Understanding the cause of this accident, Wang Dazhi and Meng Haibo secretly breathed a sigh of relief: It's good to find the cause.

The two glanced at each other, and Wang Dazhi said to Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja: "Victor, it's good to find the reason......

Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaya sighed, interrupted Wang Dazhi's words, waved his hand and said: "Don't comfort me, in the final analysis, it's still my reason......"

"Lao Meng and I really don't comfort you," Wang Dazhi said with a smile: "Victor, let's be honest, if you want to talk about helicopters, you are the world's top expert, but the tiltrotor is a thing, only Americans in the world have just started to play, but before the MV-22 Osprey, when did the Americans play tiltrotors?"

World War II!

Before the end of World War II, the Americans began to study the tiltrotor, until the XV-15 in the 70s, the Americans subsidized how many planes they fell, and only then did they accumulate enough powerful tiltrotor technology and experience, and on the basis of these experience and technology, they came up with the MV-22. ”

Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya stopped talking.

Yes, as the former deputy chief designer of the Miri Design Bureau, Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya is also familiar with the history of the development of tiltrotors by the Americans, as early as 1944, before the end of the second world war, Bell began to develop the tiltrotor XV-3, which is a proof-of-principle machine, because there is no experience to learn from, no one knows what to do with this thing, so along the way, Bell does not know how many planes have fallen.

Until the 70s, at the request of the United States and NASA, Bell began to develop the XV-15 tiltrotor aircraft, the purpose is to verify the tiltrotor technical scheme, explore the flight envelope and actually evaluate whether this aircraft can meet the needs of military and civilian transportation, XV-15 was developed after a large number of wind tunnel tests, ground and flight tests, to verify performance, handling quality, noise and downwash flow and other tests, but also carried out survivability, shipboard compatibility, cargo lifting, weapon launch, Military and civilian applicability tests such as aerial refueling and refueling, terrain tracking flights, and other maneuvering flights.

It can be said unceremoniously that it is the accumulation of more than 30 years of technology from the XV-3 to the XV-15 and the loss of many aircraft that laid the foundation for the MV-22 "Osprey", a truly practical tiltrotor - but even so, who dares to say that the technology of the tiltrotor is really mature?

You don't believe it?

Don't believe it, look at how many MV-22s have the Americans dropped since they were put into the ranks?

Even the officially installed ones can fall, so let's drop a technical verification machine, how normal is that.

And let's not forget that Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaya is a top expert in the field of helicopters, and not a top expert in the field of fixed-wing aircraft, and isn't it normal for a top expert in the field of helicopters to make some inexperienced mistakes in the field of fixed-wing aircraft?

Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja, who finally figured it out, smiled bitterly and nodded: "You are right, it seems that the problem is me, it is I who underestimated the difficulty of such an aircraft." ”

Hearing Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaya say this, Wang Dazhi and Meng Haibo were startled, and the two said in unison: "You must not say that. ”

After a brief pause, Wang Dazhi continued: "Why did the plane test fly after it was developed, instead of directly installing it? Isn't it just to find and solve the problem, Victor, you should actually be happy to drop the plane this time, happy to find the problem......

He didn't want to go on on this issue, so he changed the subject and asked Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja: "Well, Viktor, do you need to take a break?"

"No, I don't need to!" Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya snorted: "Now that the plane is here, I would like to do a comprehensive inspection of the plane to see where there are other low-level design flaws." ”

Wang Dazhi and Meng Haibo glanced at each other, and the two nodded together: Okay, whatever you want.

........................

Wang Dazhi didn't dare to slack off on such a big matter, and after returning to the office, he reported to Chen Geng through a satellite phone as soon as possible.

Chen Geng was very calm: "It's okay if you drop the plane, as long as our test pilot is fine, then it's easy to say anything." ”

"Yes, both test pilots are fine. Wang Dazhi said with a smile: "Because it was over farmland at the time, after realizing that the problem was very serious and the plane would never fly back, the two test pilots chose to parachute at the first time." ”

"That's right, the choice of these two test pilots is very correct," Chen Geng is very satisfied with the choice of these two pilots: "Lao Wang, you must instill such an idea in everyone, that is, 'the plane is very precious, but no matter how precious the plane is, it is not as precious as our test pilots', the test pilots are also most of the designers of this aircraft, the plane falls, let's build another one, but if the test pilot sacrifices, the loss will be great, in our company, it is absolutely not allowed to see the aircraft heavier than the test pilot." ”

Speaking of the back, Chen Geng's tone had become very serious.

Wang Dazhi was taken aback, and he hurriedly responded: "Okay chairman, I will emphasize this point to you immediately when I look back, no matter how precious the plane is, it is not as precious as our test pilots." ”

Chen Geng responded, and then ordered: "For the two test pilots who decisively chose ejection, turn around and hold a commendation meeting, commend them with great fanfare, and commend them for choosing ejection without hesitation at the most critical time, and the company will give a heavy reward!"

"Huh?" Wang Dazhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "This...... Chairman, is this necessary?"

"Of course, there is a need for this," Chen Geng said categorically: "We just want to show our attitude to all employees through this kind of fanfare: we encourage everyone to choose catapult and parachute jumping at critical moments...... Of course, efforts should be made not to cause losses to the masses of the people...... Let everyone understand that compared to prototypes, they are the most valuable asset of our group. ”

After a pause, Chen Guo's tone changed and said: "I estimate that the psychological pressure of these two test pilots at this time is not small, after all, our country's propaganda has always been ...... Well, this is how we want to show them that the Group supports their choice and that they think they did the right thing. ”

"Okay, I see. Wang Dazhi's eyes were hot, and he nodded heavily.