This is the same as domestic fighter jets. They are very cheap to purchase, but the engine needs to be overhauled after 300 hours. It will be scrapped after two overhauls. The total life span is less than 1,000 hours. Western engines often have a life span of 2,000 to 3,000 hours. Calculated in this way,

Although they are expensive in the West, the lifetime cost is not expensive.

"It seems that Mr. Qin still supports the electromagnetic catapult project." The leader sighed with emotion.

"Yes, these two catapults are like ancient steam trains and modern maglev trains. Needless to say which one should I support?"

Everyone was a little amused when they heard Qin Tao's analogy, but after laughing, they thought about it carefully and realized that this is really the case. One is steam power and the other is electromagnetic power. These are completely products of two different eras.

Which one should be supported? Or both?

The Navy's original plan was to support both, but now it seems that if the investment in supporting both is too high, the Navy will be unable to bear it!

"It is undeniable that electromagnetic catapult technology is advanced, but we still don't know whether this technology is mature. Now, I think our navy should be more cautious." The leader spoke.

"Everyone, steam catapult is mature, but this is only a mature technology of Americans. Ask the French, is steam catapult mature?" Qin Tao looked at the crowd and continued to fully support Ma Gong: "Yes.

For us, whether it is steam ejection or electromagnetic ejection, we are starting from scratch and are new technologies. Why should we choose a backward technological route instead of new ones?"

Only the Americans in the world are familiar with steam catapults. The French do not have this capability. Although the Red Empire has done it before, it has no practical application. It is not known whether it is mature.

"Taozi, just say it all if you want to say it." Wu Shengli said to Qin Tao: "Don't always hide it."

"Okay, then I'll say it." Qin Tao said: "I still have the same old view as before. The era of steam catapults is about to pass. There is no need for us to take this last train. Instead of wasting precious funds on outdated and obsolete technology

, it is better to go all out to develop advanced electromagnetic catapults. After all, there will be a large number of drones in the future, which can only be used by electromagnetic catapults. Our navy will also build amphibious assault ships in the future, and it will be more convenient to use electromagnetic catapults."

The people in Institute 704 didn’t speak, but their faces were dark.

They knew that Mr. Qin supported electromagnetic catapults, but Mr. Qin was not optimistic about steam catapults at all, which still made them very annoyed.

However, they could only hold it in. After all, President Qin had too much influence on the navy.

"What if we invest all our money in electromagnetic catapults and the project fails?" a leader asked.

"It won't fail. I can issue a military order!" Ma Gong said, "We have experience with scale models, and this technology has matured!"

"Our navy has to invest a lot of money in this project!" Another leader said: "Besides, time is also precious."

"As for the funding issue, our Mingzhou Group can guarantee it." Qin Tao said: "If the project fails, all the expenses will be reimbursed by the Mingzhou Group! As for the time issue, we can tentatively set a time limit of two years.

Use this period of time to test whether the electromagnetic catapult is reliable. If it proves immature in two years, then replace it with a steam catapult. Anyway, the Navy will not be able to start building an aircraft carrier in the next two years."

"Two years is too long, one year at most," one leader said.

Ma Gong nodded: "As long as the funds are in place, we can use half a year for installation and debugging, and half a year for ejection and take-off experiments. We will use actual actions to prove that our project is reliable."

In this way, driven by Qin Tao, the steam catapult was temporarily shelved again.

Wu Shengli nodded: "Okay, let's do it this way. Our navy fully supports the electromagnetic catapult project. It will take one year to verify it. Time will prove everything. If it fails, all expenses will be reimbursed by Mingzhou Group!"

"It won't fail. The Navy will just wait and see. We will have more advanced technology than the United States." Qin Tao said: "We will never gain anything by following others. We must choose brand new technology.

Route, lead on the same starting line.”

"Thank you to the Navy for your support, and thank you to Mr. Qin for your support." Ma Gong was excited.

"Engineer, have you realized how picky Party A's father is?" Qin Tao said with a smile: "You still have to make money yourself. If you have money, why bother with the navy? You can make the prototype by yourself and let the navy come to your door.

Come and buy them, and then sell them at a high price."

Everyone has long been accustomed to President Qin's ridicule. There is no way, who makes the Mingzhou Group under President Qin the favorite of the navy? They have to coax President Qin.

"By the way, we will start experimenting with catapults in half a year, but carrier-based aircraft may not be able to do it." Someone suddenly raised this question.

Now, the Navy's carrier-based J-15 aircraft has begun intensive training, and a large number of pilots have been trained. However, this kind of aircraft takes off by ski jump. For ejection take-off, the front wheel needs to be modified and the nose landing gear needs to be strengthened.

Waiting for work.

God knows whether 601 can be completed on time.

"Don't worry about this. Our J-31A fighter has already begun intensive test flights. If the J-15 cannot be completed in time, we can use our prototype to test fly first. Anyway, our aircraft has been designed with ejection take-off in mind.

needs.”

"I suspect that Qin always wants to promote this fighter to us in this way, trying to become the standard equipment of our next aircraft carrier." A leader said.

"Congratulations, you got the answer right." Qin Tao didn't hide it.

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

Zhou Weiguo and others were filled with great disappointment. They originally thought they could experiment together, but they didn't expect that it would take another year. They would have to wait a year before they had the chance. This was still based on electromagnetic

The catapult will fail based on that.

Could it be that their technical route is really outdated?
Chapter completed!