We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

These days, no four-engine aircraft can survive well.

That’s right, this will be absolutely true thirty years later, but now, you can still live a good life.

The reason is the engine technology problem. If you want to fly ultra-long distances, you can't do it without a four-engine aircraft.

The Farnborough Air Show opened on September 9th, with the first five days being trade days and the last two days being open days.

On the morning of the first day, the only main theme was the flight show.

In the field of civil aviation, no matter how big the aircraft is, it can never be as stunning as a fighter jet in a flight show.

"Wow, they are so cool."

On the runway, three fighter jets took off vertically in a triangle, one in front and two behind. The blue flames emitted by the rotatable engines at the tail looked so sci-fi.

"Luo, congratulations, you are going to make a lot of money again."

At some point, Prince Bandar came to Luo Nianzhong's side. Luo Nianzhong, who was watching, knew that the first customer had arrived.

"There is no such thing as making money or not making money. It takes so long to support such a large military-industrial group. You don't know when you will lose all your money. Research and development is very expensive."

Research and development is very expensive, but before starting, Luo Nianzhong wants to have a good meal.

Whether it is the Yak Design Bureau, the Ilyushin Design Bureau, or other design bureaus and many factories under the United Aircraft Engineering and Manufacturing Group, many of their products are actually finished products.

Even for those that are still under development, most have already completed the initial stage but just lack the funds to turn them into reality. It can be said that the bulk of the R&D costs have been paid by Polar Bear to Luo Nianzhong. For many products in the next five years or even longer, the R&D investment will not be too high.

This is the advantage of taking over a mature aviation group. Not having to start from scratch saves Luo Nianzhong a lot of money and also allows him to pick up a big bargain by copying other people's ideas.

"If United Aircraft Engineering & Manufacturing Group is short of money and needs financing, Big Camel is very willing to support it."

The ambition is quite big, but Luo Nianzhong will not let him get his wish now, he said with a laugh.

"Let's talk about it later. My idea is to push United Aircraft Engineering & Manufacturing Group to go public. If it cannot go public and needs financing, Prince Bandar will be the first person I think of."

“Well, I hope you’ll remember it then.” Knowing that this man was not short of money, Prince Bandar stopped at a glance and watched the three Yak-141s that had already taken off and were performing various shows with binoculars.

After the performance, Prince Bandar handed the telescope in his hand to the people behind him.

"Mr. Luo, won't you introduce me to him?"

"Maximum take-off weight is 19500 kg, maximum flight speed is 1.9 Mach, bomb load is 2600 kg, maximum range is 2100 km, and climb rate is 250 m/s."

Luo Nianzhong didn't waste any time talking to this regular customer and reported his basic information.

“The tour guide will have to tell you the details, but I think what I know should be enough to give you a good idea. The most important thing is that it doesn’t require an aircraft carrier to take off and land.

If Big Camel needs it, the Black Sea Shipyard is ready to design a 10,000-ton amphibious landing ship for you and help you build a shipyard in the country."

Prince Bandar did not reply, but stared at Luo Nianzhong's eyes, and finally smiled heartily.

"Mr. Luo is really a good friend of our big camel. It seems that we have a big business to discuss."

"Then I would like to thank Prince Bandar for patronizing my business."

The Yak-141 may not attract the other party, but helping them build -ton amphibious landing ships and achieve domestic production will be a different story.

Don't even think about an aircraft carrier. Except for Ermao, a big loser who can't afford to live, who would easily sell such a thing that dominates the ocean?

But with the Yak-141, things are different. It means that there is no need for an aircraft carrier to allow carrier-based aircraft to take off.

The Big Camel has always wanted to bring the Indian Ocean under its management, but this is simply impossible with land-based fighter jets.

But Luo Nianzhong gave them endless temptation and imagination. As long as they could independently produce amphibious landing ships and equip them with the Yak-141 capable of vertical take-off and landing, the Big Camel could exercise its authority in the Indian Ocean.

The hegemony of the sea is recognized. Why did the entire Middle East put aside their grudges and unite against India? It was because India felt that it was capable and wanted to intervene in the affairs of the Indian Ocean.

This is unacceptable to Arab countries, because it means that India can strangle the economic lifeline of Arab countries, maritime oil transportation, at any time.

So after Russia delivered the Gorshkov aircraft carrier to India in 13, and the United States refused to sell the F35 to Russia, the relationship between Russia and the United States began to go downhill.

The location and energy of the Middle East are very important. The climate of the United States here has already been established, but it does not mean that the Luo family cannot increase their influence here.

"Yak-141" looked at the fighter plane that flew back to the ground and stopped steadily. Prince Bandar underestimated it and said to Luo Nianzhong, "This configuration is very good."

"Yes, but the price..."

"Price is not an issue."

readily.

Want the uncut version? Luo Nianzhong said yes, but it would cost extra.

In fact, Luo Nianzhong had no intention of making a castrated version. The reason was that the next-generation vertical take-off and landing fighter had been put on the agenda by the Yakovlev Design Bureau.

Only Luo Nianzhong knew that although Yakovlev's vertical take-off and landing technology was the most advanced in the world today, there was still a gap between it and the future F35's third-generation vertical take-off and landing technology.

Now that Lockheed no longer has Yakovlev’s test data, it cannot even develop the second-generation vertical take-off and landing technology of the Yak-141, let alone the third generation.

When it comes to vertical take-off and landing, the United States' technology is undoubtedly backward.

There are three generations of well-known vertical take-off and landing technologies. The first generation is the Harrier fighter of the Royal Air Force of Britain, which relies on four steerable nozzles to achieve vertical take-off and landing.

The United States' current main vertical take-off and landing fighter AV-8A uses this technology. In fact, it is the British Harrier MK50. This batch of fighters were purchased from Britain.

While the AV-1983B that entered service in 8 was said to be produced by McDonnell Douglas, in fact 40% of the most critical components were produced by British Aerospace, and it still used the Harrier's vertical take-off and landing technology.

Unbelievable, right? The U.S. was once so backward in vertical take-off and landing technology.

The first generation of vertical take-off and landing technology was very simple, but its high fuel consumption and small combat radius were major disadvantages for fighter jets.

The key is that if just one nozzle fails, the entire aircraft will crash onto the deck or into the sea.

The second-generation vertical take-off and landing technology is the one designed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau, which uses the main engine and lift engine working together.

Although this solution is more reliable, mature and safe, the problems of high fuel consumption, heavy fuselage and small amount of bombs are still not solved.

After taking over the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Luo Nianzhong proposed to them the third-generation plan, which is the F35's internal lift fan design.

This is equivalent to replacing the lift engine of the Yak-141 with a large fan, connecting the engine and the fan bearing with bearings, and using the energy released by the engine to drive the fan to blow the aircraft into the sky.

The fan is much lighter than the engine, so there is no dead weight problem.

The temperature of the ejected gas is not high, so there will be no phenomenon of high temperature roasting the body.

This design can help reduce the fighter's weight significantly, and increase its payload and range.

Although Luo Nianzhong didn't understand these, he knew the principles of this third-generation technology.

For the engineers at the Yakovlev Design Bureau, it was easy once they had the principle, as they could verify it with a large amount of data.

Therefore, the Yak-141 was no longer improved, and the development of the third-generation vertical take-off and landing technology began.

In five years at most, the third-generation vertical technology can be designed and tested.

In ten years at most, the new version of fighter jets with third-generation vertical take-off and landing technology will be able to be mass-produced.

The Yak-141, which is equipped with the second-generation vertical take-off and landing technology, is destined to be a nuisance. Neither the polar bears nor the big dogs want it now, let alone in the future.

Therefore, he agreed to Prince Bandar's non-castrated version. As long as it can achieve certain effects when combined with amphibious landing ships, it can be used as an advertisement to market to those maritime countries that do not have aircraft carriers.

Not only the big camel, but Luo Nianzhong will dare to buy any country that wants to buy it, because he has the support of Russia behind him.

Today's Mao is pro-American, but the interests of the team represented by Lao Ye are more important.

Don’t forget that Russia owns 50% of the shares of United Aircraft Engineering and Manufacturing Group. What is the difference between the state’s dividends and theirs?

Russia's pro-American stance doesn't mean it's afraid. No one can do anything to me if they dare to touch my money. This is the reason why Luo Nianzhong is confident in selling large quantities of equipment now.

The appearance of the Yak-141 is absolutely stunning and is attractive to many coastal countries.

After the big camel left, people from the United Aviation Engineering and Manufacturing Group received several more interested parties.

Luo Nianzhong did not participate this time. He had more important things to do and also needed to train the team.