Look at the mainstream transport aircraft, whether they are A50 or E3, they are all large aircraft with a take-off weight of more than 150 tons. The current Yunjiu, even if it is modified with a D227 engine, has a maximum take-off weight of 70 tons at most.

, less than half the weight of those early warning aircraft. In this case, can it still be used as an early warning aircraft?

"Are you planning to develop an air radar aircraft?" Jinchenko continued to ask.

The airborne early warning aircraft not only needs to move the radar into the sky, but also needs to move the command and control system into the sky. Otherwise, a massive amount of information must be transmitted through the data link, which will obviously delay things and cause system delays.

In later generations, aerial radar may become popular again, and there may even be unmanned early warning aircraft, but those are all based on extremely developed electronic technology. Now, they are obviously not up to that level!

Jinchenko was a little curious.

"No, of course what we want to do is advanced airborne early warning aircraft." Qin Tao said: "You should also know that we lack advanced early warning platforms in China, and the number of large early warning aircraft is not too many, so we can only use our existing

We are transforming a medium-sized early warning aircraft on the platform. Although our body is smaller, we can still realize the functions of an early warning aircraft with our advanced electronic technology."

Are you kidding me? Our carrier-based early warning aircraft has been successfully developed. It can perform airborne early warning and command functions with a maximum take-off weight of more than 30 tons. Now that we are developing the Yunjiu platform, isn’t that just a joke?

Lao Maozi's electronic technology is backward, but it does not mean that our electronic technology is backward. Look at our advanced civilian processors, which have already caught up with the world's advanced level. Our chip manufacturing process will also lead the world. Are we still afraid that electronic equipment is not light enough?

"The overall performance will not be inferior to the a50, and can even be comparable to the e3a. After all, this early warning aircraft is an early model, and its performance has long been outdated." Qin Tao said.

Jin Qinke took a deep breath: "Mr. Qin, can we join this kind of modification project?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned. These old fools don't regard themselves as outsiders. What is this? This is our most advanced airborne early warning aircraft! It is an important weapon of the country, how can we let you guys

Outsiders take over!

"Of course." Qin Tao did not hesitate: "Mr. Jinqinke, you are engaged in aerodynamic shape. I hope you can help us improve the shape of the early warning aircraft. After all, our early warning aircraft is carrying a large plate, which has a great impact on aerodynamics.

big."

Although there is Air Police 2000 in China, it is a large early warning aircraft after all. Moreover, the few domestically modified ones were originally tinkered with by Qin Tao from the production line. During production, they were modified according to the A50 body platform. Therefore,

What we get domestically are semi-finished products.

Now, if we want to transform on the Yunjiu platform, we have to start from scratch. With these old guys joining us, it is of course very suitable to work on pneumatics. Apart from anything else, the basic skills of the old guys are quite solid.

If you only touch a casing and don't touch the electronic system, there's nothing to worry about. Besides, even if you touch the electronic system, as long as you don't tell them what the function of a certain integrated circuit is, they won't know the level of their own circuit.

Yes, when electronic systems have evolved into the era of integrated circuits, they are almost the same as blind boxes.

"Okay, I will work hard." Jinchenko said: "Back in the Red Empire era, when the superiors decided to develop a new airborne early warning aircraft, we recommended our An-124 platform. Unexpectedly, Yin Liushen Design Bureau beat us to it.

, Yin'er 76 is simply not big enough, resulting in serious insufficient performance. We have done a lot of experiments at that time, and we have enough confidence. Now, I can finally do the early warning aircraft project again."

It turned out that this was what happened. Qin Tao realized that he was holding his breath.

Lao Maozi's original early warning aircraft was the Tu-126, which was modified from the body of the Tu-114 passenger plane. The radar it carried could detect bomber-sized targets three hundred kilometers away and guide the Tu-128 interceptors flying in formation nearby.

Go to intercept. With the technology of that era, this kind of early warning aircraft does not have the ability to look down on the land and cannot filter out the target in the clutter on the ground. But this is not important. After all, the main task of this kind of Figure 126/128 hybrid formation

It patrols the vast northern waters of the Red Empire to prevent US strategic bombers from launching nuclear missiles at the Red Empire in the Arctic. It does not need to intercept ultra-low-flying targets at all.

In the 1980s, the Tu-126 began to be replaced by the A50. No one knew how it competed. Looking at Jinqinko's unconvinced attitude now, we know that the An-124 early warning aircraft had also bid for it, but was replaced by the Yin'er-76.

.

In terms of Lao Maozi's electronic technology, the An-124 with a larger take-off weight should be more suitable. It can carry a larger number of electronic equipment. However, the An-124 cannot land at the frontline field airport. This should be replaced by the Yin'er 76

Reason for replacement.

Of course, after the new millennium, Lao Maozi also knew that his A50 transport aircraft was outdated. Therefore, for a long time, there were many rumors that Lao Maozi was trying to use the An-124 as a platform to develop a new generation of early warning aircraft, but the

Thinking about it, it's false news, because the Antonov Design Bureau is in Ermao, why didn't Da Mao find its own Yin Liushen?

Lao Maozi has limited funds, and it is impossible to develop more advanced early warning aircraft, so these are just the thoughts of some people at most.

At this time, Jinchenko looked excited, seemingly excited about the upcoming project.

After the Air Police 2000 and Air Police 600 projects, there was of course a plan to use the Y8 as the airframe platform to modify the early warning aircraft. However, due to my lack of experience, I originally planned to first develop the Air Police 200, which is a balance beam early warning aircraft.

On the basis of gaining enough experience with the above-mentioned early warning aircraft, the Air Police 500 will be developed to serve as a big deal.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Air Police 200 project is actually a tasteless project. Using Yunba as a platform, you don’t have to worry about platform limitations. However, due to lack of experience, I dare not install it on the back of Yunba.

The big plate can only hold one stick.

This stick has little impact on the aerodynamic layout, but its performance is limited: it can only scan areas on both sides, and there will be blank spaces at the front and rear. Therefore, after the balance beam project was completed, the Air Force did not have a large amount of equipment.

Now, with the arrival of experts like Jinchenko, the Air Police 200 project can be abandoned, and the Air Police 500 can be built directly. It will be a real early warning aircraft.

Qin Tao couldn't help but be full of expectations.

With two engines and a big plate, will the emergence of this kind of early warning aircraft cause a sensation around the world? The market for this kind of early warning aircraft is definitely not small. For example, Laoba will purchase this kind of early warning aircraft, and there is no need to compare.

Yes, Dongfang’s early warning aircraft must be the most advanced!

With Yunjiu, the navy's various high-tech aircraft will also have qualified vehicles, and the navy will develop faster.

While Qin Tao was excited about this project, Victor and others also came to Ah San to sell the An-70 transport aircraft to Ah San.

At this time, Asan was isolated from the whole world because he detonated the mushroom bomb. Seeing that the Antonov Design Bureau actually came to seek cooperation, they were moved to tears!

"The performance of your transport aircraft is good, we can purchase it!" Ah San immediately decided to place the order: "Moreover, we still have a batch of An-32 transport aircraft that need to be overhauled. I hope you can overhaul these transport aircraft for us."

"Of course it's no problem." Victor nodded in agreement and sighed in his heart. Mr. Qin is really awesome. There are no problems with the path he pointed out. It seems that he will communicate with Mr. Qin more in the future!

The agreement was signed on the same day. On the one hand, Asan was grateful, but on the other hand, he was also afraid that the Antonov Design Bureau would abandon the project after receiving pressure from the outside world. They had to cook the raw rice before they could feel at ease.

The evening breeze blows on the land of Hanzhong. This is the most comfortable season of the year. Qin Tao and Zhao Ling came back after the dinner for them and took a walk in the evening breeze, feeling the rare relaxation.

"Mr. Qin, I just received news that the Antonov Design Bureau has signed an agreement with Ah San and the others. Ah San will order one hundred An-70 transport aircraft." At this moment, Xu Zhengyang quickly took a few steps and approached Qin.

Tao reports.

If Ah San really obtains one hundred An-70 transport aircraft, it will obviously not be good news for our own side. This means that Ah San's battlefield delivery capability will be greatly increased.

"Don't worry, the research and development of the An-70 transport aircraft has not been completed yet. There is still a long way to go. In this process, any accidents will happen." Qin Tao didn't care at all. This project was promoted by him. Of course he

We will not watch the project develop in a direction that is unfavorable to us.

Xu Zhengyang understood immediately that Mr. Qin had already made plans, but he didn't arrange anything for himself.

"It will take at least five years for this transport aircraft to mature. How will the situation change after five years? By then, Asan may be able to purchase a more advanced C130 transport aircraft, so why would he value the An70?

Besides, the An-70 transport aircraft was not independently developed by the Antonov Design Bureau. This project involves a lot of equipment provided by Da Mao. Do you think Da Mao will watch the export of the An-70 and block the way of its own Yin'er 76 arms sales?

?”

Xu Zhengyang understood that the reason why Mr. Qin was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai was because he had already seen the stakes, and Antonov Design Bureau would eventually be happy in vain.

"The Antonov Design Bureau belongs to the Red Empire, not the Ermao." Qin Tao said a concluding sentence.

Xu Zhengyang nodded, even if we did nothing, this arms sale would not go smoothly, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

"By the way, in order to show his gratitude to the Antonov Design Bureau, Asan also decided to send their An-32 transport aircraft to Ermao for overhaul."

An-32 transport aircraft, overhaul? Qin Tao's eyes lit up, since he encountered it, why not do something by himself?

Looking at Qin Tao's look, Xu Zhengyang knew something was up.

In the field of transport aircraft, the An-32 is a strange existence. Its shape is very different. It has a high-wing monoplane and the engine is installed on the top, just like a seaplane. Of course, it does not have any water take-off capability.

This design is just because it inherits the foundation of the An-26 transport aircraft.

Compared with the An-26, its biggest change is the use of a more powerful engine, which is almost twice as powerful as the An-26. It has excellent flight performance and is also suitable for use in plateau areas.

Because the aircraft body is strong enough, especially when the landing gear is extended, the landing gear door is still closed, so it can dive and descend at a large angle. You can often see the An-32 with the nose down as if it is about to hit the ground.

The same, leveling out the moment before impact, and then landing easily. Of course, this action also has another use: dive bombing.

The An-32 was originally just a transport aircraft, but it was used as a dive bomber. Asan was no exception. They started importing the An-32 in 1984, and some of them were directly converted into bombing trainers to train bomber pilots.

Some of them were directly used as bombers. They were very satisfied with the performance of this aircraft, so a total of 125 were imported.

Due to high-intensity use, the first batch of 20 An-32s have reached the end of their service life and are either scrapped or overhauled before use. The Asan Air Force has not yet figured out what to do, and the Antonov Design Bureau comes, so there is nothing

That said, let's just hand it over to the Antonov Design Bureau for overhaul, so that the friendly relationship between the two parties can be maintained.

Ah San is also willing to reciprocate kindness, especially in this current isolated situation.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The five An-32s that were in the worst condition were overhauled first. After signing the contract, the Asan Air Force began preparations.

They took off from their base in their home country early in the morning and flew to the civil aviation factory in Kiev that afternoon.

The Antonov Design Bureau was responsible for design during the Red Empire era, and construction was mainly carried out by the Ulyanovsk factory. However, there is also a specialized civil aviation factory in Kiev, which belongs to the Antonov Design Bureau. Therefore, they

This factory can be completely used for transformation.

However, due to the lack of orders, the factory has long been in a state of abandonment, and even the runway is overgrown with weeds. Fortunately, the An-32 is an aircraft with a solid structure and can land even on flat land in the wild.

"Hey, brothers from South Asia, welcome." Sergey, the head of the civil aviation factory, stood on the runway, looked at pilot Asan who got off the plane, and greeted him warmly.

Shakti, the person in charge of the team this time, frowned and looked at the surrounding scene. Can their aircraft really be overhauled here? From the looks of it, it is not as professional as their domestic aviation maintenance companies.

"Excuse me, are you really sure to repair our aircraft?" Shakti asked.

"Of course, we have formulated a complete overhaul plan to ensure that these aircraft will be repaired to the same level as brand new soon." Sergey said: "Now, you have all worked hard, let's go have a drink first.

how?"

"We still have to take care of the planes." Before Shakti finished speaking, Sergey put his arm around his shoulders: "Hey, my friends, don't worry, we will drag these planes to the hangar.

, the maintenance will start tomorrow. We have prepared delicious food, you must be hungry all the way here, right?"
To be continued...