ziaulislam
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Ultimately you wull have to take yhe risk..if you play smart you should be able to develop a single engine used in both transport and gunships(nothing new, some engines are used this way)Aside from the cost of developing a platform ab initio, where are the engines going to come from? As per my knowledge, the US and French are not releasing any, the Chinese do not yet have a powerful and reliable engine for helos( one of the main reasons for Z10 being returned) and the Russians are not playing ball. So you have a need now. You have barely stepped into the field of aviation and you want to design a helo from the base up on a nonexistent budget( in case you did not notice we are broke). The helo market is in a state of glut with multiple platforms vying f9r a very limited market. So in case 10 to 15 years down the line we develop a platform when we need one now, how many do we need. As far as I remember the need maximally is 80 platforms. So what do you think is going to be the cost of your 80 platforms? Please consider you will be investing possibly a couple of billion dollars plus getting 8nto a c9ntract to procure eng8nes with some subassembly which is going to be in the region of 30 million a pop plus setup which could set you back another half a billion dollars. Can you then calculate the per unit cost of this platform?
It is not without reason that PAA wanted a venture with the Turks. The initial setup costs would have been offset by getting some production rights of sub sections which could have been mutually beneficial. With the 2 brotherly countries both needing the platform the requirements would have gone up past 200 platforms. The Turks have already manufactured the helo so development costs would have been minimal and setup of sub assembly line would have paid for itself in due course. Cost per unit could have been rediced as Turkish labour is significantly more expensive than Pak labour which would have been a win win for both parties. Since the Turks are just starting off in the international market they might have been a bit more willing to offer you loans unlike the Chinese who are now think8ng twice about offering you any loans az your finacial condition is a mess. Plus the Chinese do not gain anything by offering you sub assembly.
Just a few thoughts for your kind consideration.
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Down the line there is big demand..you will need 150+ transport helis and 40-50 gunships...
Acquire mi27s and work on your own plateform
See if you can upgrade the older cobras or get surplus from usa for mean while