Chapter 564: Wider, Wider (Second update, please subscribe)
Late at night, when people were already asleep, a black BMW drove into the Kailash Mountains.
As the car drove along the highway into the mountains, a man in his sixties was sitting in the passenger seat. He had gray hair and a neat beard.
Looking at the mountain shadow in the distance, he asked.
"Ajun, do you know this is a sacred mountain and why it is called "Widow Mountain"?"
Ajun, who was driving, laughed when he heard this.
“Why don’t you know this? It has something to do with us Tang people. According to legend, in ancient times, a Tangshan fisherman accidentally encountered a typhoon and drifted here. He killed the evil dragon in the mountain and took the dragon ball. The local tribe regarded him as As a hero, the chief also betrothed his daughter to him, and he settled down in the local area, married a wife and had children. Later, the hero missed his relatives in his hometown and returned to his hometown, but he never came back. On the same day, I climbed to the top of the sacred mountain and looked up at the sea. I finally hoped that my husband would become a stone and stay on the top of the mountain forever. In order to commemorate this great love story, the locals named this mountain "Tangshan Widow Mountain", also known as Widow Mountain. Passed down from generation to generation."
A Junzhu added,
"I heard that this has been written into the history books."
Glück smiled.
"Yes, it has been written into the history books. This shows that the Tang people have been here since ancient times and have thrived here. The Tang people are also the aborigines here."
Although he is an expert in aerodynamics , but Glück also knew that the role of "Widow's Mountain" was to show the historical connection between the Tang people and this land.
"That's right. People of my grandpa's generation have been here. Grandma is a local, and of course I am an aborigine."
The driver's answer made Glück Smiling, when the car turned a corner, a group of lit-up buildings in the valley appeared in their sight.
This is the Aerodynamic Research Institute of Nanyang. Although the first wind tunnel in Nanyang was the Nanyang University Wind Tunnel Laboratory, a large wind tunnel laboratory was established due to the need to develop the aviation industry.
Under the guidance of German engineers, aerodynamic research now not only has three high-speed wind tunnels, but also has two different supersonic wind tunnels, one of which can produce supersonic airflow of Mach 4.4.
Since the aerodynamic test laboratory was built, Nanyang’s aerodynamic experts have conducted a large number of aerodynamic tests here, which not only provided a large amount of theoretical support for the development of FX1, but also provided a lot of theoretical support for the design of civil aircraft. It also played a big role.
After entering the institute, Glück moved into the dormitory of the institute. After a brief shower, he spread out the drawings and continued to study the wings. After establishing the concept of "large four-engine jet The company's designers began the design work after the "Airliner" project, and he was responsible for the wing design. In the past few months, they have tested multiple wings and engine pods, each modification After design, extensive wind tunnel testing is required.
“I hope this test can confirm the wing!”
As an aerodynamics expert, Glück certainly knows that this is only the original design stage, and the design may be possible at any time. Modification, and what does each modification mean?
Of course, they had to tear it down and start over again. The next day, just as Glück and his colleagues started the air blowing test of the new wing, in the conference room of Nanyang Aviation Industries, company manager Lin Kangwei was receiving Borneo Airlines manager Allen A group of people, a model of a four-engine jetliner was displayed in front of them.
“...It uses four RB.80 jet engines with a thrust of up to 9,250 pounds. It is currently the most powerful jet engine. BMW is currently cooperating with Rolls-Royce to develop a jet engine with greater thrust. The thrust of the engine will exceed 10,000 pounds, and may even reach 15,000 pounds in the future. According to our estimates, after using the new engine, its cruising speed will be 860km, which will make it the fastest passenger aircraft in the world."
In total. When engineer Satista introduced the performance of the aircraft to everyone, Allen listened to his explanation while recalling the "comet" he had seen in the UK, which was the world's first jet airliner. ” has been publicly displayed.
It is precisely because of the success of the "Comet" that the airline company will support this project. Of course, another reason is that the president is very supportive of this project,
so he directly asked road.
"What is its body width?"
"The body width is 3400 mm, the same as the C95, which is enough to accommodate four side-by-side seats, that is, a two-plus-two seat layout." "Four side-by-side seats... ..."
After pondering for a moment, Allen said.
“In this way, the number of seats is very limited. From the perspective of airline operations, the limited number of seats will increase our operating costs. In order to remain competitive in the competition, we need more Seats.”
Allen, a former Italian pilot, has been the person in charge of the airline since the North African period. It is through his efforts that Air Borneo has developed into a large company that is not inferior to the large American airlines and has opened many intercontinental routes. . He has his own views on the development of passenger aircraft.
“So, I hope the cabin can be wider.”
Customer first, in general terms, it means... Party A is the father!
Air Borneo is the largest airline in Nanyang. In fact, it is also the only buyer of C95. It may even be the only buyer of jet aircraft. After all, it is often unrealistic for Nanyang to export large passenger aircraft. Even when European countries purchase passenger aircraft, they often give priority to American aircraft. Even jet airliners and the British "Comet" have already been tested.
This is no ordinary Party A, this is their only father!
Faced with "Dad"'s request, Lin Kangwei turned his attention to Satista, and after thinking for a moment, he said tentatively.
“We can expand the fuselage width to 3660 mm, so that five side-by-side seats can be achieved, and the total number of seats will increase by 25%, to more than 130 seats.”
This It should be awesome!
Almost subconsciously, Satista had such an idea in his mind, but unexpectedly, the airline's manager Allen fell into deep thought after hearing his words. He seemed to be thinking about something.
“Can it be wider?”
Allen said.
“For the airline, the extra space and six side-by-side seats are more in line with our needs, which will further reduce our operating costs. After all, for the company, the cost of flying and the number of passengers are Directly related, if possible, I hope the plane will be as wide as possible. "
This... Satista's brows knitted together, and he was already thinking a lot. . I even couldn't help but want to greet Party A.
But Party A is the father!
After thinking about it and forcing a smile, he decided to increase the width of the plane again.
"3760mm! This should be the limit. However, in this way, we still need to readjust the body."
Of course, the wings also need to be modified. There are many places that need to be modified, but this is not What's the problem? After all, everything is on the drawings. It just needs some appropriate modifications.
After all, Party A’s requirements come first!
(End of this chapter)