three units, Ilyushin Design Bureau, Yakovlev Design Bureau and Tupolev Design Bureau, also have their own strengths and weaknesses. Ilyushin Design Bureau has more experience in designing large aircraft. The pride of the former Soviet aviation industry, such as the Il-76 transport aircraft and the Il-86 large wide-body passenger aircraft, all came from Ilyushin Design Bureau.

  Not to mention the Tupolev Design Bureau, which of the names of the Tu-95, Tu-160, Tu-154 and Tu-204 aircraft is not famous?

Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the two design bureaus lived a comfortable life relying only on subsequent repair and maintenance orders from the J side. Only the Yakovlev Design Bureau had the hardest time. The Yak-42 passenger aircraft, which they had high hopes for, was discontinued in 2002. Even more tragic was that they were cheated by the Italians in the Yak-130 advanced jet trainer project. However, few people know that the Yakovlev Design Bureau was the most comprehensive one. Few netizens know that in addition to civil airliners, carrier-based fighters and trainer aircraft, the Yakovlev Design Bureau also played with helicopters, and they were the same type of front and rear longitudinally split twin-rotor helicopter as the famous CH-47 "Chinook". This thing is called Yak-24.

From a technical point of view, all three units can meet their own requirements, but from a charging perspective, the Yakovlev Design Bureau should be the cheapest.

After a moment's silence, Zhang Qihang said, "Let's talk about this project with the old experts from the former Soviet Union and ask them what they think... When the domestic aviation manufacturing companies came to poach people, these old experts were loyal and insisted on staying in our Huateng Group.

Since they all want to serve our Huateng Group for the last time, we should try our best to leave this opportunity to them."

Professor Wu and the other two looked at each other and nodded together.