Take Off My Aviation Era

It’s no wonder that Zhuang Jianye is so, but that the trainer equipped by the Thai Air Force is so weird.

The trainer manufactured by the German Rhein Aircraft Manufacturing Company has a large fan just like its name. This is not to say that the trainer uses a more advanced turbofan engine to get its name.

On the contrary, such a fixed-wing trainer uses the Acheson 250-c30 turboshaft engine produced by Rolls-Royce, the same model as the Bell 206 helicopter in the United States.

This alone is enough to subvert people's imagination, even after a few decades, no one dares to open such a big brain.

However, in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, in order to prevent the invasion of the Soviet Union and provide combat aircraft with so-called ultra-short takeoff and landing capabilities, some major aviation powers such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy have been groping on this road.

The British Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters and the French F-1 fighters were all products of this time.

Although Germany was restricted in its fighter jets due to its defeat in World War II, it still made attempts in this regard, and the "fan coach" was one of the results.

The turboshaft engine is used to push a large fan at the rear of the fuselage to make it have a strong reaction force to complete power transmission.

Because the power selection is too alternative, coupled with the need for short take-off and landing, the layout of the "fan coach" is also non-mainstream. For example, in order to stabilize the center, it uses a forward-swept wing structure and a T-shaped rear. The vertical tail looks very incompatible with the traditional layout aircraft in the impression.

But it’s such an unusual and exotic aircraft, but its flight performance is very good, especially the rear engine and the stability of the forward-swept wing structure at low and medium speeds, so that the "fan trainer" can simulate many jet fighters. effect.

Coupled with the economic efficiency of the small turboshaft engine and the low cost of use, it is a very good high-quality trainer for elementary and middle schools.

If not, it is impossible for the Thai Air Force to purchase 47 in one go for the training and teaching of f-5 fighter jets and the adaptive training of pilots for go-around.

The main reason is that the entry of "Fan Trainer" broke the original three-level trainer training system of elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. The use of "Fan Trainer" aircraft can complete all training subjects for elementary and intermediate levels, plus Thailand The Air Force has not yet been equipped with third-generation fighter jets, and training subjects for advanced trainers are missing.

Therefore, after completing the "fan coach" training subjects, you can directly drive the F-5 fighter jet into the air to perform tasks.

Reducing the use, maintenance, and maintenance of the first-class aircraft, as well as the maintenance of the personnel team, is equivalent to saving a large amount of expenditure. Under the same training effect, the Thai Air Force naturally feels that the "fan coach" is really fragrant.

If this were not the case, the Thai Air Force would not continue to retain the size of the "fan coach" fleet, and would have already swept into the trash.

However, such a model with good performance and even faintly capable of subverting the existing mainstream trainer training system has encountered serious setbacks in this country. It is not that the Germans themselves look down on it, but it is like the actor company in Germany. The encounter is the same, no matter how good the product is, because of the original sin of World War II, several forces will still put pressure on it.

Especially in the United States, the three-level trainer system is functioning well. The major aviation giants are counting on the junior, middle, and senior models to make small money. The Germans suddenly jumped out and said that the big guys should not be so troublesome. "Fan coach" can do all the work of the junior coach and the intermediate coach.

What do Americans think? Of course, he just stretched out his finger to death without saying a word.

As a result, the sales performance of the "fan coach" in Germany can no longer be described as miserable. Only less than ten are equipped. It is a spiritual encouragement to the German Rheinland Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Only Thais think this aircraft is good. He ordered 47 in one go, becoming the world's largest user.

Then... there is no more.

Because this amount has not even recovered the minimum R&D expenses, it is obviously a blood loss, so TÜV Rheinland Aircraft Manufacturing Company went bankrupt within a few years, but the Germans are also considered conscientious, and the other company that they took over continues to fulfill the agreement with Thailand. Contract, provide spare parts and maintenance work.

It's a pity that this German company still didn't hold on to it. It also declared bankruptcy more than a year ago, and this time it broke more thoroughly and sold everything it could sell, including the "fan coach" accessory production line.

Fortunately, the Thai Air Force has built up a lot of inventory. In the past year, it has been saved and barely supported. However, with the gradual reduction of accessories, the condition of the aircraft has gradually declined.

For example, other countries in Europe, or the backer, the United States.

As a result, these European and American countries have shown extremely unusual enthusiasm for Thailand, as if a hunk has met the goddess who is desperately looking for, repairing an old plane, let's just drive it in one step... How good is it to buy a new plane?

So the British "Eagle" trainer, the French "Alpha Jet" trainer, and the American T-38 trainer are like all kinds of machos posing in front of the little princess of Thailand, shouting without shame, choose me, choose me ...

The problem is that Thais want to build a plane, but don't want to sell it. Why is it so difficult?

The European and American aviation giants frowned, and immediately settled the account for the little princess of Thailand. The German "fan coach" has been suspended for many years. If you want to do in-depth maintenance, you must restart the accessory production line. This cost is not a small amount. Workers have to be trained. This is another astronomical figure, and then re-measurement, design of tooling, formulation of plans, etc., if all are down, the cost of in-depth maintenance of a "fan trainer" is more than buying a new aircraft of the same type. It's expensive~www.readwn.com~ In short, in short, Thailand wants in-depth repairs. First, they can take over one billion US dollars in early stage investment, and they guarantee that all kinds of trends will be free.

Thailand knows that this is a pit dug by the European and American aviation giants, but there is nothing to do. This is the sorrow of the lack of aviation industry support. What people really mean, you have no chance to argue, except for choosing to be the wolf Nothing else can be done.

Originally, the Thai Air Force had accepted its fate, and it was unexpected that its own Royal Aerospace Industry Corporation rose up all at once. The flame of hope that was dying out immediately burned, and then rushed to Tengfei Group...only for the sake of users one's business Patner.

Zhuang Jianye looked at the weird "fan coach" and the technicians working around the plane, his thinking began to diverge involuntarily, until he noticed that Lin Guanghua, who had a little oil on his body, came over, glanced around and found that there were no outsiders beside him. So he asked, "How is it?"

Lin Guanghua didn't have any accidents, and also replied in Southwestern dialect: "It should be no problem, but... we may be a little hot on the engine. After all, our turboshaft engine has not been used yet, I don't know if it can work."