Chapter 359 The shift of development focus
It is precisely because of this that their Tiangong Technology's most important thing now is that Tiangong Technology's first manned aircraft was first built at sea, and then gradually developed aerospace planes and spacecrafts that can truly fly freely in the universe in the future.
Fortunately, Tiangong Technology's first manned aircraft has finally been designed at this time. At the same time, the parts of the first manned aircraft designed by Tiangong Technology have entered the manufacturing stage of parts. As long as the parts are manufactured, their first manned aircraft of Tiangong Technology will also enter the final assembly and any test flights.
However, since Tiangong Technology is the first time to manufacture a manned aircraft, and it is a medium-sized manned aircraft, even if it is designed and manufactured, it is not a simple matter to assemble it.
Of course, there are as many as millions of parts in an aircraft, and it is impossible for them to manufacture them all. There are still some parts that will be purchased from the outside, such as some screws, nuts and other parts, as well as some electronic equipment.
At the same time, in terms of rocket development, Tiangong Technology continues to develop, and as Tiangong Technology's aero engine models grow and become more complete, Tiangong Technology will also transfer its engine research and development to rocket engine research and development in the future.
At the same time, Tiangong Technology will also increase its research and development on some new concept rocket engines, such as pulse shock-detonation engines used in the atmosphere and pulse shock-detonation engines that are both used in space and in the atmosphere.
Nuclear engines, atomic engines, ionic medium engines, etc.
Of course, in terms of various new rocket engines, Wang Bin and Tiangong Technology have actually started researching them for a long time, and some have even achieved results and reached the practical stage.
For example, the pulse detonation engine used in the atmosphere has now developed to a practical stage. The maximum diameter of the engine tail nozzle can now reach a size of fifty centimeters, but in terms of thrust, the static thrust is about fifty thousand nm, that is, about five tons.
In terms of maximum thrust, since the properties of the pulse-detonation engine and the ramjet engine are similar, when the aircraft's speed reaches Mach 2.2 or above, the thrust of the engine will rise sharply, and eventually reach the maximum thrust of the engine. Therefore, the maximum thrust of this engine actually reaches about 9.5 tons.
Although such thrust is still very different from the thrust of more than ten or twenty tons of other aircraft engines of Tiangong Technology today, don’t forget that the diameter of the nozzle of this engine is only about fifty centimeters, and compared with engines such as turbofans and turbojets, the total amount of this engine itself is also very light.
After all, the weight of engines such as turbofans and turbojets is often several tons or even higher, but the weight of this pulse-detonation engine is only about 200 kilograms, which is 0.2 tons according to the design data.
This also means that the specific impulse of this engine is several times that of a turbofan or turbojet engine, which is definitely a huge good news for an engine.
Of course, even so, the thrust of the engine of their Tiangong Technology, especially the static thrust, is still very insufficient. Even if such thrust has reached the standard of use, the scope of use is still very limited.
If you want to use it in a plane, especially for Tiangong Technology, its thrust must reach at least ten tons.
Thinking of this, Wang Bin immediately walked out of his office and headed towards the Rocket Engine R&D Laboratory. On the way, Wang Bin was still thinking about the new rocket engine.
Because although Tiangong Technology is in progress in the research and development of various new engines, in addition to the research and development of pulsed detonation engines, there is not much progress in the research and development of other engines, especially in the research and development of nuclear rocket engines and ion rocket engines.
Since the county and city where Tiangong Technology is located is a coastal county and city, there is a very dense crowd here. It is impossible for Tiangong Technology to develop, produce and launch nuclear rockets here. Not to mention that nuclear rockets are essentially continuous detonation of micro-nuclear bombs, so once an accident occurs in the rocket, it will definitely be a nuclear bomb explode.
The nuclear radiation generated when developing and launching rockets will also be huge and will pose a fatal threat to most nearby. Therefore, it is absolutely not feasible to develop nuclear rockets here. At the same time, since experts and scholars in nuclear research and development are not accessible to ordinary people, Tiangong Technology now has very few experts, scholars and R&D personnel in this area. These people are basically from official support personnel, and the research and development work can only be carried out theoretical research and development.
Fortunately, their Tiangong Technology is already building relevant laboratories and launch sites in a deserted place in the northwest with the help of the official, so Wang Bin is still looking forward to the completion and put into use of this laboratory.
After all, although substantial research and development work cannot be carried out here, in theoretical research and development work, because Wang Bin provided a large amount of data and technology, the progress of their theoretical research and development work is very fast. Even the design of their first nuclear-powered rocket has been carried out at this time. I believe that after the laboratory is completed, they will be able to start the manufacturing of the prototype and subsequent testing immediately.
As for the ionic dielectric rocket engine, that is, the research and development of electric rockets, although Tiangong Technology has also carried out, since Tiangong Technology does not attach great importance to this aspect, the progress of research and development is not fast. Of course, this is only relative to other projects.
If we look at it internationally, the research and development of their ionic medium rocket engines of Tiangong Technology can definitely be regarded as the most advanced.
After all, the most advanced ionic dielectric rocket engine in the world now has only a bull-level thrust, but Tiangong Technology, the thrust of the most advanced ionic dielectric rocket engines has reached the ten thousand-bill level.
However, such thrust is still a bit insufficient for Tiangong Technology. However, when used on some special spacecraft, such as satellites, it is definitely a powerful tool for orbit change and deep space exploration.
Chapter completed!