Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Last night Bao Zixuan returned to the hotel alone, and Little MacDonald was not surprised by this. This world-recognized saint really doesn’t know what kind of woman he likes.

But because of this move, old William admired the richest man Bao even more, and at the same time became more afraid of him. This person who is younger than him seems to have almost no flaws, which is simply incredible.

Little MacDonald smiled and said: "Bao, my friend. Sometimes you can't be too strict with yourself. You can relax occasionally. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. Don't take it too seriously; just treat it as a joke."

The two are not familiar enough to interfere in their private lives, but they just want to gain more opportunities for Debbie Dickinson. This was promised to Janice Dickinson personally when she came here in the morning.

Bao Zixuan didn't pay attention, but said with a smile: "What are the plans for today? I want to go to the McDonnell Douglas workshop. I don't know if it's convenient or not."

As long as you are a customer, you can visit McDonnell Douglas's production workshop. You must let people know about the manufacturing process of your company's aircraft, otherwise no one will easily pay for it.

Bao Zixuan's status is somewhat special. On the surface, he is a partner; at the same time, he is a competitor. He is also an expert in the field of aircraft manufacturing, and the issue of leaks cannot be ignored.

But at this time Bao Shaofu has already proposed, don't you agree. How can we cooperate in the future? Boeing is our strong rival.

McDonald Jr.: "Of course, all McDonnell Douglas workshops are open to you, including orders for the Department of Defense."

In this way, Little Macdonald led Bao Zixuan and his party towards the production workshop.

After all, this is McDonnell Douglas, and McDonald is very familiar with it; and as the host, he must introduce the products on the production line to the guests.

First, he came to the passenger aircraft production workshop. Bao Zixuan could see at a glance the aircraft being assembled on the production line - DC10.

The DC-10 is from the American Douglas company, which of course has now been merged into McDonnell. The three-engine medium-to-long-range wide-fuselage passenger aircraft developed in response to the needs of American Airlines can also be used for military purposes.

The DC-10 carries fewer passengers than the B747 and has a similar range to the Boeing 747. It can fly both routes across the continental United States and international routes across the ocean. Development plans began in 1967 following the merger of Douglas and McDonnell.

With the advent of the oil crisis, the cost of using three-engine passenger aircraft has increased significantly. In the 1970s, the European Airbus Company began to deliver the newly designed Airbus A300 wide-body passenger aircraft, equipped with two high-bypass ratio turbofan jet engines with greatly improved performance. The relaxation of extended-range flight restrictions for twin-engine passenger aircraft has further broadened the route range of twin-engine passenger aircraft, enough to fly transatlantic flights. The A300 is significantly better than the L-1011 and DC-10 in terms of performance and cost of use, and is very popular in the 250-seat wide-body passenger aircraft market. The DC-10 gradually lost orders due to its relative fuel consumption.

Since 1972, DC-10s have been involved in many major air crashes. Bao Zixuan doesn't have much interest in products that are destined to be eliminated. And it turns out that the three-engine passenger aircraft is very immature at the current stage, even worse than useless.

Seeing that the buns were not very interesting, McDonald took him towards other assembly lines.

Bao Zixuan himself is very disgusted with three-engine airliners. Staying here for too long will only increase his worries.

A military transport aircraft appeared in front of everyone, and even military fans basically didn't know its name; fortunately, Bao Zixuan had seen the technical information of this aircraft.

In the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force planned to choose one of the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 to put into production, that is, it tried to bid together Boeing's YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas' YC-15, and then replace the C-15 with the winner. 130, this plan was eventually canceled because the development cost and performance were not much better than the C-130. This is the most famous advanced medium-sized short take-off and landing transport aircraft plan. This midsize jet transport competition resulted in the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15,

McDonnell Douglas' YC-15 is different from the YC-14 in that it does not "blow toward the upper surface of the wing" like the YC-14, but "blows toward the lower surface of the wing." This is the externally blown flap technology.

The YC-15 uses four Pratt \u0026 Whitney JTSD-17 turbofan engines, each with a thrust of 71 kN. The engine is installed under the front of the wing. Its nacelle almost completely extends in front of the wing, and the tail nozzle is close to the front of the wing. the underside of the edge.

The basic principle is that the engine jet blows along the lower surface of the wing's leading edge to the double-slit flap, and then the diversion effect of the double-slit flap guides the jet to a larger downward angle, thereby improving the lift coefficient. The effect of shortening the take-off and landing distance is why some people call it "lower surface air blowing and lifting technology". The YC-15 can take off and land on a runway within 572 meters long when carrying 150 soldiers or 36.7 tons of cargo.

Although the YC-15 aircraft has not been qualified for service, the development experience of this model directly led to the birth of today's McDonnell Douglas C-17 "Globemaster" transport aircraft.

The C-17 aircraft is the US military's most advanced military transport aircraft in the world. The C-17 has undergone experimental improvements on the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 test aircraft, especially the blown flap technology, supercritical airfoil, thrust reverser and head-up display that have been proven on the YC-15 aircraft.

This is definitely a strategic transport aircraft, and it is also the most successful strategic transport aircraft in the world. Bao Zixuan was very jealous and wanted to collect technical information.

Although Heiyun Group owns ground-effect aircraft, it is mainly due to the technical data left by Germany during World War II. Most of them are copied, and their own R\u0026D investment is not large.

There is not much technical reserve for civilian super-large passenger aircraft and transport aircraft. After all, the Germans had not yet developed these aspects, and Heiyun's own technical foundation was still too weak.

Now that we see a strategic transport aircraft right in front of us, how can we not be excited?

Seeing Bao Zixuan's expression, Little Macdonald knew something about it. This aircraft is definitely the core product of McDonnell Douglas in the future. Especially after the four-engine super large passenger aircraft has been widely recognized, McDonnell Douglas is even more confident.

It didn't take much thinking to know that Bao Zixuan was interested in this product. It seemed that he could use this transport plane to exchange something with Heiyun.

Little Macdonald smiled and said: "Bao, my friend. This is a product specially developed for the U.S. military, and you have to keep it secret. It is still in the experimental stage, but I believe that in the face of McDonnell Douglas' strong technical strength, it will definitely We can win orders for the Ministry of Defense’s new transport aircraft before Boeing does.”

"I don't know if Heiyun is interested. Our two families can definitely cooperate in this regard."

At this time, Bao Zixuan regretted that the city was still not deep enough. If you don’t know how to hide something good when you see it, you will easily suffer a loss. Little MacDonald knows that he likes it, and others may have noticed it already.

In the past, I often suffered losses when dealing with many entrepreneurs. Why can’t I change this problem?

Bao Zixuan: "The aircraft are good, but Heiyun already has ground-effect aircraft, and the demand for strategic transport aircraft is not that great."

The expression is not likely to be in demand. He really thinks he is a three-year-old child!

Macdonald Jr.: "Of course, the more of a good thing, the merrier. We can definitely cooperate or exchange technology."

It seems that the other party is determined to defeat itself, but technical exchange is also a way. As long as you control the situation properly, I believe McDonnell Douglas won't be able to take any advantage.

Bao Zixuan: "Of course there is no problem in sharing good things with each other."

"I just don't know what McDonnell Douglas wants Heiyun to offer in exchange. We are friends and many things are easy to discuss."

Although the YC-15 transport aircraft is not mature enough, it has a very good foundation. As long as they get it, I believe that the engineers of Heiyun Group will be able to develop a model that is not weaker than the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft on this basis.

Moreover, Heiyun and Bao Zixuan are not afraid of any opponents, at least in the aero-engine field.

Little MacDonald thought for a moment and said, "Since you just mentioned ground-effect aircraft, the two are completely interchangeable."

In fact, what Little MacDonald hopes most is the HH-01 Phantom fighter-bomber, but he also knows that Bao Zixuan will definitely not agree. Only then did he settle for the next best thing and choose a ground-effect aircraft.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "It's not impossible to consider. The McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft is not very mature at present. Although we are friends, you can't let your friends suffer too much. A shapeless transport aircraft alone is not enough. Exchange ground effect aircraft.”

"There is no rush to exchange. McDonnell Douglas should have more than this. We will discuss the technology exchange after the visit, so that both parties will have peace of mind."

It seems that Bao Zixuan has great ambitions, but Xiao MacDonald also knows that the YC-15 will definitely not be able to exchange for the technology related to ground-effect aircraft, which is Heiyun's flagship product. He has a very high reputation all over the world, and even he would not agree with it.

It would be better to show them around, at least Bao Zixuan is not opposed to the exchange; this proves that McDonnell Douglas has the opportunity to obtain the technical data and patent authorization of the ground-effect aircraft.