Chapter 1,216 I have never seen such a shameless person!
If a person sits at home, disaster will come from heaven.
Over the years, Dassault's life has not been easy at all.
Research and development of fighter aircraft requires funds, and a large amount of funds are required. If the production of aircraft is insufficient, then the research and development funds cannot be shared, which will lead to high selling prices of fighter aircraft.
In the past, French fighter jets could get between Lao Maozi and American fighter jets, and their lives were pretty good.
But later, with the collapse of the Red Empire, Dassault's gap disappeared!
A large number of cheap Soviet-made fighter jets have begun to be supplied all over the world. Even the United States can buy them if they want to buy them. Who can't buy them? Not only the MiG-29 can be bought, but also the heavy-duty Su-27 fighter jets can be bought.
, sell as soon as you give money, regardless of who the customer is!
In this case, the high-priced and average-performance Mirage fighter jets lost their sales channels.
In the 1980s, the French sold Mirage 2000 fighter jets to the East at a price as high as 50 to 60 million U.S. dollars. At the same time, the US-made F-16 fighter jet with the same performance cost only 10 to 20 million U.S. dollars.
If it were not for political issues, who would purchase the expensive legal-made fighter jets? Apart from the fact that the Mirage 2000 is faster when performing interception missions, in terms of avionics and engines, which one can match the F-16? Even the MiG-29
Not inferior to it.
The Mirage 2000 can no longer be sold, but fortunately Dassault still has Rafale fighter jets.
The origin of this project is very special. It is the product of a blow to the self-esteem of the French. At that time, Europe was planning to build a joint fighter jet. When the French heard about it, they had to join in shamelessly. After joining, they had to be the boss and had to listen to them in everything.
, don’t listen? The French will withdraw from the group and do it themselves.
Rafale and Mirage 2000 are both medium-sized aircraft, but the former is more advanced and uses a canard layout in its aerodynamic shape. The effect of the large-area movable canard is far greater than that of the Mirage 2000's delta wing structure.
In terms of power, the former uses two mid-range thrusters. The luxurious power allows it to cruise at supersonic speeds. This is the standard for the legendary fourth-generation aircraft. The avionics and the like are also very advanced.
Moreover, the Rafale can also be mounted on ships, which the Mirage 2000 does not have. The French Navy also has needs for modern carrier-based aircraft and cannot always use the old-fashioned Super Etendard.
The research and development of the Rafale exceeds 20 billion U.S. dollars. Even if there are orders for 200 aircraft, the research and development funds allocated to each fighter aircraft will reach a staggering 100 million U.S. dollars!
Therefore, in their eyes, the price of US$120 million per aircraft for Asan is already a very conscientious price. They also expect Asan to continue to order more aircraft. Asan has two aircraft carriers.
, as well as land-based fighter jets. It used to be a big customer of Mirage 2000, and now it must be a big customer of Rafale. At least two to three hundred of them need to be purchased, right?
Who would have thought that Asan only purchased 36 aircraft, and something went wrong!
"Our Rafale fighter jet is the most advanced fighter jet in the world. It has no performance defects. You are talking nonsense!" Morris, an executive of Dassault Company, came to the South Asian subcontinent in person and looked at the Asans in front of him with a look in his eyes.
Angry: "We have delivered the plane, please pay the balance immediately!"
"Mr. Morris, don't get excited." Alex, who was sitting across from him, had a calm face: "Whether there are any performance defects is not decided by you, but by us customers. When we operate the Rafale fighter jets,
Many problems were discovered.”
"What is the problem?"
"First of all, you claimed that this aircraft has strong stealth capabilities. The frontal RCS value has reached the same level as the Dongfang J-20, which is only 0.05 square meters. However, in actual use, we found that this is simply impossible. This aircraft
The frontal RCS value, the best estimate, will not be less than 0.5 square meters."
Morris was so troubled that he couldn't get off the stage. It was all because of those damn salesmen, who dared to say anything in order to sell fighter planes!
The development of fighter aircraft has long entered the era of stealth aircraft. The United States has the F-22 and is developing joint fighter jets, while the East has produced a large number of stealth aircraft and sold them to many countries.
In fact, in the later stages, Lao Maozi's fighters could no longer be sold, and many of Dassault's markets were squeezed out by Dongfang's fighters.
The development of Rafale fighter jets began in the mid-1980s. At that time, no designers cared about stealth. Therefore, Rafale fighter jets had no stealth capabilities at all. But if they didn't, the aircraft wouldn't be sold.
As a result, Dassault engineers began to claim that their Rafale also had stealth properties!
Don't think that stealth can only be achieved by making it into an angular shape, such as a diamond-shaped nose, a rectangular air inlet, etc. Our Dassault Company also has its own unique skills!
We have modified the fuselage, air inlets, wings and canards to allow radar waves to be reflected in other directions. We also coated the cockpit glass with a gold film!
For those non-stealth aircraft, they can only be modified through these methods. After simple modifications, it is still possible to reduce the radar reflection area to less than 1 square meter.
But... if it can be reduced to the same level as the J-20, that is absolutely nonsense!
How can simple modifications be compared with a comprehensive stealth design? The ammunition is not built-in, and there is not even a special absorbing coating on the surface. That's all, and you still want to achieve a radar reflection area of 0.05 square meters?
Only 0.5 square meters is used to exalt them!
However, if Guafeng wants to sell, it can only blow like this. Only when the customer is happy and satisfied will he place an order. Who knows, now the customer is more serious!
"The performance has shrunk ten times. We have already paid a 30% deposit in advance. This is already too much for you. You still want to ask for the balance? That's fine. As long as the radar reflection area of the fighter jet reaches the standard, we will pay the balance!"
What a joke, Dassault’s engineers couldn’t figure it out even if they died!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The second flaw is that your Rafale fighter is too wide and cannot allow us to operate normally on the aircraft carrier. Our elevators cannot accommodate your Rafale fighter, so
, although we bought this aircraft as a carrier-based aircraft, it cannot be put on the ship at all."
"The width of our aircraft was known when you purchased it. It's your problem that it can't adapt to the elevator. What does it have to do with us?"
"Because the wings of the Rafale fighter jet cannot be folded. All fighter jets in the world, except the Tomcat, do not use folding wings. This is clearly a design flaw on your part!"
"third……"
Alex continued talking one by one. In the end, even he believed that this aircraft was not suitable for aircraft carrier use at all. Who was the blind person who imported this kind of aircraft?
"How can you satisfy us when your aircraft has so many serious defects? It would be great if we don't ask you to compensate for the losses!"
"Humph, you guys are going too far!" Maurice said with an ugly face: "If you do this, aren't you afraid that no one will do business with you in the future?"
When doing business internationally, the most important thing is reputation. If Ah San ruined his reputation abruptly, how can he do business in the future?
"How is it possible? We must keep our eyes open when doing business in the future." Alex said: "Some people always think that we Ah San don't understand anything and deliberately fool us. A fighter plane without stealth capability is still tough.
To say that it can reach world-class stealth standards, of course, this is also related to us, some of us must have received benefits, of course, we are investigating, these people will not end well!"
Now that things have been said to this extent, there must be no room for change. Asans are determined to get rid of the money. What should Dassault do?
Dassault Corporate Headquarters.
Marcel Dassault Sr. passed away in 1986 at the age of 94. His son Serge Dassault is still alive, but he is already 80 years old, so the current helmsman of Dassault is Charles Edelstein.
Na, but he only served as CEO for a few years. After the grandson of the old Dassault has made achievements in the political arena, he will return to Dassault and become the new helmsman.
The past few years have not been easy. He has been struggling to support himself. He originally sold the Rafale fighter jet to Asan, thinking that it was a breakthrough and the price was still very high. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a pitfall, a big pitfall!
There was silence in the conference room.
"Ah San is determined not to pay us the balance. The key is that we still have no way to deal with it. Damn it, why don't we learn from the Orientals?" Ed Steiner finally couldn't help it.
See what the East did? Guinea didn’t want to pay the balance, not to mention the fighter planes, even the warships were locked! What about us? Can’t we set up a remote locking system?
"This system is not easy." A responsible engineer said: "The most critical thing is how to send the locking command. Generally speaking, satellite communication is the most suitable, but the batch of fighters we gave Asan were not equipped.
With our satellite communication system, we cannot send commands. Moreover, when we want to control the entire aircraft, how should we control it? If we control the aircraft while it is still flying, the aircraft will crash unexpectedly..."
"How did the Orientals do it?" Edsteiner asked.
The conference room became quiet again.
Who knows how Orientals do it? Orientals like to do dirty tricks the most. It’s normal for them to be able to do it, but we can’t. If we want to do research, we have to invest a lot of money, so...
After all, their research and development costs are too high, and everything costs money!
"However, Ah San should also know that getting a fighter plane does not mean that you can get rid of us. In the future, the maintenance and various accessories of the fighter plane will still need our support." After a long time, Esdestiner continued.
"This is not necessarily true. After all, we have given Ah San a full set of accessories. However, if they need to upgrade and improve in the future, we will never provide them unless they pay us the balance."
East.
"As expected, Ah San went to make trouble for the French. Speaking of which, the French are really miserable." Xu Zhengyang said.
"It's not that the French are miserable, but they don't keep their eyes open. When doing business with Asan, you must pay the full amount, at least 80%. If you don't pay the rest, you will just feed the dogs." Qin Tao said.
"From now on, I guess the French won't cooperate with Asan, right?"
The idea Qin Tao gave was not just to find a sum of money for Ah San to pay Zhenhua Heavy Industries to unlock the gantry crane, he also had a deeper purpose!
Isolate Ah San!
Ah San has an important geographical location and has many friends. The United States has frequently extended olive branches to Ah San, so Ah San can have both sides.
However, when Asan refuses to pay Dassault’s balance of US$3.5 billion, Asan’s relationship with France will definitely become stalemate, and no French company will do business with Asan in the future!
Ah San still needs France in many aspects, especially fighter planes. After cheating Dassault, he will no longer think about purchasing fighter planes from France. Ah San can only go to Lao Maozi. The problem is that Lao Maozi's technology is not very good.
I have been relying on archaeology for ten years, and the newly developed T-50 is not very good. Even if Asan has this kind of aircraft, he will not be afraid.
Regarding the behavior of not paying the balance, Ah San should not have any psychological burden. After all, it is not the first time Ah San has done this kind of thing, it is just a pain for Dassault.
"Dassault's fighter planes cannot be sold, and they have suffered a big loss this time. Their company will become more and more difficult. They will take this opportunity to stir up trouble in the international financial market, causing Dassault's stock price to plummet.
." Qin Tao said.
"Okay, I will notify our financial companies." Xu Zhengyang nodded.
"Well, let's do it covertly and don't let them know it was us."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Asan has LCA fighters over there, will they improve this fighter to put on the ship?"
"Of course it will, but with Asan's ability, what kind of improvements can be made?" Qin Tao said: "Of course, the PPT project is fine."
Qin Tao just said it briefly, but unexpectedly, he got it straight!
Soon, Asan showed off his fighter plane.
"We believe that outsourcing is unreliable and only we can be reliable ourselves. Our Navy decided to choose LCA as the carrier-based aircraft! The purchased Rafale fighter jets are used on land!"
Everyone said that the Rafale fighter jet had many shortcomings. If it continued to be used and it was still used well, it would definitely not be justified. So, Asan made a new major decision.
Use your own LCA fighter!
Delta-wing fighters are not suitable for boarding ships. This is news known to aviation experts all over the world. The French Rafale fighter jets can be boarded on ships because it adopts a canard layout.
At the time when Asan's LCA fighter was developed, the canard layout was already popular, but Asan had no technical reserves and just used a simple delta wing layout, which was like a scaled-down version of the Mirage 2000.
Can this kind of aircraft be put on a ship?
Under the surprised eyes of countless people, Asan showed off the modified version of the LCA fighter.
The biggest change is the addition of a pair of close-coupled canards! The appearance of these canards makes the LCA fighter finally look more modern, as if it has evolved into a modern third-generation aircraft in an instant, no, a fourth-generation aircraft!
Its appearance has also been modified, and it seems to have stealth capabilities. However, with the pitifully small body of the LCA, it is destined to only be able to attach external weapons. Such a stealth design is destined to be meaningless, because those external weapons will be greatly
Add radar reflections.
Regardless of whether it's true or not, in short, Ah San is so determined that he will never give the French the final payment.
The French were very miserable and the whole world was shocked. At this time, Qin Tao, who had promoted this matter, came to the fourth design office with great interest.
The first design department is more complex, covering all kinds of warships and civilian ships, and has the largest stall. The second design department specializes in aircraft carriers, the third design department specializes in submarines, and the fourth design department specializes in ground-effect aircraft.
Among the several design departments, the one that Qin Tao paid the least attention to was the ground effect aircraft. After all, this department was just a department he met by chance and then formed by chance. Moreover, although the ground effect aircraft sounded promising, in fact it was not.
There are many, many problems, so Qin Tao doesn't have high hopes and just treats it as a technical reserve.
Unexpectedly, ground effect aircraft have really matured, and there are many models!
Tatyana Alexeyeva was also very excited when she saw Qin Tao.
"Mr. Qin, welcome to visit our fourth design office!"
"Well, I heard from the Navy that they are very optimistic about the development of your ground-effect aircraft. You also have a two-thousand-ton ground-effect aircraft?"
"Yes, the design of the two-thousand-ton ground-effect aircraft has been completed and is being produced in the factory. We are currently improving the design of the ten-thousand-ton ground-effect aircraft, laying the foundation for the subsequent one-hundred-ton aircraft."
The 2,000-ton class has already come out and is preparing to advance to the 10,000-ton class!
You know, the Caspian Sea monster was only 500 tons!
"Have the engine problems been overcome?"
Qin Tao still remembered that he had heard about the problem of the engine of ground-effect aircraft last time. The aviation engine used in it would be easily corroded by seawater and its lifespan would be greatly reduced. At that time, he was given an electric transmission solution, but he did not know whether it was suitable.
"Overcame." Alexeyeva said: "The biggest problem with ground-effect aircraft is the engine life of the jet propulsion system required by the previous power-increasing technology. We used a gas turbine to replace it."
The biggest appearance feature of the Caspian Monster is the row of engines on the nose. This engine is only used when taking off. It is responsible for jetting backwards, forming a power air cushion for the rear wings, increasing ground effect, and holding up the aircraft.
This row of engines is easily affected by sea moisture, but it is not easy to replace this kind of engine. Even if you use a motor, it doesn't have such a large power, right?
"Is the gas turbine responsible for generating electricity?" Qin Tao asked.
"Of course not. We got inspiration from the lift engine of the J-31A, arranged a row of lift engines on the short wings in the front, and then used a propeller shaft to drive it."
Qin Tao's eyes lit up, this plan is very good!
There are precision blades inside the aircraft engine, including combustion chambers and turbines, especially the turbine. The original working environment is extremely harsh and the materials are special and can be easily affected by moisture. However, the lift fan is much simpler. It is just two counter-rotating fans.