"Military Sub-plane" Author: Lu Zhi.
After Portugal, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic, one more country chose the C390 transport aircraft from Brazil. And this country is pretentious, this is South Korea, which has been keen on international affairs in recent years. Embraer recently officially stated that its C390 transport aircraft will become South Korea's future anchor transport aircraft, and it will also be the first Asian user. At the moment, the company did not indicate the number of aircraft purchased by the South Korean Air Force and the specifics of the deal. So what are the advantages of the C390 series of transport aircraft that can be appreciated by countries like South Korea?What are the implications of this plane for our country?
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The C390 transport aircraft is a typical medium-sized jet transport aircraft, and its positioning is relatively close to the previous C130 and China's Y8 Y-9. However, the advantages of the C390 series of transport aircraft can be seen from the appearance, the overall layout it uses is relatively close to the Y-20, C17, and C5, and the wing box is also raised, creating a fairly large cargo compartment. The length of its cargo compartment is allegedly 185 meters, width 345 meters, height 295 meters, plus the maximum load capacity can reach about 26 tons, which means that the carrying capacity of the M113 tracked armored vehicle can also be transported, and the main 8 8 infantry fighting vehicles or slightly lighter tracked infantry fighting vehicles can also be transported. And like the more and more important now, the general *** and the armed *** can also be transported after the main rotor is dismantled or folded. Compared with the old transport aircraft with slender cargo compartment in the past, the C390 is very close to the concept of the C17 transport aircraft, and has done enough in terms of transportation capacity, so it has also become the first choice of many small and medium-sized countries.
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Although Brazilian officials did not indicate how many planes to buy, some foreign media said that South Korea will spend 710 billion won in the initial stage, which is about 5About 400 million US dollars for the introduction of three KC390s. Of course, this ** must also include some accessories and training, etc., in addition, South Korea, as a country striving to make breakthroughs in arms research and development and export, also hopes to participate in the production of C390 transport aircraft. It can be said that South Korea's purchase of the C390 transport aircraft is also in the hope that it can develop a similar transport aircraft in the future, at least to prepare for future research and development.
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In fact, it can be seen from our previous introduction that the C390 is a new jet transport aircraft with a very good concept, and its comprehensive performance is better than that of the C130 series in the United States, even if it is the newer C130J series, and Russia has also developed the Il-276 transport aircraft, which is very close to it. This is enough to prove that an excellent medium tactical transport aircraft is almost what the C390 looks like. At the recent Dubai Air Show, China exhibited many models of domestic aircraft, including the Y-20B transport aircraft that used a large bypass ratio turbofan engine. Many netizens and military ** also said that China is interested in exporting Yun 20, although this is true, but we have also analyzed before, Yun 20 This level of transport aircraft ** is too expensive and too strong, and it is not suitable for most countries. Therefore, even if it can be exported, the number of exports is relatively limited, so the Y-30 or the new Zhongyun that have not yet appeared are the main transport aircraft that are really suitable for export.
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There is no relevant information about this new transport aircraft in China, but with C390 as a reference, it is roughly a turboprop or turbofan transport aircraft with a carrying capacity of about 25 tons. Since China is able to develop the Y-20 transport plane, the development of a smaller medium-sized transport plane will certainly be at hand, and it will also be able to provide our army with a fairly good tactical transport plane. In addition, the C130 series previously in service and China's export of Y-8, as well as the older An-12 and other transport aircraft are also about to be replaced, if the new transport or Y-30 can come out in recent years, the performance is equal or even more than C390, while maintaining China's unique high cost performance, then the new transport aircraft will definitely get quite good sales.
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