Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1302 The Mi 26 is not bad, let's get two!

The development and manufacturing technology of helicopters has always been one of Jiang Chen's key projects.With such a good opportunity now, how could he let it go.And this time, Jiang Chen chose the Mi 26 as his primary target, because Jiang Chen has already heard about this helicopter.

Regarding the Mi-26, the previous chapter has already introduced it. It is a twin-engine multi-purpose transport helicopter designed and developed by the Soviet Mili Experimental Design Bureau.It is also the heaviest and largest helicopter still in service in the world today.The development of this helicopter began in the 70s, the first prototype flew for the first time in 77, and the first aircraft was delivered in 80.After it was put into production, there were many improved models, such as Mi 26A, Mi 26T, Mi 26P and Mi 26M.

Mi 26 is a large transport helicopter developed by the Soviet Union after Mi 6 and Mi 10, and it is also the first helicopter with 8 rotor blades.This helicopter has two engines and implements load sharing. In the state where one of them fails, the other engine can still maintain the normal flight of the aircraft.Although the reminder is huge, its mass is only slightly heavier than the "Mi 6".And the capacity is amazing, it can actually carry or lift 20 tons of cargo, which is basically equivalent to the load capacity of the American C130 transport aircraft.It is the second largest and second heaviest helicopter in the world after the Mi-12.However, the Mi 12 has not been mass-produced.So it is the largest and the first heavy helicopter still in service in the world.

Because of the huge load capacity and excellent performance, yes, this aircraft has a wide range of uses.Whether it is transporting troops for military purposes or transporting large equipment, it is very handy.In addition, it also plays a very important role in economic and social services. For example, it is very often used to transport large-scale construction machinery for emergency rescue and disaster relief work in places with inconvenient transportation channels.It can also transfer the trapped people or the people on hand to the greatest extent.In addition, it also played a very good role in emergency transportation and forest fire fighting.So after this aircraft came out, it was quickly recognized and welcomed by users, and it was also exported to more than a dozen countries.

It was precisely because of its excellent performance that Jiang Chen decided to choose it as his primary target.However, it is easier to obtain the Mi-124 this time compared to the previous efforts to obtain the An-26.Even this time, Jiang Chen didn't come forward at all, and the fat man didn't intervene. Instead, a group of people under the fat man rushed to the Far East of Russia, which is our northeast, to negotiate with the people there.

Things went relatively smoothly, and after only a few hours of contact with the people over there, an agreement was basically reached on this matter.It took a few days to finalize the details of the transaction, and then Jiang Chen and his team went to inspect the plane on the spot, so the entire contract was finalized.However, regarding this helicopter, Jiang Chen did not buy a lot of it, but only bought two, one for civilian use and one for military use, both of which were new aircraft produced within a few years.Of course, the other party is still willing to sell more planes to Jiang Chen and the others, but Jiang Chen and the others have their own considerations.

Because in Jiang Chen's view, although this aircraft is good in all aspects, it is not that advanced.It can only be said that it is a good piece of equipment, worthy of Jiang Chen and the others to learn from it.In addition, due to its high cost of use, no one is willing to use it for a long time.In later generations, we also saw its value in the disaster of [-], and then expanded our business in China.Of course, its military role is self-evident.However, in Jiang Chen's view, instead of continuing to buy this second-hand aircraft, it is better to learn from it and develop and manufacture our own large transport helicopter.

For Jiang Chen, although the Mi-26 is good, it is only a small part of the helicopter in its equipment introduction list.There are other related things, or helicopters and corresponding equipment that need to be introduced.And Jiang Chen and Fatty are also advancing this matter.But what made it difficult for Fatty and the others was that because of the importance of the two helicopter R&D companies mentioned above, after the great change, these two design bureaus were taken over very well by later people.Although it is still a bit confusing compared to before, it is more difficult to get out some core materials and core equipment.

But no matter how good the defense system is, it will have its weaknesses. With the efforts of Fatty and the others, and the influence of the dollar, Jiang Chen and the others have managed to get a lot out of it, including many experts and technicians.Like what, Mi 8, Mi 28, Ka 32, Ka 50 and so on,

Some of these planes and corresponding equipment flew at low altitudes and crossed the border back home in the early morning or late at night, while others were transported back by land or sea transport.And some were disassembled into parts and then transported back to the country through decentralized transportation.Anyway, these aircraft were all concentrated in the Husile Lake Aviation Production Base in the end, where they were parked and related maintenance and research work.The reason why I chose this place, as I said earlier, is that there are no people's land around here, so it is easy to keep secret.In addition, here itself is an aviation production base, so there are parking and maintenance conditions.Finally, because of the dry climate here, it is convenient to park and preserve these aircraft.This is one of the reasons why those aircraft graveyards are located in arid areas of the desert.

In addition to these planes, of course there will be some other things, such as the engine that Jiang Chen has always been very concerned about.Helicopters mainly use turboshaft engines. Although this type of engine is relatively simple in terms of technology and manufacturing process compared with ordinary turbofan engines, we have spent a lot of energy and efforts in future generations. It took a lot of time to master this technique.But after that, the domestically produced turboshaft engines we manufactured were only usable, and had not yet reached the point of excellent performance.It is also because of technical limitations in this area that some of our helicopter projects are progressing slowly.We even have to continue to spend a lot of money to introduce foreign related technologies, which has hindered the development of our helicopters.

What Jiang Chen has to do now is to collect as much equipment and technology as possible to learn and absorb.So as to cultivate our own research and development team related to turboshaft engines, and develop our own turboshaft engines.Of course, Jiang Chen won't make a loss-making business either. This kind of turboshaft engine is promising both in terms of military and commercial economic interests.

(End of this chapter)