Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 396 [Project Approval for the Y-50 Super Strategic Long-Range Transport Aircraft]

It's mid-April now.

Upon receiving Chen Zaiqing's message, Xiao Yu arrived at the headquarters of AVIC Linfei Company.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yu went straight into Chen Zaiqing's office as soon as he arrived at the company. When the latter saw the big boss coming, he immediately picked up the documents on his desk, sat down on the sofa in the lounge area, and handed the documents to Xiao Yu.

Chen Zaiqing immediately said, "This document is the latest one from above. The military wants to build the next generation of strategic long-range transport aircraft. AVIC has already initiated the 'Yun-50' strategic long-range transport aircraft project."

Xiao Yu, who was standing to the side, opened the document bag and took out the materials to read. Chen Zaiqing continued, "The overall design and technical route of the Y-50 is the same as that of the J-36 fighter jet. It follows the route of vertical take-off and landing and all-electric drive. Our company's task is to be mainly responsible for the electric propulsion engine, airframe materials and room temperature superconductivity."

In the field of electric propulsion engines, only AVIC Linfei Company has mastered mature technologies nationwide, including some aerospace composite metals and room temperature superconducting nanocomposite materials used in the fuselage.

In the Y-50 project, AVIC Linfei Company played the role of a commercial supplier, providing AVIC with electric propulsion engine solutions, aviation materials, and room temperature superconductors, while other avionics and electronic equipment were outsourced to other companies.

The design and manufacture of a military aircraft is an extremely complex process that involves numerous companies and organizations as well as a large number of technical personnel.

Aircraft design and manufacturing involve multiple stages, including design and development, material supply, component manufacturing, engine development, airborne equipment, and final assembly. Each stage involves different companies and organizations, requiring anywhere from several thousand to tens of thousands of technical personnel.

AVIC is responsible for the overall assembly and manufacturing of the Y-50, and the Y-20 military transport aircraft, which has already entered service, was also manufactured by AVIC.

"Wow, wow, is this a huge undertaking? The Y-50 is even bigger than the An-225?" Xiao Yu was taken aback when he read the document and saw the specific planning goals of this project.

The An-225 transport aircraft was the largest transport aircraft in human history. The only one that survived was destroyed in a few years ago when the An-225 and the An-225 were fighting each other, thus becoming its swan song.

When the news of the An-225 transport plane being destroyed came out, many military enthusiasts in China were heartbroken and exclaimed that it was a terrible waste.

That's all in the past.

Before long, our country will have a strategic long-range transport aircraft that is even more powerful than the An-225.

After a while, Xiao Yu saw a drawing of the appearance and aerodynamic layout of the Y-50 transport aircraft on a document, which immediately stunned him for a moment.

Xiao Yu turned to Chen Zaiqing and pointed to the sketches on the page, asking, "With this aerodynamic layout, are you sure this isn't a fighter jet but a transport plane?"

Chen Zaiqing glanced at the draft and couldn't help but laugh: "To be honest, I was also very surprised when I saw it just now, but this is what the military wants. The military's requirements for the Y-50 transport aircraft are that it must have strong stealth capabilities as well as supersonic penetration capabilities of around Mach 3 to 4."

Xiao Yu was speechless upon hearing this.

Such an aerodynamic layout is not surprising, but the military certainly has the audacity to come up with such an idea.

Currently, none of the military transport aircraft in service around the world have supersonic capabilities; they are all in the subsonic range, and their aerodynamic design cannot break the sound barrier.

However, the military's ambitions are extraordinary. They want the Y-50 to have a payload capacity exceeding that of the An-225 transport aircraft, supersonic penetration capability, and strong stealth performance. To meet these military requirements, the aerodynamic layout cannot follow the traditional route of the Y-20 and An-225 transport aircraft; instead, it must be designed as a super-giant fighter jet.

Xiao Yu looked at the Y-50 design draft on this page of the material again. It adopted a tailless aerodynamic layout, and the Lambda wing design combined the agility of forward-swept wings with the sharpness of backward-swept wings, along with all-moving wingtip technology.

For stealth performance, a tailless layout is definitely better. The advantages are reduced radar cross-section, enhanced stealth performance, reduced drag, reduced air resistance from the tail, improved flight efficiency, and improved maneuverability, because tailless layouts are usually combined with high maneuverability designs, which can better adapt to complex air combat environments.

The Y-50 transport aircraft uses a Lambda wing, which is characterized by a high lift coefficient and can provide high lift at high angles of attack, making it suitable for high-speed flight. By optimizing the shape and angle of the wing, radar wave reflection is reduced, and the wingtips can move and fold, which can further optimize flight performance and stealth effect.

The fuselage and wings are designed with a high degree of integration, which reduces air resistance, improves stealth performance, and provides more internal space.

The Y-50 transport aircraft has undergone stealth optimization in its aerodynamic layout, including sharp angles, smooth surfaces, and the absence of protruding antennas or radar reflection points. These designs make the Y-50 transport aircraft more difficult to detect under radar detection.

Xiao Yu turned to a page of the document. AVIC had already provided specific target parameters for the design of the Y-50 transport aircraft.

根据其设计参数的数据显示，运-50运输机的翼展105米、机长96.33米、机高22.42米、最大起飞重量：1295吨、最大载重：495吨。

In terms of size and weight, it surpasses the An-225 transport aircraft in every aspect, and will become the largest strategic long-range transport aircraft in human history.

在运-50运输机这样的参数怪兽面前，已经列装服役的“胖妞”运-20运输机就显得“小巧”了，运-20的外形尺寸机长47米、翼展45米、高度15米、最大起飞重量220吨、最大载重量66吨。

运-50运输机的最大载重量是运-20的7.5倍之多，一架的运-50运输机的运力能顶7架半的运-20运输机的运力，或者等于接近2架安-225运输机的运力，安-225运输机的最大载重量是250吨。

运-50运输机的货舱尺寸设计为51.75米长、8.28米宽、6.32米高，容积达2708立方米。

这一尺寸较之安-225运输机的货船43米×6.4米×4.4米，容积1300立方米，运50运输机货舱在长度、宽度和高度上分别提升了20.35%、29.37%和43.63%，货船容积提升了108.3%，让运-50可容更多和更超大型货物，比如可以运载7辆99A主战坦克还绰绰有余。

It supports loading and unloading of heavy equipment within 3 minutes. The cargo hold floor adopts a modular design and can withstand a single axle load of 30 tons.

With such a large size, the Y-50 transport aircraft is almost the size of a standard football field, making it a true aerial behemoth.

Building a behemoth like the Y-50 transport aircraft would truly require the technical support of AVIC Linfei Company.

First of all, it cannot do without the new composite metal from AVIC Linfei Company. The metal materials from other suppliers, whether in terms of strength, plasticity or stability, cannot support such a super-large aerial behemoth to carry out supersonic penetration. Otherwise, it may disintegrate in mid-air.

"Haha, to treat transport planes like fighter jets, that's really bold and skillful." Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh as he browsed the materials. The core reason why AVIC is so bold is that AVIC's flight test capability can solve key problems, which gives their designers tremendous confidence to be so bold.

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(End of this chapter)