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Chapter 731 New Business

"Really," faced with Xia Pingyue's doubtful question, Zhang Qihang nodded affirmatively: "If I remember correctly, around 1980, the Antonov Design Bureau modified the An-2 transport aircraft. A prototype of the An-3 transport aircraft, and it made its first flight."

"First flight as early as 1980?"

Xia Pingyue's eyes widened in surprise, this result was far beyond his expectation.

"Hmm."

"But I also visited the Soviet Union. Why don't I remember the An-2 with a turboprop engine in service in the Soviet Union?" Xia Pingyue frowned, a little puzzled: "With the level of the Antonov Design Bureau, it To change the engine of such a simple aircraft as the An-2, it will take less than three years from the first flight to mass production, right?"

"Because the Soviet Union has too many aircraft that are better than the An-3, and even the Antonov Design Bureau has a large number of light transport aircraft that are better than the An-3, the An-24, the An-26, the An-28, the An-32... ...They are all good light transport aircraft, but the speed is faster than An-2 and An-3. As a result, the Soviet Union did not look down on An-3 at all. This project has not received much financial allocation from the Soviet government, and the progress has not It’s been bumpy all the time.” Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang sighed, and said: “After that, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and you know the situation in Ukraine after the Soviet Union’s disintegration, so the An-3 transport aircraft project has not been completed yet... ..."

Xia Pingyue was also speechless: an airplane that had undergone a prototype test flight as early as 1980 has not yet been finalized after 16 years?Really are……

For a while, Xia Pingyue didn't know how to complain.

It was Zhang Qihang who started chatting, and he said to Xia Pingyue enthusiastically: "Second Uncle, to tell you the truth, I am very optimistic about this refitting project for the An-2 transport aircraft. A total of more than 18000 An-2s of various models have been produced, and our country has produced almost 1000, right? In addition to those produced by other countries, more than 20000 of this transport aircraft have been produced around the world. .

With such a large stock in the world, Russia has stopped production of this aircraft and the supporting engines. How long can it last with the few spare parts in the warehouse?At that time, I am afraid that many An-2 transport aircraft will have to be grounded and scrapped because they cannot get the supply of engines and engine maintenance spare parts.

But if we can find a way to replace the piston engine on the An-2 transport aircraft with a lighter turboprop engine, it will be different. It will not only completely solve the engine supply and maintenance problems of these aircraft, but also earn money. A lot of money!
I made a preliminary estimate. Even if in the next 20 years, there are 2000 An-2s around the world and the domestic versions of various countries need to replace their engines, that is 100 aircrafts that need to be repaired and replaced each year. Earn 30, 3000 million a year, this business is worth doing..."

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Xia Pingyue was already stunned: just chatting with me, my niece and son-in-law discovered a project that can earn 3000 million a year?

Before, people in my family told me that it was easy for my niece and son-in-law to make money, but I still didn't believe it, how difficult it is to make money in this world, but what I saw with my own eyes today, Xia Pingyue couldn't believe it, because in every thought of Zhang Qihang After the review of the link, Xia Pingyue was surprised to find that Zhang Qihang's whole idea was indeed feasible. With Russia's suspension of production of the engine and maintenance parts for the An-2 transport aircraft, with the huge number of this aircraft in various countries around the world , In theory, there is indeed such a large modification market.

But as an active soldier, Xia Pingyue's thinking angle is completely different from Zhang Qihang's. Not that much business."

Hearing this, Xia Muqing immediately looked at her second uncle dissatisfied, but before she could speak, Zhang Qihang gently tugged at her, and said, "Second uncle, you've got what you said, but we can actually refer to C- 47 of this aircraft."

"C-47?" Xia Pingyue was a little surprised: "What? Is there anyone still using this plane?"

As a professional soldier, Xia Pingyue is indeed not as good as many qualified military fans in terms of his understanding of the equipment of the armed forces of various countries, but he still knows that the C-47 was such a famous transport aircraft during World War II. The largest and most successful military transport aircraft produced during this period.

It is precisely because he knows the existence of this aircraft that he is particularly curious: from what his niece-in-law said, it seems that someone replaced the C-47, an old World War II aircraft that uses a piston engine, with a turboprop engine?

"Yes, Second Uncle," Zhang Qihang nodded affirmatively: "C-47 and its civilian model DC-3 are very durable, even though production has been discontinued for many years, there are still many C-47 and DC-3 50 It is used in many countries. Since the 47s, there have been many professional modification companies in Europe and the United States to provide engine replacement and refurbishment services for C-3 and DC-[-]. With this business, many large and small aircraft have been modified. company.

A well-known company is the United States, called Basler Turbine Company, they replaced the two pistons on the C-6 transport plane with two PT67A-47 turboprop engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada Compared with the original C-47, the new aircraft equipped with a turboprop engine and lengthened fuselage has more internal space, payload and fuel carrying capacity. All have been greatly improved, while the cost of use has been greatly reduced. It is said that the business is quite good. "

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Xia Pingyue was so surprised that he was speechless, what Zhang Qihang said was beyond his imagination.

Before that, he thought that Zhang Qihang's "replacing the An-2 with a turboprop engine" was just his wishful thinking, but now his niece and son-in-law actually told himself, "You don't need to worry about this at all. I am worried that we will not get business, because similar work has already been done, and we are just learning from others."

After being shocked, Xia Pingyue suddenly became excited: If it is really possible to replace the engines of these Yun-5s in China, will he still need to adjust the training plan?
Just the next moment, Xia Pingyue fell into depression again: With the ability of Antonov Design Bureau, they can naturally do this, but which domestic company can replace the engine of Yun-5? ?

(End of this chapter)