Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 957: 484 Chapter The situation is good, then go to heaven!_1

Before the design of the WZ series, also known as the Warhawk series of engines, the only domestic independently-designed turbofan engine was the Kunlun, with no other engines to compare with. Consequently, the engine development process and progress could only be benchmarked against the Kunlun engine.

The "aircraft flight tests" of the Kunlun engine were conducted two years after the completion of the first prototype assembly.

At that time, the Kunlun was already capable of functioning normally. It had no serious problems during regular power operation, though it had not undergone many high-power operation tests, and its stability still needed to be strengthened further. However, all operational parameters were normal when it ran. The "aircraft flight tests" represented a new milestone and the entry into a new phase. In fact, they were also intended to perfect the design, as flight testing could help detect more issues. fгeewebnovёl.com

If we look at the progress of the Kunlun engine as a reference, then WZ-A1 was indeed ready for flight testing.

Even before receiving all the parameters from the first startup test, Yuan Haitao couldn’t help but rush to Zhao Yi’s side and exclaimed, "We can apply for a flight test now, right? Academician Zhao, the situation just now was absolutely perfect!"

"Better than the Kunlun, I’m sure of it!"

"Moreover, there were no problems throughout the entire process, I think we can apply in advance!"

Several others also chimed in, "Captain Yuan is right, it’s much stronger than the Kunlun was at that time!"

"If there are no major issues during testing, we’re good to apply."

"Flight testing, ah, I’m really looking forward to it!"

Zhao Yi, however, wasn’t as excited. The success of the first run test was expected. During the assembly of the prototype, he had helped solve many issues. After the assembly was completed, he also discovered and promptly resolved an issue with the compressor’s booster blades.

After a series of problems had been eliminated, it would have been unreasonable for the operation test not to succeed.

Of course.

Zhao Yi was somewhat excited, but he had not considered applying for flight testing directly. He didn’t have the personality to rush for success, nor did he need to quickly show results to prove himself to the leadership or to everyone.

At present, the aim of engine development was to create more advanced, perfected aviation engines. With pure scientific research as the goal, there was no need to rush. He understood the feelings of the others, they all wanted to achieve results in a short period of time, but he had already done his best to shorten the timeline.

"Everyone, don’t be impatient."

Zhao Yi said calmly, "We’ve just finished assembling the engine and conducted one operation test."

"Indeed, it was very successful!"

"I share your happiness, your excitement. But our goal is perfection, striving for excellence, aiming for the engine to represent the most advanced technology in the aviation field in the future."

"This is just a small step in our success. The flight testing is a certainty, and it’s not far away. We just need to wait a little longer."

"Work must be done step by step, I haven’t even received the data from this test yet..."

With a smile, Zhao Yi finished his last sentence.

The others also laughed and shook their heads immediately, realizing that they were indeed too eager. The purpose of the operation test was to identify issues, and the data collected during the testing process was crucial.

The first test had just ended, and they hadn’t even completed collecting the data, let alone analyzed and summarized it afterward.

They had much more work to do.

Flight testing?

"Very soon," said Zhou Qing confidently to the others, "Academician Zhao’s standards have always been very high. We are thinking of comparing it with the Kunlun engine because we have nothing else to reference. But for Academician Zhao, he doesn’t even consider the Kunlun worth factoring into his considerations. He follows his own pace."

"I remember Academician Zhao said that flight testing would take five weeks. It’s already been over two weeks now, a few days’ difference doesn’t matter."

"Let’s all do our own things!"

"Let’s work hard!"

The Warhawk-1 engine team became more proactive than ever before. Each person felt a phase of victory was imminent; a little more effort and they could await the flight test.

This was indeed a great success and a huge surprise!

Before the start of the operational test, the majority of the engine team—not just the engineering team sent by the Aviation Group but also Yuan Haitao’s original team, and even Warhawk crew members like Li Rongmao and Wang Zhiguo—thought that the debugging work would take a long time.

Yuan Haitao had heard Zhao Yi set the goal at five weeks. He didn’t voice his doubts, but he didn’t quite believe it internally.

Now things were different.

The first operational test achieved an unimaginable success. The milestone of "aircraft flight testing" was almost within reach. Accomplishing this goal would be Zhao Yi’s success, but it would also be a success for the entire team. Yuan Haitao and everyone else were full of drive.

Soon.

Zhao Yi received detailed parameters collected and measured during the operation, and immediately convened an internal work meeting to allocate corresponding tasks to each responsible group.

The current task of the Warhawk team was to tune the performance of various components according to the operation test parameters so that they could integrate perfectly. Zhao Yi’s job was to design the most reasonable plans, setting performance indicators for each component.

The others’ work was to make appropriate design adjustments to each part according to the established performance indicators.