Chapter 192 Drones can also be used (Additional update for flankerr, the monthly ticket holder of last month)
On the other side, Chang Haonan, who is in Chengdu, does not know that his research results have begun to have an impact on the geopolitical pattern. Influence.
In the last few days of the year, he has been assisting, or it can be said to be guiding the engineers of the 648th Institute in the overall design of the advanced trainer aircraft that has not yet been named.
Ignoring the most troublesome part of the DSI air inlet for the time being, the difficulty of this work mainly lies in the shape design of the side strips and wings.
Even without Chang Haonan, the remaining parts can be completed by just a few other people.
As for digital assisted design, the situation is similar to the previous time at 601. The main reasons are lack of experience and the incompatibility between old ideas and new design software.
Fortunately, the people sent here by 648 are all young people and do not have too much burden, so they can learn faster in this regard.
In one week, most of the design process has been completed.
Although this is still a long way from a complete plan, Sun Huizhong and others are also genuine aircraft designers. No matter from the perspective of professional dignity or the perspective of training their own abilities, it is impossible to wait. Chang Haonan put the rice into his mouth.
Besides, the remaining part really just needs to be followed step by step.
Before parting, Sun Huizhong specially invited Chang Haonan to have a meal at the guest house to express his gratitude.
"Chang Gong, regarding this project, should I apply to my superiors immediately after I return to the institute?"
Two aircraft designers got together, and the topic naturally returned to On the plane.
People who engage in science and engineering often behave very boringly.
But it is these boring people who provide the most basic driving force for technological progress and social development.
"No for now."
Chang Haonan waved his hand:
"If you apply now, on the one hand, it is approaching the end of the Spring Festival, so it is easy to put it on hold and forget about it when the new year comes. . On the other hand, the importance of this project has not yet been reflected.”
“Don’t be anxious when you go back. Just celebrate the New Year and improve the plan. I should find one after the year. Submit the pre-research application for the DSI air intake when the time is right. After that, you can apply for this higher education program and cooperate with me, and you will basically be sure of success.” In the age of two-year-olds, you still need to pay attention to some skills when applying for projects.
According to Chang Haonan's experience, if you say "I want to build a new advanced training aircraft and study the DSI air intake by the way", then the higher-ups will first consider whether I really need a high-level training aircraft.
The answer is often no, after all, old models are not unusable.
As a result, the JJ7 was produced until 2017 in the previous life.
But if you say "I want to study the DSI air inlet and build a new advanced training aircraft", then this is a technical research tied to the No. 10 Project. The high-education aircraft is a by-product, and the probability of passing it is It would be much higher.
After all, the J-10 really needs a DSI air intake.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
After this period of contact, Sun Huizhong was convinced of Chang Haonan's patience, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
"In addition, I think you should not just limit your attention to high-end trainer aircraft. You can also give full play to your advantages and try to exert strength on other tracks."
Although In this darkest moment before dawn, factories in the aviation industry system are not having an easy time, but the combination of Institute 648 and Guifei is also in a particularly bad situation.
Before the rebirth, around 2017, Chang Haonan had witnessed the big battle when Guizhou Airlines was working on FTC2000G. The entire factory, from the general manager down, had food and accommodation at their posts, creating a system from design to first flight. Speed record.
According to their own statement, this is the model that determines the future and destiny of the group, and there is no room for any delay.
The fighting spirit of aviation people in the mountains is still there.
So now Chang Haonan is ready to help them in advance.
"What do we...have advantages?"
Sun Huizhong was so shocked by this sentence that he almost couldn't hold his chopsticks.
"Things always have two sides." Chang Haonan was also made to laugh a little by the other party's reaction.
According to normal standards, 648 Institute really cannot find any advantages, but if you look at it from another angle, it is not necessarily so...
“䱱Our design experience is indeed insufficient, but this also means that there are not so many rules and historical baggage, and we can go into battle lightly and learn new ideas and concepts. You can see that you are learning digital design very efficiently these days, compared to the comrades in 601 and 611 It’s much faster.”
“Also, your talent team is relatively weak, but being small is not necessarily a bad thing. The ship is small and easy to turn around, and everyone’s interests are relatively consistent, and there are not so many millions of ships. Issues related to work, clothing and food.”
"In addition, your location is indeed relatively remote, but relatively speaking it is cleaner..."
Listening to Chang Haonan's high EQ remarks, Sun Huizhong showed a strange expression:
"Chang Gong, are you sure you are praising us?"
If he was not from School 648, he might believe it just by hearing these words...
"Ahem...of course I’m complimenting you, I’m not joking.”
Chang Haonan also realized that he had let himself go a bit at the end, so he had to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment:
"Your shortcomings in engineering experience, as well as aerodynamic and structural design of complex aircraft systems are obvious, even if With this advanced training aircraft project to practice, if I really want to compete with the big brothers like 601, 603, and 611, I'm afraid I won't get any bargains, and outstanding talents in this field will also be concentrated in those big research institutes. To be honest , the gap in this area will only get bigger and bigger.”
Sun Huizhong’s face gradually became serious:
“But this is the law of the Matthew effect, and it may be difficult for us to reverse it alone. situation.”
Although he didn’t want to admit it, he knew that these were correct.
Even if they can survive for a while with the help of Chang Haonan, it will be difficult for them to keep up with the overall development pace of China Aviation Industry. Their final fate is likely to be merged into a brother unit.
“That’s why I said, let you try to exert your strength on other tracks.”
Chang Haonan tapped the table twice with his fingers:
"Aerodynamics and structure are our shortcomings, so don't make too complicated a design in these two aspects. The simpler the aerodynamics, the better. Don't make the aircraft that big. There will be far fewer structural problems."
< br>"You can focus on recruiting talents in communications, radio and electronic information engineering, and pay enough attention to related fields. As far as I know, the aviation industry system recruits relatively few people in these majors every year. You can make a time difference. , it should be easy to take the first-mover advantage.”
"Uh... the aerodynamics are simple, and it's still a small aircraft... Can a product like this be really competitive?
Sun Huizhong looked at the opposite side with some confusion:
"I mean, Even if we want to build general aviation aircraft, it seems difficult for us to compare with Hongdu. The Y-5 should be absolutely dominant now. "
"It's not general aviation, it's drones, just like the American Pioneers and Predators. ”
Actually, this is something Chang Haonan has been thinking about for a long time.
Except for a few exceptions, most drones as "aircraft" are actually very simple, even crude, and it would be a bit overkill to let those powerful ones do what they do.
But everyone is blank in the aspect of remote communication control. If we are on the same starting line, it may be that small units like 648 that are still under pressure to survive develop faster.
“Of course, our country’s current satellite resources are still relatively limited, and it is not realistic to achieve ultra-large-scale control through satellite communications, but even if we only rely on ground stations to send signals, it is enough to cover a range of several hundred kilometers. The drone is controlled inside to do some simple flying movements.”
“UAV...”
This term is of course not unfamiliar to Sun Huizhong. China Aviation Industry has come into contact with unmanned aerial vehicles. The machine is not too late, and there are even several models in production now.
But those are basically various types of target drones, or derivative models based on target drones.
To put it bluntly, they are the various descendants of the BQM-34 Firebee drone.
The pioneer or predator mentioned by Chang Haonan is a completely different idea.
(End of this chapter)