"Transport planes also play vertical take-off and landing, and our new boss is really a 'genius'."

In a production workshop of Wen Ming's aircraft manufacturing factory, a technician looked at the plane in front of him and said with some mockery: "I really don't understand the idea of a rich man who doesn't produce a model that can already be mass-produced, but only produces a new aircraft that has not been proven." ”

Another technician next to him said, "So you're not a rich man, just a technician." ”

They are all looking at the only aircraft in this production workshop, normally speaking, although the aircraft production workshop cannot produce aircraft on the assembly line, but a production workshop will not only make one aircraft.

The aircraft manufacturing process usually refers only to the manufacturing of parts of the aircraft fuselage, the assembly of components and the final assembly of the aircraft. The other most critical parts of the aircraft, such as engines, instruments, on-board equipment and other accessories, are manufactured in other specialized factories and are not included in the scope of aircraft manufacturing.

The production floor of an aircraft manufacturing plant will start to build another "model" aircraft after it has been built. So in some aircraft manufacturing plants exposed on the Internet, there will be several aircraft in one workshop.

Once the parts made by other specialized factories, such as engines, are in place, they will begin to assemble and complete the final steps of building an aircraft.

In this production workshop of Kewenming, there is only one 'cargo' plane at this time, and all the technicians are very bored. Because a significant part of this 'cargo' aircraft is not yet in place.

"I really doubt that our boss built this plane just to make a movie."

The technician who first mocked him said, "Didn't he invest in Spielberg to make a movie?" Maybe this plane is just a movie prop, because I don't think it's possible for a transport plane to take off and land vertically. ”

Another technician argued: "He invested in Spielberg's film, which is a Jurassic Island advertising film, and tells the story of dinosaurs, how could he use this kind of aircraft?" Besides, it seems that the movie has been fully filmed and is in post-production, and it seems that it will be released in two months. ”

"As for the vertical take-off and landing of transport aircraft, isn't there still a Do31?"

The Do31 referred to by this technician, the full name is Dornier Do 31, which is a transport aircraft developed by West Germany that can take off and land vertically in order to meet NATO's strategic needs. Of course, it was still in the 60s of the 20th century, and West Germany and East Germany had not yet merged.

The DO31 is also the only transport aircraft in the world that can take off and land vertically so far.

"You mean the kind of transport plane that only three were built, and then two were left for exhibition?" The technician who spoke first said with a mocking expression: "If that kind of transport aircraft can be considered a real transport aircraft, then why is it not mass-produced?" ”

"Besides, in order to achieve vertical take-off and landing functions, Do31 is equipped with a total of 10 engines, and the thrust of a single unit reaches 68.95 kN, and how many engine positions are designed for this aircraft we manufacture?"

"Also, if I'm not mistaken, the Do31 has a range of only 1800 km, is it really useful as a transport aircraft with such a poor endurance?"

Another technician could not argue that, in fact, even he was skeptical that the plane would be able to fly.

It is definitely possible to fly, as long as the engine and other components are installed, but for the aircraft, it is definitely not enough to just fly. It is necessary to fly high, fast, and far, and the flight time must be guaranteed.

Even a prototype of a well-designed experimental model can crash during its first test flight, let alone a prototype of an aircraft whose design has not been proven at all.

From the outside, this plane does not look like a transport plane at all, except for the disc structure of the tail part, the shape of the entire transport plane is more like the lines of a fighter jet, rather than the relatively rounded feeling of a transport plane.

The wing position is on the back of the aircraft, which is somewhat similar to the design and construction of a transport aircraft, because the wings of a conventional civil aircraft or fighter aircraft are located on both sides, below the horizontal line of the back of the aircraft. Only new transport aircraft that focus on transport functions, such as the C-17 Global Dominance, An-225, etc., will keep the wings and the back of the aircraft on the same level.

But if you compare it with those transport planes, this aircraft is undoubtedly much smaller.

The U.S. Air Force's C-5 transport planes are both 75.54 meters long and 19.85 meters tall, which is equivalent to the height of a seven-story building. The transport plane designed by Ke Wenming's 'research team' is only 36.7 meters long and only 9 meters high.

According to the jokes of these technicians when they built this transport plane, it is perfectly possible to mount this transport plane with a C-5 transport plane.

As for the reserved engine slots, there are only three, one under each of the two wings and one at the bottom of the aircraft.

The two sides can be understood, it is the conventional engine position, but what is the role of the engine at the bottom of the aircraft?

VTOL?

If vertical take-off and landing can be achieved by installing an engine on the bottom of the aircraft, then the F-35 will not be the envy of the air forces of so many countries.

It is precisely because of the many incomprehensions in the manufacturing process and the lack of a positive response that the top management just issued an order for them to manufacture according to the design drawings, so many people in this production workshop, or this aircraft manufacturing plant, have grievances.

"Wen Ming seems to be coming, you say, do we have a chance to question him?"

"I think you're trying to change jobs, do you want to go back to Bombardier? If they needed us, they wouldn't have sold us to Wenming's umbrella company, along with the factory. ”

"Actually, I was still very grateful to the umbrella company and Wen Ming before, otherwise, we would have to live in the hunt of zombies. But if he wastes money and makes unrealistic planes, he may shut down our factory because of a failed test flight, and then we will have to look for a job again. ”

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When the new employees in Wenming's new company had all kinds of dissatisfaction with him, he finally arrived at the production workshop and saw the first airplane he had built.

There is no difference between the appearance and the design drawings, and the specific parameters need to be verified step by step after Donus brings the team he formed.

It is difficult to use molding in the production of aircraft, and all the parts and components of each aircraft need to be repeatedly verified, after all, it is something that flies in the sky, which is different from the 'gadgets' that can be produced on the assembly line of automobiles.

Teresa Roy introduced Wen Ming to the person in charge of the factory, as well as the relevant executives and technicians.

Wen Ming maintained his majesty as a boss throughout the whole process, his face was expressionless when he should be expressionless, he smiled and praised when he should be smiling and praised, and he found some small problems and criticized them in time.

These smells are very skillful.

That is, when Wen Ming began to inspect the aircraft, a technical director of the factory raised some questions and reminded: "Boss, although the whole world knows that you are a genius, but this kind of thing is not a joke. ”

"Now the plane is only one last step away from being able to take to the skies, but I still refuse to take responsibility for this plane because it seems to me to be flashy."

Such a straightforward reminder made Wen Ming's entourage look not very good-looking, and the person in charge of this factory hurriedly began to play a round, they all belonged to Bombardier before, and they left a bad impression on the first time they saw the new boss, should they mix it up in the future?

Wen Ming laughed and said, "Are you worried that after this plane is equipped with engines, it will crash during the test flight?" ”

Wen Ming's words also surprised everyone else, except for Teresa Roy, who already knew Wen Ming's intentions. Just like seafarers never say words related to capsizing, in the aircraft production workshop to say crashes?

I'm afraid I'm not a fool.

Wen Ming ignored those strange gazes, and after hearing the technical director's face firmly say the affirmative answer, he said with a smile: "How about a bet, if the test flight really fails, how about I give you an extra year's salary?" If the test flight is successful, how about deducting a year's salary? ”

Teresa Roy next to him looked helpless, he had already thought of what Wen Ming was going to do next, naturally he was going to lose, and it was a big fanfare.