Chen Mo was not in a hurry to use the newly obtained spacecraft manufacturing technology, but first established an aircraft manufacturing company, Aegis Aerospace Company.
It can also be seen from this name that manufacturing aircraft is only the company's primary goal in the early stage, and the final goal is to build spacecraft.
After all, it is not that simple to build a spaceship that is far ahead of this world. The original creation of the "Knight" was only completed on the basis of the acquisition of the original Taylor Motors Company.
Complex cutting-edge technological products like spaceships are not just something that can be easily produced with technology.
The instruments, equipment, raw materials, components, personnel, technology, experience, etc. involved are very large and complex. Eegion Motors has only just established a foothold in the international automobile market. Although it has basically monopolized the top automobile field, it has
The company's scale is still too small, and the company's current strength and foundation are not enough to support the construction of spacecraft in the short term.
Chen Mo was simply not in a hurry to build a spaceship. He was just planning ahead and preparing in advance. However, starting the aircraft manufacturing business first was a choice that would kill two birds with one stone.
On the one hand, it can cultivate and reserve a large number of aerospace talents, and at the same time complete the accumulation of related equipment, raw materials, technology, experience, etc., to lay a solid foundation for the construction of future spacecrafts.
On the other hand, aircraft manufacturing is a top manufacturing field that surpasses automobile manufacturing. Chen Mo has now occupied the top position of the world automobile market pyramid through three super cars. In the short term, Chen Mo is not like Fengtian Group.
The plan is to develop the mid-to-low-end automobile field, so breaking through the automobile industry and continuing to climb to a higher level of the aircraft manufacturing industry is the best choice now.
There is no problem with aircraft manufacturing technology at all. From the three super organizations of Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Wakanda in the world of "Iron Man", Chen Mo has obtained many cutting-edge technologies that far exceed the level of technology in the real world, which naturally includes
aircraft manufacturing technology.
Even without using the overly advanced Ark reactor, Wakanda's vibranium technology and other cutting-edge technologies that are clearly beyond this world, Chen Mo can crush any aircraft manufacturing company with just conventional aircraft manufacturing technology.
S.H.I.E.L.D. can even manufacture aerospace carriers, and Hydra was able to manufacture the Valkyrie giant bomber as early as World War II. The conventional aircraft manufacturing technology they master is also far ahead of the real world.
Chen Mo, who has such advanced technology, naturally does not have much difficulty in building an aircraft. However, he still did not directly launch a large passenger aircraft. Instead, he chose to manufacture small and medium-sized luxury business jets, and Chen Mo planned to manufacture
It is a long-range supersonic luxury business jet!
In addition to the fact that small aircraft are easier to manufacture than large passenger aircraft and the manufacturing cycle is short, making them suitable for early development, Chen Mo also has his own reasons.
Considering that it is impossible to wear a steel suit and quietly cross the Pacific Ocean to return home in the future, we will always have to return to the country through normal means. Taking an ordinary plane is really a waste of time. The whole flight takes more than ten hours, which is faster and more convenient.
The private jet became Chen Mo’s best choice.
It's just that the fastest private jets you can buy now can't reach the speed of sound. Although many aircraft manufacturing companies claim to be developing supersonic private jets, even according to the data they publish, this so-called supersonic speed is just a breakthrough.
speed of sound.
Chen Mo asked Jarvis to find the most reliable supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2, a supersonic business jet jointly developed by the American company Aerion, Airbus Group, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It sells for 120 million.
US dollars, the maximum speed is only Mach 1.5, the maximum range is only more than 8,000 kilometers, and it can only be achieved at subsonic cruise.
And the most important thing is that although this aircraft has begun to accept reservations, it has not completed all testing work and will not be delivered until five years at the earliest. Chen Mo does not have the leisure to wait for such a long time.
In five years, he took the parts and put them together to build one!
Don’t forget, he is the man who built the steel suit with his own hands!
Since it was unrealistic to buy it from outside, Chen Mo simply decided to build his own airplane!
In view of his own needs, the company's development, and the difficulty of manufacturing, Chen Mocai finally decided to manufacture long-range supersonic luxury business jets!
In fact, in addition to military aircraft, two supersonic passenger aircraft have also appeared in the field of civilian aircraft.
One is the Concorde, which is a medium-range supersonic passenger aircraft jointly developed by the French Aerospace Corporation and the British Aircraft Company. It has a maximum cruising speed of 2.02 times the speed of sound and a maximum load range of 5,110 kilometers. It has flown from Paris and London to New York.
The route was briefly put into commercial operation. Due to its ultra-high speed and excellent timeliness, it was sought after by the upper class and elite business people at that time.
However, due to the defects of the aircraft itself, accidents such as tire blowout and damage to the landing gear and rudder often occur. There was even a tire explosion during takeoff, and tire fragments penetrated the fuel tank, causing the fuel tank to explode. The aircraft crashed, killing all 109 people on board.
and a major accident that killed 4 people on the ground.
In the end, only 20 of this supersonic passenger aircraft were produced in total, and all were retired shortly after the major accident, ending its short-lived commercial operation.
Another supersonic passenger aircraft is the Tu-144 supersonic passenger aircraft developed by the former Soviet Union.
This supersonic passenger aircraft has a maximum flight speed of Mach 2.35 and a maximum range of 6,500 kilometers. Its performance is even better than that of the Concorde. However, due to successive accidents, the passenger flight only lasted less than half a year, and the rest of the time was used
For the transportation of cargo and mail, its reputation in the aviation field is not as good as that of the Concorde, which was once sought after by the upper class.
Due to the strict requirements of supersonic flight on all aspects of aircraft performance, as well as huge fuel consumption, parts wear, and logistical pressure, although supersonic passenger aircraft have huge advantages in terms of timeliness compared to ordinary subsonic passenger aircraft, in these two
After the first supersonic passenger plane, no airline has launched a supersonic flight, and even supersonic passenger planes have completely disappeared.
Until recent years, with the increasing demand for private jets, which has shown explosive growth in recent years, the world's top business people and wealthy politicians have increasingly higher requirements for the speed and timeliness of private jets. Major airlines
Only then did they gradually pay more attention to the development of supersonic passenger aircraft.