Golden Fishery
v2 Chapter 268: . The first aircraft
Auerbach, who was reading the newspaper, raised his head. He folded the newspaper neatly, and asked with his fingers crossed: "Do you want to buy a plane?"
Qin Shiou shrugged and said, “I thought about it. Now that the scale of the fishery has expanded, and the fishing boat’s bait spreading efficiency is too low, it’s time to buy an agricultural plane.”
Auerbach said: “I don’t know much about this. I only know that most of the aircraft used in the fishery are Polish M-18B dromedary agricultural aircraft. This kind of airplane."
It seems that Auerbach can't advise himself, so Qin Shiou said that I will check it online later.
Auerbach smiled and said: "Why go online, don't you have a Black Gold Centurion? I think American Express should have dedicated service personnel for large customers like you, ask them, and they will give you a satisfactory answer. If you want to buy a plane , Through them, you can buy airplanes faster."
"So powerful?" Qin Shiou said suspiciously. After breakfast, he estimated that the special service personnel hired by the Black Gold Centurion Card holders from American Express had gone to work, so he made a phone call that Brandon had left him.
After the call was dialed, it rang three times, and there was a sweet voice over Qin Shiou’s microphone: "Hello, respected customer Mr. Qin, I am your special service officer Jennifer Albi, I am very happy to serve Your service, do you have any needs?"
This voice is very good, not worse than the so-called female anchor of the radio station. Qin Shiou coughed and said: "That's it, Jennifer, this is Qin Shiou. I want to buy an agricultural aircraft, and the price is best controlled at 500,000 Canadian dollars. Within, can you introduce a few models for me?"
When his voice fell, Jennifer said: "Okay. Mr. Qin, please wait a moment, check your email in five minutes, and I will send you the appropriate information."
Sure enough. Five minutes later, Qin Shiou refreshed his mailbox, and a new email from American Express appeared.
After he opened it, there were more than 20 aircraft names listed above, followed by prices, models, advantages and disadvantages, customer experience, etc., which were very detailed. In addition, Jennifer also made key marks on models with better market feedback, and the service is very attentive.
The first one that came out was the Polish PLM18-B dromedary agricultural aircraft. The user feedback of this aircraft is the best. It is considered to be one of the most cost-effective agricultural aircraft, with the lowest selling price in Canada of 150,000 Canadian dollars.
There are several other more popular agricultural aircrafts, including GA-200 Fatman, EMB-202 Tepanema, Z137T agricultural vortex, pinnacle, and aerial tractor aircraft.
Qin Shiou looked at the introductions of these airplanes one by one. Although they were only agricultural airplanes, he still watched them with gusto.
The GA-200 Fatman aircraft comes from Gippsland Aviation Co., Ltd. of Australia, and the fuselage material is all-metal SAE4130-molybdenum-molybdenum steel pipe welded structure. The empty weight is 770KG, the maximum take-off weight is 1770KG, and the cruising speed is 374 kilometers per hour.
The EMB-202 Tepanema aircraft was designed by Embraer. The fuselage is an all-metal 4130 steel pipe welded structure, with an empty weight of 1,020 kg, a maximum take-off weight of 1,580 kg, and a speed of 230 kilometers per hour.
The Z137T agricultural vortex aircraft comes from the Czech Sports Aircraft Corporation. The fuselage is a metal-skinned steel structure with an empty weight of 1250KG and a take-off weight of 2520KG. The cruising speed is 228 kilometers per hour.
The summit comes from New Zealand Pacific Aerospace Corporation. The fuselage is made of aluminum-titanium alloy skinned PDC plastic sheet material, with an empty weight of 1315KG, a maximum take-off weight of 3742 kg, and a speed of 274 kilometers per hour.
The remaining distinctive feature is the aerial tractor. This aircraft is very famous in North America and is the flagship aircraft produced by Air Tractor Co., Ltd. of the United States. The fuselage material is a simple 4130 steel structure, rugged and powerful, with an empty weight of two tons, a maximum take-off weight of 4 tons3, and a speed of 253 kilometers per hour.
These airplanes are not expensive. The most expensive aerial tractor is around 500,000 Canadian dollars, while other airplanes are less than 300,000 Canadian dollars.
Don’t think there are only five types of aircraft here. In fact, each type of aircraft has more than ten seed models. A series of AT-501AT-502 enhanced, AT-503/503A new type and AT-802/AT-802U ultimate type.
These types of aircraft are the most representative in their respective fields. They are either simple and easy to use, such as the Polish dromedary, or as fast as the GA-200 Fatman, or are the most fuel-efficient EMB-202 Tepanema. Each type of aircraft has its own advantages.
Qin Shiou researched and couldn't decide. It seems that it is best to buy a dromedary, because this kind of airplane is not only cheap and easy to use, but also has good accessories. Although it is a Polish-made airplane, it has a production line in Canada.
However, after some comparisons, Qin Shiou decided to buy an aerial tractor, and he wanted an AT-802 civilian model.
AT-802 was finalized in September 1995. This model is larger than the previous models. It is the first two-seater aircraft designed by Air Tractor Airlines. It is mainly used for fire fighting, mountain forest spraying, high-volume seeding and fertilization. , And special tasks such as anti-drugs.
This aircraft is equipped with a 820-kilowatt, 1115-shaft-horsepower PT6A-45R turboprop engine produced by the Pratt-Whitney Canada Company, which drives a pair of Hartzell Company's five-blade feathering reversible pitch constant speed Metal propeller.
The empty weight of AT-802 is a terrifying 3200 kg, which is more than three tons, and its carrying capacity is stronger, the maximum take-off weight is 6,600 kg, the speed is 280 kilometers per hour, and the limit speed is 360 kilometers per hour.
Qin Shiou made up his mind to buy this type of aircraft because he saw a piece of news when he searched for these types of aircraft: The US Southern Command has purchased a series of AT-802 armed and improved AT-802U to carry out counter-guerrilla attacks in South America. , Anti-riot, anti-drug and anti-smuggling and anti-terrorism missions.
Qin Shiou studied this news and learned from a forum that AT-802 was originally developed as a military aircraft. It is very suitable for armed modification. As long as it is modified into a monitoring mission state, it can be mounted with optical, photoelectric, and infrared heat. Imaging, night vision, synthetic aperture radar pods and other equipment.
And if it is converted into an armed attack state, it can carry 8,000 pounds of ammunition, can mount laser, radio and television, infrared weapons, fire control pods, mount 2 GAU-193 tube 12.7 mm Gatling machine guns, 2 rounds of BPW "Border Protection" "Weapons" precision guided gliding bombs, 4 Hellfire missiles, 16 Lockheed Martin DRAG laser-guided rockets or M2607 tube uncontrolled rocket nests, 2 MK82-250-pound laser-guided bombs...
If it is modified to be equipped with protective equipment, you can install armor for the cockpit and engine, cockpit bulletproof glass, self-sealing fuel tank, optional AAR-47/ALE-47 self-defense system, helmet sight, and add-on aircraft Body auxiliary fuel tank...
Since this is the case, what else is there to hesitate? If you don't buy this kind of killer, what should you buy? (To be continued~^~)