There is no doubt that this thing can be considered military equipment, or even military special operations equipment...... The most proud of the power delta wing is the unparalleled unpowered gliding ability of this thing, turning off the engine at an altitude of 2000 meters, even if it is gliding with the air current, that is, it can glide for almost 20 minutes in the case of a completely downwind, which is at least 20 kilometers, but the situation of a completely downwind is almost rarely encountered, under normal circumstances, at an altitude of 2000 meters, the unpowered glider quietly flies out of thirty or forty kilometers very easily.

But instead of being disgusted, these guys of the Antonov Design Bureau were full of excitement: as an enterprise mainly engaged in military aircraft, they were not disgusted by the design of military weapons, but considered it to be a manifestation of their own value.

"Boss, you tell us, what are we going to do?" Knowing that Lin Hongfei could not just let himself come to see these, Chaprekin asked Lin Hongfei, and this question also represented the voice of the entire Antonov Design Bureau team.

"Good question, this is exactly what I want to say next," Lin Hongfei was very satisfied with Chapregin's reaction speed, he nodded, and gave Chaprekin an appreciative look, "We are going to set up an aviation laboratory, there is no doubt that the members of this aviation laboratory are you, and the company will give you 10 million funds for the research and development and daily expenses of the laboratory...... But be careful, you don't have much time to adapt, and you have to get to work right away. ”

Of course, Lin Hongfei would not tell them that although this aviation laboratory nominally belongs to Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., this time, Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s shareholding in this aviation laboratory is less than 50% for the first time.

Hit the ground running? This is a good thing, none of these designers and engineers of the Antonov Design Bureau expressed dissatisfaction, for these R&D personnel who have been idle for several years. Only they know how painful it is to have no job, and having a job means that you are valuable, and only if you have value can you get money, this is a simple logical relationship.

"I received an order from the military to design two aircraft for border patrols, and this is what you have to do next, this aircraft for border patrols requires that it be able to take off and land on the most inferior dirt runways, be able to take off on plateaus above 3,500 meters, carry at least nine people, and must have the ability to take off and land short distances. With a flight range of at least 650 km, the cabin must have an air temperature regulation system and an in-cabin pressurization system, and the power requirements can use ordinary civilian grade 97 gasoline, and I think only these star-shaped air-cooled engines I designed can meet this requirement......"

Lin Hongfei said this, looking at these Soviet aircraft designers in front of him. A look of sympathy, "To do it all." It is required that the cost price shall not be higher than 200,000. The unit is our country's RMB, in addition, your construction period is only three months, and all the design work must be completed within three months. ”

"Three months?" Hearing his boss's words, a group of designers and engineers were in an uproar, "This is impossible!" ”

"Why can't it be?" Lin Hongfei asked rhetorically. "The Americans of World War II designed the P51 Mustang fighter jet, and it took only 120 days from the project to the first prototype, and the aircraft I asked for did not put forward any air mobility requirements. With the designs you've seen and your previous experience designing the An-2 and An-14 transport aircraft, it shouldn't be more difficult than designing a fighter, right? ”

Everyone has nothing to say, because compared with the P51 "Mustang", a legendary model that has created the glory of the world's fighter jets, the aircraft of his own boss has almost no maneuverability requirements, and it is indeed much lower than the P51 in terms of design difficulty, not to mention the experience of the An-2 and An-14 aircraft in the front, although the time of three months is a little shorter, but it is not completely impossible.

"Okay, we'll do our best." Chapregin gave in.

"It's not about trying, it's about doing it, it's about doing it," Lin Hongfei stared at Chapregin's eyes unceremoniously, "Mr. Chapregin, could you tell me clearly, can you complete this task in three months?" If you think you can't do it, I'll replace you with someone who can. ”

Damn capitalists! Chapregin cursed fiercely in his heart, but he was really reluctant to live happily ever after, and after thinking about it in his heart, he finally nodded, "I'm sure we can complete this task in three months, but the cost you said is only 200,000?" ”

Speaking of this cost, Chaprekin frowned, although he did not know the exchange relationship between RMB and US dollars, but the cost of a flying machine capable of carrying 9 people was only 200,000?

This is difficult, very difficult, even if the Soviet aviation designers are excellent system integration and cost control masters, if you want to control the cost within 200,000, it is an extremely crazy idea.

"That's right, it's 200,000,000," Lin Hongfei nodded, "It's about 30,000 US dollars, or about 80,000 to 100,000 US dollars in purchasing power." ”

Lin Hongfei's words sound a little contradictory, but these people from the Antonov Design Bureau understand very well that 30,000 US dollars can only be used as 30,000 US dollars in the United States, but in some underdeveloped countries, the price level is very low, and the same 30,000 US dollars can buy something equivalent to 100,000 US dollars in the United States, which is normal, and everyone was still a little worried about what the 200,000 yuan could do, but now it seems that the purchasing power of the 200,000 RMB is not as low as imagined.

"If that's the case, we'll do our best to accomplish this mission, but I guess the plane will probably ...... Well, very rudimentary. Chaprekin frowned and pondered, and looked up at Lin Hongfei.

"As long as this requirement can be achieved, simplicity is nothing, and even some optional instrumentation systems can be omitted." Lin Hongfei waved his hand, he was just worried about whether he could achieve this goal, as for what the plane made with 200,000 RMB looked like, he never worried...... It's only 200,000, what else can you ask?

In Lin Hongfei's memory, it seems that there is a single-seat helicopter called "Mosquito" that only sells for more than 20,000 US dollars, and the instrument system is very simple. Crude to the point that a helicopter has three instruments plus a small black-and-white LCD screen to display the necessary information, compared to the dazzling and complex instrument systems of large aircraft, the "mosquito" instrument system is so simple that it cannot be described as simple, but even so, the thing can still fly, and has a flight permit.

"Then there's no problem." Hearing his boss say that it didn't matter if he was ugly, Chapregin was finally relieved, but he was still a little worried, "Do you want to design a weapon system?" ”

If it is necessary to design a weapon system, then it is troublesome. The cost will increase dramatically, even if it is just a simple set of optical shooting sights, it is not cheap.

"We are a civilian enterprise and have no access to weapons," Lin Hongfei smiled. Very treacherous, "But since it is military border patrol equipment." We need to take into account the possibility of equipping the army with improvised weapons...... Border patrol planes. As long as the leather is durable and reliable, it is not the pursuit of precision and powerful firepower configuration. ”

Speaking of which, just a few simple shooting mounts would be fine? With Lin Hongfei's explanation, the people of the Antonov Design Bureau immediately put their minds at ease, there is nothing difficult about this, what the Soviet aviation designers are best at doing is this.

"This is a request from the military. In addition to the military's requests, I have several requests that I hope you will be able to do as well. Lin Hongfei said with a smile.

His words made the designers of the Antonov Design Bureau immediately raise their hearts: in addition to the requirements of the military, there are requirements?

"Well, that's just a personal request from me." Lin Hongfei nodded, "The military didn't give me an accurate purchase figure, but I think the total number of purchases should not exceed 50 planes, if we only rely on these 50 planes to make money, it is estimated that it will be possible to sell 500,000 units, but this price is obviously impossible." ”

Chaprekin and others nodded again and again, that's right, if there is only a military order of 50 planes in the end, relying only on such a small order, if the price is not raised to more than 500,000, don't even think about it, and pay for one aircraft when it is produced.

"So I hope that at the beginning of the design, you will take into account the situation of the civilian market later, at the very least, it is convenient to upgrade various functions according to various civilian needs, and at the same time, there is the most important point," Lin Hongfei took a deep breath, he wanted to complain for a long time about this design feature of the Soviet aircraft, "The appearance must be designed beautifully, and in this price range, the internal space must be as large as possible...... If necessary, I will also be involved in the design. ”

"Uh......"

The designers of the Antonov Design Bureau were all dumbfounded, they did not expect that Lin Hongfei would make such a request. But if you think about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case, compared with the so-called "people-oriented" design concept advertised in the West, there is a big gap in the comfort, shape and sense of space of the Soviet aircraft, if it is just a simple military, this point really does not need to be considered, but if you also want to take into account the civilian use, this problem must be treated carefully.

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After arranging the work, Lin Hongfei Shi Shiran left, he believed that these designers of the Antonov Design Bureau would be able to fulfill their orders...... This is a group of miracles, can use third-rate spare parts and raw materials to make the world's first-class equipment in the world, almost all made of stainless steel, a full 10 years to make the entire Europe and the Middle East sky full of haze MiG-25 fighter and T-34 main battle tank is the best proof of the MiG-25 fighter, before the MiG-25 fighter, even the most crazy aviation designers did not think of using steel instead of aviation aluminum to build a fighter with a speed of more than three times the speed of sound.

A group of small turbofan engine designers, small turboshaft engine designers, system integration engineers, and aircraft designers who don't even bother to look at them at the Antonov Design Bureau, and those Western aviation giants don't even bother to look at them, looked at each other for a while, and then they had time to start looking at where they would work in the future...... Hopefully the working conditions here are not too shabby.

The next moment, someone pointed to the table in front of him, and let out a low exclamation, "The Virgin Mary is above, our boss is really generous, and even equipped each of us with a computer!" ”

Hearing this exclamation, everyone hurriedly looked at the table, it didn't matter, the designers and engineers who were used to living a hard life in the Antonov Design Bureau immediately felt dizzy: Computer! There are two computers on every curved desk!

No one thought that their boss would be so generous, the conditions were beyond their imagination, and there were two computers on everyone's desk, although they didn't know what model they were, but they looked very awesome.

In the Soviet Union, when the Antonov Design Bureau was at its happiest, they did not think that they would be able to have two computers by themselves...... On average, three people can have a computer to use, which already makes the two eyes of colleagues in other design bureaus red and red.

But the next moment, they were frightened by another scream: "Isn't it? There's ...... in there. IBM just launched a mid-size machine last year? ”

Following the direction pointed by the screaming guy, everyone was shocked to find that this huge office was separated by transparent glass into a large central computer room, through which you can clearly see that there are not only three IBM medium-sized computers, but also several small computers and several blade servers...... No wonder the guy screamed, and everyone who saw this scene had a sense of unreality: Is this really in China?

The life of the Antonov Design Bureau has never been so happy.

Poor hairy people, they actually ignored the automatic central air conditioning outlet above their heads, The advanced central air-conditioning system keeps the temperature in the room at 23.5 degrees Celsius, which not only ensures that the designers will not be upset and irritable because the temperature is too high and affect the progress of the work, but also will not affect the health because it is too low. (To be continued.) )