Chapter 445: A New Chapter in Aerospace
The hangar gate at the end of the runway opened, and this time it seemed that because the plane was too big, the hangar door was divided into several sections and all opened layer by layer until it was opened to the maximum.
Whether it is the audience watching with a telescope now, or the audience watching with a video before the live broadcast, they can't help but move forward, wanting to get closer and see more clearly.
However, they immediately reflected that it was futile for them to do this, and they couldn't get a meter together, so they wanted to go directly to the runway hangar.
The new aerospace transport aircraft did not keep them waiting, and after the doors were all opened, a heavy tractor slowly drove out of the hangar with this behemoth.
It doesn't have the "slim" fuselage and wings of an airplane in the atmosphere, and its large triangular fuselage makes it look incredibly sturdy, and its small cockpit makes it look even bigger compared to the fuselage.
A total of eight wheels on both sides of the lower fuselage also show the tonnage it matches its size.
Its overall lines are concise, the two huge engines at the tail of the fuselage are very eye-catching, and the overall structure is slightly angular, which makes this giant transport aircraft look more tough.
It doesn't have the roundness of existing space shuttles or "space planes", but it's more in line with people's science fiction aesthetic.
When I was looking forward to it coming out, the viewers who watched the live broadcast were watching it intently, and when it officially appeared, the Internet exploded again.
"It's huge, it's definitely a lot bigger than the previous shuttles, and its wingspan is bigger than the fuselage."
"Hurry up, is there a great god? Hurry up and roughly calculate the size! ”
"According to the size of the surrounding references, it is roughly calculated, its fuselage length should be more than 70 meters, and the wingspan should be about 80 meters, which is much larger than the space shuttle before the United States."
"It's too big, although it's not as big as the world's largest aircraft in the atmosphere, but it's not small as a spacecraft, as can be seen from the previous "Falcon" class, this take-off method is much more convenient than the launch vehicle, and the way of recycling and reuse is also more reliable than rocket recycling, which is almost the same as an ordinary aircraft. ”
"I just don't know how many tons of carrying capacity there are, and whether it is as big as the previous space shuttle."
"There must be, after all, the size is there, the largest space shuttle is only more than 50 meters, this one is more than 70 meters, I think it can transport at least 50 tons of cargo to low earth orbit."
"Don't forget, it's going to take off directly from the ground, if there is no auxiliary fuel tank and auxiliary thruster, most of it has to be loaded with fuel, and the fuel must account for a large part, it is estimated that there is a load of more than 20 tons, at most, it can transport the cabin of a space station, which is about the same as the capacity of Chang Wu."
"Drunk, don't keep using the technology of the space shuttle to restrain the aerospace plane, okay, don't use the technology you think to guess the new technology, it can take off directly from the ground means that its engine is powerful enough, if you want me to say, let alone a hundred tons, the carrying capacity is close to the Saturn 5 of the United States and the Chang-9 that my country is developing."
"Shhh, talk less and watch more, just wait for Arc Aerospace to announce the data by itself, now the screen is split, and the picture of the cockpit has also been added."
"Wow, split screen must be given a good review."
In the cockpit, the three people who were already old drivers were all ready, the difference was that this time Li Xiaoning became the main driver, and Zhu Heshu became the backup driver.
And Zhang Zijian is still the co-pilot.
The layout of the cockpit this time is similar to that of the cockpit of the Hayabusa-class first aircraft, and it is also a three-person cabin with spacious side-by-side.
However, the cockpit of the "Falcon" class aerospace aircraft, which is now being mass-produced, has been changed to a single-person cockpit, which saves a lot of space.
Because the "Saker" aerospace fighter is now being produced, which is considered the first finalized combat model, it now needs these space ammunition.
To this end, Arc Aerospace has set up a separate department to design a derivative of the initial model.
Now they are going to change the "Falcon" to a two-seater "Peregrine Falcon", and then increase the range of activities a little, and then make the life-sustaining system a little more perfect, and the intelligent driving system should also be made more convenient, so that they can be sold to the super-rich.
When the time comes, you can take a day trip to the Earth's orbit, a trip to the moon or something, and just fly your own plane.
According to the research of the marketing department, as soon as this thing is unveiled, those tyrants who are tired of playing with yachts, sports cars, and aircraft in the atmosphere will definitely be interested.
Which local tyrants are too enthusiastic, so when the airliner has not yet come out, they can only use this method to top it.
And the local tyrants ...... It should be the one who prefers the "peregrine falcon".
It's just that I don't know what kind of bold ideas those local tyrants will have after today's test flight of the aerospace transport plane.
"Tower Tower, this is X-YS01, ready, request to take off." The main driver, Li Xiaoning, said with ease.
As veteran drivers who have raced many times in the aerospace plane, whether it is the real "Falcon" class or the simulated "Eagle" class, they are now familiar with everything they have to do.
"No. X-YS01, this is the tower, the data is confirmed, and it can take off." The voice of the commander-in-chief, Bai Hongxian, came out of the intercom.
"Understood, X-YS01 takes off."
Li Xiaoning replied to the command, and his hand kept pressing a few buttons, and then skillfully pushed the throttle valve.
At the same time as this action in the cabin, the two large engine vents behind the aerospace transport plane also spewed out a hot wake, because the power was too strong, the air that vibrated from the spewed wake rumbled, and the spectators who were not too far away could hear it clearly.
Under this tremendous propulsion, the huge space transport plane gradually rowed forward, faster and faster, until it crossed the long runway.
After Li Xiaoning saw that the speed had reached the standard, he immediately pulled up the nose of the plane and let the seemingly bulky big guy fly into the sky lightly, and quickly went away with a thunderous sound.
"Tower, X-YS01 takes off normally, flies normally."
The audience on the ground was baptized by a wave of noise, but it was worth it for them, and many people stood up with cheers, and kept hugging, and then looked at the far place where the plane had gone.
Some people hurriedly put the video they recorded on the Internet, hoping to get everyone to share this moment.
At this moment, the people present were extremely confident.
Because in the field of aerospace aircraft, arc space is definitely at the forefront of the world, and it is irrefutable.
And Arc Aerospace is Huaguo's company.
They are very grateful to Arc Aerospace for being able to place the audience here, this scene is simply too shocking, they may remember this day for a lifetime.
Of course, the audience who watched the "Falcon" class aerospace aircraft take off for the first time also thought the same way.
But the most exciting are the people who watch the live broadcast.
Honestly, split-screen is a really good thing.
Not only can they see the overall taxiing and take-off of the space-to-air transport aircraft, but they can also see all the movements of the astronauts in the cockpit, and the movements and feedback on both sides are at the same time.
What the pilot does, whether it is to accelerate or lift the nose of the aircraft, as long as he does something, the whole aircraft will react immediately.