Chapter 306: Take the Lead
Regarding the construction of the Canglong J-35, Wu Tong never worried that the engineering team headed by Lu Xiao, Engineer Zhan and Professor Feng would not be able to keep up with her pace. Wu Tong only had an overall view of the situation, and her focus was still on the research and development of the engine.
She believed in the abilities of Lu Xiao and his colleagues. They were all top experts in the fighter aircraft field. Each of them had rich working experience and their R&D team was maturely configured. There would be no problem in following the plan.
With the previous successful experience of J-20 and H-20, Xizhou Research Institute and Xi'an Aircraft Research Institute both have mature experience and teams in rapid development, and have sufficiently advanced technologies and equipment. With these conditions, they can get their work done faster.
The Canglong J-35 has a clear aerodynamic layout and perfect detailed design drawings. The material reserves are smoothly supported, and there are sufficient personnel and technical equipment. The construction of the Canglong J-35 can almost be described as silky smooth.
"Brother Lu, congratulations. The overall experiment of the WS-B1 engine has just been completed. Teacher Yang and I will take WS-B1 to the Xizhou Research Institute now!" Help, the blue dragon will take off!
"Okay, okay, Wu Tong, we'll wait for you and the WS-B1 to arrive!" Lu Xiao looked at the busy and orderly J-35 assembly workshop in front of him and promised: "We'll welcome you with the Canglong J-35!"
The Canglong J-35 is already undergoing the final installation of its landing gear, and the material used for the landing gear is the MC-4 that Wu Tong optimized a second time despite his busy schedule!
Wu Tong added an anti-fatigue technology system to it, improved surface quality, improved material strength, and ensured the smoothness of structural parts, which were sufficient to withstand the huge impact force of the J-35's high-speed landing. In conjunction with the take-off and landing system they designed, it ensured that the landing gear helped the Canglong J-35 to take off and land vertically, and had a long and durable life.
Once the installation of this project is completed, the Canglong J-35 can be declared completely completed today. He promised Wu Tong a countdown of three days, two of which were used for repeated inspections and flaw detection to ensure that everything was foolproof.
"Boss Yang and I will be in position as soon as possible!" Wu Tong smiled and looked into the distance, seeming to see the busy Xizhou Research Institute. Above the azure sky of the test drive, they saw their Shenlong taking off. "Brother Lu, today is the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. I want to say belatedly Happy New Year to you. We can start the countdown for our New Year's gift!"
Before they knew it, they had passed New Year's Day and entered the Gregorian calendar year 2012!
Today is already the eighth day of the first lunar month, which is also the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. There is a saying that goes, "Children, don't be greedy, after Laba, it's the New Year." They have entered the countdown to the Spring Festival. At this moment, the Chinese land, thousands of households, the New Year atmosphere is already brewing, and if they want to present gifts during the Spring Festival, their task is still quite arduous!
After protective gear was packed and the escort transport force was in place, they carried Wu Tong and General Yang straight to the nearest military airport. The transport plane had already parked in place and after escorting Wu Tong and Yang Wei on board, the escorting soldiers quickly and without any turbulence delivered the engine packaging boxes to the transport plane. The escort brigade followed and boarded the plane, which glided away.
"WS-15S technology has been extended to transport aircraft. The Y-20 project team is working hard to tackle the problem. It is expected to make its first flight next year, or in the second half of 2012!" After the transport aircraft entered a stable flight, General Manager Yang exchanged information with Wu Tong. Wu Tong had a high enough authority, so there was nothing he couldn't say to Wu Tong. He knew this because the Y-20 project team asked him for help.
"They were originally working on the WS-20 with greater thrust based on the WS-15 to achieve greater thrust and help the Y-20.
The Y-20 is designed to be a large multi-purpose transport aircraft that can carry out long-distance air transport missions of various materials and personnel under complex weather conditions. It is also designed to have excellent take-off and landing performance on short runways.
The expected range is 4,000 kilometers, and the expected load is 55 tons. You must have a big heart to meet the power gap required for the load!"
However, the Y-20 has been in development for four or five years and many difficulties have been overcome, but the engine is still a crucial influencing factor.
Until Wu Tong helped their 614th Institute to develop the WS-15S and the secondary optimized PLUS version used in the H-20. Its super-long battery life and surging power successively helped the Weilong and Kunpeng to successfully surpass the world's leading level. The data broke records several times, which gave hope to Tang Changhong, the head of the Y-20 project team. Old Tang found him directly and planned to apply the technology of WS-15S to the WS-20 they were developing.
"Old Tang is complaining about us for stealing the code name for the Y-20! He plans to wait until the Y-20 is successfully developed, and then he will fly abroad to come up with a code name for the Y-20. Hehe...Old Tang didn't catch up, and our H-20 used the code name Kunpeng first!"
In fact, H-20 was originally intended to be codenamed "Ghost Bird" to match the so-called raptors in the international community... But they thought that this codename did not conform to the Chinese aesthetic, and finally named H-20 Kunpeng, which means "wings hanging from the sky, breaking through the clouds, and flying 90,000 miles with the blue sky on its back."
Kunpeng, an ancient mythical beast, represents the Chinese aesthetic, and it can also echo with the mighty dragon, the blue dragon, etc.
"Yun-20?" Wu Tong smiled knowingly when she heard this. She was not unfamiliar with the Yun-20. In later generations' memories, the Yun-20 was a popular name on the Internet. The name of Chubby Girl, kind and cute, became the synonym of the Yun-20. On the contrary, the code name Kunpeng was not known to the general public. Therefore, when the H-20 was named Kunpeng, she did not realize that there was a code name grab.
"Then we would be a little sorry to Mr. Tang!"
"That's not the case. Old Tang didn't say that. We're quick, and H-20 will be interviewed first, so we naturally have priority!" Mr. Yang laughed mischievously. As a participant in the H-20 and a nominal H-20 engine designer, he was proud of the H-20's rapid launch. Of course, we can't blame them. We can only say that Old Tang and his team were slow.
"Old Tang is good at playing pitiful and taking advantage of opportunities. If he knew you said that, he would be very happy. He is just waiting for you to help him conquer WS-20!" They are all insiders. Everyone knows each other. If Wu Tong hadn't finished his work and the project at hand was very important, and Old Tang's news was still a step ahead, he would have come to Wu Tong long ago.
However, he was not stingy. Wu Tong had authorized him to directly and unconditionally transfer the WS-15S technology if there was a legitimate need for other national projects. With the consent of the above, he shared the technology with him and also provided him with a lot of T4 titanium aluminum alloy and T5 nickel iron blade materials, which was enough for him to digest for a while.
"Now that we have WS-B1, hey, if Old Tang smells it, he will probably come to our door again!" As the second person to come into contact with these top-notch and transcendent technologies, President Yang Wei felt as proud as if he had drunk a glass of celebratory wine.
How lucky we are to have met Mr. Wu first!
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