Chapter 71: Changing with each passing day, Part 1
Zhang Hao stood on the viewing platform, quietly looking at the aerospace plane in the distance.
The overall structure of the new aerospace aircraft draws on the shape of a fighter jet. The sharp shape allows it to have lower resistance in the atmosphere and fly faster.
But it is just a reference to the appearance design, not a copy. It can only be said that the style is similar. In fact, the shape of the aerospace plane may be more exaggerated.
In order to allow the aerospace aircraft to reach the economic limit, its length has reached a terrifying 120 meters. The fuselage is slightly flat, with a height of 6 meters and a width of 8 meters; there are three pairs of front and rear, six wings, and the length of the single wing is 15 meters;
The wingspan is 38 meters. The landing gear height is 2.7 meters. The landing gear is located in the middle of the wing.
Among them, the tail rudder has one upper and lower one, with a length/height of 1.8 meters.
Behind the fuselage, on the rudder, there are three plasma engines, one on each of the six wings, two on each wing. All engines are small, but the thrust of a single unit also reaches 15 tons to 17 tons. The overall thrust,
At least more than 220 tons.
But the weight of the space shuttle is a bit heavy. What only provides energy for the aircraft are three small nuclear islands, which are distributed in the front, middle and rear of the aircraft. Moreover, the nuclear island protection devices, plasma engines, etc. are extremely heavy, and most of them are solid steel plates.
Even heavy lead sheets.
Therefore, the dead weight of the aircraft is as much as 140 tons. If you add personnel, some necessary safety protection facilities, etc., the dead weight of the space shuttle can reach 150~170 tons. Therefore, the effective load of the aircraft is only about 50 tons. For safety reasons
, the design load capacity is actually only 35 tons.
Only with the operation of the aerospace aircraft and sufficient experience accumulated will the load capacity be gradually increased.
In addition, the plasma engine of the aircraft uses Class C plasma engine technology, which is a hydrogen-oxygen fuel turbine plasma engine. After all, the aircraft is too small, and the power of the nuclear island is also low. It is technically difficult to rely entirely on electrical energy to generate plasma.
Too big.
In contrast, if the hydrogen and oxygen are burned first, it can directly provide 'steam' with a temperature of more than 2,000 degrees, or even 3,000 degrees, and then ionize it much easier. Of course, this requires higher technical requirements for the engine.
At this time, the aerospace aircraft is undergoing final spraying. In addition to spraying the Ocean Group's logo, this spraying is more importantly an electromagnetic stealth coating.
Dayang Group has already begun to make all-round preparations for future wars.
Now it is an electromagnetic stealth coating, and next we will develop a more difficult optical stealth coating.
As for research on formations, magic weapons, etc., Dayang Group basically ranks second; Xuanhuang Group is the one who works hardest on research on formations, etc.
As for Ximeng, they are indeed working hard to develop the next level of the "Nine Heavens" technique.
Each member of the entire Tianyuan Star civilization strives to advance in different fields according to their respective abilities.
Everyone has their own focus, but the rest of the research will not fall too far behind. We still need to maintain communication and even competition. Not to mention memorization, if you fall behind too much, you will have to spend a lot of money to purchase.
This development method of competition and cooperation is very wise. Coupled with the regulation of market laws, the civilization of Tianyuan Star is progressing rapidly. The progress of this civilization is all-round. It not only includes science and practice,
Industry and commerce, etc., also includes culture, education, morality, etc.
Zhang Hao's idea is very clear, that is, he must go his own way. If he continues to use magic and magic weapons as the core technical means, he will not be able to catch up with the height of the Xuanhuang Civilization in a short time; let alone surpass the Red River Civilization through the magic weapon technology route.
Therefore, the vitality and hope of Tianyuan Star should be based on a new material science system.
No, there are currently two technologies that surpass the Xuanhuang civilization in terms of application: rail guns and aerospace aircraft; perhaps plasma engines and corresponding electromagnetic field technologies should also be included.
However, Dayang Group has not given up on the research of formations, magic weapons, etc., it just ranks second. Anyway, Dayang Group has many talents, and some of them have people to research.
Because of these reasons, the current aerospace plane is entirely built using material science and technology.
But in the later stage, all technologies that can be found on Tianyuan Star will be used to strengthen it. The ultimate goal is to build a top aerospace fighter, not just a transport aircraft.
After the aerospace aircraft completed the inspection and test run, it was noon of the fifth day. Zhang Hao, senior executives of Ocean Group, senior executives of ASEAN, and even VIPs from all over the world officially attended the viewing platform of the new airport, looking forward to the miraculous performance - directly from the ground
An aerospace plane that flies into space, an aircraft that can escape the huge gravity of Tianyuan Star.
The significance of aerospace aircraft is not limited to the difference between the wooden ship era and the steel battleship era. It is the progress of an era.
Liu Xinyu also came in person this time, standing next to Zhang Hao. Next to Liu Xinyu was the grown-up prince Liu Xinhai.
Liu Xinhai's eyebrows are six points similar to Zhang Hao's, and the other four points are similar to Liu Xinyu's.
But when Liu Xinyu came over today, there was another important thing to do, which was the Chengtu Continent and the Hidden Earth Continent in the north. These two places have always been a bit marginal, and there were no holy lands or countries that were too impressive. They were just in the past.
As long as you remain honest, there will be no reason for anyone to take action.
However, recently, the Kingdom of Qixia, the Xuanzhen Sect, and the Liang Dynasty are using troops to attack the two northern continents. The reason is that there are too many bandits here, and it has become a natural sanctuary for many bandits, and they must be cleaned up.
The two northern continents do not have much population, and they have also lost a lot of population in recent years. There are even many people who actively invite themselves to be "ruled".
But the problem still arises, not everyone agrees. There are also some smaller holy places, large families, countries, etc.
At present, the world is mainly focused on development, and wars are basically restricted to small areas. Wanting to annex two continents is not a small move.
Moreover, the Western League, that is, the Hetu world, still has many countries. Everyone is keenly aware that this matter is not simple, and they also jump out to oppose it.
Liu Xinyu is about to ask what Dayang Group and Zhang Hao mean. Dayang Group has far-reaching influence, and Dayang Group's statement is crucial.
However, Zhang Hao did not answer immediately. Instead, he dragged Liu Xinyu over to watch the test flight of the aerospace plane. Zhang Hao also needed time to consider this matter.
At this time, the person in charge of the aerospace aircraft, Ge Dong, has announced the start. The most important systems of the new aerospace aircraft are the power system and computer control. Therefore, the person in charge is Ge Dong.
However, the specific person in charge is actually a disciple of Ge Dong. Ge Dong is more responsible - once something goes wrong, Zhang Hao and the senior management of Dayang Group will directly hold Ge Dong accountable.
The huge hangar slowly opened, and a faint buzzing sound came, which was the unique sound of a jet engine. Because it uses hydrogen-oxygen fuel turbine plasma technology, when the engine just started, the plasma system did not work directly.
, but the engine needs to be preheated with hydrogen-oxygen fuel first.
By the way, the power of hydrogen and oxygen fuel is enough to propel an aerospace aircraft to glide and even fly within the aura layer.
The product of hydrogen-oxygen fuel is water; but the ‘water vapor’ with a temperature of more than 2,000 or even 3,000 degrees is actually a flame. The essence of a flame is not combustion, but high-temperature molecules that move violently!
With a faint blue tail flame emitting from the rear of the engine, the aerospace aircraft slowly slid into the runway and began to accelerate.
After the plane taxied for 6 seconds, the speed of the aerospace plane had reached the take-off speed. At this time, the light blue tail flame from behind the engine burst out for more than ten meters. The plane roared and raised its head, and the 120-meter behemoth was like a sharp arrow.
, rushed into the sky with a swipe.
The sky and the earth erupted with roars. The plane actually exceeded the speed of sound within 2 seconds of taking off, and circles of sound barrier clouds erupted in front of the entire plane.
Then the plane climbed rapidly against the resistance of the atmosphere. The speed increased rapidly, and the flight altitude also increased rapidly. The flight slope actually showed an upward trend.
In the end, the plane crashed into the clouds at an elevation angle of 60 degrees.
Behind it, what is left is a white trail, like the trail of the road to the sky.
Many experts flew directly into high altitudes to observe. However, they saw that the tail flame behind the aerospace plane was getting longer and longer, reaching more than thirty meters. It only took a few seconds for the aerospace plane to break through the aura layer.
At this time, heavy gravity appeared; however, the speed of the aerospace plane was already fast enough at this time, and it was still accelerating. It was just that the acceleration was a bit slow.
Then the aerospace plane tenaciously flew out of the atmosphere at an elevation angle of 60 degrees - an altitude of 1,800 kilometers, and then began to slow down the slope and gradually continued to climb at an elevation angle of 30 degrees.
In fact, after the aerospace plane flies to an altitude of 1,000 kilometers, the buoyancy of the air has almost disappeared, and the gravity of the earth has not decreased much. After an altitude of 1,000 kilometers, the aerospace plane basically relies entirely on the engine to push the aerospace plane into space.
After the aerospace plane reaches an orbital altitude of 3,000 kilometers, it takes less than 2 minutes!
At this time, the wake on the ground has not even completely dissipated.
This efficiency is almost double that of previous laser-launching spacecraft, its carrying capacity has been increased several times, and its safety is much better than that of laser-launching.
The most important thing is that the controllability is better - the aircraft itself can control itself; ground facilities, etc. can be simplified into a runway.
Zhang Hao looked at the contrail connecting heaven and earth, with a faint smile on his face. But Zhang Hao didn't say anything immediately. It wasn't until half an hour later, when the technician came over to inform him that the plane had safely docked with the Shuguang space base, that Zhang Hao turned his head and said
Everyone said: "Thank you all for coming to visit despite your busy schedule. The aerospace plane test flight was a complete success."
It is expected that the aerospace plane will be put into mass production by next summer at the latest and will be publicly sold by then.
We even plan to sell aerospace aircraft to private individuals, which also means allowing space commercial channels to be open to private individuals. The future of space will belong to everyone!
For specific matters, please consult the Commerce Department of Dayang Group, which was the former diplomacy and negotiation department."
The eyes of some business representatives who stopped by to visit suddenly lit up after hearing this.
Previous spacecraft launches were not capable of operation even if they were open to private individuals. But aerospace aircraft are different. They are just airplanes, and it’s not like everyone has never seen them before!