Chapter 365 The God of Wealth is Coming
Unlike land-based helicopter landing pads, which can be easily landed on flat ground, a ship's helipads are unstable due to the heaving of waves. If a helicopter isn't properly landed, it could slide out or flip over, resulting in fatal damage. Therefore, helicopter landing pads require specialized designs, generally classified as either "pull-down" or "harpoon-grid" types.
The so-called "pulling and lowering" method is that the helicopter is equipped with a winch, a guide rope, a main probe and a tail probe. When landing, it cooperates with the pulling and lowering winch on the ship's helipad, extends the guide rope from the two probes and drops it to the ship. The staff on the ship connects the guide rope and the pulling and lowering rope on the ship together, and then the operator on the ship starts to operate the winch to pull the helicopter down from the sky and then fix it to the helipad.
All in all, it is very cumbersome!
Most current marine helipads utilize a "harpoon-grid" design. The helicopter has a "harpoon" locking mechanism, while the helipad is a grid structure. During landing, the pilot deploys a hydraulically operated "harpoon" that engages the grid, securing the helicopter. This method is significantly easier than a pull-down approach, but it places additional demands on both the helicopter and the pilot.
The people on the boat quickly cleared the helipad. Not long after the helipad was cleared, the roar of a helicopter was heard in the sky.
"Hey, this little helicopter is quite interesting!" Xiao Peng exclaimed, "It has two rotors but no tail rotor."
A normal helicopter only has one layer of rotors and a small tail rotor at the tail to adjust the direction. However, the helicopter flying now has two layers of rotors and no tail rotor, and it looks much shorter than an ordinary helicopter.
Hua Chong explained, "This is a characteristic of helicopters designed by Russia's Kamov Design Bureau. More accurately, they're called 'twin-rotor coaxial helicopters.' Their double rotors rotate one clockwise and the other counterclockwise, making them more stable and providing more power. However, the technical difficulty is also quite high, making them prone to malfunctions. They can't perform maneuvers that single-rotor helicopters can. Our country has quite a few of these helicopters. This is the Ka-226, a small, light helicopter. But does this aircraft have a carrier-based version? It must have been modified. Wouldn't it be better to use the Ka-27? We have quite a few of them in our country."
Yang Zhibin said: "Of course it is. The Ka-27 is too big for our ship, isn't it? The Ka-226 is much better."
Hua Chong tilted his head and asked Xiao Peng, "Boss, don't we have a helicopter? Otherwise, this helipad will be wasted!"
Yang Zhibin nodded and said, "You're right. It would be much more convenient to drive a small Z-9!"
Hua Chong curled his lips and said, "What Z-9? This is France, so we should buy the Dauphin. The Z-9 is based on the French Dauphin helicopter."
Yang Zhibin said, "Don't you understand that the disciple surpasses the master? How can military and civilian development capabilities be the same? No matter what weapon, after being modified in our country, it is definitely better than the original one. Well, the helicopter engine is indeed a problem, but for light helicopters, our country's engines are quite good!"
Xiao Peng laughed: "I think you two are quite interesting. Shouldn't I have the final say on buying the helicopter? Did you two start the quarrel first?"
Hua Chong and Yang Zhibin both laughed sheepishly after hearing this. "Boss, this is an old problem for us. We tend to argue when it comes to weapons. Our country's aviation engines are indeed a problem, but I believe it can be solved soon."
"Oh?" Xiao Peng asked curiously, "Why are you so confident?"
Hua Chong said, "It's very simple. Boss, if you pay attention, you'll find that our country's military industry development in recent years has actually just realized what the foreigners boasted about."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion.
Hua Chong laughed and said, "There are so many examples. I'm too lazy to mention them all. For example, back then, we got news from the intelligence sources that the former Soviet Union had developed a 12.7 caliber heavy machine gun that weighed only 25 kilograms. As a result, our country developed the 26-kilogram Type 89 heavy machine gun. Later, we discovered that the former Soviet Union's heavy machine gun was 25 kilograms without the gun carriage..."
Yang Zhibin added: "Also, the Americans launched a 'Expeditionary Combat Vehicle' program, but now that program has failed, our country has developed the fastest amphibious combat vehicle in the world, the Type 05 amphibious vehicle."
"The same is true for the J-20," Hua Chong said. "The Americans said their F-22 had a lift coefficient of 2.0, but our J-20 added canards, which allowed it to achieve a lift coefficient of over 2.0 while maintaining stealth. We then discovered that the Americans' F-22 lift coefficient was exaggerated. Just wait and see, the next generation of American fighter jets will definitely have canards."
Xiao Peng laughed when he heard this: "So if that's the case, the Type 055 destroyer should be counted as well, right? The Americans came up with the Zumwalt destroyer, boasting about how awesome its electromagnetic gun was, but it ended up being destroyed with just one shot in the movie Transformers. Here, we have a huge supply of Type 055 destroyers!"
Hua Chong nodded and said, "That's right. Our country's military industry development is based on the Americans. They propose ideas and we study them. Facts have proven that they are very good! It saves us both trouble and effort. But Boss, why don't you get a helicopter? It would be much more convenient indeed."
Xiao Peng waved his hands desperately and said, "I have to hire a pilot to build that thing. It's hard enough for me to maintain this ship and all of you. How about a helicopter? I can't afford it!"
After hearing this, Pascal said, "Xiao, I actually think their idea is really good. Otherwise, the apron and hangar on the plane are such a waste. Apart from having barbecues and drying sheets, I really can't think of any other use for this place!"
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Then use it for barbecue and drying sheets. Perfect! The hangar is also a great warehouse. Look at all those things I bought in Odessa, aren't they all in the hangar?"
Pascal looked at Xiao Peng speechlessly and said, "Xiao, you're a billionaire now. Why do you keep your money? Wouldn't it be great to have a helicopter? How about I buy one for you?"
"That's what you said!" Xiao Peng laughed: "Walter, you guys can all fly a helicopter, right?"
"I can't, but Kassin and Khedira can," said Walter.
Hua Chong raised his hand: "Boss, I can do it too!"
Xiao Peng laughed cheerfully and said, "Look, the driver's money is saved again. I am really a genius at making a living!"
Everyone was sullen. "So you're not buying a helicopter to save money? Can you cut back even more?"
Xiao Peng's eyes widened upon hearing this. "How much did I lose coming to the Black Sea? Will you reimburse me? How am I going to support you if I don't make money? Alright! Everyone put on enthusiastic smiles. Our God of Wealth has arrived! Put up the banner!"
"yes!"
The people on the helicopter were also a little confused when they saw the "Calysop". There was a banner on the ship written in Russian: Welcome Russian big brother to our ship.
Wow, that's so kind to look at.
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