Chapter 678 DC1 twin-engine transport aircraft
twin-engine transport aircraft
"I can give you a loan of 2 million Australian dollars, or even an interest-free loan. β²πΊπππππ Search π π‘ππππRead β²" Arthur looked at Little Bayer with a dull gaze, and continued before waiting for the other party's reply: "But I also have two a request.
First, acquire 30% of the shares of your head office at market price, and occupy at least 40% of the shares of the new branch.
Secondly, the branch will operate independently in Australia as a separate enterprise and cannot move any business away from Australasia without the permission of Australasia. "
For such an important chemical group, Arthur naturally does not want to see branches of the Bayer Group leave Australasia in the future.
The best way is to treat the branch as an independently operated enterprise in advance, and Australasia must also have a certain say in the branch.
"This." Little Bayer swallowed and said a little uneasily: "Are these conditions too harsh? What Bayer Group wants to establish is a wholly-owned subsidiary. We can allow Australasia to take shares, but We also need to have full say."
"That is simply impossible, Mr. Bayer." Arthur said with some deep meaning: "The chemical industry is very important, and we don't want to see the company we have worked so hard to build go away from us one day.
Of course, you can rest assured that Australasia will not interfere with the operation of the company and will, as you said, provide policy support to the branch that is about to be built.
At least when it comes to building a new company, our interests are aligned. This is also the bottom line for Australasia, and I hope Mr. Bayer will consider it carefully. "
The lack of chemical companies in Australasia is indeed a current problem, but Arthur still understands that it is better to have a shortage than to have too much.
If he cannot control a certain say in the new company and completely guarantee that the new company will stay in Australasia, Arthur will not have much idea of ββββhelping the Bayer family.
After all, the royal family's money didn't come from strong winds. How could it help a stranger for no reason?
Little Bayer fell into silence for an instant. sββhββuββxββ.ββcββoββmβ
He was very clear about the meaning of Arthur's words. If the current Bayer Group wanted to enter Australasia, it had no other choice but to agree to Arthur's conditions.
After all, the current status quo in Australasia is decided by Arthur. If Arthur bans the Bayer family's trade in Australasia, the Bayer family really has nothing to do.
So the question is, should we agree to Arthur's conditions and establish a joint venture branch in Australasia, or should we give up Australasia and look for other countries?
After a brief inner struggle, Bayer chose to agree to Arthur's conditions.
After all, there are not many countries that have not been affected by the economic crisis, and there are even fewer countries whose economy and culture are not much different from those of Europe.
More importantly, these countries can also ensure that they are far away from the threat of war. Except for Australasia, which is the most suitable choice, other choices have too many problems and are not necessarily better than Germany, the headquarters of the Bayer Group.
Seeing that Bayer had agreed with his opinion, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You can discuss everything else with the Australasian government, including the location of the branch and the required equipment. supplies.
A $2 million interest-free loan will be approved soon, and Kent Butler will find you when the time comes.
As for the acquisition of shares of the German head office, you can also contact Kent Butler. As long as it meets the market value, the royal consortium does not lack funds. "
The Bayer Group developed into a world chemical giant in later generations, which is enough to show the ability of Bayer Jr., the leader of the Bayer Group.
Arthur acquired 20% of the shares of the Bayer family company. In addition to wanting to influence the Bayer family, Arthur was also optimistic about the future development and profits of the Bayer Group.
Apart from anything else, after the economic crisis is over, the annual dividends from Arthur's 20% shares will be at least one million Australian dollars. Even as the Bayer Group grows larger, the dividends will increase.
After hearing what Arthur said, Bayer hurriedly resigned and went to inspect a suitable place to establish a branch. At the same time, he told Germany that a cooperation had been reached.
As for Arthur, he also found new ways to cooperate with those companies.
In fact, it is not necessary to completely acquire those companies. You can let those companies build branches or factories in Australasia through cooperation and joint ventures to build factories, thereby improving Australasia's chemical and industrial aspects.
At the same time, with dual shares in the main factory and branch factories, plus control of the branches, there is no need to worry that these companies established in Australasia will relocate in the future.
It is believed that Australasia's stable economy and relatively peaceful environment will attract a considerable number of European companies to come to Australasia to establish joint venture factories.
Although these joint venture factories are not as secure as wholly-owned factories, they are at least much better than nothing.
Therefore, this matter also fell on David, the manager of European royal affairs. There are still many companies facing difficulties in Europe. If Australasia can provide financial help, I believe many companies are willing to establish branch factories in Australasia, or even give up most of the shares in the branch factories.
Just when Arthur was looking forward to more European companies coming to Australasia to build branches, Douglas Company also brought good news to Arthur.
Although Douglas had just relocated to Australasia, it had little impact on the aircraft's design and development departments.
After all, the design and R\u0026D departments require a large amount of information and professional manpower. Almost all experts from the Douglas aircraft design department came to Australasia, which naturally had no impact on Douglas's original R\u0026D plan.
So what kind of aircraft is developed by Douglas?
Of course, it is the predecessor of the famous DC-3 transport aircraft mentioned before, and the DC-1 that started the famous transport aircraft series.
In fact, Douglas Company was already researching twin-engine transport aircraft as early as in the United States.
But the problem is that because of the size of Douglas Company, its research on engines is relatively backward.
However, the weight of the cargo that a transport aircraft can transport depends very much on the power of the engine. If the engine performance is not strong, the cargo that the transport aircraft can carry will naturally not be much.
At Arthur's suggestion, Douglas and Boeing visited the Royal Australasian Aircraft Factory and reached cooperation with the Diesel Engine Research Laboratory.
The Diesel Engine Research Laboratory should currently be the most powerful engine research laboratory in the world. Even excluding the advanced jet engines, Diesel is still a rare talent in the field of ordinary engines.
After various selections, Douglas selected Diesel's improved DE-2 engine.
This engine is a second-generation aero engine. Although it is not as good as a jet engine, it is still excellent enough in the engine field of various countries.
Foreign talents like Douglas and Boeing, although they have joined Australasia, they will definitely not be exposed to jet engines in a short time.
This is also for safety reasons. No one can have access to the most advanced technology in Australasia right away.
Of course, if Douglas and Boeing are tested, they will naturally have access to the most advanced jet engines and develop more advanced aircraft that use jet engines as power.
Because he had already had enough ideas about a twin-engine transport aircraft, and with the help of Diesel's engines, Douglas's twin-engine transport aircraft development plan was very successful.
In the previous period, Douglas built a simple model of a ship with the help of the Royal Aircraft Factory and installed two DE-2 engines as power. The final performance data results were basically in line with expectations, and were successfully reported to Arthur here.
Douglas named this transport aircraft DC-1. It was an all-metal monoplane and the twin-engine aircraft that Douglas had longed for.
Looking at the basic data of the DC-1 transport aircraft provided by Douglas, Arthur was quite satisfied.
DC-1 adopts a two-person cockpit mode and can carry at least 12 passengers. The maximum speed has exceeded 335 kilometers per hour, the theoretical cruising speed is not less than 255 kilometers per hour, and the climb rate is as high as 3 degrees per minute and not less than 3548 meters.
Such data is a considerable improvement compared to the Australasian passenger aircraft SF-2, which also proves that Douglas's capabilities in transport aircraft are indeed impressive.
Moreover, because it is a twin-engine transport aircraft, the design of this DC-1 transport aircraft is expected to be safe, smooth and well-controlled take-off and landing at a standardized airport even if one engine is missing and fully loaded.
This also allowed the DC-1 transport aircraft to instantly surpass the SF-2 and become the theoretically most advanced transport aircraft in Australasia.
Of course, all this is just theoretical data. Whether it can be realized will not be known until a real experimental machine is built.
However, Arthur still saw many innovations in this transport aircraft that were different from the Australasian transport aircraft, which is enough to prove that the current US research and development of aircraft still has many advantages.
It can only be said that although Australasia leads the world in aircraft, it does not necessarily maintain its lead in some designs and ideas.
Even if you are ahead, you must not relax, because there are many countries behind you that are struggling to catch up. This also makes Arthur very lucky to have acquired Douglas Company. Otherwise, Douglas Company, which has survived the economic crisis, will definitely become a major boost to the U.S. Air Force.
Douglas adopted a very innovative technology on the DC-1, which is the integrated central engine nacelle and wing structural section.
The advantage of this structure is that it not only increases the strength of the wing, but also bolts the outer wing to the central wing section, making wing maintenance very simple.
This kind of ingenious design is indeed not available in current Australasian aircraft. The introduction of Boeing and Douglas, the two major aircraft manufacturers, will indeed bring Australasian aircraft design to a higher level.
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