This is a set of design drawings of a transport aircraft produced by the Soviet Union, but the drawings are incomplete and only focus on the engine and aircraft appearance.
The transport aircraft produced by the Soviet Union include the Il-76 series and the An-225. The former, in particular, was designed in the early 1960s and became a great success after being used in the 1970s, becoming the main transport aircraft of the Soviet Union.
The IL-76 transport aircraft is 48 meters long, 14 meters high, has a cabin diameter of 5 meters and a wingspan of over 50 meters.
The maximum take-off weight is 190 tons, the cruising speed is about 800 kilometers, the cruising altitude is 10,000 meters to 12,000 meters, and the cruising distance is 4,000 kilometers to 5,000 kilometers.
It can be said that the Il series transport aircraft are quite impressive in the world, comparable to the American C-17.
The Soviet Union has manufactured more than 500 IL series aircraft in recent years. However, due to the decline in national power in recent years, these aircraft have basically been idle. Liu Lang remembers that the country bought a few more than ten years later and modified them to become
Equipped the troops with its own transport aircraft.
The drawing in front of him is not the IL series, but a transport aircraft named An-225. This name is the reason why Liu Lang is ecstatic.
"It turned out to be an An-225 transport aircraft. It's incredible!"
Liu Lang exclaimed repeatedly, everyone came over, Liu Lang was so excited, it was obvious that this was a treasure.
Of course it is a treasure, because it is the largest transport aircraft in the world. It is so big that even the United States is jealous of it. Even more than 20 years later, no transport aircraft has been born that surpasses it. At that time, there were only two remaining in the world.
The relevant drawings disappeared long ago when the Soviet Union collapsed.
How awesome is the An-225 transport aircraft? The instructions on the drawing are clearly written. It is 73 meters long and 21 meters high. Its maximum take-off weight reaches 600 tons, which is even the Il-76
Four times, the cargo hold can hold more than 250 tons of weight, and in addition to the cargo hold, the top of the fuselage of the An-225 transport aircraft can also reach a load capacity of 200 tons.
The maximum speed can reach 10,000 meters, which is similar to the IL-76, but the maximum cruising distance is 15,000 miles, which is three times the latter.
The aircraft can carry up to 1,500 people. Of course, transporting troops is too childish. It can transport ten heavy tanks, or more than 20 armored vehicles, or a regiment's equipment, and even a train carriage can be transported in.
As soon as we take off, this is not a plane, it is simply a castle in the sky.
The strategic significance of such a huge aircraft is very obvious. You need to transport materials for one trip, and you need to transport them eight or nine times. The transportation costs and time required are very different, and even in war,
Even one second can affect the situation of a battle.
Now the Soviet Union only has one An-225 aircraft. In fact, until more than 20 years later, there was only this aircraft in the world, because it was already 1988 when the aircraft was manufactured, that is, the year before last, when the Soviet Union had been
The war in Afghanistan has dragged down the country to the extreme and depleted national power.
Once it was empty, the war ended after the aircraft was manufactured. Liu had no use for it when it was born. In addition, this aircraft was too expensive. One flight cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even if it did not fly, the annual maintenance cost would be
It cost millions of dollars, so it became a decoration.
Although the An-225 is a "fashion", its strategic role is undoubted. Even if the Soviet Union is unable to protect itself, it still focuses on protecting this big thing that can be called a national weapon. Unexpectedly, some of the drawings of such a national weapon have been
Kaminsky got it.
Of course, it is also possible that he has participated in the design and manufacturing of aircraft, and this drawing is obviously not produced by a formal design institute, but was drawn by Kaminsky from memory. Obviously, he should have really participated in this project.
Moreover, they are important personnel and have access to core secrets. However, even such experts are no longer cared about and have become homeless. If a country like this is not finished, who will be finished?
Liu Lang suppressed his excitement and began to look through the drawings.
This drawing is the design drawing of the An-225 engine. The aircraft is equipped with four D-28T turbofan engines. In take-off mode, each engine can provide 38 tons of thrust, and the total thrust of the four engines is 140 tons.
Many tons.
This is too scary. The requirements for aerospace engines are too high. Liu Lang can't even imagine what such an engine looks like, but now he sees it.
The drawing clearly draws all the structures of the engine, and each spiral is marked with annotations. The reason why it is so detailed may be that Kaminsky is afraid that he will forget it in the future, but now it is easier for Liu Lang to put this drawing on
If you sell it on the black market, it won't be a problem for Americans to spend two to three billion dollars to buy it.
Of course, this drawing still had a flaw for Liu Lang, that is, the engine materials were not written out.
You must know that apart from the structure, the key to the engine is the material. An engine with a thrust of 34 tons must be made of top-grade alloy materials. If replaced with an ordinary alloy, it will be scrapped after one ignition. Unfortunately, it is not indicated in the drawing.
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Also, Kaminsky is an aircraft expert, not a smelting expert. It is already a miracle that he can get this design drawing. How can he get the material ratio unless Liu Lang tries his luck at the Soviet special alloy smelting plant...
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In any case, Liu Lang's trip to the Soviet Union was worth it. He spent more than two million US dollars to get a priceless treasure. His luck was no less than winning the lottery. The process was very smooth and he didn't encounter any problems.
of danger.
Now that his goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay here. Zhou Hu originally wanted to leave by plane immediately, but Liu Lang decided on a whim not to fly and take the China-Russia train instead.
This train started operating thirty years ago, connecting Moscow and the capital, with a total length of nearly 8,000 kilometers. The train travel time is 130 hours, which is nearly seven days, once a week.
There happened to be a train tomorrow, so Zhou Hu hurriedly asked someone to buy thirteen tickets for the luxury carriage.
Everyone got up early the next morning to eat, and then went for a walk around the nearby Red Square.
The Red Square in Moscow is very famous. In the Soviet Union, it was equivalent to Tiananmen Square in the capital of China. It is also one of the most famous squares in the world.
The national leaders of the Soviet Union held military parades here from time to time to demonstrate the strength of their country.
Liu Lang had long heard of the Red Square. Many major events in the history of the Soviet Union were closely related to this square. The most recent one was during World War II. When the German troops came to the city, the Soviet army held a huge victory on the Red Square.
During the military parade, the soldiers walked down from the square and went straight to the battlefield, saving the country with their own flesh and blood.
Needless to say, the glory of Moscow’s Red Square, Liu Lang thought it was similar to the one in his own country, but he didn’t see it until he came here. How could this Red Square compare with China’s Tiananmen Square? It’s even worse than the street square in Fucheng.
big.
It is 150 meters wide and 700 meters long, with a total area of more than 90,000. How can this be compared with Tiananmen Square in China?
Of course, the surrounding Kremlin is very beautiful, with a style that combines the Western Holy See and Muslim culture. This fact brings some points back to this small square.
Liu Lang paid for everyone to buy some souvenirs and took photos. It was not until noon that several people called taxis and rushed to the train station. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, thirteen people finally got in the car, and the eight thousand kilometers journey began.