Chapter 0482 - Tailor-made HT-3

Caltech's curriculum is very heavy, and freshmen feel breathless, and there is no such thing as relaxed and beautiful as it is said on the Internet.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the first-year professors will only use 'pass' and 'fail' for correction, which makes them feel a lot less stressed.

Although Li Zitao came in through the back door, he still had to hand in his homework.

This is not to mention Richard, even Michigan, who is the chairman, can't change it, and the professor who teaches the class doesn't matter who you are.

If your grades are not up to standard, you can still go to class, and Li Zitao will not be expelled, but you will stay in your freshman year forever!

As a result, he now spends most of his time in the library every day, except for reading briefings.

The homework assigned by the professors is completely unreasonable, and what is taught in class and the homework assigned are completely different things.

Even if you're a top student, don't want to leave the library.

"Charlie, I can always see you every day. As soon as she finished her homework for the day and closed the book, Morena pulled out a chair and did it beside him.

"Are you really relaxed, don't you have homework in the philosophy department?" Seeing her running around leisurely every day, Li Zitao wondered if he had chosen the wrong school.

The college life he expected was not like this, it should be to put his sister, have a party, go to the classroom to listen to a few classes every day, and then go home to show affection with his wife.

A lot of free time to squander is now completely contrary to what he wanted.

"Do you want to try to interpret the different meanings?" said Morena with a wry smile as she held up the book in her hand and pointed the cover at him.

The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx.

"Forget it. This kind of great masterpiece is not very suitable for him, and it is still early to see the time, Li Zitao plans to go to Skunk.

"I'll go first, I'll bring a cigar for this week's party. Li Zitao said and stood up.

"Don't forget the beef. Morina reminded.

Waving his hand to indicate that he heard it, Li Zitao put the book back in its original place, went out and drove straight to Skunk.

Douglas Flying ended 28 days ago, and during that time Skunk has been working on Dolphins.

Three days ago, Skunk completed the interior renovation and invited him to visit the 'HT-3' private luxury amphibious aircraft, and today is exactly the time available.

The Dolphin has undergone two transformations, one from a luxury airship to an amphibious aircraft.

One was to divide its cabin into two levels, defined as a luxury private jet.

If you take it seriously, this is the third transformation.

The aircraft was tailor-made for Roosevelt, with the boarding doors and interior professionally remodeled.

An hour later, Li Zitao's car stopped in front of the skunk, and the experimental center looked more prosperous and vibrant than before.

Everywhere you can see the scene of machinery in operation, all kinds of vehicles driving on the road between the buildings, surrounded by greenery, just the sight makes people yearn for it.

Skunk is gaining fame in the United States and is one of the top R&D manufacturers in the American aviation sector.

When other laboratories stopped various research progress due to lack of funds, Li Zitao went the opposite way, invested a large amount of funds, poached horns, and let Skunk catch up in one fell swoop, and then catch up.

"Hughes. Driving just as the hangar behind him, Li Zitao saw Hughes passing by the road, lowered the window and called him to stop.

"We'll talk about that later. Hughes held a palm-sized piece of fabric, and strode into the design department.

What should be important to look at him was that the car restarted and stopped next to the hangar at the back of the complex.

I didn't find James in the hangar, but I did see Kelly Johnson.

The chief engineer of the Skunk was holding a notebook next to 'HT-3', looking around from time to time, burying his head in writing and drawing, and then tapping on the fuselage.

"Johnson, what are you doing here?" asked Li Zitao curiously.

"Charlie?" Johnson, who was banging under the plane, looked up at him in surprise and said, "Why are you here?"

Since the establishment of Skunk, Li Zitao has appeared only a handful of times, and his sudden appearance is naturally surprising.

"I'll take a look at it, what are you?" asked Li Zitao again.

"Recording data may be useful on large airplanes. Johnson got out from under the plane.

"Big plane, does Skunk have plans to get on a big plane?" Li Zitao said happily, this is the real surprise.

"Well, the Ministry of Defense wants a large transport aircraft capable of transporting vehicles and tanks in wartime. Johnson didn't say that they submitted the project to the Department of Defense on their own initiative.

The main reason is that Skunk's R&D funds are too much staggered, and the R&D funds accumulated in two years are nearly 3 million US dollars.

If they don't carry out a few more projects, if Li Zitao knows about it, they may reduce their research funding, which is something that the management does not want to see.

Even Hughes, a shareholder, voted in favor of the meeting, and he personally formulated the plan for the large transport aircraft submitted to the Department of Defense.

"Do what they ask you to do, and make the skunk profitable as soon as possible. Li Zitao patted him on the shoulder and said.

The huge amount owed to the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce has been repaid by the parent company Aerospace.

If it weren't for the great success of the Boeing 247 and its introduction by large and small airlines such as Pan America, United America, and American Star, it would probably have been drained by Skunk's debt.

So far, the aerospace industry still owes 500 million to the Qinghua Chamber of Commerce, thanks to the 0.5 cent interest originally formulated by Li Zitao.

Otherwise, the aerospace industry will not even be able to pay the interest.

Thinking about it, I'm actually quite sorry for the former United Airlines, which was merged into the American Aerospace Airlines, and directly shouldered a debt of 800 million.

"Charlie, you're finally here, I'll take you up for a visit. James rushed over, opened the gangway and said excitedly.

"Do you want to be together?" Li Zitao looked at James, and the other party waved his hand and said, "I don't want him to show off to me again." ”

Listening to what he meant, James should be very happy with the HT-3.

Sure enough, when he entered the cabin, James chattered endlessly, and the corner shape from the entrance was used, using DuPont's new composite materials.

to the flight attendant's lounge and storage area, to the cockpit space and comfort after changing out the seats.

The cabin, James introduced in more detail, the materials used in the seats, the leather wrapping, the movable armrests, and the high ceiling space sacrificed between the double-layer design.

There are two rows of 8-person seats side by side in front, and Li Zitao's attention is not placed on them at all.

He went straight to the stern of the cabin and turned around, "How to open it?"

"Here. James quickly followed, came to the right bulkhead, reached out and grabbed the red lever, and pressed it down hard.

Rumble, squeak

The plane shuddered, and a 110-centimeter-wide passage split in the middle of the tail of the cabin.

The split part rests on the ground, creating a slope of about 30 degrees.

Li Zitao stepped on it with his feet and tried up and down back and forth, with the arm strength of a normal person, he should be able to complete his own up and down without anyone's assistance.