The aerospace plane displayed in the hangar of the Flying Ant Space Center has a net height of 6.8 meters. With the landing gear and wheels, it is nearly 10 meters high, has a wingspan of 70.3 meters, a length of 34 meters, and an empty weight of 75 tons. It is expected to be the largest The take-off weight is more than 230 tons.
The fuselage and wings are integrated. If you look at it from the bottom, you can see the huge fuselage bottom with 4 large ion engines, two ion engines at the tail, 6 landing gear and 24 wheels.
The design of the aircraft has a strong sci-fi element. The paint is dark gray with a metallic texture, like a Kunpeng spreading its wings.
In addition to the Chinese national flag, the painting on the wing also has the logo of the Army Ant Group, which is extremely conspicuous.
Just manufacturing this aircraft cost nearly 20 billion Chinese coins. This gold-eating beast is no ordinary terror.
Some of the support staff in the hangar were more excited than ever.
Even though they had seen such a huge aircraft many times, they couldn't help but be excited that it was completed this time.
"finished?"
Zhao Min rushed to the hangar of the space center and sighed when he saw the brand-new behemoth in front of him.
This is almost the pinnacle work of the industry in the world, completed by their company. This means that their company already has the world's top industrial system, far beyond this era.
"It's done. You contact the officials in Binhai City and prepare for the test flight. From the military side, I will contact Li Chengzhi." Chen Mo said.
The test flight of this behemoth is not like a battle armor. Moreover, this is a space center. The test flight must complete the procedures and register with the official. This is a test flight, no joke.
"As for the operation of the aerospace plane, I asked the team to make preliminary plans."
Zhao Min handed the information to Chen Mo.
"The profit model of the space center includes space tourism, manned spaceflight, satellite launch, space transportation, space exploration, etc. If it is finalized, I will now recruit training personnel for space passengers around the world. The aerospace aircraft is mature and can be accepted Sign up globally for a space trip.”
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in the aerospace aircraft project, and it certainly cannot be maintained at a loss by relying on the Army Ant Group to continue to contribute money.
As a company, making money is the purpose.
So last time Chen Mo asked her to think about the profit model of the aerospace plane, she asked the company's planning team to start planning the profit model of the aerospace plane.
"fine."
Chen Mo scanned the planning documents and understood the general steps.
Zhao Min is best at monetizing technology, which is why Chen Mo feels comfortable handing over the company to her.
"We must also prepare in advance to deal with the impact of the exposure of this aircraft. If we continue to develop normally and the current development speed of the earth, we may not be able to build this aircraft in another hundred years."
Chen Mo is very clear about the technology contained in this, which is a big era ahead of the current technology.
The technology, materials and manufacturing processes contained in this aircraft will allow the current industrial system to advance fifty years.
"What's the name of this plane? Kunpeng? Phoenix? Shenlong?" Zhao Min said.
"There are not only mythical beasts that can fly, but also gods. It's called the Goddess."
"It sounds pretty good."
Zhao Min nodded with satisfaction when he heard the name.
"Would you like to go inside the plane and take a look?"
"It's what I asked for." Zhao Min said with interest.
The two of them had just arrived under the aerospace plane. In the belly of the plane, a hatch slowly descended and spread on the ground.
When you first enter, what you see is a cabin about three meters high and more than four meters wide. The design is the same as the manned cabin of the space station. It is round with slightly flattened sides. There are various handles on the cabin arms.
Next to the cabin, there are doors leading to other cabins.
"Is it different than expected?"
"It really is."
Zhao Min was thinking of the spaceship in science fiction movies where people can walk freely in the cabin, but what he saw was quite different from what he imagined.
"Without artificial gravity for the time being, it is impossible to be like in the movie. When there is artificial gravity in the future, the spacecraft will be like in the movie. In space, there is no up and down, and there is no north, south, east, west, so the cabin can only be designed this way for the time being.
The aircraft has six main cabins, a cockpit, a central control hall, an experimental cabin, a carrying cabin, a rest cabin and a living and entertainment cabin. In addition to the six main cabins, there is also an emergency escape cabin and a material reserve cabin. "
Chen Mo began to introduce to Zhao Min the layout of the Goddess.
The space inside this plane is much larger than imagined.
"This is just the first generation of aircraft models. In the future, as conditions improve, larger models will be manufactured."
"If this plane were to carry passengers, how many passengers could it carry?"
"A one-day trip to space with about a hundred people is no problem."
…
"Are you going to test fly a plane?"
Li Chengzhi received a call from Chen Mo and his face was full of surprise.
How long has it been since Chen Mo’s space center project was established? The launch base and airport were built so quickly, and the design and manufacture of the aircraft were also completed. Only one company in the world has this kind of terrifying 'money ability', and only Chen Mo has such crazy courage to invest.
"Aren't you building a space center? Why are you building airplanes?"
Chen Mo's mouth twitched when he heard the word "flying".
"In aerospace, it is normal to build aircraft. Also, what I build is an aerospace aircraft, a dual-purpose aircraft, not a launch vehicle. Now that the aircraft is manufactured and ready for test flight, it requires approval from the military and air traffic control departments. What procedures are required? , I can submit the application, the sooner the better.”
Space plane
Li Chengzhi was frightened. The group of marching ants would not fly. Once they soared into the sky, the best ones would come out.
"Let me help you with the formalities. I know you like to work efficiently, so I can make it faster." Li Chengzhi said. He also wanted to see what the plane Chen Mo built this time looked like.
"That old boy Chen Mo has trouble with you again?" Liu Jianjun asked curiously when he saw Li Chengzhi coming back.
"It's something, something big." Li Chengzhi said with a helpless smile.
"tell me the story."
"His aerospace plane is finished and ready for test flight. I'm going to Binhai City."
"What plane?" Liu Jianjun wondered if he heard wrongly.
"You heard that right. He said it was an aerospace aircraft, a dual-purpose aircraft. By our definition, it should be considered a sixth-generation fighter aircraft."
"Gah..."
Liu Jianjun almost dropped his jaw.
…
"You want to test fly an aerospace plane?" Yao Yi almost choked on his own saliva and looked at Zhao Min in disbelief.
It didn't take long for the Flying Ant Space Center to be built, and the aircraft was manufactured so quickly.
An aerospace plane is not a selfie drone used by ordinary people.
What kind of terrifying construction speed is this
But thinking that it was a group of army ants, it became natural for Yao Yi.
"How can I help you?" Yao Yi said.
In Binhai City, he tried to give the Army Ant Group the greatest help. After all, it was under the influence of the Army Ant Group that Binhai City became the international metropolis it is today.
In the past, Binhai City had an embarrassing status as the only second-tier city among open cities. Now Binhai City's GDP ranks at the forefront of the country, comparable to most international metropolises.
Not to mention the standard of living.
Driverless buses, smart transportation, urban brains, and holographic cities are put into use, and living standards are no longer what they used to be.
"Our boss didn't say anything, so we shouldn't need to help. I just want to talk to the secretary to prevent the test flight from causing unnecessary impact or rumors, so that you can know the situation in time." Zhao Min shook his head.
"Okay, let me know when the test flight will take place one day. If it's convenient, I'd like to go and watch it."
Yao Yi was very interested.
For most of his life, he has been in close contact with space shuttles. This is an opportunity to learn about the latest developments of the army ant group.
"If everything goes well, it won't take long before air traffic control approves it and we can start the test flight," Zhao Min said.
(End of chapter)