Chapter 1279 Z-50 Super Heavy Helicopter

On the second night, Liu Tao left the Magic City and flew directly to the Ghost Province.

The listing of Magic City Port could be discussed for months or even a year, but Liu Tao was different. He could make the decision directly.

The listing of Magic City Port was delayed, and the listing of Magic City Port will be considered again during the 12th Five-Year Plan period.

As a compensation, Panshan Group will build a helicopter manufacturing plant in Magic City, which is dedicated to the production of civil helicopters. At the same time, a drone manufacturing plant will be built in Magic City to manufacture civil drones.

Whether it is helicopter manufacturing or drone manufacturing, both belong to high-end manufacturing.

Even the current Magic City urgently needs high-end manufacturing.

These two manufacturing plants can bring considerable jobs to Magic City, and at the same time, they can bring considerable tax revenue every year.

The profits and taxes generated by such a large manufacturing plant are extremely terrifying.

Magic City has a lot to say about this.

Because the profits and taxes paid by Panshan Group's passenger aircraft manufacturing plant in Magic City exceed 10 billion every year.

As for the direct and indirect employment opportunities brought about, they are even more considerable.

Helicopter manufacturing plant and drone manufacturing plant, it seems that there are only two manufacturing plants, but you should know that there will be some supporting enterprises settled in Shanghai.

This can be regarded as Liu Tao's compensation to Shanghai, or his initiative to support the development of Shanghai.

Liu Tao arrived at the airport of Guifei Group, and the special car was waiting at the airport.

After getting off the plane, Liu Tao got in the car directly, and the secretary reported to Liu Tao about the relevant work.

This time he came to Guifei Group, but it was because of the efforts of the Helicopter Research Institute and the supporting research and development units that the largest domestic heavy transport helicopter, the Z-50 'Shen Diao', finally completed the detailed design work and was about to start the review work.

This can be said to be very good news, because the Z-50 'Shen Diao' is the world's most powerful heavy transport helicopter, and its overall performance exceeds that of the Mi-26 heavy helicopter by a large margin.

This time Liu Tao personally served as the leader of the expert group.

As the top expert in the field of helicopters in China, Liu Tao is undoubtedly an authority in this field. Liu Tao served as the leader of the expert group for the review of several helicopters.

Privately, Liu Tao was given the title of 'Father of Chinese Helicopters' many years ago!

It is precisely because of Liu Tao's outstanding contribution in the field of helicopters that China has made rapid progress in the field of helicopters, constantly filling the gaps in China's helicopter field, and leaping to the world's first-class or even world-leading level.

So far, Liu Tao has developed a total of four helicopters, and China has developed 6 helicopters of different tonnages and uses based on these helicopters. The Z-50 'Shen Diao' is also the helicopter with the largest tonnage.

More in the future, it is to subdivide the field to develop helicopters of different tonnages and different situations.

Now China's direct-series helicopters, or 'Diao' helicopters, have developed to a relatively complete level.

Not only are they equipped on a large scale by the Chinese army, they are also purchased by the transportation department, power department, communication department, forestry department, etc., and are also exported to overseas markets in large quantities.

Whether it is a military helicopter or a civilian helicopter, China's helicopters are very competitive, and have also demonstrated excellent performance in many wars and have been highly praised.

The Z-50 'Shen Diao' helicopter is a 50-ton heavy helicopter, which can also be called an ultra-heavy helicopter.

The only helicopter of this level in the world is the Russian Mi-26 helicopter, and the American helicopter is far behind.

The military also attaches great importance to this heavy helicopter, and even paid half of the research and development funds.

The reason for such attention is that this heavy helicopter can play a great role in the army. Its carrying capacity is too strong, and it can also go to the plateau and amphibious assault ships.

Everyone can't help but feel proud of the Z-50 'Shen Diao' helicopter.

Because the Z-50 'Shen Diao' heavy helicopter has many indicators that exceed the Mi-26 helicopter.

Although the Z-50 'Shen Diao' heavy helicopter was born more than ten years later than the Mi-26 heavy helicopter, there are also advantages to being born late, and being born late means having a latecomer advantage!

Moreover, China's precision processing and new materials are much stronger than the Soviet Union back then.

For example, the large components of the Z-50 'Shen Diao' heavy helicopter are directly processed and forged with an 80,000-ton forging press.

The power system, avionics system, rotor system, etc. are not comparable to the Mi-26 heavy helicopter.

The Mi-26 heavy helicopter was developed in the 1970s and the research and development work was completed in 1983. At that time, the aviation engines, avionics, etc. were far from being comparable to those of today.

In terms of power system, the Mi-26 uses two high-power turboshaft engines, each with a power of 8,500 kilowatts. The Z-50 ‘Shen Diao’ helicopter also uses three engines, each with a power of 8,500 kilowatts, but the fuel consumption is lower and the weight is much lighter. The weight of the three engines is equivalent to the two engines of the Mi-26 helicopter, but the power is increased by 50%.

By using a large amount of composite materials, the Z-50 ‘Shen Diao’ heavy helicopter looks about the same size as the Mi-26 helicopter, but its own weight is 2.2 tons lighter, only 26 tons.

As for the avionics system, let alone, Soviet aircraft have never been ahead in avionics systems, not to mention that the two are 30 years apart in development. The advanced avionics system allows the Z-50 heavy helicopter to be driven by only two pilots. To drive the Mi-26 helicopter, five pilots are required.

In terms of cargo compartment size, the Z-50 heavy helicopter can carry 108 soldiers at a time. If they squeeze in, it is not a big problem to carry 130 soldiers. In addition to the smaller physique of the Chinese, it is because of the advanced avionics system that the cockpit area is reduced and the cargo compartment size is increased.

The length of the Z-50 heavy helicopter reaches 40 meters, the rotor diameter is 32 meters, the height is 8.1 meters, and the rotor area is 805 square meters.

In terms of speed, the Z-50 heavy helicopter also exceeds 300 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed reaches 330 kilometers per hour, which is higher than the 295 kilometers per hour of the Mi-26 helicopter.

In terms of range, the maximum range of the Z-50 heavy helicopter can reach 2,500 kilometers!

In the cargo hold, it can carry 17 tons. If it is transported, it is enough to lift 27 tons!

It can be said that from the beginning of the project, the Z-50 heavy helicopter has extremely obvious military uses.

In fact, although the Z-50 heavy helicopter is defined as a dual-use military and civilian transport helicopter, it does tend to be military. For example, in terms of transportation, it is considered to be able to carry a company of troops or two light infantry fighting vehicles or armored vehicles at one time. This transportation capacity is already very strong.

In the envisioned civilian field, the Z-50 helicopter is mainly used in remote areas where there are no roads and other ground transportation vehicles that cannot be reached, to transport large equipment and personnel for oil drilling, oil field development and hydropower station construction sites.

The Z-50 helicopter often needs to operate independently away from the base to areas where there is no ground support and navigation support, which requires the helicopter to have all-weather flight capabilities.

Although China already has a number of heavy-duty helicopters, it seems that there is no urgent need for larger heavy-duty helicopters, but in fact China still needs such a heavy-duty helicopter.

At present, China has only 5 MiG-26 heavy-duty helicopters.

And these 5 MiG-26 heavy-duty helicopters have played a very important role in forest firefighting and natural disaster rescue in recent years.

For example, during a disaster relief operation, a MiG-26 helicopter directly lifted a 13.2-ton excavator to the scene to implement the excavation and dredging of the lake.

The Chinese army is different from the armies of most countries.

The Chinese army has a nickname - the People's Soldiers!

Because the duty of the Chinese army is to defend the country!

Not only to defend the country, but also to protect the home!

In every natural disaster, the army is often the first to arrive at the scene for disaster relief, and the people often trust the People's Soldiers the most.

Wherever there is a disaster, when the People's Soldiers arrive, they can always make the victims feel at ease.

Of course, China will not equip too many Z-50 heavy helicopters, at most two or three hundred Z-50 heavy helicopters.

And in the short term, the Z-50 heavy helicopter will not be easily exported.

During the review meeting, the host introduced the experts of the expert group, and then the experts first entered the expert group to elect the leader.

As expected, Liu Tao served as the leader of the expert group.

Although this has been decided long ago, the necessary procedures must still be followed to ensure that no one can find any faults.

Then, the three-day review meeting began.

The Z-50 heavy helicopter was reviewed from various professional fields.

Liu Tao would put forward corresponding opinions in almost all professional fields. Of course, his most important thing is to check the entire detailed design.

Although there are wind tunnels and supercomputers now, in the design stage, wind tunnel tests will be carried out and multiple simulations by supercomputers will be carried out, but he still needs to check.

What makes Liu Tao feel gratified is that the review of the Z-50 heavy helicopter was passed.

There are many opinions put forward by various experts, but they can all be modified without any fundamental errors.

The successful passing of the design review means that the Z-50 heavy helicopter will start to produce prototypes.

Prototype production, prototype first flight, a series of test flights, finalization, small-batch production, delivery, and large-scale production, this link normally takes at least three to five years.

The military representative grinned happily. With the Z-50 heavy helicopter in the future, China can better mobilize military forces in many aspects, especially on the plateau and border, and can quickly deploy troops, equipment, and supplies!

In terms of disaster relief, it can also use its super strong carrying capacity and hanging capacity for better disaster relief.

Of course, the military representative handed everything over to Liu Tao, after all, Liu Tao is the leader.

After the review meeting of the Z-50 helicopter, Liu Tao did not leave Guifei, but came to the final assembly workshop of the J-20 fighter accompanied by Yang Wei.

One of the tasks of Guifei Group this year is to produce 12 J-20 fighters and deliver them to the Air Force.

In 2005, Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation delivered six J-20 fighter jets to the Air Force, and three J-20 fighter jets remained at the Flight Test Institute to continue a series of test flights and help the Air Force train pilots.

Half of the original J-20 fighter test pilots have been transferred from the Flight Test Institute and assigned to the Air Force.

The future pattern of the Chinese Air Force has been determined. With the service of the J-20 fighter, a fourth-generation fighter, the combat missions of the Chinese Air Force fighters have changed greatly.

Under the "high-low configuration" pattern formed by the original J-11 and J-10 fighters of the Chinese Air Force fighters, the J-20 fighters are responsible for the first wave of attacks on enemy air defense positions and radars, clearing obstacles for the J-11, J-10 and other fighters and bombers.

With the development of world military, all countries attach great importance to air defense.

For the attacker, when launching an attack, the first wave of air strikes is to destroy the enemy's radar positions, air defense positions, and communication base stations, making the enemy blind and deaf.

If the radar and air defense positions are lost, the enemy will not have enough air defense weapons to threaten its own air force, and the air force can survive better.

In addition, the J-20 fighter is an assassin, responsible for attacking the enemy's third-generation fighter, thus forming a pattern of Tian Ji's horse racing, so as to seize air supremacy on the battlefield as quickly as possible.

After all, the J-20 fighter has the characteristics of high stealth, high maneuverability, and hypersonic cruise. The third-generation fighters in the world, except for the latest J-11 fighter and J-10 fighter used by China, are basically difficult to find the J-20 fighter.

Being difficult to be found means that the J-20 fighter can easily destroy enemy aircraft.

In the field of fighters, once a generation gap is formed, the difference in combat effectiveness is not a little bit, and the battle often forms a crushing situation.

Just like the third-generation fighters often have a crushing situation against the second-generation fighters, this point has been confirmed in the past few decades.

Liu Tao and Yang Wei walked together and discussed.

Liu Tao attaches great importance to Yang Wei. It can be said that among all the disciples, he attaches the most importance to Yang Wei.

Therefore, under his promotion, Yang Wei currently serves as the chief engineer of Guifei Group, the executive deputy general manager of 011 Aviation Base, and the deputy general manager of Huaxia Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation.

Although he is not yet a member of the Party Leadership Group of Huaxia Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation, he has cleared the obstacles for Yang Wei's promotion.

The next step is for Yang Wei to be promoted to the general manager of Guifei Group, the general manager of 011 Aviation Base, and the deputy general manager and member of the Party Leadership Group of Huaxia Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation.

As for the end, Liu Tao has already planned for Yang Wei, that is, to take over Chen Weimin's class and take over the position of general manager of Huaxia Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation.

Second-tier companies like these now often require technical backgrounds and good management skills, rather than laymen leading experts.

If they are laymen, then it is easy to make random commands and easy to be fooled by the subordinates, which is very fatal.

Of course, this is not an iron rule. When encountering a candidate who is really not so suitable, they often choose one who is not satisfied in all aspects.

This is like choosing a tall man among short men! (End of this chapter)