Tang Feng is also very grateful for Mr. Sigman's arrangement, although he does not mind crossing the Drake Strait by boat, but if there is a faster and more comfortable mode of transportation, who wants to endure nearly a day of bumps in the Drake Passage?

However, Tang Feng is still very curious, as far as he knows, at present, such a V22 Osprey tiltrotor is only for the use of the American military, even if it is a hardcore American brother like Yuben and Israel, their own armies do not seem to be equipped with this extremely advanced tiltrotor at present. This thing is currently considered an extremely advanced weapon in the United States, but how could Mr. Sigman get such a one?

Tang Feng asked this question, which immediately caused Sigman to laugh.

"Don, this is your blind eye, this is not the United States. The Osprey used by the military, which is based on the BA609 tiltrotor redesigned from the V22 Osprey, is a civilian version, and now Bell has introduced this model of tiltrotor to the world, I bought one last year, although the price is not cheap, but it is really convenient to use. It's faster and has a longer range than a helicopter, but it's just as convenient as a helicopter, and if you're interested, I'd suggest you get one back in the U.S. and ride it yourself. ”

Tang Feng was stunned for a moment, "Sir, you said this is the civilian version?" ”

"Yes, just by looking at the head, you can know that the real Osprey is much larger than this BA609, and the real Osprey can carry up to more than 7 tons, while the load capacity of this big guy is only 2.5 tons, which is far behind."

When Tang Feng heard this, he carefully took a large number of BA609s, and found that as Sigman said, this big guy seemed to be a little different from the real Osprey.

Sigman stood beside Tang Feng and said with a smile: "At the end of the nineties of the last century, Bell and Boeing were successful because of the V22 Osprey. So the idea came up to design a civilian version of the tiltrotor with a passenger capacity of 6 to 9 people, and after the two companies reached an agreement, the two companies named the tiltrotor Bell-Boeing 609, which is now the BA609 tiltrotor. ”

It's just that Boeing later put more effort into the research and development of new large aircraft and withdrew from this cooperation. Then Bell and Italy's Agusta cooperated to develop this tiltrotor, and finally succeeded in developing it. Later, after being introduced to the market, it was well received by all walks of life. ”

Mr. Sigman touched the cold steel body of the BA609 and continued: "However, this civilian version of the BA609 is far inferior to the military version of the V22 Osprey in terms of performance, both in terms of load capacity and range. The V22 Osprey can have a range of more than 1,600 km, while this big guy has a range of only 1,380 km. But even then, it's more than enough to send you across the Drake Passage. ”

Tang Feng nodded with a smile, this big guy really aroused his interest, and he planned to wait for this matter to be over. When I return to the United States, I will also get one of these tiltrotors to play with. However, Tang Feng doesn't plan to make this civilian version, according to his character, he will either get it, and if he wants to get it, he will get the best. Tang Feng directly set his sights on the military version of the osprey.

After admiring this big guy, Sigman led Tang Feng to a corner of the manor, where there was a large warehouse, and after entering. Tang Feng found that it was full of all kinds of materials. Of course, not all of these supplies were polar materials prepared for Tang Feng. A large part of this is Sigman's own daily use.

On a large iron shelf in the corner of the warehouse, Tang Feng saw what Sigman had prepared for himself. Polar cold-proof clothing, which is one of the indispensable equipment for polar exploration, this polar special cold-proof clothing has waterproof and breathable functions, which can block the infiltration of snow water and resist the invasion of cold winds; At the same time, the down liner of this cold-proof clothing is made of silver-dotted heat-reflecting fabric. While efficiently maintaining the heat energy of the human body, the breathable material between the silver dots can also discharge excess heat and sweat after exercise, so that the body can be comfortable and maintain a constant temperature.

Polar snowshoes, which are as important as winter suits, are used in polar expeditions. A good pair of snow boots can allow you to move freely and protect your life to the greatest extent.

In addition, cold hats, cold gloves, snow goggles, face protection, ski poles, multi-functional backpacks, etc., this constitutes the most basic personal equipment for personal polar expedition activities.

In addition to personal equipment, there are also some auxiliary equipment, such as a satellite communication device that integrates GPS satellite positioning system, satellite phone, and short-wave radio communication technology, which can almost avoid the possibility of getting lost in the vast snowfield.

There are also polar cold-proof tents, cold-proof sleeping bags, skis, small multi-functional heating, cooking equipment and other auxiliary equipment, with these things, Tang Feng has an expedition across the Antarctic continent.

Of course, these things are also in Tang Feng's star core space, although they are not as professional as these things prepared by Sigman, but those materials in the star core are more than enough to be used as spare parts.

"Don, the weather in the Drake Strait has not been very good in the past two days, so if you want to go, it is estimated that you will have to wait for a day or two, but once the weather is right, then I will ask my driver to send you directly to the Admiral Brown Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the only one of Argentina's seven research stations on the Antarctic continent located on the Antarctic Peninsula, and this research station is a summer station, where are our Argentine scientists stationed there, I have already contacted my country's Antarctic Research CenterWhen you get there, someone will naturally receive you, and you don't have to be polite to them. Hehe, I donate tens of millions of pesos a year just to the Antarctic expedition, and you are my most honored guest and friend, and they are no different from you than they are to me. ”

Sigman's words were extremely imposing. Among all countries in the world, Argentina has set up the second largest number of research stations in Antarctica, with a total of seven, while Russia has eight. However, the world's first Antarctic research station was the Orcadas station established by Argentina in 1904.

The Antarctic expedition is a very expensive project, and every year Sigman has to donate to the Antarctic Research Center in Argentina, and in previous years, Sigman was even invited to go to the Antarctic continent several times with the Argentine Antarctic research ship.

For Argentina's Antarctic research project, a rich man like Sigman is a big financier, and no one wants to offend the richest man in Argentina. Therefore, when Tang Feng went to Antarctica this time, he would naturally receive the same treatment as Sigman. (To be continued.) )