After listening to Wu Ping¡¯s words, Yoder and Hans first looked at each other, and then looked up again at the helicopter painted in military green in the sky.
The fixed tricycle landing gear is like that of the S-64. The aerial crane generally does not have a passenger and cargo compartment. The cockpit is round like a fat-headed fish, and the entire aircraft body looks like a giant transformed insect, buzzing in the sky. Turn around.
This thing is called an "air pickup truck"?
It¡¯s obviously the ¡°small forklift¡± helicopter transferred to them from the Leipzig company, okay?
It just changed from the previous blue and red paint to military green. The remaining parts are exactly the same as the "little forklift" helicopter. Even the position of the wiper outside the cockpit is exactly the same. , people from Ascendas Group still dare to say that this is a new type of "air pickup truck"? Still want to be shameless?
"This is an 'air pickup' helicopter?"
Hans is not qualified to speak in this situation, but Jodel is not afraid. After all, he is now the president of Leipzig Company's Greater China Region. According to the operating mechanism of Western companies, Jodel is on the same level as Zhuang Jianye.
Therefore, Wu Ping, the director of the branch factory, still had some status advantages, so he asked.
Wu Ping nodded without hesitation: "Yes."
Yodel frowned unconsciously: "But why do I look so like a 'little forklift' helicopter?"
"Does it look like it?" Wu Ping asked back with interest, and then laughed: "Mr. Yoder, you are also a veteran in the aviation field. You will not limit your attention to appearance, right? Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 have a long history." They are like brothers, can you say they are the same aircraft?"
After hearing this, Yodel frowned even deeper. If you are an outsider in the aviation field, seeing that the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 have similar lengths, wingspans, and the same aerodynamic layout, you would really think that these two aircraft are the same. Carved out of a mold.
The question is, is Yodel an outsider? Although he is engaged in the field of rotary-wing aircraft, it does not mean that he does not understand other aircraft. Therefore, his evaluation of Wu Ping's words was just two words - sophistry.
"Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 only have the same aerodynamic layout, but there are still many differences in internal details" Yoder was ready to expose Wu Ping's sophistry. There was no other way. If Ascendas Group violated the technology transfer agreement, it would still be producing "small forklifts." "Helicopter, then their Leipzig company will really suffer a big loss, so even though he knows that doing so will offend Ascendas Group, Jodel still has to fight for it.
Before he could finish his words, Wu Ping stretched out his hand to interrupt, and said with an undiminished smile: "You also said that the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 only have the same aerodynamic layout, a 'small forklift' and an 'air pickup truck'. 'also the same.
But in fact, apart from the appearance, the two are essentially different inside. If nothing else, the take-off weight of the 'small forklift' is 8.3 tons; while the take-off weight of our 'air pickup' is 7.5 tons. .
Correspondingly, the maximum lifting weight of the two is also different. The maximum lifting weight of the 'small forklift' is 3.5 tons; while our 'air pickup' reaches 4.5 tons"
"Waityou just said that the helicopter in the sky has a maximum take-off weight of 7.5 tons, but it can lift 4.2 tons of cargo?"
Listening to Wu Ping's words, Yoder didn't think anything at first. The maximum take-off weight was 800 kilograms less than that of the "small forklift". Obviously, the Ascendas Group's engine was still not up to standard, and the power could not support the maximum take-off weight of 8.3 tons, so The fuselage structure is lightened by reducing the size and material usage.
With this judgment, Yodel felt relieved a little. No matter what, as long as Ascendas Group's helicopters are not as good as "small forklifts", it would be fine. He just felt relieved. Wu Ping then said that the maximum hoisting weight is 4.5 Tons, instantly shattered the conclusion that Yoder had reached.
The weight of the fuselage has been reduced by 800 kilograms, but the maximum lifting weight has increased by a full ton.
This rise and fall time is not as simple as the ordinary design structure and engine power, but can only be achieved through extreme optimization starting from each rivet. So Yodel was shocked, so Jodel was shocked, so Yodel was shocked. Del had to interrupt Wu Ping to ask the question he was most concerned about.
"Of course!" Wu Ping said as crisply as ever: "And in this state, our 'air pickup' can fly 468 kilometers. Oh, by the way, we just conducted a plateau test on the Tibetan plateau last week. From an altitude of 2,500 We took off from the airport 3 meters away and hoisted 3 tons of supplies and easily flew to the Tanggula post at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The leaders and troops in the Tibetan area are very satisfied with our 'air pickup' and plan to purchase a batch after a series of tests to enrich it. The army aviation troops stationed in the southwest are used for transporting supplies to Tibetan areas."
As if to confirm Wu Ping's words, the "air pick-up" helicopter in the distance returned to the sky above the take-off ground after flying for a short half circle, then dropped in altitude and hovered there, waiting for the helicopter to rise again a few minutes later. When you get up, hoist something down below.
When the helicopter flew closer, everyone saw that what was hanging under the helicopter was an old Jiefang, but this scene left Yoder completely stunned.
It¡¯s not that this pure German man admires China¡¯s old liberation, but because he is very clear about some parameters of this classic vehicle that has been walking on the land of China for decades. One of them is the empty weight-3.9 tons.
Although it does not reach the maximum value of 4.5 tons, it exceeds the maximum lifting weight of the "small forklift" helicopter of 3.5 tons. Moreover, watching the "air pickup" rotate in circles in the air easily and comfortably, climbing and descending with ease, is very satisfying. Obviously lifting a 3.9-ton object will not have much impact on it.
In other words, the "Aerial Pickup" helicopter can really lift more than 4 tons of cargo.
After discovering this, Yodel only felt his head tingling. One head was as big as two. If the "air pick-up" helicopter could really perform plateau transportation missions, the status of the current S-70 helicopter would be greatly reduced, and even China has simply grounded its entire fleet because of maintenance costs. Anyway, it already has a replacement model. Although the load capacity is not as good as the S-70, the victory is that everything is in its own hands.
The Chinese want to build as many as they want. If the transport capacity for a single sortie is not enough, they will use the number of helicopters to increase it.
If China really realizes this, not to mention the Leipzig company, even the manufacturer of the S-70 helicopter and the American Sikorsky company will be unable to sit still.
You must know that when Sikorsky promotes the S-70 helicopter, it will show off the performance of this model on the Tibetan plateau to demonstrate the unparalleled advancement of the S-70 helicopter.
But once China grounds its entire S-70 fleet and switches to "air pickups" to perform missions on the Tibetan Plateau, Ascendas Group can simply say that the S-70 helicopter has a high failure rate on the Tibetan Plateau, which will not satisfy China's needs. Demand, and then combined with a few seemingly professional papers, it can directly cause serious damage to the reputation of the S-70 helicopter.
Thinking of this, Jodel was trembling a little. If Ascendas Group really used the "air pickup" to challenge the S-70, Jodel didn't know whether the two sides were dead or alive. The Leipzig company caught in the middle would definitely die.
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