Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 397 [A True Numerical Monster]

One material and one electric propulsion engine are modules that AVIC Linfei is responsible for, and they are modules in which AVIC has strengths and advantages.

If the material strength meets the standards, there is no need to worry about the aircraft falling apart in the air. The electric propulsion engine is powerful enough to push such a super aerial behemoth. The room temperature superconducting material supports superconducting vertical take-off and landing.

With these safeguards in place, the designers of the Y-50 transport aircraft were naturally able to design with boldness.

Without these core safeguards, we wouldn't dare design such a large super transport aircraft to possess both powerful stealth capabilities and supersonic penetration capabilities.

In terms of the power system, the Y-50 transport aircraft adopts a supersonic air intake without a diverter. The shape of this air intake has been optimized to reduce radar wave reflection and provide stable airflow during high-speed flight.

The Y-50 transport aircraft will be equipped with four all-electric drive engines, each with a thrust of 65 tons, for a total thrust of 260 tons.

Upon seeing this data, Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Good, good. You want us to get 65 tons of thrust per unit? You really have a lot of confidence in AVIC, huh? You dare to report such a figure? You really believe we can create a miracle? Giving us such a high intensity..."

It's worth noting that the world-renowned An-225 transport aircraft has six D-18T engines, each with a thrust of only about 23.4 tons, for a total thrust of about 140 tons.

The design of the Y-50 directly requires four electric propulsion engines, and each engine must have a thrust of 65 tons.

Setting such outrageous targets for AVIC Linfei is truly remarkable given the success of the J-36 fighter jet, which greatly boosts confidence in Xiao Yu and AVIC Linfei.

That's why they dared to ask for such an outrageous amount. In reality, the military only provided this most outrageous design. There was actually an even lower-level, more conservative design in the cabinet, but they didn't tell AVIC Linfei about it.

The idea is to first test the strength of AVIC's preliminary flight, and we'll see if it works out later, but what if it really does work out?

Unless Xiao Yu explicitly states that he can't handle it and that it's not technically feasible, then he can come up with another conservative solution.

But, as I said before, what if Xiao Yu says he can handle it?

The conservative solution in that cabinet is no longer available.

Chen Zaiqing, who was standing next to him, suddenly asked, "Can't you handle it?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said calmly, "How can you know it can't be done before we've even started? But it should be possible."

Although I didn't say anything too absolute, I'm absolutely certain I can handle it.

Because Xiao Yu has the technological support of the Blue Star world behind him, the tasks and assignments given by the military are actually no pressure for him at all.

The large civilian transport aircraft on the other side of Blue Star are truly enormous, capable of carrying transport aircraft comparable in size and tonnage to supercarriers, often numbering in the hundreds of thousands of tons.

That can no longer be called a transport aircraft; it would be more accurate to call it a transport spacecraft.

The Blue Star world is blessed by the heavens, rich in natural room-temperature superconducting mineral veins. Even the capital of the Heavenly Kingdom, "Heavenly City," is built directly on a man-made suspended mountain. In comparison, a transport spaceship weighing tens of thousands of tons is like a small carambola.

The Y-50 transport aircraft, with its specifications and size, is undoubtedly a super-sized aerial behemoth on Earth, but compared to those colossal creatures on Earth, it looks as small as a toy.

However, the military did not have a God's-eye view, nor did they know that Xiao Yu had technical support from the Blue Star world behind him.

The military wasn't entirely sure either. They felt that the design of the Y-50 transport aircraft was a bit too outrageous, and they weren't sure if Xiao Yu could handle it.

We're just giving it a try, in case it works, especially since the J-36 has already started entering service.

At this moment, Xiao Yu turned to a page of the document and glanced at the flight performance requirements for the Y-50 transport aircraft.

指标数据要求运-50运输机支持2.5马赫超音速巡航，4马赫短时突防能力，最高升限3万米。    阿镁的F-22战斗机升限是2万米，前些年用一颗热气球就让阿镁的F-22战斗机露了底，运-50运输机的升限3万米，不管是老镁的F-22战斗机还是大鹅的苏-57战斗机，国外的战斗机升限都在2万米或2万米以下。

In other words, the Y-50 transport aircraft flies at a service ceiling of 3 meters, which is beyond the reach of fighter jets from other countries.

Not only could they not reach it, they couldn't catch up with it either.

The fact that a supersonic fighter jet couldn't catch up with a transport plane would shock countless people.

It's normal that we can't catch up, because the Y-50 was designed as a supersonic transport aircraft.

Not only can we not catch up with them, we can't even find them.

Because the Y-50 transport aircraft is required to have strong stealth capabilities, its size is equivalent to that of a standard football field, resulting in a radar cross-section as small as that of a fighter jet.

I thought it was a fighter jet, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I realized, wow, it's such a super aerial behemoth!
In addition, the Y-50 transport aircraft is required to have a maximum range of 2 kilometers, which is definitely another numerical anomaly.

What does a maximum range of 2 kilometers mean? It means that this transport plane can take off from any coordinate position on the Earth's surface and land at any location on the Earth's surface, because the Earth's equatorial circumference is only 4 kilometers.

Even if the Y-50 transport aircraft arrives at the target delivery coordinates and airdrops directly without landing for resupply, it still has a radius of 1 kilometers after the airdrop and returns directly. It can cover the major hotspots around the world within the delivery range.

The design concept of the Y-50 transport aircraft undoubtedly represents another interpretation of how this major Eastern power has moved from the "realm of necessity" to the "realm of freedom" in the field of aircraft manufacturing.

The so-called "realm of necessity" means doing whatever others do, completely following Western standards and definitions.

But since the J-20 was introduced, there is no longer a need to follow in others' footsteps or be bound by their rules.

New innovative thinking has replaced past imitation; now, it's about forging your own path based on your own strategies and methods.

The Chinese people have never been rigid. In the past, when conditions were harsh and equipment was backward, they were able to come up with the idea of ​​putting land tanks on ships. Now, they feel that the firepower is insufficient, so they have reversed and put naval guns on land.

Only people from the East could pull off something like this.

Similarly, who says transport planes can't be designed like fighter jets?

The Y-50 transport aircraft was designed using the same principles as fighter jets, giving it the supersonic penetration capability of a fighter jet and the powerful stealth capability comparable to a fighter jet.

This is the result of moving from the "Kingdom of Necessity" to the "Kingdom of Freedom".

No longer bound by Western standards and regulations, they can freely develop their own approaches and then test the standards in practice.

Finally, Chen Zaiqing looked at Xiao Yu and said, "However, the military requires that the cost of building a Y-50 transport aircraft be controlled at around 228 billion, and the final purchase price is 239 billion. This budget is simply not enough."

Chen Zaiqing added, "The cost of room-temperature superconducting materials needed for just one Y-50 transport aircraft would be around 1000 billion yuan at current prices."

To achieve the design performance requirements of the Y-50 transport aircraft, including maximum takeoff weight and maximum payload, the total amount of room temperature superconducting materials needed is 270 tons. The cost of room temperature superconducting materials has dropped significantly to 3.89 million yuan per ton.

At this price, 270 tons of material would cost a staggering 1050 billion yuan. If we consider the previous price of 8 million yuan per ton, the cost would be as high as 2000 billion yuan.

Looking at the budget data, Xiao Yu calmly smiled and said, "A cost budget of 228 billion for one aircraft is reasonable. Based on the current cost of room temperature superconducting materials, it will definitely be close to 100 billion. The figure given by the military is obviously based on the fact that the cost of room temperature superconducting materials will drop significantly in five to eight years. The cost of room temperature superconducting materials at that time will not be so high."

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(End of this chapter)