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Chapter 754: End of the Year (First Update)
"There are only a few countries in the world that can manufacture such a large aircraft. It seems that I spent a lot of money and suffered a loss."

"That's because of the international situation. The bald eagle wants to be friends with us."

"Otherwise, if we want to buy this type of aircraft, it won't be much cheaper."

"Think about it, it costs tens of millions of dollars to import an airplane, and how much does a car cost?"

"Besides, there are various engine parts that need to be maintained later."

"And you see, our aircraft manufacturing company has spent more than two years and invested so much money, but now we have only produced one aircraft, and the parts are made by others."

"There's a reason why this thing is expensive." Liu Hai explained to his junior sister in a low voice.

"So should we sell the planes cheaply or expensively in the future?" The junior sister asked again after hearing this.

"If we sell our own aircraft, we sell it cheaply. If we sell it to foreign aircraft, our price will be similar to theirs." Liu Hai did not intend to sell the large aircraft cheaply.

As long as there is a domestic basic base, it is enough. As for foreign ones, the worst that can happen is that we can give discounts on subsequent services.

Of course, there are alternative ways, such as using anything as the currency, such as ore, wood, oil, sugar, etc.

The price can be denominated in US dollars, but not one US dollar.

For many countries, it would be very difficult to ask them to directly spend billions of dollars to buy aircraft, but it would be easier for them to offset these billions of dollars with other things.

After all, any good gold or copper mine is worth a lot of money.

“Of course if they can’t afford it, we can rent it to them.”

After hearing this, the junior sister asked again: "The annual fee is not low, right?"

"Well, fixed expenses are still quite high, including pilot and cabin crew maintenance, airport use, and so on."

"Then how about we invest in a few airports?"

"No, it's better to let the local government build the airport. It will bring in a huge amount of income." Liu Hai is not the kind of person who will make all the money.

Besides, airports in various places also need various supporting service facilities. If there are conflicts between the two parties in the future, and the local government disgusts you with these supporting services, you really have no choice. This is actually a way for local governments to make money.

Just like highway tolls, some have collected money for decades and still say they haven’t made back their investment, but a certain businessman invests in a highway and makes back his investment in just a few years.

Some things cannot be said. After all, if the local government wants to develop, it must have money in its hands.

Not to mention the local government, even I would feel anxious if I didn’t have money in my pocket, so the bangs are understandable. But even though I understand it, I still feel a little unfair when it happens to me.

Liu Hai also found it a bit funny that his junior sister was so obsessed with money.

"Don't worry, our aircraft manufacturing plant will not lose money." Liu Hai figured that his junior sister was worried about losing money on the aircraft investment.

On the one hand, the investment is relatively large, and on the other hand, the aircraft is expensive.

It seems that the domestic civil aviation market is indeed not big now. Even if there are 200 aircraft, the country will be overwhelmed. In addition, there are still a large number of Y- civil aviation passenger aircraft in the country.

Therefore, there are quite a few Y-9 aircraft in domestic civil aviation.

Who could have imagined that the civil aviation market behind us would be so huge? The upkeep of these thousands of aircrafts alone would not be a small amount.

"Well, I believe you." The junior sister nodded when she heard Liu Hai say this.

The junior sister and Liu Hai were whispering beside them, while the master's wife and the teacher were watching the news on TV and feeling very proud.

Although the two had visited the aircraft manufacturing factory some time ago, the news report was different.

It was the first report on the evening news and took up a full 10 minutes.

After the domestic media reported on it, the foreign media reported on two extremes.

The Bald Eagle has several attitudes towards the fact that some Eastern countries can produce C380 aircraft. One is that it believes that this is the result of friendship between the two countries, proving that the two countries are good friends.

Some media also believe that it is a complete waste of time for some Eastern countries to produce aircraft like the Little Prince, because this type of aircraft is still under investigation by the internal investigation department of the Bald Eagle and has not yet been released for flight.

Of course, there are also some media who believe that the regulatory authorities of the Bald Eagle have not fulfilled their responsibilities and that the investigation into the DC10 series aircraft was too slow. Moreover, the performance of this aircraft is still very good. Although a series of accidents were caused in the early stage due to problems with the hydraulic system of the cargo tail door, these subsequent accidents had nothing to do with the aircraft itself, and the newspapers also reported it in detail.

In fact, Westerners are just as superstitious. Although most plane crashes have nothing to do with the plane itself, your plane has had an accident.

Both the airline and the passengers were worried, and some people called the plane a cursed plane.

In other words, everyone attributed these accidents to the plane itself, even if it was not its fault.

Thinking the plane would bring bad luck to everyone.

"Boeing has encountered so many problems later. Could it be that McDonnell Douglas brought bad luck to them?" Liu Hai suddenly thought of one thing. That is, after Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, it also encountered problems one after another.

When thinking of these miraculous things, Liu Hai himself still believed in them, because he himself spoke for himself.

No one can tell for sure whether these things exist in the universe.

In comparison, there are not many reports from Europe. After all, the C380 aircraft is assembled entirely from imported bald eagle parts.

Besides, Europe is not very peaceful now. After this war, Niu Niu's image in Europe has declined greatly.

Before this, Niu Niu was at least a person of authority in Europe. Now, these European countries look upon Niu Niu as trash.

Therefore, media in many small European countries have reported that Niu Niu is only good at art, and there is no way to refute this because in the summer and Christmas seasons in recent years, the top-selling movies at the box office are all produced by Niu Niu.

If Niu Niu had heard this in the past, he would have jumped for joy, but now it seems as if there are other bad meanings in it.

In November 1982, the C11 obtained the European flight permission and airworthiness certificate. At the same time, the maintenance machinery produced by the motorcycle factory specifically for the maintenance of C380 aircraft also began to be purchased by ground handling departments of other countries.

Of course, tri-engine passenger aircraft are not only used for civil aviation, but can also be used for cargo transportation. In the cargo industry, tri-engine passenger aircraft are very popular because of their large load capacity and fast speed in the air.

Boeing 727, Trident, C380, DC 10, Tu-154, and of course McDonnell Douglas also launched DC11, all of which are three-engine aircraft. As mentioned earlier, the inspection and maintenance of the engine under the tail of a three-engine aircraft is the most dangerous, and many mechanics have been seriously injured. This maintenance machine is actually similar to a rescue vehicle, but with improvements in the control system. Once it is parked below, all operating systems are operated by the people on the rescue vehicle.

This can ensure the safety of workers working at heights, and they can lock the device directly as long as they reach the maintenance location.

Of course, if the C380 aircraft is used for cargo transportation, it can still fly to the Bald Eagle side.

In fact, the DC10 series of aircraft were very active in the cargo market. After being banned from flying by the Bald Eagle, they were all converted into cargo planes and are still in great demand.

The upgraded dc11 sold later is even worse than the dc10.

The fully solid-fuel-propelled flying scooter has been tested. Its maximum range is only 100 kilometers, but at the terminal end, it can penetrate at supersonic speeds and ultra-low altitudes.

"Wow, Engineer Liu, your product should be called a supersonic anti-ship missile." The deputy director in charge of military industry showed the test data to Liu Hai and praised him.

"And the folding wings and the external structure further reduce the radar reflection surface."

"Without airborne warning, when we tested it, the ship only detected the solid-fuel flying scooter at 20 kilometers."

Liu Hai nodded slightly when he heard this. The appearance of his design was a bit like the Eagle Strike 18 mentioned later, but it was much smaller than that one. After all, the range of his design was only 100 kilometers.

Of course, it is also limited by the current navigation and radar technology. The current navigation and radar are themselves very crude, as well as their own power systems and so on.

By 2020, the size and mass of navigation and radar will be greatly reduced, the performance will be improved, and the energy consumption will be reduced to a minimum.

This supersonic, all-solid-fuel flying motorcycle can cruise at subsonic speeds and penetrate supersonic terminals at a maximum speed of Mach 2.6.

Because it is used on the sea surface, the cruising altitude is between 20 and 50 meters.

The terminal penetration height is 2 to 8 meters, and 8 meters is when the sea conditions are the worst.

As for the fact that our ships can detect supersonic flying motorcycles at 20 kilometers, it is simply because our ships have been equipped with a new type of phased array antenna radar.

After all, our phased array anti-artillery radar has been around for so many years. If it is replaced with other radars, the detection distance will be smaller.

Of course, compared with the supersonic anti-ship missiles behind that can reach a speed of Mach 8, my Mach 2.6 is still not enough.

But in 82 this was sufficient, and other departments could also expand on this.

That is, the projectile body is made longer and bigger, and more solid fuel is loaded inside, so that the burning time of the solid fuel is increased, thereby increasing the range.

"It's good that it succeeded, but the range of 100 kilometers is indeed a bit short." Liu Hai looked at the test data. The military is also wealthy and powerful. It has conducted more than 60 tests, which means more than 60 missiles were used.

During the anti-ship test, the interception rate was less than 20%.

The main reason is that the supersonic penetration is too fast. Even if the target is detected from 20 kilometers, the speed of Mach 2.6 is 3182 kilometers per hour, 884 meters per second, and 20 kilometers is 20000 meters. It only takes more than 22 seconds from detection to hitting the target.

Moreover, the current defense means of most surface ships are unable to effectively intercept ultra-low altitude targets.

Although there are weapons similar to the Phalanx now, they do not have such advanced fire control radars.

If you want to intercept this thing with human eyes, it will be completely based on luck.

Because in order to intercept this supersonic flying motorcycle, you have to attack it in advance. If you master this lead time well, you may be able to intercept it, but if you don't, it will be hard to say.

This was during the test and everyone knew where the supersonic flying scooter came from.

What if we use a sneak attack?

“Actually, I think calling it the Flying Motorcycle can make people complacent.” Liu Hai said with a chuckle as he looked at the product, which looked exactly like a scooter.

"Forget it. Flying Motorcycle is too famous now. In this battle of Niu Niu, Flying Motorcycle's reputation has become famous again. After all this time, they are advertising for us again."

"The Bald Eagle is regretting their decision now. If they had known that the market for flying motorcycles was so big, they would have received many orders when they first built the factory."

"Only Fat Bear is now mass-producing flying scooters, which makes a bunch of European countries very nervous."

"All military targets are now being hardened across Europe."

"In addition, many of their military targets have already taken various protective measures, such as installing a layer of fences around the military camps."

"Others have erected tall flagpoles around the airport and directly pulled up the nets."

"Also, we need to build the hangar and the oil depot more solidly."

"It's a pity that this supersonic flying motorcycle cannot be used on land for the time being." The deputy factory director in charge of military industry felt a little bit sorry.

Liu Hai nodded. Ultra-low altitude penetration is possible at sea because the sea surface is flat. Ultra-low altitude penetration is also possible on land, but it requires the use of ground-based adaptive radar, which is what most fighter jets are equipped with today.

That is to say, all targets on the ground must be scanned through airborne radar, and then the fighter jets must always fly at a certain height of buildings or other objects on the ground.

Many fighter jets you see in videos are flying at ultra-low altitudes in the valley and then climbing up the mountain. This is mainly due to the dependence on ground-based adaptive radar. The radar will detect the mountain ahead in advance, and then the onboard computer will formulate a certain flight trajectory based on the speed, so as to climb over the mountain ahead and then go down again.

It is too difficult to install this thing on a flying scooter now.

Moreover, ground adaptive radar is not only the radar itself, but also the satellite maps that are needed.

Because this ground adaptive radar is not omnipotent. The aircraft needs to know what the situation is on the other side of the mountain so that it can plan its route after crossing the mountain.

If there is another mountain on the other side of the mountain, it would be difficult to pull up according to the speed of the fighter jet.

"I believe there must be a way, but our technological level has not reached that level yet."

"Your other two flying motorcycles are going to be ready soon, right?" The supervisor, the deputy director of the military industry, was thinking about the other two flying motorcycles because these two flying motorcycles were faster and had a longer striking range.

"One of them can be released before the end of the year." Liu Hai was talking about the cruise missile similar to Tomahawk, no, a cruise flying motorcycle.

(End of this chapter)