Golden Fishery
v2 Chapter 287: .Space City
After having lunch in the fishing ground, Asik invited Qin Shiou to follow him to the Aerospace City Company’s resident to check the plane.
Qin Shiou wants to take Winnie, after all, the stewardess is a senior flight attendant and should know a lot about airplanes.
He called, and Winnie said that she was taking the girls on a tour in Gramona National Park, so she didn’t go to see the plane, she only knew about fixed-wing planes. Qin Shiou wanted to buy a fixed-wing aircraft but had already selected a model. This time, he chose a helicopter, and she couldn't help.
In this way, Qin Shiou took Auerbach, Huzi, and Leopard on the plane and flew directly to Montreal.
The advantage of having a private jet is this. It is very free. The owner does what the owner says. You can’t bring pets on a civil jet, so it doesn’t matter if you take a private jet.
Asik adjusted the curvature of the recliner for Huzi and Leopard so that they could lie on it comfortably, and then put some snacks and milk on it. The service made the owner Qin Shiou feel embarrassed.
Montreal is a city located in southwestern 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. John's, only 700 kilometers.
This city was once the economic capital of Canada, with the largest population and the most developed economy. Although it has lost its position as an economic leader, it is still one of Canada’s most important economic centers. The aviation industry, finance, design, and film industry are particularly developed here. There are many large companies. This can be seen when entering the city center. Busy traffic.
After arriving in Montreal, Asik arranged a five-star hotel for Qin Shiou, named on the banks of the Lachin River. Opening the window is a beautiful and clean river with pleasant scenery.
Asik asked Qin Shiou if he wanted to rest. After getting a negative answer, he drove the two and two dogs to the headquarters of Space City.
Buying an airplane is not like buying a car. You can watch them one by one. The plane is too big and takes up space, and the unit price is too high. The Aerospace City has its own apron. But there were only less than 20 fixed-wing aircraft and more than forty helicopters parked.
In fact, for most airplanes, after customers place an order, they contact the manufacturer for production.
Qin Shiou came to the Aerospace City because they happened to have an existing aerial tractor AT-802C aircraft, and there were a lot of helicopters, and Qin Shiou could visit the site.
After arriving at the apron, Asik led Qin Shiou straight to the AT-802C, the price of this aircraft is 644,000. It 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, AT-802F, which is mainly responsible for forest fire fighting. The total price is 4.8 million US dollars."
Qin Shiou slapped his tongue and asked, “I just converted it into a fire fighter, so the price has increased so much?”
The average AT-802F is US$800,000. That is close to one million Canadian dollars, which is not expensive.
Asik smiled, and said, “Not so. The AT-802F modified machine is only 680,000 yuan in Canada. It’s just that the tariffs sold to your country are relatively high, which makes the price so high.”
Listening to what Asik said, Qin Shiou understood that in order to protect its independent property rights, China has imposed high tariffs on luxury goods such as cars, airplanes, and yachts. This can be seen from the purchase of imported cars.
Enter the apron. What Qin Shiou saw was a mighty plane. Asik explained to him: "Most of these planes have already been booked by customers, otherwise we would not dare to let them park outside. The maintenance cost of the planes is too expensive. Basically, it can be calculated at a price of 1% of the value of the aircraft per day. ."
AT-802C is very conspicuous. Qin Shiou saw it far away, and its appearance was the yellow color rarely seen in airplanes. It is about the same size as the P-750: four meters in height, ten meters in length, and a much wider wingspan, close to twenty meters.
When he arrived in front of AT-802C, Asik asked him to go up and take a look, and then introduce the correlation coefficient: It uses Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67F turboprop engine, which has a full 1,350 horsepower, and a fast enough cruising speed of 356 km/h. It can fly 1,289 kilometers, climb 7,620 meters, and so on.
In terms of standard configuration, AT-802C uses a traditional landing gear, with two main wheels and one tail wheel. The aircraft is equipped with Wipaire-10000 amphibious pontoons, 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 it will be enough to build a rigid runway on the beach.
This is thanks to the original 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. Now this is cheaper than Qin Shiou.
Feeling the mighty and domineering air tractor, Qin Shiou decided to buy this aircraft, but to convert it into an agricultural machine that can be sprayed with pesticides and seeds, an additional $40,000 is required.
In addition, Asik was very considerate to help Qin Shiou modify another thing, that is, the machine gun stand: “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 I install rocket nests or missiles?"
"It can be, 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 infrared auto-recognition radar for me. You know, I have to cruise my fishing grounds every day. The ocean area is too big to see with my eyes."
"No problem, plus 28,000 yuan. The SS-PD2 civilian autonomous recognition radar produced by Boeing can work 24 hours a day."
Purchasing agricultural aircraft is simple, 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 needs to be equipped with radar for fishing ground cruises, in fact he usually does not fly this aircraft. This guy has an empty weight of close to three tons, which is simply a big killer that burns oil. He needs a light, Fast small plane.
After understanding Qin Shiou's needs and uses, Asik said: "Then you can buy a single-engine helicopter, you don't need multiple helicopters. The price gap between the two parties is very large."
Single-engine helicopters have only one rotary wing. There are naturally many 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, Helisport CH-7, AN-2Enara and so on.
Multi-engine helicopters, there are almost no helicopters under 5 million Canadian dollars, and even tens of millions of them, almost comparable to the price of multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
Asik took him to an exquisite single-engine small helicopter and introduced: "The Safari helicopter, nicknamed Baby Belle, is a self-developed aircraft in Canada. The space is the same as the Bell-47, the speed is about the same, and the price is only 200,000 yuan. Canadian dollars."
"What about Bell-47?" Qin Shiou asked. This aircraft is a classic among helicopters, comparable to the AK in a gun. It has been born for 70 years and has been selling well. (To be continued~^~)