Regarding new military aerial platforms, the thinking of the military and Blue Sky Heavy Industry is not to say that they are completely opposite, but at least they are completely unrelated.
When the military requires the new platform to be used as a transport aircraft, it needs to transport three armored vehicles at a time and transport troops on both sides of the cabin at the same time. The focus here is the military organization. Three vehicles are a platoon. People and vehicles can be transported together and can be loaded into A heavy equipment platoon plus a small arms platoon.
This requirement seems somewhat unrealistic to Blue Sky Heavy Industries.
The body shape of a transport or passenger aircraft is almost fixed. Excluding the nose and tail sections, the middle cylindrical part only accounts for half of the total length of the aircraft.
The three armored vehicles are not the seven-seater light armor usually used by the army, but combat vehicles. The total length of this vehicle is 8 meters, and each vehicle is given a surplus space of even 0.5 meters at the front and rear. According to the current situation, it is quite brutal. As long as the length of the cow's driving area remains unchanged, the calculated total length of the aircraft must be at least 47 meters!
How exaggerated is this? According to the standard of ordinary people, a single-aisle aircraft with six seats in a row can accommodate 200 seats, and the total length is only 40 to 41 meters, and 42 meters is enough for the capacity.
The length of Manniu's prototype is only 20 meters. After several iterations, the 23-meter version that has recently rolled off the production line is barely 12 meters long. The total length needs to be increased to 47 meters. The span is too big. .
Before Wang Qiti's request, the second round of negotiations between the military and Blue Sky Heavy Industry changed the three vehicles into seven light armored vehicles.
It should be noted that the combat armored vehicle itself is a weapon vehicle and also serves as a temporary battle fortress for infantry to block attacks for soldiers. The seven light armored vehicles are the equipment of the transportation company directly under the regiment level, and the several units in the modified brigade are specialized transportation battalions. They are not equipped with combat troops and are only used for transportation.
This means that this compromise means that the military has given up the expectation of directly airborne heavy troops to participate in the war, and will continue to use the transportation combat plan deployed in advance.
However, the calculated total length of the aircraft is still 39 meters, which Blue Sky Heavy Industry still cannot accept.
The plan now on Wang Qi's desk has been tentatively shortened to 32 to 36 meters in total length after another compromise between the two parties. The specific length will depend on the production and static test results of future prototypes. This is the upper limit of risk that Blue Sky Heavy Industries can accept based on its own capabilities.
In fact, if the new aircraft is positioned as a gliding type like the earliest Manniu, it is not impossible to build a fuselage of more than 40 meters with the strength of Blue Sky Heavy Industries. The problem is that the future modified version of the new aircraft will definitely need to be modified with a turbofan engine. The stable cruising speed will then reach 800 to 1100 kilometers per hour, with a maximum speed difference of 400 kilometers per hour. The hard indicators in terms of structural strength will be much higher. This is not the case. What a simple amplification.
Of course, Blue Sky Heavy Industry is designing in accordance with the requirements of the military after all. We cannot really ignore the military. The need to fit three light armored vehicles will be achieved by adjusting the nose layout as much as possible during the design period.
Wang Qi can all think of the adjustment. Either the rest area behind the cockpit is raised to create a big head shape, leaving more than two meters of space behind the cab; or the cab is placed under the cabin floor to create a big chin. Anyway, as the body grows and becomes thicker, it does allow for some space adjustments that cannot be achieved on a small body.
Which one will he choose? Although Wang Qi personally feels that a big chin is more unsightly and poses a greater safety risk when landing, he is now considered an amateur compared to the experts of Blue Sky Heavy Industries, so it is better not to give random orders.
In addition, Blue Sky Heavy Industry also pointed out in this report that once a new aircraft is built, it cannot be considered to modify the wings, because the aircraft is too big, and the structural strength must be ensured after being disemboweled. It is more reliable to build a new one.
This basically confirms that the new platform will only have two airfoils, 600 to 700 and 800 to 1100. The latter depends on the progress of the West Lukou Aircraft Design Institute's work on turbofans. All construction work has not been completed there and is in progress. Learning systematic aerodynamic and engine knowledge has not yet been encountered in Turbofan No. 1. Even if there are magical solutions to some problems in the future, it will take at least six, seven or eight years to develop a mature turbofan.
Wang Qi read the report, talked to Feng Jun, and approved the implementation phase.
The plane is a bit small, but with the help of magic, the expected transport capacity is indeed quite large.
After all, it is still an old problem. The aviation industry accounts for too much of the population. It is the fourth largest group after the military, agriculture, public service, education, and police. If they increase the quota uncontrollably, they will not be able to do it, which will only lead to a larger group of people. , the military had to compromise.
After Wang Qi approved it, the project entered the formal operation stage, collecting various pre-development materials and integrating them, conducting paper calculations, and coming up with a feasible route plan.
It lists which stage, how many people and how much productivity is required to cooperate. Wang Qi does not need to agree. A stamp indicates that he has read it. The subsequent work will be coordinated by Blue Sky Heavy Industry itself.
The finalization period estimated in the road map is 22 months. There may be adjustments in the future, but as long as there are no major problems in the static experiments, the adjustment will not exceed six months.
The cycle is relatively short, which is also the advantage of choosing a low-risk plan. Now we are constantly facing the risk of expanding wars, and we cannot procrastinate like in peacetime. However, even if we follow this route, the inclusion of modified bombers after the transport version of the new platform is finalized will not be considered until five years later.
To put it bluntly, it is still a floating island situation, which makes it impossible for the kingdom to put aside its civilian transportation needs and concentrate the power of the three factories on military research.
Of course, during the development process of new platforms, existing platforms will not be completely stopped. The Thunder series will still apply new technologies and make some layout fine-tuning in a two-year cycle.
The further development of aviation will become increasingly difficult. All we can look forward to now is the progress of the transformation of the Pangxun sector.
The progress of the naturalization negotiations in the Pangxun section, except for Nitan City, is at an average pace. Two of the six cities have already reached negotiation, and the remaining four are still being negotiated. Among them, Hongye Lake is relatively stubborn.
The positioning of Hongye Lake is very similar to that of Erte. They are both mainly agricultural and aquatic products, with a certain textile production capacity. The difference is that before Hongye Lake became a floating island, there was a waterway directly connected to the Luna River, and it had a stronger tendency to drive foreign trade. . In troubled times, the profits of agricultural products are relatively guaranteed, so it is inevitable that they will adopt the attitude of "let's stop talking if we can't reach an agreement." Anyway, history can prove that the Phoenix King will not attack areas without armed resistance.
Wang Qi did not use force against these guys because he considered the relationship between justice and cultural integration, but their confident conclusion was indeed not a big problem.
Its problem may eventually be solved using artificial cultivation technology of edible fungi.
The population of the six cities can only be considered average. After some people who could not stand the management methods within the territory fled, the total population was estimated to be only 300,000.
Based on the experience of half a year to one year in administrative reform and three years in zoning reform and basic literacy, it will take about four to five years to gradually integrate into the manufacturing system.
After the Demon Realm Gate No. 3 on the east becomes permanent, it may lead to a new wave of migration. The kingdom's own population increase will probably be stable at around 100,000 per year, and the total population will reach around 2.4 million in five years. .
The new population is restricted by their educational level. In the manufacturing industry, we have to follow a path from low to high, starting with construction and mining, and then moving into mechanical processing. It will take more than ten years before we have the strength to establish some high-end manufacturing supporting capabilities.
This is not necessarily the case. Pang Xun's big business owners have done very well in integrating into the manufacturing industry. They probably have the example of the gold heavy industry, or they have too much money and no place to add value. After naturalization, they spent a lot of money. Through Stimulating population flow, a good industrial atmosphere was quickly established.
Unfortunately, this cannot be regarded as the norm. We must take into account that Audrey made decisions too quickly back then, and the big investors had no chance to sell off their assets and start a business, so they had to do it.
In the kingdom's economic system, the government can play the role of a large financial owner, forming government-owned enterprises in which the government controls workers and pays dividends. However, the prestige and corresponding management capabilities that the large households have established in the local area over a long period of time are difficult for the government to replace in a short period of time. This can only rely on educational transformation and the people's gradual adaptation to the new environment.
Therefore, this batch of Pangxun plate will not be helpful in accelerating the development of new flight platforms. By the time they can effectively squeeze the manufacturing capabilities of other cities, the next generation of fighter jets will probably be on the way.
