Chapter 304 Dream Building

WS-15, this basic version of the domestically-produced engine, how long did it take for it to be developed and produced in China? If we count the beginning of domestic engines, it can be said to be a full thirty years, no more, no less.

Thirty years, according to the average life expectancy of 60 or 70 years, is half of a lifetime. According to the average life expectancy of 100 years, one-third of a lifetime has passed. It is enough time for a newborn baby to grow into a 30-year-old young man.

In the development history of China's aviation industry, promoting breakthroughs in aviation engine technology has always been a key challenge.

Domestic industrial research started late and faced an extremely difficult mode of technological blockade. Every step of progress was achieved by domestic aviation engineers crossing the river by feeling the stones with their impressive perseverance and wisdom.

Catching up with the world's advanced level in the field of aero-engines is the ultimate dream that all domestic aerospace engineers are tirelessly pursuing!

The research and development of the WS-15 engine has gone through decades of hard work, from the initial idea to the WS-10 that was ridiculed as a patchwork, from humbly seeking advice from the big brother next door to the heartbreaking experience of being cheated and buying a problematic poisonous pie... In the field of aviation engines, they have always faced many challenges and difficulties.

As a late-developing country, they have been imitating and learning the technology of advanced countries and exploring their own development path. The development process of the WS-15 engine is full of hardships and twists and turns.

The successful birth of WS-15 was due to the unremitting efforts of all staff of Institute 614.

Although it may not be perfect when it was first launched, and may still have a long way to go before it can reach the world's leading level, its launch represents that China finally has a good, independently developed state-owned engine, which is a major breakthrough in their aviation industry and has important strategic value.

The reason for such a breakthrough in their engine is the long-term pursuit and exploration of aviation engine technology by all patriotic aviation engineers!

It is this persistence and hard work that made the WS-15 engine successfully complete its maiden flight in 2005, and it is also the technological breakthrough that all aviation engineers have been pursuing.

They still remember the fighting spirit of those years and have never forgotten it. In the past two years, thanks to Wu Tong's contribution, they have been exposed to more advanced concepts, mastered and understood these concepts, and the level of the entire team has been greatly improved compared to that year, and they have more capital to build their dreams!

Led by Yang Wei, the team once again showed the same attitude as when they tackled the tough WS-15, and finally cooperated with Wu Tong to complete the birth of WS-B1.

When the brand-new results were presented in front of Yang Wei and others, their vision involuntarily changed from clear to blurred, and tears of excitement filled their eyes.

"Mr. Wu, we succeeded? We have a variable cycle engine, right?" Yang Wei's voice was choked and his lips trembled a few times before he found his voice.

For many years, they have been eagerly looking forward to surpassing the world and leading the world. Now, the expected results of surpassing the world are truly in front of them, and they have created them by themselves.

If I hadn't built it myself and supervised each component and part personally, then today, each component would have made up this brand new WS-B1 that has opened up a world gap in performance expectations.

Looking at it, the pride in their hearts still rose. If they had not retained a little bit of rationality, they would have wanted to laugh arrogantly and proudly at this moment. Let everyone witness the proud new achievements they have created under the guidance of Mr. Wu Tong!

"Yes, Mr. Yang, there is no accident. We succeeded. WS-B1 was born. We are entering the era of variable cycle engines!" Wu Tong looked at the not-so-huge real thing in front of him with satisfaction. The research and development design drawn on the drawing will never be more shocking than the real thing in front of you. The WS-15 that has completed the final assembly in front of him is like a small torpedo. It is not big, but it has extraordinary burst power. It will bring the world the ultimate experience and shorten the time for China to achieve mature variable cycle technology by more than ten years.

In her future memories, Wu Tong accidentally browsed through some fragments of information. It should be eight years before China had the preliminary verification of the variable cycle technology. The real maturity of the technology would take more than one or two years. She was very pleased to be able to join this technological process.

"Hahaha..., haha, we succeeded, Mr. Wu is awesome, Mr. Wu, we succeeded!" Mr. Yang and several core engineers cried with joy and danced almost crazily. They succeeded, they succeeded in building a world-leading, super-performance, variable cycle engine that belongs to China!

Before, they thought that the development of technology was a gradual process, and each step was a manifestation of accumulation and progress. Until they met Wu Tong, Wu Tong used his outstanding achievements to silently prove to the world that China should never be underestimated!

Before Wu Tong, when it came to the development of aviation engines, the biggest gap between them and their counterparts across the sea was in the R&D model.

Their development of aviation engines is to develop the aircraft first and then the engine, and the engine development often begins after the aircraft model is determined; while on the other side of the sea, the engine is developed first and then the aircraft. When the aircraft is developed, there are already engines to choose from.

It can be said that the development model of existing engines and aircraft is in line with the development laws of aviation engines!

This is because the technical difficulty of developing aircraft engines is much higher than that of aircraft, and the development period is also much longer than that of aircraft.

The two different R&D models produce completely different consequences.

Domestically, engines often fall into despair and eventually die because of the cancellation of aircraft models! In contrast, a good engine foundation is much better. Even if one or two aircraft models are cancelled, the investment in engine research and development cannot be stopped!

Fortunately, there is no shortage of knowledgeable people in the country, nor of unknown scientific research warriors who are willing to fight for the country and never regret their lives. When the relevant departments and outstanding R&D personnel realized the importance of this, they upgraded the development of aircraft engines from being an important accessory of the aircraft to an importance that is on par with or even higher than that of aircraft.

Now, they have the help of heaven and earth, and now they have Wu Tong. With the assistance of Wu Tong, they previously had the world-leading WS-15S, and now they have the brand-new WS-B1 with better performance and more resource-saving, leading the world one step further and realizing the completion of the variable cycle engine. With the accumulation of time, China can now proudly call itself a powerful engine country.

They, China, have never fallen behind!