frightfiction Chapter 656: The Heart of the F-86 Sabre, the J47-GE-27 Engine
Chapter 656: The Heart of the F-86 Sabre, the J47-GE-27 Engine
After the greetings, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
Zhang Chi changed the subject and got to the point:
"I invite you all here this time because I hope to leverage your wisdom to design and manufacture a world-class four-engine, large, long-range aircraft for Nanyang."
As soon as he finished speaking, a glint of understanding flashed across the eyes of Bud, Ferdinand and others. This was indeed their area of expertise.
But Zhang Chi's next words struck them like lightning.
"As for the engine, we already have a physical object here." Zhang Chi said calmly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, "It's an axial-flow jet engine.
The specific parameters are as follows: length 3.7 meters, diameter 0.933 meters, maximum dry weight 1,158 kilograms, maximum thrust: 5,970 pounds, which converts to approximately 26.56 kilonewtons.
These cold numbers uttered from Zhang Chi's mouth were like heavy hammers, hitting the hearts of Ferdinand and others.
Before the fall of the Third Reich, they had devoted their efforts to the research of jet long-range bombers at Junkers. The accompanying JUMO 004E engine was the crystallization of Hans' jet propulsion technology and was also the power heart of the ME-262 fighter.
The dry weight of the JUMO 004E is 719 kg and its thrust is only 8.8 kilonewtons.
The thrust-to-weight ratio gap is too big!
Dr. Bud's face turned pale instantly and his fingers began to tremble involuntarily.
They always thought that Hans' technology was at least five years ahead of the world, and that the failure of the war was simply due to the unlimited overdraft of resources and manpower and the desperate dilemma of fighting on two fronts.
They even privately and angrily believed that if the ME-262 could have solved the engine reliability problem earlier and put it into actual combat on a large scale, the war might have turned around...
But now, Nanyang, an emerging Southeast Asian country that they had hardly paid attention to before and was regarded as a younger brother of the White Eagle, actually produced an engine with such terrifying performance parameters.
This performance has completely crushed JUMO 004E.
After the great shock, there was deeper fear and shame.
"It turns out...it turns out that the technology we are so proud of is actually...so useless in front of White Eagle...and even Nanyang..." Ferdinand muttered to himself.
He couldn't utter the words "vulnerable" at the end, and an indescribable feeling of frustration gripped him.
Are we really waste?
Zhang Chi took in the changing expressions on the faces of several people and smiled in his heart.
They are certainly not waste.
But they didn't know that the engine Zhang Chi was talking about was the J47-GE-27 engine used by the F-86F "Sabre", the main fighter of the White Eagle Air Force in the future.
This engine is a mature product that was finally finalized and put into mass production after White Eagle captured Hans' technical information and conducted years of dedicated research and improvement. It has stable performance and strong thrust, and is a classic of its generation.
Zhang Chi, on the other hand, directly purchased a V-level gold machine [F-86F-35 Fighter] on the White Eagle technology tree through the War Thunder system, and then physically extracted the J47 engine it was equipped with.
The future of Southeast Asia will require at least hundreds or even thousands of jet fighters.
The cost of purchasing the finished coin machine entirely from the system is still too expensive.
It is also not beneficial to the development of its own military industry.
Therefore, Zhang Chi changed his previous practice of relying entirely on the system to purchase vehicles to strengthen the army during the war, and adopted the idea of walking on two legs of system and self-research.
Judging from the timeline, the technology of this J47 is nearly five years ahead of the current technological level.
For Bud and others who are still struggling with the stability of JUMO 004E, this parameter naturally sounds like a fairy tale, full of the shock of dimensionality reduction.
"In the initial stage, I can provide you with four such engines for research and development and testing." Zhang Chi did not give them time to digest the shock and continued to put forward the plan.
"My request is that the R&D team, based on this, design and manufacture a four-engine large aircraft prototype that can be successfully tested within three to five years."
He paused and explained:
"In my plan, the engine department can try to imitate and conduct in-depth research on this J47 engine, while your team, Dr. Bud, can simultaneously utilize existing mature engines to directly carry out the design and development of new models.
This can significantly shorten the R&D cycle.”
This idea does not conform to the conventional process of "first having a stable engine, then designing the aircraft", and seems somewhat radical and risky.
But who let Zhang Chi have the system, the biggest plug-in?
He knew clearly that the J47 was a mature and reliable engine, and could completely skip the lengthy trial and debugging phase and go directly into application.
This is exactly what he planned for Nanyang, a late-developing country, a shortcut to exchange money and system advantages for development time.
Dr. Bud, Ferdinand and the others slowly recovered from their initial shock and exchanged glances with each other.
As top scientists, they know very well that the engine is the heart of an aircraft.
A strong and reliable heart means unlimited possibilities.
If the engine parameters Zhang Chi provided are really as mature and stable as he said...
Although they still had some doubts in their hearts.
After all, its own ME-262 suffered from the poor reliability of the JUMO 004E engine, and it often surged and stalled.
But the thrust of up to 26.56 kilonewtons and the relatively reasonable weight are really tempting.
"If...if this engine is really as you said..." Dr. Bud's voice was a little hoarse with excitement. He took a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm.
"Then, based on this, designing a large long-range aircraft, whether a strategic bomber or a long-range passenger aircraft, is technically entirely feasible, and even... the prospects are very broad!"
Ferdinand nodded heavily, his eyes once again lit up with the fiery light of a scientist:
"Yes, with a heart like this, we can definitely design a large aircraft that surpasses... surpasses all our previous ideas."
Zhang Chi was quite satisfied to see that several experts basically agreed and showed great interest and professional passion.
The reason why he went to so much trouble to get these Hans experts here was not only because he valued their own technical capabilities, but also because his deeper plan was to make them become "sparks".
With these top experts leading the projects, young engineers and technicians with potential but lacking experience selected from Nanyang can participate in cutting-edge aviation research and development, learn through practice, and grow through projects.
By the time the ten-year contract expires, even if these Hans experts choose to leave for various reasons, Nanyang will have already trained a large number of local scientific research talents with complete experience in large aircraft research and development and who are capable of standing on their own.
The accumulation of knowledge and project experience is what Zhang Chi truly values and is wealth that cannot be measured by money.
"Very good." Zhang Chi stood up and extended his hand to Dr. Bud. "Then, it's a pleasure to work with you. Someone will take you to the R&D base and discuss the details with you. I look forward to everyone creating new miracles under the skies of Nanyang."
Dr. Bud looked at Zhang Chi's outstretched hand and once again remembered the words of the female agent.
"Just a handshake is good. It's simple and equal."
He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, and shook hands tightly with the young ruler.
This time, he felt less anxious and more excited about the unknown technological field, as well as an indescribable eagerness to rekindle the fire of scientific research in a new land.