Chapter 109: Paper-Made Helicopter, Let's Help Improve It!

It's over, Qin Miao's cannon, it blasts wherever it goes!

In the capital, shelling the foreign exchange management office would have been bad enough, but now they're actually bombarding foreigners!

The Dolphin Helicopter, after the state compared options, selected as the most suitable helicopter! Cough, cough, or rather, after looking at their own wallet, they picked the cheapest helicopter, but no matter how you say it, it's still much better than our own Zhi-5!

Turboshaft engine, composite rotor, even the tail propeller is ducted—this thing…… is absolutely the current mainstream equipment, yet in Qin Miao's mouth it becomes paper-made!

"Comrade, don't talk big."

"Yeah, our Ha Gong Da made an advanced rotor, but that's just a helicopter component; overall, the Dolphin Helicopter is the most advanced helicopter of the 1980s—how could it be paper-made?"

Even the Hafei engineers beside them…… didn't agree with Qin Miao's words.

You belittle the Dolphin as paper-made, then isn't our copied Zhi-9 also paper-made?

Seeing these people all on his side, Qiewaliye was very pleased: "Young man, your words just now seriously hurt our feelings! You only need to freely give us this rotor technology to mend the rift between us!"

This guy, he's already started extorting—really shameless!

Director Mao's face looked grim; how to wrap this up? Better to give the technology to the French than to introduce uncertainty into the Dolphin Helicopter import project, after all this is a key project!

"Rotor technology? You just didn't accept our rotor, and now you're so urgent you've lost face?" Qin Miao gave no face at all! He remained nonchalant: "I shouldn't be wrong, right? When this aircraft fires anti-tank missiles, doesn't it directly shred the rear fuselage?"

"How do you know?"

No need to mention Qiewaliye; the other French engineers were all stunned!

Back then, the Black Hawk helicopter burst onto the scene, instantly becoming a versatile platform—land-based, ship-based, civilian……

The Dolphin Helicopter was the same; after developing this civilian version, the French further developed a military variant based on it, model SA. 365M, nicknamed the Black Panther, and the Dolphin transformed into a military helicopter.

It can perform assault transport or become an armed helicopter, with hardpoints added on both sides of the fuselage to mount rockets or HOT anti-tank missiles.

But……

During testing, when the HOT anti-tank missile fired, the entire rear fuselage was torn apart! Fortunately the test altitude was low, otherwise the pilot would have perished with the aircraft!

The translator beside him faithfully rendered Qiewaliye's words, and everyone felt a wave of emotion—Qin Miao was actually right! Those who had just refuted Qin Miao also lowered their heads in shame.

We can't blindly worship foreign goods; foreign products aren't necessarily better! They also have flaws!

In Zhang Zhiqiang's mind, it was just buzzing.

What does that mean?

When firing anti-tank missiles, will it shred the rear fuselage?

The state spent huge sums to import the Dolphin Helicopter precisely to use it as an armed helicopter!

This import project will be the nation's most advanced helicopter, naturally having various uses, including upgrading it to an armed helicopter!

During the Vietnam War in the 1970s, the Americans heavily used UH-1 utility helicopters and AH-1 gunships, showing their great utility. Our side, having imported the Dolphin, also plans to use it that way—by adding stub wings and hardpoints on both sides, it can carry missiles!

Now…… this aircraft actually can't fire missiles?

"How do you know?" asked Auguste, the head of the French aerospace engineering team that came over, frowning.

How does he know? Naturally, it's the advantage of being a reborn person!

In his previous life, Qin Miao had read this history; when the Dolphin Helicopter appeared, coinciding with military reform and the establishment of army aviation, he began considering mounting anti-tank missiles on the basis of the Zhi-9, since developing a wholly new dedicated gunship was impossible at the time.

March 1988, the Zhi-9's first test firing—Boom! With a huge roar, fragments flew everywhere, and the helicopter's tail disappeared!

Since the Zhi-9 exhibits this problem, the French turning the Dolphin into the Black Panther will surely experience something similar!

Qin Miao was just probing; he didn't expect such a strong reaction—it was like having his tail stepped on, which made his judgment clearer: the French also encountered this situation!

Of course, this experience cannot be spoken of.

"Just a guess."

"What? A guess?"

"Exactly, because the engine performance is too poor, causing overall aircraft performance to be poor, so the only way is to reduce weight, thus using large amounts of composite material on the fuselage, especially the rear fuselage; but your composite material technology is immature, strength too low, unable to withstand the impact of missile launch, so the rear fuselage gets shredded."

This isn't a guess; it's malicious speculation!

All the French furrowed their brows, but…… they weren't wrong!

It really is just these reasons!

Last month, the test firing failed; this month, discussing the failure cause, it's the same as what Qin Miao said!

Just, this guy saying the engine is bad, the aircraft's overall performance is bad…… really infuriating, makes one want to kill him!

"Everyone, any more questions? If not, I'm leaving!"

"Wait!"

"What are you doing?"

"You…… since you can analyze based solely on the data at hand…… do you have a solution to the problem?"

"I do have one, but…… are you planning to get it for free?"

"Of course not; if it truly solves it, we can buy it with money!"

"Ah, this can't be solved with just a few million; we need to spend a lot of money."

"How much?"

"One hundred million."

"How much?"

"The key to solving the problem is replacing the fuselage composite skin; we must use our composite material, and I just quoted a price—this composite material technology costs one hundred million dollars."

Beside him, Director Mao wore a complex expression, as Qin Miao steered the topic back—those Frenchies might just break down!

Opposite, Auguste took a deep breath.

"Can we first modify one for a test?"

"Sure, send over your Black Panther helicopter's targeting equipment for the upgrade and the HOT anti-tank missiles, and we'll modify this helicopter! Factory Director Zhang, okay? Should we apply to the military side?"

No one knows, but this is Qin Miao's ultimate goal: to quickly modify the Dolphin Helicopter into an armed helicopter and send it south!