Zhang Ze naturally had an answer to this question.
"The domestic engine is not good. Why don't we import it from Russia?”
" I might as well use the Su-27's third uncle. It's convenient for logistics..."
Elder Song and Yang Xiong were both stunned.”
On a whim, Zhang Ze directly mentioned the Dragon Country's military fan nickname for the AL-31F engine.
" It's the AL-31F Turbofan Engine," he explained with a smile." Since it's too troublesome to say its full name, I just took the homonym of 31F…"
Elder Song, who understood, laughed.
"Little Zhang is really humorous!"
"But this nickname is not bad. It's much more convenient than saying that long string of letters and numbers. Outsiders won't understand it!”
……
What Zhang Ze didn't expect was that " Third Uncle " would become the most commonly used name for the AL-31F in the Dragon Country's aviation industry!
And the original creator would become him…
Yang Xiong was also amused by the nickname "Third Uncle", but he raised a different point of view.
"Third Uncle has a 12-ton engine. For a light fighter like the Super-7, there is too much power.”
"Although it's not a bad thing to have excess power, Third Uncle is a big push engine, so the cost won't be low!”
Zhang Ze naturally knew that the AL-31F engine was too powerful for the Neltharion.
After all, a medium-sized fighter jet like the J-10 only used an AL-31F. A light fighter jet like the Xiaolong did not need such a thrust engine.
However, Zhang Ze did not dare to reveal the engine of Neltharion directly, lest Elder Song suspect that he had studied it long ago.
It would be fine if he suspected that he had done his research long ago, but if Elder Song felt that he had a professional team behind him, it would be easy to explain himself…
Zhang Ze wanted to take things step by step, making the other party feel that he was "unintentionally" planting a willow!
Yang Xiong's questioning of the AL-31F was exactly what Zhang Ze was looking forward to.
Zhang Ze looked like he was thinking." Since Third Uncle isn't suitable, what about the engine on the MiG-29?”
"Isn't this another third-generation console from the Russians?”
"The cost of the Su-27 engine is too high. The engine of a frontline fighter jet like the MiG-29 would probably be very cheap!”
Elder Song and Yang Xiong's eyes lit up.
That's right!
The Super-7 fighter jet was previously prepared to use a meter engine.
However, with the US cutting off the military exchanges between the two countries, this plan had been completely aborted.
The US engine was out of the question, but there was still Russia.
Moreover, the Russian products should be cheaper…
However, the expression on Elder Song's face disappeared in an instant.
What replaced it was helplessness!
He sighed slightly and said," The country isn't rich now. If we let the new aircraft project introduce Soviet-made engines, it will already increase the cost of the new aircraft project.”
" If we propose to develop a new fighter jet that relies on foreign engines…"
"The higher-ups will definitely not pass!"
"With Tianfu Airplane Factory's current financial resources, there's no way they can afford this project!”
……
Poor couple have many sorrows!
The current military industry of the Dragon Country was basically in such a state.
Because of the lack of money, many things could not be carried out!
This was a stark contrast to the dumplings that would be made twenty or thirty years later.
Zhang Ze wanted to support the Neltharion fighter jet project.
But this project was different from the J-10.
The J-10 fighter jet was a national and air force project that could receive financial funding.
Although the funding was not much, and the R D team had to tighten their belts many times, they still had " milk " to eat!
The Xiaolong fighter jet, which was the Super-7 in the hands of Tianfu Airport, was not owned by the country or the Air Force. It belonged to a child without milk.
If they wanted to do it, only Tianfu Airplane Factory would pay for it themselves!
Even though the Neltharion was a low-cost, lightweight third-generation fighter, it still required hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development costs.
Tianfu Airplane Factory couldn't afford such a large sum of money.
As for himself, unless he could earn hundreds of millions every year after taking over the Jianghai Seven Mecha Corp, he could not afford such a project!
However, Zhang Ze had a solution to this problem!
However, Zhang Ze wasn't too confident about this solution...
That was another partner of the Xiaolong fighter jet.
Baki Country's Air Force!
In his previous life, the Neltharion fighter jet was a cross-border project.
It was jointly funded by the Tianfu Airplane Factory and the Baki Air Force. Later, even the Mikoyan Design Bureau of the Russians joined in and relied on the engine to make a living.
However, Zhang Ze knew that the reason why the Baki Air Force chose to participate in the Xiaolong project was because of the US's sanctions. They could not get the F-16 fighter jets that they had already paid for.
It was only 1990. Zhang Ze still did not know if Baki had been punished by the US…
Although he wasn't confident, Zhang Ze still spoke.
"Elder Song, isn't Europa popular with multi-country joint research and development?”
"Why don't we learn from them? For example, we can pull Baki to research and develop together..."
"Of course, the main thing is to find a few partners who will pay…"
Yang Xiong raised his fist and said excitedly,""This is a good idea!"
" In the past few years, the White Rajah has installed two third-generation MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 aircraft. The Air Force of Bakri is under great pressure. In the past few years, they have been purchasing J-7P from us to deal with threats..."
" If the Super-7 plan can be implemented…"
"A quasi third-generation light fighter jet is definitely more attractive than the J-7P!”
This was what Zhang Ze was looking forward to.
Zhang Ze added," I read from a magazine that the F-16 of the Baki Air Force doesn't have the ability to attack beyond visual range. It can only fire rattlesnakes at close range.”
"The light fighter I envisioned focuses on the ability to attack beyond visual range.”
"It would be best if we can equip them with active radar-guided medium-range missiles!”
"We can use this as a key marketing gimmick when we try to rope in partners.”
" A light fighter aircraft that can launch active medium-range missiles, has excellent over-the-horizon attack capabilities, and is relatively cheap in terms of price and logistics maintenance costs…"
"There will definitely be many countries interested!”
At the donation ceremony, Zhang Ze had mentioned that the light fighter jet he had envisioned had to have an outstanding over-the-horizon attack capability.
Elder Song yearned for this kind of attack.
However, he knew how difficult it was!
"Little Zhang, Little Yang, you're too optimistic!" Elder Song said in a low voice.”
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