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Chapter 937 Gain experience for helicopters

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    Relying on this persistence, Zhuang Jianye was able to sustain the Karakoram Pass earthquake rescue operation.

    Although the cost is high, it has received praises from the Russians, including Pakistan, Iran and other countries, which have shown great interest in the Z-12 and Z-15.

    And it excludes the expert team from coming to China to conduct further performance tests on the Z-12 and Z-15. Of course, Ascendas Group is doing its best to entertain them in order to ensure that the tests in several countries can proceed smoothly and orderly.

    Some people fall into the trap, and some remain unmoved.

    The Russians are a typical example of this. After observing the "excellent" performance of the Z-12 and Z-15 in the plateau area, Russian military observers at the time believed that the technical level of China's helicopters was no less than that of Russia. In order to keep the Russian helicopters  Industrial capabilities, it was proposed to the country to carry out joint development and production of helicopters with China.

    To this end, the Russians specially dispatched a team of aviation experts headed by Djokovic to visit China. As a result, after inspecting several major domestic helicopter production plants, Djokovic quickly grasped the key to the problem.  .

    The performance indicators of the Z-12, Z-15 and other helicopter models are good, but most of them are still immature, especially the Z-12 and Z-15. Many sub-systems have high failure rates and are difficult to maintain. Therefore,  Djokovic and others predict that it will take at least five years of running-in and improvement for these two models to reach true maturity.

    Because of this, Djokovic suggested to Russia that there is no need to rush to launch helicopter production cooperation with China. It only needs to appropriately reduce the unit prices of the Mi-171 and Ka-27 helicopters, which can seriously damage China's domestic production.  of helicopter manufacturing industry.

    Russia quickly adopted Djokovic¡¯s advice and further compressed the quotations of the Mi-171 and Ka-27 helicopters until they were 25% lower than Russia¡¯s usual international quotations.

    Not only that, the two helicopters are equipped with a lot of advanced electronic equipment and weapon systems developed in the late Soviet Union, and are equipped with "Modern" class guided missile destroyers; "Toor" M1 short-range air defense missiles; S-300 long-range  Air defense missiles and other domestically urgently needed equipment are being sold in bundles.

    For example, the carrier-based helicopters of the "Modern" class guided missile destroyers can only use the Ka-27. Other helicopters can also be used, but there is no guarantee that they will work with the "Modern" class guided missile destroyers.

    Another example is that the covering force supporting the S-300 long-range air defense missile must use Mi-171, otherwise otherwise the S-300 long-range air defense missile will not be sold. As for why, the Russian air defense force's combat manual stipulates this. Why do you think  ?

    Relying on this routine, the Russians dumped a large number of Mi-171 and Ka-27 into the country.

    Although domestic military expenditures have increased after major events, due to the patience period of the past nearly two decades, the military has too many debts, and the increase in military expenditures cannot make up for the debts. There is no immediate effect.  Variety.

    Therefore, no matter how big the army¡¯s plate was before, it is still that big now.

    Because of this, with the influx of Mi-171 and Ka-27 into the army, the chances of other models are very slim. Coupled with the competition for a large number of domestic models, the share is further compressed. In addition, the Z-12 and Z-  15's own shortcomings have resulted in the unsatisfactory equipment quantity of Ascendas Group's two helicopters.

    It is just a symbolic purchase of 4 Z-12s and 2 Z-15s by the Army Aviation Force.

    This was due to Ascendas Group¡¯s outstanding performance in the Karakoram Pass earthquake relief. The headquarters did not express regret, so it reluctantly purchased a small batch, mainly for emergency transportation in plateau areas.

    Yes, it is not daily transportation, just emergency transportation, because daily transportation involves S-70 helicopters. In other words, with the current poor performance of Z-12 and Z-15, the Army Airlines does not dare to let them take the lead and can only use them in emergencies.  It is just an emergency equipment to fill holes in case of emergency.

    The same is true for the Army and the Air Force, not to mention the more picky Air Force and Navy. In addition to vigorously promoting the Z-12 and Z-15 in their respective agencies¡¯ publications, they took a bunch of muscular photos and then  No more.

    This is true for the most reliable troops, let alone other departments. The domestic aviation industry is lagging behind. Even traveling by plane is a luxury for domestic people, let alone personalized aviation services such as helicopters.  Yes, naturally there are very few candidates.

    Without even a basic market foundation, coupled with the shortcomings of the Z-12 and Z-15, the sales performance of the two helicopters can only be described as bleak.

    Aircraft such as helicopters are just like smartphones more than ten years later. They rely on market experience. Only by struggling in the market can the configuration of each system be improved step by step according to the actual use of users, and finally become a  A mature classic?.

    The helicopter industries of the United States and the former Soviet Union are all like this.

    Zhuang Jianye actually wants to follow the old path of the United States and the Soviet Union and rely on domestic experience to gain full experience in the Z-12 and Z-15 helicopters, just like the Ascendas Group's core fixed-wing aircraft, the Y-15.

    As a result, Zhuang Jianye¡¯s heart was good. However, the domestic helicopter industry was not like transport fixed-wing aircraft. Not to mention the contention of a hundred schools of thought, there were many princes. In addition, European and American civilian aircraft and Russian military aircraft poured in, encroaching on the mature market.  This makes the situation of domestic helicopter manufacturers who are at odds with each other even more difficult.

    As a result, even if the Ascendas Group wanted to copy the success of the Yun-15, it would be difficult. There was no way. The Yun-15 at that time just filled the gap in high-performance light transport aircraft. In addition, the prices of similar products in the world were inflated, and the products of domestic rivals were not yet mature.  As a result, Yun-15 became the only Scorpion daddy, which gave Ascendas Group the opportunity to gain experience.

    Based on this, we continued to improve aircraft models and engines, and eventually derived a series of military transport aircraft and regional passenger aircraft such as the Yun-15plus, Yunyou-15, Yun-17, and trj-500.

    With such an obvious success story, the Ascendas Group, which is well versed in gaining experience, doesn¡¯t want to reproduce the glory of the Y-15 on helicopters. The problem is that the domestic situation is like this, what should we do?  We can only look abroad.

    So when Pakistan and Iran came to inspect the two helicopters, Ascendas Group was like a cute little lady, trying its best around the steel pipe.

    Take the Z-12 helicopter as an example. Originally, it was good for a 4-ton helicopter to be able to carry two light anti-submarine torpedoes. However, in order to highlight the Z-12¡¯s independent combat capability at sea, Ascendas Group increased the size of the helicopter.  The engine power was re-optimized and the structure was optimized. Four torpedoes were installed on the pylons and flew like a joy in front of the Pakistani inspection team.

    Relevant personnel in Pakistan were amazed when they saw it, and kept asking Zhuang Jianye, who was personally accompanying him at the time, whether he really had the actual combat capability to do so.

    How could Zhuang Jianye say that the Z-12 equipped with four torpedoes is just as good as flying, unless you dismantle the entire set of anti-submarine search equipment? He nodded shamelessly: "Don't worry, don't say it is equipped with four torpedoes.  Even if you pack six of them, you can still use them!¡±

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