On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Tan Delin, the general manager of the machinery company, called Zhao Yi and said that someone from the Civil Aviation Administration of China had informed them that they would come to the machinery company on the twelfth day of the first lunar month to inspect the machinery company's agricultural aircraft. If the inspection passed, they would An airworthiness certificate will be issued.
After Zhao heard this, he immediately said to Tan Delin: "I will go to your side right away."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yi went to book a flight. Because there was no one around him, he had to run errands to buy plane tickets by himself. This made Zhao Yi suddenly want to set up a secretary office. In the future, some daily work could be handed over to the secretary office, so that he would not have to do these chores himself.
He bought a ticket for the same day, so Zhao Yi flew to Shenyang on the same day, taking advantage of these two days to inspect the company's situation.
The next day, Zhao Yi saw the agricultural aircraft produced by his company on the small airstrip built by the machinery company. In Zhao Yi's opinion, it was not big. It had a propeller in the front and the aircraft was covered with cloth. As a designer, Zhao Yi certainly understands why it is designed in this way, because it will greatly reduce the difficulty of manufacturing the aircraft. As the company's first product, it should not be too difficult.
Originally, Zhao Yi wanted to go up and try out the fun of flying an airplane, but Tan Delin next to him disagreed. Even though Zhao Yi repeatedly promised that there would be no problems and that he knew how to fly, it still didn't work.
The helpless Zhao Yiyi was able to stand by the runway and watched with envy as the pilot flew his company's plane roaring past and into the blue sky. He also made several obstacle avoidance maneuvers in the air, and then performed a low-altitude flight mission. Even when flying at a low altitude of two meters above the ground, the aircraft is very stable.
Low-altitude flight is very important for agricultural aircraft, because agricultural aircraft operate at low altitude most of the time, and the height is generally no higher than 10 meters.
After the pilot demonstrated the aircraft's low-altitude flight, it then lifted to a high altitude. In a beautiful maneuver, it headed towards the runway of the aircraft, landed smoothly, and then stopped not far in front of Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi quickly stepped forward and shook hands with the pilot, and then asked the pilot how he felt about driving. The pilot was also an honest person and told Zhao Yi one by one about his experiences and shortcomings. Zhao Yi also kept them all in mind and hoped that the next model could solve these problems.
After looking at the situation of the aircraft, Zhao Yi went to the aircraft manufacturing line to inspect the situation. Now the aircraft production line has entered the full production stage and can produce 50 aircraft per month, which is considered to be relatively high-yield.
At present, the domestic agricultural aircraft market is not large, so these outputs basically need to be digested by environmental management companies. As for agricultural and animal husbandry companies, they are prepared to purchase agricultural helicopters currently being developed by machinery companies, which is more suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry companies.
In addition to checking the production tasks of the aircraft, Zhao Yi also inspected the research status of agricultural helicopters and large combined lawn mowers, and answered their difficulties on the spot.
On the third day, people from the Civil Aviation Administration of China came, and then accompanied them to inspect agricultural aircraft. First, they accompanied them to watch the same flight show as yesterday, and then accompanied them to inspect the aircraft production line and saw the company's production line. Production is already at full capacity. The person in charge said: "You are very confident. Mass production has already begun."
"Our confidence comes from the quality of our products. We will know when we go to the conference room later and look at our flight data." Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"Okay, that's enough for watching here. Let's go to the conference room now." The person in charge also said with a smile.
So a large group of people walked to the conference room. After everyone took their seats, Zhao Yi asked the people from the machinery company to hand over the compiled flight data to the people from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The people they could come here to inspect were all experts in this field, and they didn't need people from the machinery company to explain it. They started to open the information one by one and read it.
After they finished reading the information, they communicated with each other in low voices for a while, and then the person in charge said: "Judging from your information, your aircraft is indeed excellent, and the safety performance is also in place. We are very concerned about your aircraft." There is no objection to obtaining the airworthiness certificate.”
The person in charge was straightforward. Maybe their boss had already explained it when he came, so he didn't embarrass the machinery company anyway.
This made Zhao Yi very happy and said quickly: "I have absolute confidence in our products, but I still need to thank you for your support."
After the meeting, Zhao Yi hosted a banquet for the group of them at the hotel, and the guests and hosts had a great time.
The next day, they flew back to Kyoto, and Zhao Yi discussed matters with Tan Delin in the company conference room.
"Old Tan, this time I came here not only to inspect the Civil Aviation Administration of China, but also to have some ideas about our machinery company. This time I just want to have a good communication with you." Zhao Yi said to Tan Delin.
"I wonder what Mr. Zhao thinks?" Tan Delin felt a little nervous when he heard Zhao Yi's words.
"I think we should set up a company dedicated to the research and development and production of aircraft, and let the machinery company specialize in the production of agricultural machinery and construction machinery. What do you think?" Zhao Yi said.
Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Tan Delin secretly relaxed and said: "I support Mr. Zhao's idea. After all, the manufacturing of aircraft is still different from ordinary machinery. I thought this time we would use the wind tunnel of a state-owned enterprise to conduct experiments. At that time, It hit a lot of dust. There was a lot of equipment that wasn't there."
Hearing Tan Delin's words, Zhao Yi was very happy and said: "I plan to establish two other companies, one is responsible for the research and production of power, and the other is responsible for the research and development and manufacturing of aircraft. The aircraft manufacturing part of the machinery company will be transferred Going to an aircraft manufacturing company allows you to specialize.”
"Mr. Zhao, I have no objections here," Tan Delin said.
After finishing all this, Zhao Yi went to Changchun. This time he came to inspect FAW trucks. Because Zhao Yi's agricultural and animal husbandry company needs a lot of heavy-duty trucks, he needed to come and see the situation.
The people at FAW were very enthusiastic. They took Zhao Yi to visit the entire factory and introduced the history of the factory and its brilliant achievements.
Then he took Zhao Yi to see their production line operations, and then went to learn about various types of trucks.
At present, FAW's latest heavy-duty truck is the CA15, with a main vehicle load of 5 tons and a total trailer weight of 6 tons. Gasoline engine, maximum power 115 horsepower/28000 rpm, maximum torque 36 kg*m/1100-1200 rpm. The fuel consumption of the entire vehicle is 26.5 liters per 100 kilometers.
To be honest, Zhao Yiyi is not very satisfied with the performance this time, but there is nothing he can do about it. This is already the best heavy truck in China.
"We will order 1,000 vehicles first and deliver them before the end of the year. Can you do it?" Zhao Yi asked.
When the leader of FAW heard Zhao Yi's words, he immediately became happy and quickly assured: "Mr. Zhao, there is absolutely no problem with this."
These vehicles are mainly used by agricultural and animal husbandry companies to transport green storage and other transportation tasks on pastures. As for the subsequent beef transportation, we will see at that time. (End of chapter)