Hearing Wu Hao's words, everyone's eyes lit up. Yes, although An-225 was destroyed, An-124 is still there.
As we all know, the An-225 transport aircraft is the largest transport aircraft in the world, and its cargo capacity can reach 250 tons.
But what everyone doesn’t know is that the An-225 transport aircraft was not used to transport these goods when it was originally developed, but was used to transport rocket components and equipment, as well as the Buran space shuttle.
However, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Buran space shuttle project ended in Rome, and the An-225 was also distributed to Ukraine as a legacy.
For the next twenty years, the world's largest transport aircraft has been traveling around the world, undertaking some large-scale cargo transportation work, until it was bombed during war conflicts. At this point, the world's largest transport aircraft fell to its younger brother An-124.
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With a maximum carrying capacity of 150 tons, the An-124 has become the transport aircraft with the largest carrying capacity in the world today.
Laomi's largest C5 transport aircraft has a carrying capacity of only about 100 tons, jumping from second to third.
At present, the vast majority of An-124s in the world are in service with Goose, and only a small part are distributed to other countries. Currently, An-124s are still present in the international commercial transportation market. They undertake many heavy-duty transportation tasks, such as transporting a section of
Train cars are stuffed into its massive belly and transported across continents.
For Wu Hao and others, the carrying capacity of the An-124 is more than enough. They don't even need the An-124. Even the transport planes that require it can't carry it. The rear lift can fit it.
Of course, that is the first choice. If possible, we will choose that option. On the one hand, the transportation cost is relatively low using that kind of small transport aircraft. On the other hand, your country has that kind of small transport aircraft.
No, only domestic companies don't have it, so it's very convenient to use and reliable enough, so the best thing is to solve the problem yourself.
"Landing here in the South China Sea, what do you mean?" Zhou Xiangming asked in confusion.
Whether there are conditions here in the South China Sea, does this mean that it has the conditions? Anyway, you don’t have an assembly and testing factory here, but you still have a certain foundation."
Therefore, the fuselage and wing structures need to be redesigned, and materials with lower strength need to be replaced. What this brings is not only an increase in R&D funds, but also an increase in the weight of the entire low-purpose orbiter.
The ship is lower, thereby increasing its carrying capacity."
"Do you really want that?"
Yes! After hearing Zhang Jun's words, seven people responded one after another. We were also confused. The plan proposed by Wu Hao was indeed wrong, but there were very few problems, and the smallest problem was the rear-end military equipment like that.
Will the airport really allow us to land such aerospace vehicles? That is a question.
In response, Zhang Jun shook his head slightly and said: "They are really giving you a problem, you can help ask about that matter, but they have to have too little hope. After all, those island airports are in ordinary locations, so they are bound to
feasible."
Hearing Yu Chengwu's words, Zhang Jun shook his head slightly, then looked at the seven people and said: "It's so troublesome to use, so it can't be dismantled and transported separately. Disassemble the wings and vertical tail, pack them separately, and transport them until the South China Sea."
It won’t be reinstalled here, as few planes are transported like this.”
In addition, the manned version of the orbiter must take into account the survival of personnel. How to ensure the life danger of personnel during the descent stage, orbital flight stage, and return and landing stages are all difficult problems.
Wu Hao heard this and asked: "Is it because there is no folding wing technology? These carrier-based aircraft do that. Why are they used under that aerospace plane?"
That was a cargo aerospace plane. When had there been no manned aerospace planes? Min Mei asked conscientiously.
I'm waiting for Min Mei's answer, and I'm also hoping that Zhang Jun can help solve the matter.
Yu Chengwu shook his head and replied: "The wings and vertical tail of the small-purpose orbiter are integrated with the fuselage. If you want to use folding wings, you will inevitably break such an integrated structure, which will cause the aircraft to
The weak rise and fall of the wing, including the fuselage, may not be able to withstand the huge force generated by the entire small air layer sliding up and down, causing the wing to break and tear, etc., resulting in a crash on landing.
Hearing the question, Zhou Xiangming and Yu Chengwu looked at each other, and Lin Jiaming took the question and answered.
"Actually, the main parts are the wings and tail parts. They take up too much space. If they can be solved, they will not be able to be transported by land." Min Meizhen said.
Compared with the small-purpose orbiter, the manned version of the orbiter has more stringent requirements on the reliability of the overall system and technical equipment, which is allowed without any problems.
That's an idea, but the question is whether they are willing to do it. Those are military airports. Zhou Xiangming nodded slightly and then looked at Min Mei.
After saying that, Zhang Jun said to Zhou Xiangming and Yu Chengwu: "Let's follow the original plan first. The focus now is that they have to build the prototype for you. As for how to transport it and fly it, there are very few methods. As you just said
Yes, it is not allowed to disassemble and transport and assemble separately.
"Of course it's a civilian airport there." Wu Hao said with a smile: "You are referring to your island airports, which cannot be used as landing airports at all.
Are you thinking about a question? Wu Hao looked at a few people and said, "Why do we have to land at the Xijiang Experimental Airport? Can we land at the South China Sea?"
So just like what Zhang Jun said before, we should first hold out hope and follow the original plan. If it is approved, it will be a happy feeling. Whether it is approved or not, this will have little impact on us.
There is ocean everywhere around the island, which is very important. In addition, the island where the island airport is located has too few people, which fully meets the relevant landing conditions. And before landing, it cannot be transported directly to the nearby island port for loading.
Transporting it directly back to the Nanhai launch site, that way, there will be transportation problems, and the distance will be shorter, and the transfer will be more convenient and faster."
"That's an idea. You need to conduct retrograde experiments to verify whether it is feasible. The wings are not just installed. You have to fully ensure its reliability. In addition, does the Nanhai launch site have that capability?
The wing assembly test conditions for a small-purpose orbiter are also a problem." Zhou Xiangming thought for a while.
That's why so many countries have developed space shuttles.
It was just me. Wu Hao, Yu Chengwu and others standing next to me were also looking at me, waiting for my statement.
First of all, you have to develop that low-purpose orbiter first, and then you can develop a manned version based on the development experience of that low-use orbiter and the performance of that low-use orbiter before its test flight is successful and put into use.