It took the three of them six hours to fly from Wuhan to Chongqing, a journey of about a thousand kilometers.
The main reason is that I stopped three times in the middle and wasted a lot of time.
But it has to stop, because there are people in Chongqing who want to see it. In order for this aircraft and subsequent new models to have a good future, some people must see the value of this aircraft.
"You guys really flew over. Is the plane okay?" Wang Zhu, who was waiting at Fenghuangshan Airport, was quite surprised when he saw Li Hang getting off the wooden plane.
A flight of one thousand kilometers is a great challenge for an aircraft that has only flown for the second time.
"It's okay! But because of the addition of weapons, the weight has increased a lot and the speed of the aircraft has dropped." Li Hang explained.
"It doesn't matter. You can fly such a wooden plane from Wuhan to Chengdu, do you know what it means?" At this time, Wang Zhu looked at the wooden plane in front of him, and he was more excited than seeing the woman.
Because Li Hang successfully flew such a wooden plane from Wuhan without any accidents, it means something different.
This meant that it was possible for him to realize his idea of building an airplane.
When he was at Mawei, he also built airplanes, but he didn't have the capacity to produce them.
He thought that building an airplane was just a luxury when the country was in dire straits and there was no industry. Unexpectedly, Li Hang's attempt gave him hope.
In fact, considering Li Hang's situation where he couldn't even bring any academic experience, it would be a joke to serve as the deputy leader of the flight crew, but he still agreed.
"lucky."
"This is not just luck, but it proves that the materials used in your aircraft are really suitable for large-scale use. If we can really produce our own aircraft, it will be of great significance. You and I will leave a lot of marks in the history of Chinese aviation." One stroke.
Come on, let me introduce you to a few people. "
Li Hang was also surprised to see Wang Zhu who was in high spirits, and he could also show an apologetic expression to the two old subordinates who were accompanying him.
They said they were introducing a few people, but they were actually the other two team leaders and members of the institute.
Although the director of the institute is Deputy Director Huang, Deputy Director Wang Zhu is responsible for specific affairs.
The current research institute can be described as three or two big cats and kittens.
To put it bluntly, there is no one.
Thanks to Lao Zhou's support, some equipment originally belonging to the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was shipped to Chengdu and is currently being assembled.
The installation of these equipment will also be of great help to the work of the institute.
But there is still a long way to go before we can independently produce aircraft.
As for other equipment of the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, they were shipped to Nanchuan, Chongqing.
Being able to transport part of the equipment to Chengdu was already Lao Zhou's private decision.
Because the equipment at Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory is relatively good, Lao Zhou did not dare to withhold too much.
However, the equipment in Chengdu, through Wang Zhu's relationship, is now preparing to trick the aviation manufacturing equipment belonging to the Navy Department.
Anyway, the navy is now useless. It is impossible to build aircraft for the navy. It is better to use the equipment as waste.
Although these devices are older, they are better than nothing.
And according to Li Hang's vision, building airplanes requires more wood-making equipment.
"Li Hang, come, let me introduce you. This is Team Leader Zhu Lin, the leader of the equipment team. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from MIT. He is working at an aircraft manufacturing company in the United States. Two years later, before coming to the institute, I was the director of the Supervision and Preparation Office of Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Plant."
"This is group leader Wang Shizhuo, leader of the aerodynamic group, professor of Tsinghua University..."
"Colleagues, you may be more familiar with this young man in front of me than I am. The well-known King of Deportations - Li Hang, is temporarily serving as the deputy leader of the aircraft crew..."
Before Wang Zhu could finish his introduction, a group of professionals from the research institute came over.
"Li Hang? What happened to your wooden plane? What material is used for the plane's laminate? Is there no problem with the structure of the plane after flying so far?"
"How did you fly here? An all-wooden aircraft or a single-winged one. I just thought about it before, but you built it. I heard that you are an overseas Chinese. Which university did you graduate from?"
"Li Hang..."
For some professionals, they were surprised and curious when they saw the wooden airplane.
It's okay to ask them to build a wooden airplane that can fly. As for how high or far it can fly, they can't guarantee it, let alone an airplane that can be used for combat purposes.
"I used camphor wood and birch wood for the main structure of this wooden aircraft, and Paulownia wood for other unimportant parts."
"Aircraft laminates are thin wood sheets glued together."
"The engines, propellers and tires were all removed from Hawker aircraft..."
Li Hang explained them one by one to satisfy the curiosity of these technicians.
"Birch and camphor wood? Camphor wood is so expensive, why do you use it to build airplanes? Birch is fine. There are a lot of birch in Sichuan and Xikang."
"Paulownia wood? Is this kind of wood also suitable?"
"Paulownia wood is relatively light and can reduce the weight of the aircraft. In fact, it is best to use balsa wood, which is balsa wood. Its density is only 0.1g/Cm3, but it has high strength and stability."
"Balsa wood? Is there such a kind of wood? The density is so low? Is it available there?"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this density data.
If this wood can be used, then the wooden aircraft built will probably have very good performance.
"Ecuador, South America."
"South America? This is still not possible. We have to rely on imports."
"Don't get excited, everyone. Even if there is no balsa wood, we can still use local materials. Just like Li Hang's plane, it can fly using birch and paulownia wood."
It can be said that Li Hang's aircraft has brought great help to the newly established aviation research institute, and at least it can avoid many detours.
In the original time and space, the Aeronautical Research Institute has been studying the use of bamboo and wood as an alternative to metal materials to build aircraft, and has tried many trees.
Although something was accomplished, time was also wasted.
The research institute even built a destroyer aircraft, but because the end of the Anti-Japanese War was approaching and there were accidents in the test flights, there was no further progress.
The emergence of Li Hang allows them to waste less time, and they can even find ways to produce standard aviation materials now.
As long as the material problem for mass production is solved, mass production will be a matter of time. At least the training aircraft can be produced.
It's equivalent to Li Hang having already opened up the road. All they need to do is widen the road.
As for the issue of Li Hang's background, no one mentioned it.
Just using some professional terms, Li Hang is no worse than them.
Nonsense, after all, he also graduated from a key university in science. If he doesn't even understand basic knowledge, wouldn't his studies be in vain?
