The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

On the other side, Chang Haonan, who is in Chengdu, does not know that his research results have begun to have an impact on the geographical pattern.

In the last few days of the year, he has been assisting, or it can be said to be guiding the engineers of the 648th Institute in the overall design of the advanced trainer aircraft that has not yet been named.

Without considering the most troublesome part of the DSI air inlet for the time being, the difficulty of this work mainly lies in the shape design of the side strips and wings.

Even without Chang Haonan, the remaining parts can be completed by just a few other people.

As for digital assisted design, the situation is similar to the previous time at 601. The main reasons are lack of experience and the incompatibility between old ideas and new design software.

Fortunately, the people sent here by 648 are all young people and do not have too heavy burdens, so they can learn faster in this regard.

Within a week, most of the design process had been completed.

Although this is still a long way from a complete plan, Sun Huizhong and others are also genuine aircraft designers. No matter from the perspective of professional dignity or from the perspective of training their own abilities, it is impossible to wait for Chang Haonan to feed them. In the mouth.

Besides, the rest of it really just needs to be done step by step.

Before parting, Sun Huizhong specially invited Chang Haonan to have a meal at the guest house to express his gratitude.

"Chang Gong, regarding this project, should I apply to my superiors immediately after I return to the institute?"

When two aircraft designers got together, the topic naturally returned to aircraft.

People who engage in science and engineering often behave very boringly.

But it is these boring people who provide the most basic driving force for technological progress and social development.

"Not yet."

Chang Haonan waved his hand:

"If you apply now, on the one hand, it is approaching the end of the Spring Festival, so it is easy to put it on hold and forget about it when the new year comes. On the other hand, the importance of this project has not been reflected yet."

"Don't be anxious when you go back. When it's time to celebrate the New Year, celebrate the New Year and perfect the plan. I should find a suitable time after the year to submit the pre-research application for the DSI air inlet. After that, you can apply for this higher education project. Come on. If you cooperate with me, you can basically be sure of success."

In this era where you can't wait to break a penny into two and spend it, you still need to pay attention to some skills when applying for a project.

According to Chang Haonan's experience, if you say "I want to build a new advanced training aircraft and study the DSI air intake by the way", then the higher-ups will first consider whether I really need a high-level training aircraft.

The answer is often no, after all, old models are not unusable.

As a result, the previous JJ7 was produced until 2017.

But if you say "I want to study the DSI air intake and build a new advanced training aircraft", then this is a technical research tied to the No. 10 Project. The high-level training aircraft is a by-product, and the probability of passing it will be extremely high. few.

After all, the J-10 really needs a DSI air intake.

"Okay, it's all up to you."

After this period of contact, Sun Huizhong was convinced of Chang Haonan's patience, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

"In addition, I think you should not just limit your attention to high-end trainer aircraft. You can also give full play to your advantages and try to exert your strength on other tracks."

Although in this darkest moment before dawn, factories in the aviation industry system are not having an easy time, the combination of Institute 648 and Guifei is also in a particularly bad situation.

Before his rebirth, around 2017, Chang Haonan had witnessed the big battle when Guizhou Airlines was working on FTC2000G. The entire factory, from the general manager down, had food and accommodation at their posts, setting a speed record from design to first flight.

According to their own statement, this is the model that determines the future and destiny of the group, and there is no room for any delay.

The fighting spirit of aviation people in the mountains is still there.

So now Chang Haonan is ready to help them in advance.

"Do we... have any advantages?"

Sun Huizhong was so shocked by these words that he almost couldn't hold his chopsticks.

"There are always two sides to everything."

Chang Haonan was also made to laugh a little by the other party's reaction.

According to normal standards, Institute 648 really cannot find any advantages, but if you look at it from another angle, it is not necessarily so...

"It is true that you have insufficient design experience, but this also means that there are not so many rules and historical baggage, and you can learn new ideas and new concepts with ease. You can see that you are learning digital design very efficiently these days, compared with 601 and 611." Comrades are much faster."

"Also, your talent team construction is relatively weak, but small scale is not necessarily a bad thing. A small ship is easy to turn around, and everyone's interests are relatively consistent. There are not so many problems related to the food and clothing of millions of workers."

"In addition, your location is indeed relatively remote, but relatively speaking, it is also cleaner..."

Listening to Chang Haonan's high EQ remarks, Sun Huizhong showed a strange expression:

"Chang Gong, are you sure you are complimenting us?"

If he himself was not from 648, he might have believed it just by hearing these words...

"Ahem...Of course I'm complimenting you, I'm not joking."

Chang Haonan also realized that he had let himself go a little bit at the end, so he had to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment:

"Your shortcomings in engineering experience, as well as the aerodynamic and structural design of complex aircraft systems are obvious. Even if you have this advanced training aircraft project to practice, if you really want to compete with big brothers like 601, 603, and 611, I'm afraid you won't be able to win. It’s cheap, and outstanding talents in this field will be concentrated in a few large research institutes. To be honest, the gap in this field will only get wider and wider.”

Sun Huizhong's face gradually became serious:

"But this is the law of the Matthew Effect. It may be difficult for us to reverse the situation by ourselves."

Although he didn't want to admit it, he knew these were correct.

Even if they can survive for a while with the help of Chang Haonan, it will be difficult for them to keep up with the overall development pace of China Aviation Industry. Their final fate is likely to be merged into a brother unit.

"That's why I said, let you try to exert your strength on other tracks."

Chang Haonan tapped the table twice with his fingers:

"Aerodynamics and structure are shortcomings, so don't make too complicated designs in these two aspects. The simpler the aerodynamics, the better. Don't build the aircraft so big, and there will be much fewer structural problems."

"You can focus on recruiting talents in communications, radio and electronic information engineering, and pay enough attention to related fields. As far as I know, the aviation industry system recruits relatively few people in these majors every year. If you make a time difference, you should It’s easy to get a first-mover advantage.”

"Uh... the aerodynamics are simple, and it's still a small aircraft... Can a product like this be really competitive?

Sun Huizhong looked to the opposite side in confusion:

"I mean, even if we want to build general aviation aircraft, it seems difficult for us to compare with Hongdu. The Y-5 should be absolutely dominant now."

"It's not general aviation, it's drones, like the American Vanguard and the Predator."

In fact, this is something Chang Haonan has been thinking about for a long time.

Except for a few exceptions, most drones as "aircraft" are actually very simple, even crude, and it would be a bit overkill to let those powerful ones do what they do.

As for remote communication control, everyone is blank in this aspect. If they are all on the same starting line, it may be that small units like 648, which are still under pressure to survive, develop faster.

"Of course, our country's current satellite resources are still relatively limited, and it is not realistic to achieve ultra-large-scale control through satellite communications. But even if we only rely on signals from ground stations, it is enough to control drones within a range of several hundred kilometers. Some simple flying moves."

"Drones..."

This term is certainly not unfamiliar to Sun Huizhong. It is not too late for China Aviation Industry to come into contact with drones, and there are even several models in production now.

But those are basically various types of target drones, or derivative models based on target drones.

To put it bluntly, they are the various descendants of the BQM-34 Firebee drone.

The pioneer or predator mentioned by Chang Haonan is a completely different idea.