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Chapter 705: Armed helicopter? No, this is an unmanned firefighting helicopter

Daystar Aerospace became famous.

However, DJI drones are actually more famous.

After all, most of the drones used on New Year’s Eve are DJI products.

Faced with this situation, Li Shigui, who is also the deputy general manager of Daystar Aerospace, was also a little anxious.

It can't be that Daystar's reputation has increased, but it doesn't have any good products, right?

The Twin-Tailed Scorpion drone is currently not sold to the outside world. Although it has been displayed, it is obviously not enough.

So after much deliberation, he thought it would be better to discuss with Cao Yang whether to publicize the unmanned helicopter being developed.

Anyway, according to this progress, small batch trial production can start after the Spring Festival. If there are no problems with debugging, we can directly enter mass production.

But this unmanned helicopter doesn’t have any customers yet.

"Mr. Cao, I think the unmanned helicopter can learn from Xingchen Automobile and promote it before it is officially put on the market."

Li Shigui directly put forward his thoughts.

"It's possible, but if we release the Golden Eagle drone for publicity, it's best to communicate with Pan Jun to avoid misunderstandings and affect our subsequent product promotion."

UAV is one of Nanshan Group’s flagship products, and the Scorpion UAV is currently preparing a foreign trade version.

During this period, Cao Yang will definitely not let the team stay there.

In addition to continuing to develop and improve the four-engine twin-tailed Scorpion drone, unmanned helicopters are also put on the agenda simultaneously.

To develop products, we must develop products with technical advantages.

In 2011, taking out the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter was definitely very impactful.

The flight performance of this armed unmanned helicopter has reached the advanced level of similar unmanned helicopters in the world. The maximum flight altitude is 4000 meters, the endurance is 5 hours when fully loaded, the combat radius is 150 kilometers, the payload is 150 kilograms, and it can carry up to 8 heavy-duty missiles. Anti-tank missiles or air-to-surface missiles, the mounting capacity is comparable to the WZ10.

This kind of small drone is very convenient to transport, and a box truck can fit two of them.

It can carry not only anti-tank missiles, but also various types of sensors, communications equipment and other payloads.

This gives it the capability to perform multiple tasks such as intelligence gathering, communications relay, targeting and aerial surveillance.

It can perform multiple missions in one flight, improving overall combat effectiveness.

"Mr. Cao, learning from the experience and lessons learned from the Scorpion UAV, we developed two sets of control systems and two models simultaneously during development."

"For example, the high-end version uses a lot of T800 carbon fiber and T1100 carbon fiber, while the entry-level version mainly uses T700 carbon fiber."

"For camera systems, we also have two sets of products with different standards."

"If Pan Jun is interested, we can provide them with a high-end version."

"What is displayed and exported to the outside world is the low-end version."

"In this case, it doesn't matter if we don't communicate with Pan Jun in advance. After all, we are only a private enterprise, and the Golden Eagle UAV is positioned as an unmanned fire-fighting helicopter."

When Li Shigui explained this, Cao Yang was a little bit off guard.

Unmanned firefighting helicopter?

The shape of this unmanned helicopter has nothing to do with firefighting, but if it is used for firefighting, it must be possible.

Just replace the missiles with fire bombs.

Is there anything wrong with the logic?

After being silent for a while, Cao Yang stopped worrying and said, "Let's make the official announcement. We can attend some air shows later to let everyone see our Golden Eagle UAV and the foreign trade version of the Twin-Tailed Scorpion UAV. .”

Venus Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. has been officially established, so the company's future operating conditions are something that needs to be considered.

You can't just rely on the funds provided by the headquarters to burn money every time. That's not a long-term solution.

In the past, I would consider accepting some external investment, on the one hand, to utilize some of the capital's resources, and on the other hand, to raise part of the funds.

Whether it is the rockets being developed or the future Starlink project, they all require a lot of funds.

With Cao Yang's consent, Li Shigui naturally took action immediately.

Soon, several promotional pictures of the Golden Eagle drone were posted on the official Weibo account of Daystar Aerospace.

Of course, Daystar is a private enterprise, so this drone is directly named the Golden Eagle Unmanned Firefighting Helicopter.

As soon as the relevant pictures were released, Cao Yang's personal Weibo retweeted them.

As a big V with nearly 3000 million fans, Cao Yang’s repost directly put the Golden Eagle unmanned firefighting helicopter on the hot search list.

"The appearance design is clever, and it is indeed the consistent style of Nanshan Group."

"The curves of this plane look beautiful."

"This helicopter seems a bit sci-fi, it's very special."

"Is Nanshan Group going further and further down the road of 'drone'?"

"Here I go, it's actually a coaxial helicopter. It's the same helicopter as the Ka-28 and Ka-52. But you told me it's an unmanned firefighting helicopter?"

"This Golden Eagle UAV won't be the same as the Scorpion UAV. Because it's so good, it will join the army directly, right?"

"@Caoyang, this is a bad name. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter?"

"Why does the tail of this helicopter look a little strange? Will it not fall down?"

"It's indeed a bit strange. Can anyone educate me on this?"

"As we all know, when the main rotor of a helicopter with a normal layout rotates at high speed, the fuselage of the helicopter will also rotate together under the action of the rotor torque. In order to overcome this rotation moment, a single-rotor helicopter with a conventional layout must have a tail mounted on the tail. The propeller and tail rotor rotate in the opposite direction to offset the rotational moment of the fuselage. This not only requires about 10% of the power for the tail rotor, but also requires the design of a longer tail boom to ensure the length of the moment arm, which will cause the helicopter fuselage to It is too long and is not conducive to take-off and landing and operations in narrow spaces.”

"The coaxial anti-propeller design adopted by Daystar's drone is different. It has two upper and lower blades rotating in opposite directions, one rotating clockwise and the other counterclockwise, which directly offsets the rotational moment of the rotor and eliminates the need for With the tail rotor and tail boom, there is no problem of the tail rotor taking up power, and all the power can be used for lift and propulsion.”

"So its fuselage can be made very short, less affected by crosswinds, and has better stability and hovering properties, which is very important for the flight performance of unmanned helicopters."

"Since there are two upper and lower rotors to provide lift, the upper rotor will also provide a certain amount of "pre-compression" airflow for the lower rotor, which will help increase the overall lift. Therefore, the rotor diameter can be made smaller, making the whole machine more compact."

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Various comments soon appeared on Cao Yang's Weibo, making this matter even more popular.

Even many stars from Nanshan Film and Television joined in the fun by retweeting Cao Yang's Weibo and making a strange comment.

"What a cute helicopter. With it, you don't have to worry about fire-fighting on high floors in the future."

"Produced by Nanshan, it must be a high-quality product. From the appearance, I think this unmanned helicopter is very powerful."

I just came back from Huangshan, and I thought, "This unmanned firefighting helicopter seems to be very good for delivering express delivery to places like Taishan and Huangshan."

"With it, the crew can use it to deliver things at any time when filming in remote areas."

……

Although the comments made by these celebrities after reposting it are a bit weird.

But it made the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter more famous.

In this way, the relevant departments must have seen the information.

However, they did not go to Nanshan Group so boldly. Instead, they checked with AVIC and other professional departments to confirm that this unmanned helicopter was suitable as an armed helicopter before coming to the door.

"Mr. Cao, I feel that to be a representative of Nanshan Group, one must have good psychological quality."

"Otherwise, I'll give you such a stimulation every now and then, and my heart won't be able to bear it."

Pan Jun came to Cao Yang's office a bit jokingly.

During his time as a representative of Nanshan Group, he had one more star on his shoulders.

If you work harder for a few more years, maybe you can get another star.

However, the ceiling may have been reached by then.

"Representative Pan, if our group can't surprise everyone every now and then, wouldn't it mean that the importance of your stay here wouldn't be reflected?"

Cao Yang and Pan Jun were already very familiar with each other, so they spoke more casually.

Although Pan Jun, the representative, cannot do much directly, he is responsible for contacting many relevant departments, so his importance is actually very high.

He can be regarded as a bridge between Nanshan Group and relevant departments.

"Haha, Mr. Cao, you are right."

"My psychological quality is very good, and it doesn't matter if there are a few surprises every day."

Pan Wei is actually in a very good mood now.

The more high-tech products the Nanshan Group produces and the more products that can be used in the military, the higher its importance will naturally be.

The Twin-tailed Scorpion drone has given everyone a huge surprise.

Now the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter seems to be a product worth looking forward to.

"Representative Pan is here for the unmanned helicopter today?"

There was no need to beat around the bush with Pan Jun, Cao Yang went straight to the topic.

"Yes, you announced to the public that this unmanned helicopter is an unmanned fire-fighting helicopter. Can this thing really be used to put out fires?"

Pan Jun obviously felt that the news announced on Daystar’s official Weibo account was unreliable, so he directly found Cao Yang, the real designer.

"Fire extinguishing can naturally be used to extinguish fires. Our drone can carry a total of 8 fire-extinguishing bombs on the left and right sides. It is still promising for use in forest fire prevention, grassland fire prevention and other fields."

Cao Yang is definitely trying to kill his own product, which is the unmanned firefighting helicopter.

Of course, in front of Pan Jun, he will definitely tell some truths that cannot be told to the outside world.

"Representative Pan, our unmanned helicopter is equipped with a large photoelectric turret on the lower jaw of the nose. It has three optical systems, namely infrared thermal imaging night vision, laser ranging illumination and visible light camera system, which can rotate 360 ​​degrees. , meticulously search for targets and obtain intelligence in the air."

"This ensures accuracy in extinguishing fires."

"There are short wings on both sides of the fuselage, which are used to hang fire-extinguishing bombs. The short wings of the fuselage adopt a wing-body fusion design. The short wings are integrated with the fuselage, which can increase the fuselage space to accommodate more Fuel and equipment.”

After hearing Cao Yang's explanation, Pan Jun's interest immediately arose.

Infrared thermal imaging night vision?

Laser ranging irradiation system?

Visible light camera system?

Aren't these things used on armed helicopters?

As long as the missile is hung up, this thing will immediately become a nightmare for the steel torrent.

"Mr. Cao, your Scorpion drone has a stealth function. Does this unmanned helicopter also have a stealth function?"

Pan Jun knew that there was no need to worry about whether this unmanned helicopter was for firefighting or an armed helicopter.

<divclass="contentadv">Anyway, how the relevant departments buy it back and use it is their own business.

"Our unmanned helicopter adopts a wing-body fusion design. Its important advantage is that it can reduce the radar scattering area, increase stealth, and improve survivability in special environments."

"And on this basis, we can further coat it with the same stealth material as the Scorpion drone, greatly improving its stealth performance."

"Although it may not be able to achieve 100% stealth performance in the face of particularly advanced high-power radar."

"But when dealing with some ground moving vehicles in the wild, they are generally difficult to detect."

After Cao Yang explained this, Pan Wei became even more interested.

This is definitely a product worth looking forward to.

Although we still don’t know what the final performance will be, the products produced by Nanshan Group are definitely indispensable.

Especially in terms of various control systems, Pan Jun feels that they may be better than those developed by some professional research institutes.

This is very rare.

After all, Nanshan Group is really a private enterprise as a whole, and its main products are civilian products.

"Mr. Cao, when will your prototype be available and when can it be officially mass-produced?"

With such a good thing, Pan Jun couldn't wait to hope that relevant departments could use it.

"Based on our current design situation, the various designs of the Golden Eagle unmanned firefighting helicopter are relatively mature."

"Although it will officially enter the prototype production stage next month, there is a high probability that these prototypes will not have any major problems."

"The follow-up is nothing more than further improving some of the performance of the prototype, and then we can start large-scale mass production."

"If it's quick, it can be handed over to its customers by the middle of this year."

“We can start taking reservations now.”

Cao Yang's reply was a bit beyond Pan Jun's expectations.

The development of a product often takes a relatively long time.

Pan Jun is naturally very clear about this.

But when it comes to Nanshan Group, it can always give everyone some unexpected surprises.

"How much does such an unmanned helicopter cost?"

There are many good products, but if the price is too exaggerated, it actually doesn’t mean much.

Especially for China, the demand for various equipment is very large.

In this case, it is required that the relevant equipment must be of high quality and low price.

Why does the Scorpion UAV have a very high reputation among relevant departments?

Good performance is definitely a major prerequisite, but cheap price is also very important.

You can buy a twin-engine Scorpion drone for 200 million yuan.

There is no pressure to directly equip thousands of them.

The current Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter seems to have very good performance, but the price is not yet known.

"If it is a large-scale purchase by relevant departments, it can be done with 100 million yuan without relevant accessories."

"Of course, we are also preparing to export this product on a large scale, and the price will reach US$100 million."

When Cao Yang said this, Pan Jun's heart finally dropped.

100 million yuan, this can be said to be high quality and low price.

It seems that Nanshan Group has no intention of making money from relevant departments, but only charges a cost price.

The focus is still on generating income from exports.

"Mr. Cao, I can help communicate with you about export-related matters. It shouldn't be a big problem."

"But you should not be allowed to apply stealth materials on exported products."

"For the systems you just mentioned, the export versions cannot be the same as the versions sold domestically."

"Can you meet these conditions?"

Since China promulgated a policy allowing private enterprises to enter aerospace-related industries, relevant departments have also introduced some new regulations on purchasing products from private enterprises.

The situation where I bought it and you are not allowed to sell it again will gradually become less common.

Of course, you can't sell the things you sell to me directly to others, but you must reflect some differences.

Cao Yang can naturally understand this.

No matter which country exports military products, they will have similar requirements and operations.

"There are no problems. We have already taken these issues into consideration when developing this unmanned helicopter."

"Even our aviation division has specially organized personnel to develop matching fire-fighting ammunition."

Cao Yang briefly revealed the research of Venus Aerospace on missiles.

Anyway, as long as my missile is not loaded with explosives, it is a civilian product.

As for explosives, Nanshan Group definitely does not produce them.

This last process is left to the factories of the relevant departments to complete, and there is no technical difficulty.

Because when Venus was developing it, it had already done simulations according to these requirements.

Whether it is a Scorpion drone or a Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter, to maximize their power, they definitely need matching missiles.

Air-to-air, air-to-ground, and even air-to-ship, although China has these missiles, and some are even more advanced, there are definitely still some shortcomings.

Daystar specializes in areas where China-related departments have relatively little involvement, or are not very good at it.

For example, some stealth missiles, China has done relatively little in this area before.

UI.

The relevant design departments of China, which firmly believe in this concept, often consider how to increase speed when designing missiles, without giving much consideration to stealth performance.

The United States is different in this regard. Many of their missiles have stealth capabilities.

The design focus of missiles is different, and their appearance is also very different.

Of course, if your stealth performance is good, your speed will often be affected to a certain extent.

This depends on how to weigh it.

Overall, different application scenarios have their own advantages.

"Fire munitions?"

Pan Wei looked at Cao Yang speechlessly.

Are you still so arrogant at this time?

"Yes, fire-fighting ammunition. We are a private enterprise and only produce civilian products. When exporting in the future, we will export it under the name of fire-fighting ammunition."

"If customers need to make modifications by themselves, that is their own business and has nothing to do with Daystar."

Cao Yang explained with a smile, and Pan Jun couldn't help but retorted directly, saying: "Do we have to buy the missile back, empty the fire-fighting ammunition inside, and reload it with explosives?"

Regarding Pan Jun's concerns, there is naturally discussion within Daystar.

"In our fire bombs, the warheads and ammunition are separated, and the warheads and ammunition can even be purchased separately."

"At the same time, if customers want to purchase other ammunition, we can also help introduce them to relevant departments."

Pan Jun:......

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"Print, what do you think of the newly announced unmanned helicopter from Daystar?"

John has been paying attention to the situation of Daystar Aerospace in the past two days, and now he naturally saw the picture information published on the official Weibo account of Daystar.

“Small unmanned helicopters are designed to have excellent maneuverability and flexibility and can perform missions in a variety of complex environments.”

"It can hover, look down, have a God's perspective, and has strong firepower. It can also perform tasks in narrow or inaccessible areas such as cities, mountains, and forests."

"This high flexibility makes it very useful in special situations other than conventional warfare, such as counter-terrorism operations, border patrols, etc."

"Its powerful strike capabilities can enable it to be widely equipped with troops. Our company is also studying and developing similar unmanned helicopter products."

As a professional, Printer can naturally realize the importance of unmanned helicopters.

In fact, many companies in the United States are developing unmanned helicopters, and some of their products are already in use.

He even heard that the new generation of armed unmanned helicopters being researched by his competitors would be officially equipped on a large scale this year.

However, Printer can accept his competitors launching high-performance unmanned helicopters, but he cannot accept China launching such high-performance products faster than his own company.

Although it is just some pictures and related text descriptions, as a professional, you can already see a lot from them.

The fact that Nanshan Group can produce the Twin-tailed Scorpion drone already explains a lot of problems.

There is no reason why the second drone product produced by Nanshan Group should be poor.

“Are unmanned helicopters that useful?”

John looked at Print in surprise.

He didn't expect that the other party would rate Huaxia's product so highly.

"Yes, even in addition to the advantages I just mentioned, small unmanned helicopters are also very important in fire reconnaissance, artillery positioning, target illumination and other tasks, and can guide artillery and missile units to targets."

"If it is equipped with an advanced data link system, it can even carry out A-launch and B-guide capabilities to guide the long-range cruise missiles of armed helicopters to strike frontline targets."

After listening to Print's words, John felt that it was necessary to ask his superiors after he returned, whether to increase the allocation of purchasing funds for unmanned helicopters in the future.

Otherwise, if you fall behind in this field by then, you may suffer a loss in some situation.