"Mr. Zhang, what is the price of your company's aircraft?"
On October 10, when Zhang Jingyuan was about to return, the general who was unwilling to tell his name actually took the initiative to ask thousands of questions.
Zhang Jingyuan looked up at the general and was a little disgusted by his impression. On the first day they met, he told himself that he was not qualified to know his name. For such people, Zhang Jingyuan’s answer is simple: “You can’t afford it!”
After finishing speaking, he gently reached out his hand, pushed the other person aside, and walked on by himself. He and the staff from the master company walked into the car and drove away!
On the car, some engineers from Gaoshou Company were still excitedly reading the detailed reports produced by the national testing agency; of course, more subsequent reports would have to wait for some time. However, the Aerospace Research Center was responsible for this test, so Zhang Jingyuan was not worried at all that the general who just looked livid could intervene.
While the car roared, Zhang Jingyuan was thinking about how to dig Mu Xinghai over. Without anything else, just one flight made Zhang Jingyuan see the importance of talents in this area. Aerospace "drivers" are not car drivers. At least, Zhang Jingyuan doesn't know how to train them now. Moreover, if more people could be poached through Mu Xinghai, even ordinary people would be enough.
In fact, it was not that Zhang Jingyuan had not considered this aspect before, but at that time, he just thought he was just a driver, what the hell! But now I understand that Mu Xinghai has used the aircraft to its full potential, and many aspects have far exceeded the original design.
Maybe, through an aircraft exchange? Zhang Jingyuan thought of the general who coveted his plane. At that time, when the plane landed, this man gently touched it thousands of times and couldn't put it down. Moreover, it was obvious that when the aircraft was about to be completely dismantled for experiments, the other party clearly showed reluctance and heartache. If a deputy commander of the Air Force can show such an attitude, maybe this thing can be done.
On the 12th, after a happy holiday, Gaoshang Company once again began to be busy, especially the aircraft department and materials department. Today, the original three factories of Gaoshou Company for metal, composite materials and non-metal materials have been completely merged into a new materials department.
In the research and development of aircraft, materials are also a threshold technology alongside engine technology.
During this flight test, the engineers of Gaoshou Company realized for the first time that screws are so critical. After the plane landed, some screws in key parts had been slightly deformed, which was so dangerous in the sky. In a maneuverable state, some key parts have to withstand gravity accelerations of more than ten times or dozens of times, and even drive surrounding components. It may be necessary to bear more than ten tons or even more weight in a space of a few centimeters, so it is also necessary to Higher requirements are placed on connecting parts such as screws.
As mentioned before, in aerospace, the technical content of screws is much higher than that of ordinary aircraft casings!
This flight test cost Gaoshou Company almost 70 to 80 billion yuan, and the cost of just one aircraft is almost close to this figure. In addition, in order to cultivate the pride of the company's employees, Zhang Jingyuan spent his own money to bring all the employees and their families to Xijiang for on-site observation. The basic necessities, food, housing and transportation were not a small number - 100,000 people!
In addition to this, hiring state support actually uses more resources than the 500 million yuan on the surface, and there are more so-called secret transactions. In the final analysis, the five hundred million yuan is only for the country, and the person who implements it must have some benefits, otherwise why would they serve you wholeheartedly! Even though these experts are so attentive to their services, they are actually reaping the benefits!
However, in order to rise, these prices have to be paid!
And similarly, with this data, the master company will be able to use this as a basis to come up with truly mature technology, no longer a test machine!
At the same time, the engines that have been finalized are starting to develop the second generation: k02 and s02 based on those data; but for large engines, the kind that can provide more than 100 tons of thrust, the master company only uses water to make them. We are doing research and development on the technology of the working medium. In the final analysis, using air as the working medium is only suitable for use within the earth’s atmosphere! As for the atmospheres of other planets - there seems to be a lot of methane. Who knows what will happen under high pressure.
The most important thing is that according to the existing research data, water is extremely common in space, and it is also an extremely stable substance. In the solar system alone, including satellites, almost all planets are composed of water ice. There are more than a dozen, some comets, etc., basically ice cubes. But the atmosphere - the atmosphere suitable for human survival, is only available on the earth now. Therefore, taking all things into consideration, the working medium of all very large engines that will be used in space in the future will be water.
Now, there is no technical threshold that blocks the expert company from entering space. Basically, the basic technical reserves have been completed! However, talent and the training mechanism for space talents are stumbling blocks. In this regard, the master company is helpless.
Space is not the ground. Even people who have never learned to drive can try to drive a car; but in space, if you miss it, according to the current technical situation of the earth, the cost of a space vehicle basically starts at tens of billions of Chinese coins. The important thing is that once it crashes, there is almost no possibility of survival. These costs were too heavy, so Zhang Jingyuan had to set his sights on the country again.
Of course, you can't hang yourself from a tree. If the country is too open-minded, then I don't mind hiring some relevant foreign institutions. I believe that as long as the current expert companies are willing to pay the price, such as engines, some countries are willing to help - as for talking about technical leaks and the like, it is nonsense. If you don't do it, some countries are willing! At least, there are 15 manned space stations in space now, and there is no problem with 30 countries involved.
The last time Germany extended a helping hand to help the personnel of the Master Company, they received two engines in return. I don’t know how many countries envied them! After all, the master company is very timely with such returns; but orders have to wait. It is said that German diplomats once thanked the British in private for their "help", but the British were extremely embarrassed - not only did they offend a master company, but they also let their old rivals take the lead! There is nothing more stupid than this.
Like Egypt and Algeria, no matter what their relationship is, the two countries are surprisingly consistent and fully committed to space exploration. In fact, in this space age that is about to come, anyone who is not stupid knows that this will be the last competition on the earth. If it fails, it will be doomed. It will no longer be like the Age of Discovery, just colonization, and there may be independence. ——After all, ships cannot go to land; but in the space age, the muzzle of the gun is in the sky! To put it bluntly, even a stone in space may not be less powerful than a bomb when it lands on the ground. Fortunately, before Zhang Jingyuan had time to go to the country to negotiate, the country took the initiative to find him - so what, the plane is very good, we want it!