Several ground crew technicians were all experienced. Although disassembling an engine was not an easy task, they still dismantled the entire engine together with the intake duct after wasting some effort.
Although Chen Xin has already seen the design drawings of Yun 9, there are still differences between the drawings and the real thing. Some things can only be determined by seeing the real thing with his own eyes, or knowing how to do it.
After seeing the actual engine, Chen Xin also clarified his thoughts.
According to Chen Xin's idea, the way to complete it within a week while taking into account both cost and transformation efficiency is of course to install an air filter on the air intake duct. This is the simplest, most practical, and most economical way to do it.
There is no need to make major changes to the aircraft, and it also does not require much investment.
This plan is also Chen Xin's first choice. Someone has already been arranged to do the new air filter, and what he wants to do now is to see if he can do something on the plane.
After all, if you simply install an air filter, the aircraft engine will still be affected to a certain extent, causing the aircraft's performance to be greatly affected.
To avoid these effects, it is natural to work hard on the engine and intake duct.
Without seeing the real thing, Chen Xin had no concept in his mind, and the system upgrade could not work, so he had to work hard for the ground technicians to remove the engine directly.
With the removed engine and complete air intake duct, Chen Xin already had inspiration and direction in his mind, and the next work was naturally relatively simple.
After studying the structure of the intake duct, Chen Xin clearly knows that after installing an air filter, if he wants to ensure that the engine still has sufficient power, one is to increase the air intake volume. As long as the engine needs it and the air filter blocks it, If a balance can be reached between the total amount of air intake and the total amount of air intake, the actual needs can be met.
The simplest and crudest way to increase the air intake volume is to enlarge the air intake duct.
This is naturally within Chen Xin's consideration, but it is not the final choice, because it is necessary to enlarge the intake duct, but simple enlargement still has some design problems, and it cannot be simply enlarged.
In addition to enlarging the air intake duct, the total amount of air intake can also be increased by improving the air intake method and air filter structure. This is not just hanging from a tree.
According to Chen Xin's plan, he wants to add a row of air inlets on the front end of the wing without damaging the structure, so that air can enter the engine from the wing.
After all, if the air intake duct is not enough, open an additional air inlet to always ensure the total air intake.
However, this design also has many problems. No one has ever tried adding air inlets on the wings. Will it affect the flight and lift of the aircraft, and will it damage the structural strength of the wing? All these are needed. The actual demonstration is not something that Chen Xin can just slap on his head and upgrade the system.
Therefore, the safest way is to improve the original air inlet to improve its air intake effect and ensure the air intake volume.
Of course, in addition to this short-term and low-cost method, there is another effective method, which is electric compensation or directly changing the aircraft engine to electric.
Electric compensation is Chen Xin's previous work experience when he was selling chemical equipment. At that time, Chen Xin sold air-cooling equipment, which relied on water pressure to drive the operation of the equipment, thereby driving the fan to generate sufficient air volume for cooling.
But sometimes the water pressure cannot meet the equipment's operating requirements, and a small motor will be installed on the equipment to provide power compensation to ensure that the overall equipment can meet the operating requirements.
This approach is also applicable to engines. After all, cars have gasoline-electric hybrid power, and it is not surprising that aircraft use the same approach.
And now that there are isotope thermoelectric batteries and micro nuclear reactors, if installed on an aircraft, it can even be fully electric driven. So if you really want to solve the air intake problem of the aircraft, there are actually many ways.
The air filter installation that Chen Xin asked the staff to do before is one of them, improving the air intake duct is the second, installing electric compensation auxiliary on the aircraft is the third, and the all-electric transformation is the fourth.
This is the transformation plan and scheme that Chen Xin made after spending a whole night reading the design information of Yun 9. The resources and time required for the four increase in proportion. Adding an air filter is the easiest, and all-electric transformation is the easiest. Disaster.
However, with the advent of isotope thermoelectric batteries and micro nuclear reactors, there is a sufficient foundation for all-electric transformation.
If all-electric transformation is really carried out, in fact, for the country, it can completely change the current operating mode of the aviation field, and even restore smooth aviation throughout the country.
After all, the main reason that restricts the flight of aircraft across the country is that there are too many particles and dust suspended in the air. If you use a traditional engine, you will have to face the problem of damage to the engine after dust and particles enter the engine.
As for whether the particles and dust suspended in the air will cause damage to the aircraft itself once the aircraft flies, the conclusion is yes.
After all, the relative speed is so fast, no matter how insignificant dust is, it will cause wear and tear on the surface of the aircraft, but this is inevitable. Unless Chen Xin really installs an energy shield on the aircraft, it can resist this kind of loss.
However, as long as it does not encounter particularly large dust or particles, theoretically it will not cause much damage to the aircraft.
You just have to work hard and do maintenance every time the plane takes off and lands, otherwise it will break down very quickly.
Chen Xin was not prepared to solve this problem, especially since he had just experienced what happened before and already understood the principle of going too far is not enough.
The modification plan for the air intake duct and the new air filter are within the normal range, but things like energy shields are far beyond the scope of ordinary people's understanding.
Even if it is really necessary to do it, it cannot be done now. At least it must be done step by step, and the front-end technology can only be released after a few clicks.
While thinking this way, Chen Xin certainly did not delay his business, and was also thinking about how to transform the aircraft into an all-electric drive.
All-electric drive is not just about electric compensation. It requires a major transformation of the aircraft, especially the engine part. The entire engine needs to be completely redesigned, and the same goes for the wings of the aircraft.
After all, engines and fuel tanks are installed on the wings. If the aircraft is converted to electric, the original engines and fuel tanks will definitely have to be discarded. But how to put new electrical equipment on the wings and how to design the new electric drive engine? , these are all problems.
And the most important thing is that there has never been an electric-driven aircraft engine before, and there has never been such a powerful electric-driven engine. Everything has to be designed from scratch.
