Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

The technology of ground effect aircraft cannot be said to be very advanced, and countries such as the Soviet Union, China, and Saudi Arabia are about to master it. You can exchange some good things with the Americans while they still have some value.

With the technological strength of Americans, it is not impossible for them to develop it. It's just that the major US companies have not yet eliminated the bad blood among themselves and cannot pool their efforts together. Of course, it has a lot to do with the fact that they are both private companies and it is difficult to integrate them together. The United States is also a country of immigrants and has too many camps.

This is also the reason why several technology towns have been built in the United States, but they have not yet been fully formed. I guess the end result won't be very good, and may even become a joke.

The F-15 fighter jet; nicknamed: American Eagle, is a third-generation supersonic jet fighter for the United States Air Force.

The F-15 fighter jet adopts a tandem two-seat swept-wing aerodynamic layout and is equipped with two turbofan engines. It has high maneuverability combat capabilities. The aircraft has complete all-weather combat capabilities and can use advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles to destroy enemy aircraft. It mainly performs air superiority combat missions and has developed air-ground combat modifications.

The F-15 fighter jet was developed by McDonnell Douglas in the United States and evolved from the F-X program launched in 1962. McDonnell Douglas won the bid in 1969 and made its first test flight in July 1972. In 1974, the first mass-produced aircraft was delivered to the U.S. Air Force. It has been in service for more than 40 years, with a total production quantity of more than 1,200 aircraft, dozens of various modifications, and exported to six countries. Participated in more than 100 large and small wars and shot down more than 100 enemy planes. In the early 21st century, they were gradually replaced by F-22 fighter jets.

Even in later generations, the F-15 is the most successful heavy air superiority fighter. The combination of F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets is very successful. It can be said to be the guarantee of the United States' foreign air supremacy.

McDonnell Douglas owns so many excellent military aircraft such as F-15, F-18, C-17, etc., but it was finally acquired by Boeing. I don’t know what McDonnell Jr. did. It is understandable to say that he is the number one loser in the United States. .

For Americans at this time, the status of the F-15 is very important, and it is difficult to get it.

Due to its high price, in addition to the United States, the only countries that used it in the early days were Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. Later, countries such as Singapore put forward procurement requirements. There is also the F-15K based on the F-15E and sold to South Korea. This is the first F-15 to use a GE engine. All previous F-15s used Pratt \u0026 Whitney engines.

At this time, Little MacDonald acted as the commentator and said to Bao Zixuan: "The F-15 fighter fuselage is an all-metal semi-monocoque structure. The fuselage is composed of front, middle and rear sections. The front section includes the head radar. The main structural material of the hood, cockpit and electronic equipment compartment is aluminum alloy. The middle section is connected to the wing, and some titanium alloy parts are used to bear large loads, accounting for about 20.4% of the weight of this section. The first three frames are aluminum alloy structures, and the last three frames are made of aluminum alloy. The first is a titanium alloy structure. The rear section is a titanium alloy structure engine nacelle. The horizontal tail with a zigzag leading edge is a full-motion horizontal tail with a large area that can meet the needs of high-speed flight and maneuvering."

"The wing design adopts a tapered delta wing shape, which can improve the wing structure and increase the interior volume. At the same time, it can make the increase in drag of the aircraft in the transonic speed zone more gentle, and the focus movement of the aircraft at transonic speeds is also smaller. Reduces trim drag.”

"This is definitely the most advanced fighter jet in the world, and there is no one. As for the F-14 Panda fighter jet produced by Grumman, it is still far behind."

"But this is an absolute secret of the U.S. Air Force. As a manufacturer, we don't dare to promise anything easily. I hope you can understand."

The American Eagle is not called for nothing, which is why Old William would rather provide Heiyun with some production processes and details of the F-18 fighter jets than dare to mention the F-15.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Every company has its own difficulties, not to mention military products can never be decided by one company."

"This visit to McDonnell Douglas is really eye-opening. It seems that Heiyun Group still has a long way to go."

McDonald Jr. replied: "You can't say that. Black Cloud is much better. At least the government will not interfere too much."

In fact, this is absolutely correct. The British would never have thought that the Heiyun Group in Xiangjiang would develop so fast. It’s so fast that I can’t believe it, but at the same time it doesn’t feel that real.

The previously signed bill stipulates that Hong Kong has strong autonomy in the commercial field and is a well-known international trade free port.

But that is only for ordinary goods, and this also applies to the UK. Who would have thought that a company as outrageous as Heiyun could appear in the science and engineering desert of Xiangjiang. Until the bill is revised, the Black Cloud Group can only be allowed to sell weapons and equipment to any country in the world.

Perhaps Batumi can restrict it, but Xiangjiang is also within the embargo area for high-end precision instruments in Batumi. Is it necessary to prevent other countries from transporting precision instruments to Hong Kong, and at the same time prevent the Heiyun Group from selling weapons, equipment, and mechanical equipment to countries within the ban? There is no such truth in the world, and people can completely ignore it.

Now Batumi also has one head and two big ones, and I don’t know what to do. The ban bill is currently being revised to include Hong Kong in the same treatment as the UK.

Bao Zixuan: "You own it after seeing it. I didn't say that I must bring the technical data of this aircraft back to Xiangjiang. Moreover, every company has core secrets, which are the capital of the company's survival."

"You can look at other things, there should be a lot of good stuff from McDonnell Douglas!"

A fighter-bomber similar to the Heiyun HH-01 Phantom appeared in front of him, which surprised Bao Zixuan. Because according to historical development, this failed model should not have appeared.

The A-12 attack aircraft is a stealth attack aircraft jointly developed by McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics. It is the U.S. Navy's first attack aircraft designed to carry out long-range strike missions deep into enemy territory. It is also the first stealth carrier-based aircraft invested and developed by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy plans to use it to replace the long-serving A-6 Intruder attack aircraft, and the U.S. Air Force also plans to purchase it to replace the F-111 Aardvark strike fighter that has been in service since the mid-1960s. However, in the 1990s, U.S. Secretary of Defense Cheney announced the termination of the entire research and development plan due to problems such as budget overruns, excessive body weight, and delays in the development schedule.

The A-12 was originally planned to replace the A-6 attack aircraft in the mid-1990s. It uses stealth technology that is said to be far more advanced than the Air Force F-117A, and its payload capacity is also much greater than that of the Nighthawk. The A-12 is faster and has greater range than the A-6E and can carry a larger number of weapons in internal bomb bays to reduce drag and maintain a low radar cross-section profile. Like the ATF, the A-12 was expected to have greater reliability than existing aircraft while requiring half the maintenance man-hours.

In terms of specific indicators, in addition to requiring good stealth performance, the A-12 is also required to have a combat radius 60% larger than the A-6E, a 40% higher bomb load, low-altitude horizontal acceleration performance, instantaneous hovering angular velocity and maximum hovering Angular speed is better than A-6E. Even the maximum circling angular speed is comparable to or better than that of the F-18C. When attacking the ground, calculated based on the area of ​​the target surface relative to the 23mm anti-aircraft gun explosive shell, it should be equivalent to the A-10 or only 1/12 of the A-6E and 1/5 of the F-18C.

McDonald Jr. said with a smile: "McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics started developing stealth aircraft as early as 1981, but they were not in such a hurry at the time. It was not until they saw the great success of the Black Cloud HH-01 Phantom fighter-bomber that , to speed up research and development.”

Hearing this, Bao Zixuan understood completely. At the same time, he also knew that it was because Heiyun owned the HH-01 Phantom combat bomber that Little Macdonald dared to bring him here. Ordinary partners are very worried about leaks, but they don't have so many worries about Bao Zixuan. After all, Heiyun is already at the forefront of the world in terms of stealth bombers, and he might even be able to offer some valuable advice.

Bao Zixuan knew that the A-12 was troubled by its extensive use of composite materials in its structure. Composite materials did not achieve the expected weight reduction effect, and some components ended up having to be replaced with heavier metal parts because they did not meet the requirements. There are too many openings in the belly skin of the aircraft, and the two wing beams bear a heavy load and must be strengthened. The composite materials must also be specially thickened, which requires a lot of improvement work. The weight of the aircraft exceeds 30 tons, and the aircraft is already 3,630 kilograms overweight, 30% overweight than expected, approaching the upper limit of the weight of aircraft carrier-based aircraft. In addition, it also encountered difficulties in the complex inverse synthetic aperture radar system, and the development of advanced avionics was delayed across the board.

Like the DC-10 three-engine airliner, the A-12 project is destined to fail. However, Heiyun already owns the HH-01, which is enough for now; McDonnell Douglas's A-12 is just for them to play with.

At the same time, I also somewhat understand the reason why McDonald's good cards are so bad. There are so many failed projects, and the money earned by the F-15 and F-18 is not enough to invest in them.

After that, Bao Zixuan visited the production lines of F-18, A-4 and other aircraft, which gave him a comprehensive understanding of McDonnell Douglas; at the same time, he was shocked by the heritage of American aircraft manufacturing companies.

If an acquired McDonnell Douglas can do this, then what will happen to the more powerful Boeing, Lockheed, Pratt \u0026 Whitney, and General Dynamics? It is simply unimaginable.