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Chapter 237 A Helicopter Priced at [-] Million
Two SUVs.

One of them was Lin Feng's Grand Cherokee, and the other was an army green military jeep, both of which were parked at the gate of the large parts manufacturing plant.

Lin Feng got out of the car first, and then several soldiers got off from the other car, and Xie Kangquan was the leader.

Lin Feng introduced, "Director Xie, this is our helicopter large parts workshop."

Xie Kangquan said, "I heard that the first prototype has already started the production of large parts. The speed of progress is really unbelievable."

Lin Feng warmly invited, "Come on, let's go in and take a look."

A group of people walked into this factory building. The first thing they felt when they entered was that the area of ​​this factory building was really large, probably tens of thousands of square meters.

Then, everyone's eyes were attracted by the large components being produced one by one in the factory building.

Lin Feng personally introduced to Xie Kangquan and others, "This is the big part of our first prototype. Our transport aircraft adopts a modular and platform design..."

While introducing, while leading everyone to visit.

Not far in front is the large part of the cockpit of the helicopter. Several workers are doing riveting work, and the sound of the pneumatic riveting gun is very loud.

Xie Kangquan stopped and said enthusiastically, "Boss Lin, this is the cockpit section of our helicopter."

"Yes, this is the cockpit of the helicopter. It can carry 30 fully armed soldiers, and it can carry 50 soldiers in an emergency..."

Xie Kangquan took a serious look at the large parts of the cockpit, and then said, "After the first flight of the prototype, I must personally take a ride in this helicopter."

Lin Feng said, "It shouldn't be too long, this wish will come true this year."

The major parts of the first prototype are already being manufactured. From the perspective of progress, according to the astonishing speed of Leihuo Technology Industrial Group, it is estimated that the first prototype will take off for the first time in less than half a year.

After looking at the large parts workshop, under the leadership of Lin Feng, we went to the composite material parts manufacturing workshop, where everyone saw the composite rotor, engine cover, hatch, tail boom, etc. being manufactured.

Composite materials are used for almost half of the transport helicopter's parts, such as the "skin" of the entire fuselage, which is sewn from dense layers of fiberglass with lightweight honeycomb panels laid between them.

"This is our composite rotor!"

Lin Feng nodded and said, "This is our self-developed composite rotor with complete intellectual property rights and a world-class level."

The workers are using a closed mold to heat-press and solidify the composite rotor. This molding process can guarantee the overall dimensions of the composite rotor.

Lin Feng introduced, "This is a hot press curing molding process. After the composite rotor blade is formed, it is sent to an autoclave for baking. In order to obtain strength, it needs to be baked at a temperature of 120-170 degrees for 12 hours. "

Xie Kangquan pointed to the big guy's equipment not far away and said, "That's the autoclave."

Lin Feng said, "Yes, that is the autoclave, which was also designed and developed by us independently. It can not only autoclave composite rotor blades, but also bake them."

Not far away, there were workers polishing the composite rotors that had been autoclaved and baked. Xie Kangquan couldn't help but walked over and stood by the side watching the workers busy.

Lin Feng introduced, "The finished composite rotor blades still have to go through processes such as grinding, and finally they need to be sprayed with special paint to complete the work. The whole process is very complicated."

Xie Kangquan said, "Mr. Lin, I just took a look. There are not only a few pieces of composite material rotors being manufactured here, but at least [-] to [-] pieces. The prototype has not yet made its first flight. You are manufacturing so many composite material rotors all at once. Is the rotor not afraid of risks?"

Is it a risk?
That doesn't exist.

At least it does not exist in Leihuo Technology Industrial Group, because the entire transport helicopter is designed systematically, and there will be no design deficiencies and defects, but a perfect design. In addition, the entire process is also provided systematically.

Of course, Lin Feng would not talk about the system, but said, "Basically there will be no risk. We have passed the design verification of the composite material rotors, and they fully meet the design requirements. Since this is the case, we have put in five sets of materials, so we can simply use more. Make a little."

Xie Kangquan was still a little puzzled, "One prototype can't use so many composite rotors, two are enough."

For a prototype machine, one copy may not be enough, but two copies should be enough.

Lin Feng smiled heartily, "Director Xie, in the future we will not have just one prototype, but may have four prototypes."

They actually plan to build four prototypes!

Xie Kangquan was slightly startled, and then smiled. After arriving at Leihuo Technology Industrial Group, he found that he could not look at other aviation industry companies in the same way. It is completely different here.

Surprised, he said in surprise, "There are really four prototypes!"

"Yes, there are a total of four prototypes, and these four prototypes will be produced one after another. We will strive to manufacture all of them this year, and then conduct a series of verification test flights."

There are many test subjects that need to be verified. They will also go to plateaus, deserts, jungles and coastal areas to conduct a series of flights and test them in various environments.

The verification flight of four prototypes can greatly shorten the entire verification period, because the verification and test flights can be carried out separately. For example, some will go to the desert, some will go to the plateau, and some will go to other regions, and various projects will be carried out at the same time. flight.

Actually preparing to manufacture four prototypes in one go!

Xie Kangquan was pleasantly surprised, but also worried for Lin Feng.

Lin Feng seemed to see his worry, and said confidently, "Don't worry, we are very confident in the design, and there will be no technical risks. I firmly believe that the series of verification tests in the future will pass smoothly."

After passing the verification test flight, the next step is to finalize the design and mass production. What Lin Feng is most looking forward to is mass production. It is estimated that not only Lin Feng, but users are also looking forward to this day.

With such an excellent transport helicopter, users hope that it will be installed in large quantities earlier, so that it can serve the troops as soon as possible.

Under the leadership of Lin Feng, Xie Kangquan and others visited the composite material parts manufacturing workshop, and the group walked into the helicopter assembly workshop.

As soon as you enter, everyone's first impression is that it is huge.

This is the largest helicopter assembly plant in China and one of the largest aircraft assembly plants, with a length of 240 meters, a width of 120 meters, and an area of ​​28800 square meters.

"Wow, so big!"

"Look at the ground, it's so smooth that you can see people's shadows!"

"Look over there, it seems that something is being assembled."

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As soon as they entered this huge factory building, in addition to being surprised by its huge size, many people saw workers and technicians in the component assembly area.

Such a huge factory building is not only used for the general assembly of helicopters, but also for the assembly of some parts. There is a special parts assembly area in the factory building.

Lin Feng introduced, "The deceleration system and transmission system of our first prototype have already begun to be organized. Let's go and have a look."

Everyone saw the assembly of the reducer, which is a tower reducer, and also saw the assembly of the transmission system, and so on.

After visiting the parts assembly workshop for about ten minutes, Lin Feng did not lead everyone to leave here immediately, but walked towards another gate of the factory building.

This is a huge door, more than ten meters high and at least 30 meters wide. Walking in front of the door, Lin Feng pressed the open button, and the huge door moved to both sides and slowly opened.

suddenly see the light!
Outside is a wide flat land, the area is estimated to be at least a thousand acres, some construction workers and some construction machinery are working there.

Lin Feng said, "This is our heliport, and construction has already started. In the future, the helicopters we manufacture can pass through this gate and go directly from the final assembly plant to the airport."

"Our helicopters can be parked at this heliport, and they can also take off and land here, even including test flights."

Xie Kangquan and his group, led and accompanied by Lin Feng, visited the Leihuo Helicopter Factory for almost the whole morning, and in the afternoon, they visited the Leihuo Helicopter Design Institute under the leadership of Lin Feng.

They even saw actual color pictures of the future heavy gunship, as well as some blueprints.

Standing in front of the huge real color picture of this heavy armed helicopter, Xie Kangquan said, "This is our heavy armed helicopter, it looks really domineering!"

A wave of domineering rushes forward!

Thick armor, ferocious firepower, and very high maneuverability, it is simply a flying heavy tank.

After visiting the Leihuo Helicopter Design Institute, everyone finally sat down in the reception room and chatted while drinking tea.

After talking in a relaxed and happy atmosphere, Xie Kangquan asked, "All four prototypes will be produced this year, so what is the approximate price of this transport helicopter, Mr. Lin, do you have a rough estimate? "

He is a director in charge of ordering in the military. He is most concerned about the price of each helicopter in addition to the output of helicopters.

Such an excellent transport helicopter is world-class, whether it is tonnage, range, maximum take-off weight, or other performance, it is above the American Black Hawk helicopter.

Xie Kangquan had also considered that the price of this transport helicopter was estimated to be higher than that of the Black Hawk helicopter. He wanted to know the exact price.

What is the selling price of this transporter in the future?

Lin Feng actually thought about it, and asked the system about the cost of the transport helicopter.

The system is still very reliable. Although the cost it said does not include the R&D cost, it is only the manufacturing cost, but the manufacturing cost is very accurate.

How much is the manufacturing cost? Take 4200 planes as an example, the cost of each plane is 500 million yuan. If the future production can reach 3800 planes, the manufacturing cost of each plane is [-] million yuan.

This kind of cost is not high at all, on the contrary, it can be regarded as very low.

why.

The reason is simple. This transport helicopter is designed and developed systematically. Not only the manufacturing process, but also the manufacturing cost are fully considered during the design. It is normal for all manufacturing costs to be low.

This is really high quality and low price, super cost-effective, worthy of being something produced by the system, not only has excellent performance, but also has a very low cost.

Manufacturing cost + plus R&D cost + management cost + corporate profit, etc., Lin Feng thought in his heart, the cost of each frame should be at least nearly [-] million.

If it can be sold for a price of nearly [-] million, the profit will be very considerable, because the design and development cost is very low, much lower than that of other helicopter companies in the world, because the entire set of design drawings and processes are provided by the system.

Those advanced helicopter manufacturing companies in the world, if they design and develop an advanced, world-class medium-sized transport helicopter, they will invest at least a billion dollars or even billions of dollars in research and development.

With such a high R&D investment, on average for each helicopter, the R&D cost is not low.

Facing Xie Kangquan's answer, Lin Feng did not answer directly, but said, "Director Xie, how does our transport helicopter compare to the American Black Hawk helicopter?"

Xie Kangquan admitted, "It is leading in all aspects, especially the maximum take-off weight is almost 50% higher than that of the Black Hawk. The range, maximum flight speed, reliability, level of avionics system, etc., all completely surpass the Black Hawk helicopter."

Lin Feng nodded. Xie Kangquan's evaluation was still very objective. This transport helicopter was indeed ahead of the American Black Hawk helicopter.

"What is the current international price of the Black Hawk helicopter?"

Of course Xie Kangquan knew, and replied, "At present, the international price of each Black Hawk helicopter exceeds 1500 million US dollars, and it may not be available for purchase. At least we want to buy a Black Hawk in China. It is completely impossible."

The price of the Black Hawk to the U.S. military is slightly lower, but the international price has indeed exceeded the international price of 1500 million U.S. dollars. Lin Feng remembers that in later generations, the international price of a single Black Hawk was as high as more than 2100 million U.S. dollars , if after-sales, spare parts, etc. are included, the price of a single frame will be higher.

Xie Kangquan secretly calculated in his heart that even if the transport helicopter of Leihuo Technology Industry Group was only sold at the same price as the Black Hawk, the price would be more than 1 million.

However, is it really only sold for 1 million, not a higher price?

Even if it sells for 1 million yuan, this price is not expensive internationally, but the country is not rich now, so he finds it difficult to accept such a price, and hopes that the price will be lower.

Lin Feng said, "The overall performance of our transport helicopter is higher than that of the American Black Hawk. It is reasonable to say that the price is 30% to 50% higher than that of the Black Hawk. The selling price is only 1 million yuan."

what!
is this real?
居然不要1亿2000万，更不要1亿5000万，居然只要1亿元！

Why only sell it for 1 million yuan? The main reason is that the manufacturing cost is very low. Even if it is only sold for 1 million yuan, the profit is already very considerable. If other aviation industry companies know the profit inside, they will probably be jealous.

And it's very jealous!
"Boss Lin, is it really 1 million yuan?"

"Of course, it's only sold for 1 million yuan." Lin Feng replied very positively, and then said, "But I have a request."

"Tell me, what request."

Lin Feng said, "In addition to selling this transport helicopter to the military, we want to sell it abroad to compete in the international market."

The cost is low, the cost performance is high, and the overall performance is higher than that of the American Black Hawk. Such a helicopter is probably a hot commodity in the international market.

Lin Feng really wants to get a share of the international market. Why is the international military transport helicopter market firmly occupied by Europe and the United States, but we can't? This situation must be broken.

For sale, I want to sell this helicopter internationally!

Hearing this, Xie Kangquan's face changed slightly, and he reminded, "Mr. Lin, this is a world-class military transport helicopter. If any country owns it, the transport capacity of the army will rise in a straight line."

Yes, the transportation capacity of this helicopter is too powerful. It can transport several tons of materials at a time, and it can lift up to 7 tons of heavy objects, including artillery, vehicles and so on.

Its cockpit is designed to be very large, and it can transport 30 fully armed soldiers at one time. The cruising speed can reach 320 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range exceeds 3000 kilometers.

The meaning is obvious, you should think twice about this matter.

Such a transport helicopter is the dream of the domestic military, but Leihuo Technology and Industry Group actually wants to sell it abroad.

Lin Feng understood what Xie Kangquan meant, and explained, "Director Xie, after we enter the stage of mass production, the annual output can reach at least 200 or more, and there is absolutely no problem in meeting domestic needs."

The annual output of [-] is still a conservative estimate.

Such a huge factory building is enough to deploy several helicopter assembly lines, let alone [-] helicopters, and there is no problem in producing [-] helicopters a year.

Such a high output is because the system fully considered the manufacturability when designing this helicopter. The entire manufacturing process is not as complicated as imagined, and the difficulty is not so high.

Lin Feng further explained, "In addition to the high production capacity, this is not an armed helicopter after all, it's just a transport helicopter. In addition, we will also design and develop a foreign trade version. The export is not the military version, but the foreign trade version."

The so-called foreign trade version is actually a simplified version, or a beggar version.

Even if it is the beggar version, Lin Feng is confident that the performance of such a transport helicopter is still very good, at least the transport volume is higher than that of the Black Hawk, and it still has strong competitiveness.

The system has not been activated yet.

If the system is to be activated, the Leihuo Technology Industry Group must be developed into a world aviation industry giant. It is definitely not enough to only focus on the domestic market, but must target the international market.

This heavy-duty armed helicopter is estimated to have no possibility of export, even the beggar version is estimated to be difficult to export, but the transport helicopter is different, and the foreign trade version still hopes to be exported.

After listening to Lin Feng's explanation, Xie Kangquan pondered for a long time, and then slowly said, "This matter is too important, I can't make the decision at all, I can only feed back the meaning of President Lin."

Lin Feng also knew that the matter was very important, and Xie Kangquan definitely couldn't make the decision, so he said, "Then trouble Director Xie, please reflect our intentions, and I will wait for your news."

"Okay, I will respond to it, and I will call Mr. Lin as soon as there is a result."

Things are settled for now.

Lin Feng thought hopefully in his heart, if the higher authorities really agree to the export of the foreign trade version, that would be great.

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