Chapter 96 R&D Progress

Although New York is stormy and uncertain in June, everything is fine in New York! Aunt Liu's monthly income from drugs has exceeded the 5 million mark, and penicillin is only waiting to be produced; Isaac was insensitive to the number, and muttered jealously, it was far worse than printing money. Isaac's short-term investment income is also good, and has stabilized at more than $1 million per month.

Donner's work went well, and he began to get rich, and now he didn't have any wrinkles on his face when he smiled. Since he had money, he arranged for Woody to purchase a few freighters and open his own shipping company, which was mostly registered locally. The tonnage should not be less than 5000 tons, too small to be unsafe to sail in the Pacific Ocean. It is still invested by Isaac's investment company, and for the time being, the trading company is managed by Woody.

According to my uncle, I didn't expect my affairs to be so complicated, I didn't expect so much money to flow from my hands, and I didn't expect my responsibility to be so big.

The two children who have played wild are not going to school again. This time, Aunt Liu glanced at me and said lightly: "You deal with it." He turned around and drifted away. What to do? Move it with emotion and know it with reason! What did you say? Spanking? That's my sister! Is it nothing more than signing a little unequal treaty, not enough? Sign two points! After Xiaoya is dealt with, the enemy is divided, and the problem of iron eggs will be solved; Dare to say a word, but you will tear up the treaty, forced! Tie Dan is so smart, he has been trained to bend and stretch, and he will turn around and leave without saying a word!

It's done, hurry up and report to Aunt Liu. People are drinking coffee while looking through the gifts! After listening to the report, I will definitely not give it! With her slender fingers, which are good at surgery, she picked up a necklace and said, "Just use this little thing, do you want to buy me?" ”

Signing the first one is the most uncomfortable for unequal treaties, but you get used to it when you sign it. Keep signing! Finally, Aunt Liu took the two pieces of paper with satisfaction, and said that I was tired, and went upstairs like a fairy.

It's not cool to see Dawu, especially with sympathetic eyes? Anyway, do you want to sign one too? Dawu looked like he thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not a good word, so he shook his head very seriously and refused! Well, this is also a fairy, and I have learned the language of expressions, and I already know how to slander. I wanted to kick him, and when I saw him smiling and waiting, I felt like I was floating upstairs when I went upstairs!

Dawu accompanied himself to a shooting range and used a large-caliber sniper rifle to shoot at the target, which was really enjoyable!

Settle things in New York and come to the Missouri estate on June 10th. Colorful delta wings flew around in the sky, and the roar of engines sounded at the aircraft engine test site. Let's start by looking at what you care about most! When I saw Samuel, he was also at the testing ground! So close, not afraid of problems? Hurriedly asked Dawu to drag him back!

"Mr. Li, it's been 4 days of continuous testing, and no abnormalities have been found so far!" Samuel looked excited.

"Congratulations! Mr. Samuel! You'll go down in aviation history! What is the approximate level of power? ”

"Yes, sir! The overall volume has been reduced and the thrust-to-weight ratio has been larger, which has an absolute competitive advantage. There are some deviations in the design calculations, and the maximum output power of the current measured data is about 2200 horsepower! ”

"Small problem, Mr. Samuel, then hurry up and finalize a specification, and then make a few tests to verify the performance parameters and reliability. Pay attention to secrecy, I will increase the level of security. Arrange for the patent to be registered, and part of it will be handed over to the San Francisco factory to apply. All is the drawings and processes for me to back up a set. Then he telegraphed to his uncle to pay attention to the patent registration.

Han Ping was instructed to arrange for the security level of the aircraft engine development area to be raised.

A meeting of Stephen and Samuel was convened to study the development of aircraft engines. Samuel's opinion is that it takes at least 3 months to do various stereotyping tests before being able to give reliable parameters. Stephen's opinion was more radical, and the idea was that he could contact the aircraft factories now and provide them with their basic parameters. The two opinions are nothing, and what they are entangled with is that, with the virtues of American capitalists, I am afraid that they will soon sell to the Japanese to make money, while China will not do any good; The safest thing to do is to wait for the Japanese to blow up Hawaii! It's just that my current efforts have become worthless.

In the end, he temporarily decided to set up two secret workshops in the manor, one to produce the core parts of the engine, and the other parts to be produced by the original factory, and the other to be an assembly workshop. The production scale is enough for five units per month. The engine is all for its own use, not for sale, and when someone asks for the price, they say that the cost has exceeded 150,000 US dollars, and there is no product price.

Stephen waited for the exact parameters to come out, and then contacted aircraft manufacturers such as Douglas, Boeing, and Curtis to see which one was willing to cooperate with the development, and the development direction was high-altitude and high-speed.

Steve's car modification was carried out in an orderly manner, and a technician showed good management skills. 15 propeller aircraft engines were also made up, and the others were not in sets, and there was no intention of continuing production. Arrange for Stephen to purchase 5 more trainer planes, without engines, and use his own engines to deal with them.

Stephen's power delta wing aircraft has more than 20 units, and I have tried it myself, and the overall level is not bad, but it is problematic to use it in the military, and it is not even used for battlefield communication contact, and there are many advantages, it can take off and land for short distances, has good ultra-low-altitude flight performance, is simple to operate and use, easy to learn, and is quickly assembled and transported on board. At present, it can only be used for club sports or primary adaptation training, and it can be considered for farm use in the future. Stephen was instructed to build 20 more planes to ship to China and set up a flying club in Shaanxi.

Han Ping's security training has reached the level of institutionalization and assembly line, and more than 500 people have been trained in batches, which has met the security needs of the United States. The domestic training elite began to return to China one after another, and the aircraft ground crew training, automobile repair training and radio training were also carried out steadily.

Taking advantage of the time period of Samuel's test parameters, he took Dawu to inspect the San Francisco factory, the Smith oil field and refinery, and the factory in New York. When I saw the problem, I just reported it to my uncle in time, and I didn't interfere with anyone's work. Due to the abundant funds, more and more materials were sent to China, and the task of the whole year was basically completed in less than eight months.

After receiving a telegram from China saying that the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway had been opened to traffic, it was possible to start shipping the planned bullet production line and firearms production line, and China had already sent people to Wuhan to look for a warehouse.

Samuel telegraphed that the parameters were completed. Look at the time, it's already the end of September.

I returned to the Missouri Manor and looked at Samuel's parameters and the structural requirements of the fit. After consulting with Stephen, it was decided that Samuel would not come forward and continue to work on high-power specifications and develop jet engines. Stephen was in charge of foreign cooperation at the beginning, and major issues were decided by himself. Once the partnership began, Stephen was solely responsible.

Stephen spent a month docking with various aircraft factories in the United States, and most of them were not satisfied with the fact that they were not allowed to see the real thing before the cooperation, and when they heard about the cost of the engine, they thought that there was almost no market space. In the end, Douglas had the desire to cooperate, because they were also developing a long-range passenger plane at the request of United Airlines. However, the terms of cooperation given by both sides are more demanding, and what we require is that the newly developed aircraft shall not be sold to the outside world without our permission and how to disclose the details. In response to the response requirements, the successfully developed aircraft samples must be purchased by us, and no less than 5 of each type of aircraft must be purchased, and the corresponding development costs shall be borne by us.

In the end, we decided that we would only pay $10,000 for the development. Douglas wanted to develop a single-engine fighter and a twin-engine passenger aircraft suitable for engine power, and the final goal was a high-altitude and high-speed passenger aircraft with a four-engine, pressurized cabin.

Douglas replied that he agreed to require the twin-engine airliner to be modified on the existing DC-3 aircraft platform, and the development cycle of single-engine fighters and twin-engine airliners was 6 to 8 months; The development cycle of a four-engine, high-altitude high-speed passenger aircraft with a supercharged cabin is 18 to 24 months.

Business negotiations have always been cautious, and the time dragged on helplessly, and the negotiations with Douglas lasted for 2 months. After the contract was signed, he was about to leave the United States, and he gave Stephen an advance amount of $500,000, and his uncle controlled the progress and approval of the grant. Tell Stephen to telegraph any nodal progress.

A telegram was sent informing him that Uncle and Woody had returned to New York to wait for him. Let Han Ping hand over the work of the United States to Dawu, and prepare to take Han Ping back to China, and let Han Ping arrange 20 bodyguards to accompany him.