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287. Aerospace City

After lunch in the fishing ground, Asik invited Qin Shiou to accompany him to the Aerospace City Company's headquarters to check the plane.

Qin Shiou wanted to bring Winnie, after all, the flight attendant is a senior flight attendant and should know a lot about the plane.

He called, and Winnie said she was taking the girls to visit Gramona National Park and didn't go to see the plane. All she knew about was fixed-wing aircraft. Qin Shiou wanted to buy a fixed-wing aircraft but had already chosen a model. This time she chose a helicopter, and she couldn't help.

In this way, Qin Shiou took Auerbach and Huzi, and the leopard boarded the plane and flew directly to Montreal.

This is the advantage of having a private jet. It’s very free. Whatever the owner says is what he wants. If you can’t bring pets when taking a civil aviation plane, it doesn’t matter if you have a private jet.

Asik adjusted the curve of the recliner for Hu Zi and Leopard so that they could lie comfortably on it, and then put small snacks and milk on it. The service made Qin Shiou, the owner, feel embarrassed to see it.

Montreal is a city located in southwest Quebec. It is the largest city in Quebec, the second largest city in Canada and the fifteenth largest city in North America. It is not far from St. Johns, only 700 kilometers.

This city used to be the economic capital of Canada, with the largest population and the most developed economy. Although it has lost its position as the leader in the economy, it is still one of the most important economic centers in Canada. The aviation industry, finance, design, film industry and other industries are particularly developed, with many large companies. You can see this when you enter the city center, and it is full of traffic.

After arriving in Montreal, Asik arranged a five-star hotel for Qin Shiou, named it on the bank of the Lachin River. When he opened the window, he saw a beautiful and clean river. The scenery was pleasant.

Asik asked Qin Shiou if he wanted to rest. After getting the negative answer, he drove two or two dogs to the headquarters of the Aerospace City.

Buying an airplane is not like buying a car. You can watch it by car. The aircraft is too large and occupy space. The unit price is too high. The Aerospace City has its own apron, but there are only less than twenty fixed-wing aircraft and more than forty helicopters parked.

In fact, most aircraft are manufactured by customers after placing an order.

Qin Shiou came to the Aerospace City because they happened to have an air tractor at-802c aircraft. In addition, there are a large number of helicopters, so Qin Shiou can visit it on site.

After arriving at the apron, Asik led Qin Shiou straight to the at-802c. The bare metal price of this aircraft is 6.44 million yuan, which can be modified. On the way, he introduced to Qin Shiou: "Your country's Beidahuang General Aviation Company has just purchased six of this aircraft, which is at-802f, which is mainly responsible for forest firefighting, and the total price is US$4.8 million."

Qin Shiou smacked his tongue and asked, "Just convert it into a firefighter, the price has increased so much?"

The average at-802f is $800,000, which is close to one million Canadian dollars. This price is not uncommon.

Asik smiled and said, "It's not the case. The at-802f modified machine only costs 680,000 yuan in Canada, but the tariffs sold to your country are relatively high. That's why the price is so high."

After hearing Asik said this, Qin Shiou understood that in order to protect his independent property rights, China has raised tariffs on luxury goods such as cars, aircraft, yachts, etc., which can be seen from the purchase of imported cars.

When entering the apron, Qin Shiou saw a mighty and powerful plane. Asik introduced to him: "Most of these planes have been booked by customers, otherwise we would not dare to let them park outside. The maintenance fee for the plane is too expensive, and it can basically be calculated at the price of 1% of the aircraft's value per day."

The at-802c is very conspicuous. Qin Shiou saw it from a distance. Its appearance is a rare yellow color in the airplane, and its size is about the same as that of the p-750: four meters in height, more than ten meters in length, and its wingspan is much wider, close to twenty meters.

When he arrived at the at-802c, Asik asked him to go up and take a look, and then introduced the correlation coefficient: he used the Puhui PT6a-67f turboprop engine, which had a full 1,350 horsepower, and a cruising speed of 356 kilometers/hour fast enough. He could fly 1,289 kilometers once he filled up, and climb 7,620 meters, etc.

In terms of standard configuration, the at-802c uses a traditional landing gear, with two main wheels and a tail wheel. The aircraft is equipped with a Wipaire-10000 amphibious buoy, allowing it to land on non-professional runways or even on water.

This is very important to Qin Shiou because he does not have an airport. If the at-802c can land on the sea, then a hard runway will be built on the beach.

This is thanks to the original design intention of at-802. It was originally designed to extinguish forest fires, so in order to get water faster, the plane needs to be able to land directly on the river surface. Now this is cheaper for Qin Shiou.

Feeling the mighty and domineering aerial tractor, Qin Shiou decided to buy this plane, but it would cost an additional $40,000 to be converted into an agricultural machine that can sprinkle pesticides and seeds.

In addition, Asik helped Qin Shiou modify another thing very considerately, that is, the machine gun frame: "As long as you find a way to buy a civilian version of m60 or m249, you can hang it up and sweep the world."

"Can you install rocket nests or missiles?"

"It's OK, but we can't get the formalities and approval documents, and I don't think you can get rockets and missiles."

"Just kidding, haha, but it's better to install an infrared autonomous recognition radar for me. You know, I have to cruise my fishing ground every day, and the ocean area is too large, so it's not enough to rely on my eyes to see it."

"No problem, add 28,000 yuan. The SS-PD2 civilian autonomous recognition radar produced by Boeing can work 24 hours a day."

It is easy to buy a farm aircraft, because the model has been selected in advance, and the next step is to buy a cruise helicopter.

Although Qin Shiou said that the At-802c would need to be installed with radar for fishing grounds, he actually would not drive this plane. This guy's empty weight is nearly three tons, which is simply a big killer for burning oil. He needs a light and fast small aircraft.

After understanding Qin Shiou's needs and uses, Asik said: "Then you can buy a single-engine helicopter, there is no need for multiple helicopters. The price difference between the two sides is very big."

A single-engine helicopter only has one rotating wing, and there are naturally multiple multi-engine helicopters. The price gap between the two sides is indeed very large. Many single-engine helicopters are below 1 million Canadian dollars, such as h2s, h-7, an-2enara, etc.

There are almost no multiple helicopters below 5 million Canadian dollars, or even tens of millions, which is almost comparable to the price of multiple fixed-wing aircraft.

Asik brought him to an exquisite single-engine small helicopter and introduced: "The Safa Japanese helicopter, nicknamed Baby Beautiful, is an aircraft independently developed by our Canada. Its space is as big as the Bell-47, with a speed of about 200,000 Canadian dollars."

"Where is the Bell-47?" Qin Shiou asked. This aircraft is a classic classic among helicopters, comparable to a gun-in-a-kick. It has been born for 70 years and has been selling well. (To be continued)

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