General Nairo Mora didn't know whether Fang Lang was a person who could distinguish between public and private affairs, but he was a smart man and it was impossible for him to believe whatever Fang Lang said.
Moreover, the original use of turboprop engines was approved by the Air Force after discussion. Everyone knows how difficult this project is.
It would be really stupid to give up now because the overhaul time of this engine is too short.
He is not that short-sighted. The reason why he brought Fang Lang over today is to discuss a solution.
After seeing that there was no dissatisfaction on Fang Lang's face, he didn't hesitate and said directly:
"Fang, our aviation academy has been put into use, and the first batch of students in the school have begun theoretical studies. Soon they will start learning on the aircraft, and we don't have much time left.
Although we have purchased many trainer aircraft from the United States, I still hope that our students can use our self-produced trainer aircraft for flight training.
Now it seems that when we originally designed this trainer aircraft, the data indicators we set for it were not too high.
Compared with these trainer aircraft purchased from the United States, I feel that our trainer aircraft are not too advanced and can be used as fighter jets, and the cost of use is indeed a bit high.
Fang Lang actually promised to negotiate with Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company and let them develop it themselves. This is a great favor to the entire Air Force. After all, if not, the Air Force may eventually propose to replace imported turboprop engines.
, to improve the overhaul life of the engine.
"Just now, Mr. Major said, let's discuss it and see how to choose.
After General Nero Mora heard Fang Lang's words, he frowned and said helplessly:
"We all understand what you said, and this is why we are struggling.
When everyone in the conference room heard this, they all looked at Fang Lang in disbelief. Everyone understood that the investment in developing an aircraft was very large.
In fact, whether it is General Nairo Mora, Fang Lang, or the Air Force officers here, everyone knows the results of the so-called discussion, and the final decision-making power to make choices does not lie in the hands of these officers.
Now that you have decided that you want to use a piston engine as the power for the training aircraft, I can come forward to negotiate with Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company and let them raise their own funds for research and development.
As the boss of Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company and a representative of naval aviation, Fang Lang's ideas are a decisive influencing factor.
For a moment, the conference room fell into a strange state of silence, which made Fang Lang feel very depressed. After thinking about it in his mind, he finally broke the silence and said:
"Your Majesty General, I understand your Air Force's thinking.
However, the size of this engine is definitely not suitable for use on a small training fuselage.
If possible, we would like to invite you to resubmit a ground attack aircraft research and development project to the Ministry of Defense and directly turn this T-1 project into a ground attack aircraft.
So General Nairo Mora invited Fang Lang over today, obviously hoping to persuade Fang Lang to make certain changes to this aircraft. Although the other party did not say anything explicitly, Fang Lang already had some vague guesses.
But when purchasing, we must allow the other party to recover the R&D costs by increasing the unit price, what do you think?"
Of course, it is possible not to replace the imported engine, but this will cause the Air Force's military expenditures to be severely sucked by this bottomless pit. Of course, the Navy Department's military expenditures will also be damaged.
In fact, the current turboprop engine still has a lot of room for improvement. As long as the power research laboratory is given some time, they will be able to break through these technical difficulties.
After hearing General Nero Mora's words, Fang Lang did not answer immediately, but began to think carefully and weigh the pros and cons.
As for the Air Force, which feels that maintenance costs are too high and wants to reduce performance and use piston engines, it would be equivalent to starting over the original project. In this case, it will obviously require new investment.
From Fang Lang's point of view, there is no problem. It's the military's money that's being burned, and the technology has actually been digested and absorbed by Fangyuan Airlines. There's nothing to be dissatisfied about.
Fang Lang also knew the reason why the other party did not propose this idea. On the one hand, it must be to support domestic production, and on the other hand, it must have something to do with him being the boss of Fangyuan Company.
It seems a bit wasted as a training aircraft."
When Fang Lang heard this, he realized that as expected, the Air Force wanted to use piston engines to reduce the maintenance cost of aircraft.
During this period, Britain and the United States already had turboprop engines whose overhaul time and power exceeded this engine. For example, the "Dart" 525 turboprop engine of the British Rolls-Royce Company had a single power of
Reached 1990 horsepower.
In fact, Fang Lang knew in his heart that General Nero Mora had another option that he had not mentioned, which was to directly purchase turboprop engines from abroad instead of producing them himself.
As soon as he said this, General Nairo Mora still didn't know what the problem was. He had ignored such a critical issue. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Instead, it only focused on Fang Lang and General Nairo Mora. After all, this project was led by the two of them.
Listening to the discussions in the conference room, Fang Lang glanced at Major Leo Canter, who was standing in front of the wall drawings, waiting for the results of the exchange, and turned to General Nairo Mora beside him and whispered:
Therefore, he said without hesitation:
"If this is the case, the entire aircraft design would be equivalent to having to be overthrown and started from scratch!
After all, piston engines and turboprop engines are different. If such a change is made, not only the nose part will need to be modified, but the size of the entire aircraft may have to be redesigned.
We have full trust in the technical strength of Fangyuan Aviation. After all, the successful completion of the research and development of the T-1 project has fully proved this point.
Seeing General Mora's face, Fang Lang could only sigh helplessly and said:
"Don't get me wrong, General. It's not that I don't want to continue to cooperate with your air force, but the T-1 aircraft is not suitable for naval aviation to be used on aircraft carriers.
You also know that our Air Force has limited military expenditures. If we directly purchase the turboprop engine version, we may not be able to afford such a frequency of overhauls."
The new research and development military expenditures will be used to develop piston engine training aircraft."
Even if that doesn't work, you can still get technical support from Britain and the United States. Sooner or later, the overhaul time will definitely be extended until the requirements are met, but now the Air Force obviously can't wait any longer.
Are you sure you want to choose this way?"
But it must be at least as close as possible. With these suggestions put forward by Fang Lang, apart from the fact that the current T-1 training aircraft does not have the electronic equipment of later generations and the engine power cannot reach the level of later generations, it is actually very good in all aspects.
Close.
In fact, everyone in the conference room had already focused their attention on Fang Lang and General Nairo Mora. After hearing Fang Lang's words, they all sighed.
Fang Lang never thought that the Air Force would not accept the goods. After all, when he was designing and developing this trainer aircraft, codenamed T-1, he made many suggestions to Professor Tan Ke.
Soon, he thought of a question and had to turn his head to look at the other party, and said to General Mora apologetically:
"General Mora, if a new ground attack aircraft is developed based on the T-1 project, our naval aviation may not be able to participate."
Therefore, as long as this aircraft can be successfully put into production, Fang Lang is certain that he can definitely meet the needs of the Air Force.
Don’t forget, its takeoff and rolling distance is 380 meters, while the deck length of our aircraft carrier is only 246 meters.”
Fang Lang's words made General Nairo Mora's expression change. He didn't expect Fang Lang to refuse. You must know that this is the business of taking care of Fangyuan Airlines.
The funds used for the entire project are also shared by both parties. Now that Fangyuan Airlines has completed the research and development of the prototype according to the originally designed performance parameters, Fangyuan Airlines has completed the contract in accordance with the contract content.
This would not only be a major blow to the Yuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company, but would also turn the fully domestically produced aircraft that had been so sworn in at the beginning into a joke, and General Nairo Mora, who initiated the project, might even be implicated.
It seems like you have some new ideas, so please feel free to say so."
We do not mean to give up the T-1 project, because after our demonstration, we found that the T-1 trainer aircraft can become a very excellent ground attack aircraft with slight improvements.
Understand that Fang Lang cannot be blamed for this.
This is what neither Fang Lang nor General Nairo Mora want to see.
But for Yuan Airlines, there is no loss. Instead, it can have new funds to conduct research on another aircraft model.
Fang Lang actually had no objection to this. Anyway, the current T-1 project was designed and developed by the Aviation Academy jointly sponsored by the Air Force and the Navy and commissioned by Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
General Nero Mora heard Fang Lang's words, at least from his tone, he did not hear any dissatisfaction. He was not polite and said without any concealment:
"Our idea is to see if we can replace this turboprop engine with a more mature piston engine. In this way, even if the performance of the aircraft is affected, we can accept it.
These suggestions are actually based on Fang Lang's impression of Brazil's most successful training aircraft project in later generations - the Super Tucano. Although, with Brazil's current technical strength, it is definitely not possible to make the current T-1
It is as good as the "Super Toucan" of later generations.
Now listening to General Nairo Monet's words, it seems that this aircraft is too advanced and can be used as a fighter jet. It seems a bit wasteful to use it as a training aircraft. This makes Fang Lang a little confused about what to say.
This is a great way to save oneself.
As for the issue of re-investing in the navy, Fang Lang has no problem. It's not like he has to pay for it himself, so why wouldn't he be willing to do so?
What really made Fang Lang helpless was that the Air Force actually felt that the T-1 technology was surplus to requirements, which made Fang Lang dumbfounded.
In Fang Lang's view, no matter how excellent the T-1 is, it is still just a propeller trainer. How can it be said to be technologically surplus in the face of jet aircraft?
Unfortunately, although the current Brazilian Air Force knows that Europe and the United States have already begun to abandon propeller aircraft and enter the jet age, they have not really begun to contact jet fighters.
This gave them the illusion that the T-1 had excessive technology. Compared with the old trainer aircraft purchased from the United States, the T-1 was too advanced and could be used as a fighter jet. This is why the Air Force now wants to use
The real reason for changing the engine to a piston engine.