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Also looking at the $9.98 million price tag, Merlinz was stunned. I don’t know how long he stared again and looked at the seemingly conventional layout under the spotlight. In fact, there is no FJ 7Max advanced trainer in the conventional category. , And then stared at the price tag again.

The unbelievable look on his face was always uncontrollable, and he involuntarily covered his freckled face.

Despite this, Merlinz still couldn't believe what he saw in front of him, and couldn't help rubbing his eyes with his hands. He couldn't figure out why the JJ 7Max, which was comparable to a light combat aircraft, was only priced at 9.98 million US dollars.

No way, it is that the brand on the front of the aircraft has a series of performance introductions in addition to the huge US$9.98 million.

The length is 12.21 meters.

The wingspan is 8.94 meters.

It is 4.56 meters high.

Wing area: 25.27 square meters.

Empty weight: 5623 kg.

Maximum take-off weight: 9536 kg

Equipped with a turbojet-13 engine.

The normal thrust is 4.3 tons.

Afterburner thrust is 6.4 tons.

The maximum flight speed is 1.2 Mach.

The maximum range is 1200 kilometers.

The external weight is 2.6 tons.

The practical ceiling is 16,000 meters.

Limit overload: negative 2G to positive 8G.

Rolling speed: 268 degrees per second.

Maximum turning rate: 26 degrees (instantaneous) or 22 degrees (continuous)

Take-off roll distance: 322 meters.

Landing and running distance: 586 meters.

Judging from the data and the actual machine, the size of the JJ 7Max is not large, at best it only needs two-thirds of the F-16 and one-half of the F-15, which is at most the F-5 that the US military has eliminated. Level.

However, the JJ 7Max has a small stature, but its performance is not worse at all. Others are not affected by the roll speed and the maximum turning rate, the two most testable low- and medium-altitude maneuvering indicators of the third-generation aircraft. The JJ 7Max and F-16 The difference is almost the same. In other words, the JJ 7Max is no less than F-16 in terms of low-to-medium-altitude subsonic mobility, far surpassing other advanced trainers of the same level.

The problem is that this is not the performance on paper, but the real existence that can be fully realized. After all, although the side strip wing and double delta wing are complicated, they have unique and excellent performance in low and medium altitude subsonic speeds, which are matched with the full motion level. The lift body structure with the fusion of the tail and the wing body, with the mobility of F-16, is a high probability event.

Perhaps the only thing lacking is the engine, the turbojet-13, which is obviously a self-produced aero engine in China, with an afterburner thrust of only 6.4 tons, and it is only a turbojet instead of a turbofan, which obviously lacks power.

It is also because of this that the excellent aerodynamic design of the JJ 7Max has not shown its true potential. If a 6-ton turbofan is installed in the future, the JJ 7Max will have a qualitative leap, and it will be combined with advanced avionics and Fire control radar, JJ 7Max can compete with F-16 and Mirage 2000 in the sky.

But then again, by then, the JJ 7Max is not a trainer but a real fighter, so at this moment, the JJ 7Max as a trainer uses a turbojet-13 is not a problem, after all, the coach The biggest mission attribute of the aircraft is to train pilots. In this respect, the current J7Max configuration can completely disregard a vote of international advanced trainer aircraft.

Among them is the training aircraft project led by Merlinz.

If Maleshevsky was shocked to see the JJ 7Max, then Merlinz can only describe it as despair.

The reason is simple. The trainer project managed by Merlinz is not the official main equipment model of the US military, but the dismantled project that was killed by the US military several years ago.

That is, the T-46 trainer that was prepared to replace the current T-37C intermediate trainer of the US military.

At that time, the US military confirmed that it really considered replacing the T-37C intermediate trainer. So Merlinz, who worked at Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company at the time, participated in the development of the T-46 trainer.

After two or three years of struggle, the prototype was successfully tested, but the budget was severely overrun. In addition, the U.S. military reassessed that the T-37C intermediate trainer could last for more than ten years after being upgraded. It was not cost-effective to purchase new aircraft, so it was straightforward. The T-46 trainer was cut.

The Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company, which was expecting the T-46 trainer to make a lot of money, did not expect that the result was to shoot itself in the foot. Instead of making money, it suffered a blood loss to vomiting blood and could only apply for insolvency. Bankrupt.

At this time, McDonnell Douglas valued the technical strength of Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company in aerospace. In addition to aircraft, Fairchild is also responsible for the radio antennas of NASA’s starry sky probe, collective housing, and the secondary liquid oxygen tank of the carrier rocket. Processing and manufacturing work.

It just so happened that McDonnell Douglas was undertaking the upgrade of the US Air Force's strategic ballistic missiles, and needed to enhance its technical strength in this regard, so he took Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company under his command with a wave of his hand.

Then there was a drastic reorganization. Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company was retained and became a subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas in name. You can also use McDonnell Douglas's name when you go out to deal with. Looking at the back of the big tree to enjoy the cool, the situation should be It is better than before, but in fact, the reorganized Fairchild Aviation Manufacturing Company is a sky and an underground company compared to the previous one.

Because McDonnell Douglas values ​​the aerospace sector, the purpose of the reorganization is to cut out the aerospace sector as a whole, integrate it into the McDonnell Douglas mainstream system, and take care of it as a grandson.

The rest of the aviation business, McDonnell Douglas, didn't even look at him, and became a stepmother to set up a subsidiary and let it fend for itself.

Because of this, although Fairchild can use some of McDonnell Douglas resources, it is very limited. Even at some point, McDonnell Douglas is eager for Fairchild to collapse soon, so that it does not have to pay so much salary and insurance every month. , How much can save some costs.

But as Fairchild’s shareholder and executive ~www.readwn.com~Merlinz naturally doesn’t want to watch his own industry collapse like this. McDonnell Douglas can’t help, so he can only rely on himself. Since the U.S. military has been dismissed. -46, does not mean that other countries in the world do not need it. After all, as an alternative model of the T-37C intermediate trainer, it still has many advantages.

For example, its initial supersonic flight capability is not comparable to that of ordinary trainers.

Realizing this, Merlinz quickly changed his mind and began to sell his T-46 trainer all over the world, not to mention that someone really got hooked, and this country is no one else, it is Japan.

However, Japan is not simply fancy T-46 performance, but aiming at Merlinz's generous technology transfer conditions, so after paying a large amount of patent fees and production line purchases, Japan spent several years and finally built "Pure domestically produced" T-3 intermediate trainer.

Merlinz, who made a lot of money on the Japanese, not only allowed the self-defeating Fairchild Company to survive, but also got inspiration from this transaction, that is, to use the T-46 trainer to earn patent interviews or technology Based on this idea, Merlinz brought the newly formed team to kill the generals after learning about the Thai bidding trainer, preparing to export what they call "American technology" without reservation!