Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Seeing Bao Zixuan sitting next to him, old William immediately had an idea. If we can get something out of this guy, even if the two companies don't cooperate in the future, McDonnell Douglas will not suffer a loss.

Bao Zixuan has such a clear understanding of the fourth-generation fighter jets. If Heiyun did not carry out relevant research and development, it would definitely not be convincing. McDonnell Douglas is still at the theoretical stage for the fourth-generation fighter jets. With some ideas and suggestions from Heiyun, McDonnell Douglas will definitely gain an advantage in the future research and development process.

At least there would be no disadvantage in communicating with this kind of person, and old William did not continue to drink. One is that he is older, and the other is that he understands how much he drinks. Although he didn't have much contact with Bao Zixuan, he also knew that this guy had an amazing capacity for drinking.

William Wales Douglas smiled and said: "How about we design a fourth-generation machine together here, just as a kind of entertainment."

What does Old William mean? He drank too much, but he doesn’t look like it!

In fact, Old William was not drunk at all at this time and was still very sober. You won't get into trouble because of drinking at such an old age, that's what young people do.

I just heard Bao Zixuan's definition of fourth-generation fighter jets, and the previous drunkenness disappeared instantly. This is a good opportunity. Old William is very cunning. Just hearing the definition is not enough. He must see the appearance of the Black Cloud fourth-generation fighter jet.

Fighters are different from civilian aircraft. It is impossible for McDonnell Douglas to cooperate with Heiyun. First of all, the Ministry of Defense will not agree. It must be developed independently, and the core technology cannot be mastered by companies outside the United States. So the question is, what should we do if we don’t have relevant technical reserves yet? Do we have to start from scratch?

Not only would that waste a lot of time, but most importantly, there would be no way to start. There was no concept before and everything needed to be constantly tested.

If we can dig out a little more from Heiyun Group and Bao Zixuan, we will definitely be able to design fourth-generation fighter jets in the future. Although the motives are impure, as long as you can get results, who cares about anything else!

Bao Zixuan: "Since Senior William is so interested, let's treat it as a kind of entertainment."

“Use a computer or draw by hand, it’s up to you.”

William Wales Douglas felt very curious when he heard Bao Zixuan talking about using computers. Is it possible to use a computer to design airplane sketches? Let’s test it today.

William Sr.: "I'm okay with hand-drawing, but I still want to try new things; can computers meet the requirements?"

Old people who have been engaged in aircraft research and development during World War II still believe more in tradition.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "As long as senior William wants to express anything, the computer can do it. Of course it is limited to design drawings, but it may not be able to do other aspects."

Old William immediately became interested when he heard that computers could do so much work. So he smiled and said, "Then try it on a computer and see if it's as magical as you said."

Bao Zixuan made a gesture, and the bodyguard immediately took out the laptop.

Before the staff could take action, Debbie Dickinson immediately began to take action. He cleared the table so that Bao Zixuan could put his laptop on it.

Both men looked at the woman who was just serving her and didn't say a word during the process. Bao Zixuan didn't expect that a model could actually do this. It seemed that he had really underestimated the beauty in front of him before.

After turning on the computer, Bao Shaofu made a few random clicks. A fighter jet model appeared. Although it was just a sketch, the outline was already very clear.

This made Debbie Dickinson feel amazing, not only as a beautiful model, but also as a professional, old William felt incredible. It turns out that computers can design airplanes so quickly. It took him half an hour to draw this sketch alone. It seems that many ideas need to be changed, otherwise we will never be able to keep up with the development of Heiyun.

By then, let alone surpassing Heiyun, it would be difficult not to be distanced.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "This is a software developed by Heiyun itself. It has the technical parameters and appearance of most aircraft in the world. As long as we want it, we can easily call it out from the database and use it. But this Each computer is not linked to the central computer cluster and can only be used as a stand-alone computer at present. Therefore, its capabilities are limited, but it can also meet the requirements of senior students."

I heard that the Heiyun database already contains the data of most of the world's aircraft models, and engineers can also call it out for use at any time. Old William was once again shocked. In terms of work efficiency alone, he was already far ahead of McDonnell Douglas and even American aircraft manufacturing companies.

At present, major aircraft manufacturing companies in the United States still use manual drawing. The Xiangjiang Company in the industrial desert actually uses computer graphics. You must know that computers were invented by Americans, but now they are being carried forward in the hands of people in Hong Kong. This is simply a irony. Major universities, scientific research institutions and high-tech companies in the United States should really reflect on this.

Old William: "According to what you said, the nose of the aircraft should adopt a diamond-shaped structure. The circular radar reflective surface is too large, which is not conducive to stealth."

After finishing speaking, Bao Zixuan was seen operating on the computer. The three of them were stunned; at this time, not only Debbie Dickinson and Old William, but also Janice Dickinson joined the small circle after taking care of little MacDonald.

Bao Zixuan's hand speed was so fast that several people couldn't see clearly.

In less than a minute, the diamond-shaped nose was designed.

See it so quickly and there is no trace of the previous image. Old William felt incredible that McDonnell Douglas must get this software, no matter the price.

But now is not the time. First, we need to have a comprehensive understanding of the specific performance of the software before making a decision.

William Sr.: "The fuselage should be flat and integrated, while the wings should have a diamond-shaped structure; and a tilted tail should be used."

According to Old William's request, Bao Zixuan once again controlled the computer work.

After a while, according to Old William's request, the basic model of the aircraft was designed.

After that, the two began to build the aircraft around details and began to continuously improve the structure and functions of the entire aircraft.

Seeing an airplane designed in this way, the two Dickinson sisters began to have stars in their eyes. It turns out that the man from science and engineering is so charming, but he was really ignorant before.

When the basic details of the aircraft have been created, the aircraft appears on the computer screen.

After seeing the plane, Bao Zixuan remembered a classic model from his previous life that was not in service - YF23; Black Widow.

The YF-23 fighter, nicknamed: Black Widow, is an experimental fighter model jointly designed by Northrop Corporation and McDonnell Douglas in the 1990s to bid for the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) contract. Later, the U.S. Air Force announced that the YF-22 was the winner. Only two prototypes of the YF-23 fighter jet were produced, both of which are no longer flying.

The first prototype of the previous YF-23 was shipped from the factory on June 23, 1990, and the first test flight was conducted on August 27. The first YF-22 will not leave the factory until August 29; the first test flight will be carried out on September 29. The YF-23 reached a supersonic cruise record of Mach 1.43 without using afterburners during its fifth test flight on September 18, and the YF-22 reached Mach 1.58 on November 3. The second YF-23 prototype left the factory on September 29; the two prototypes used different engines: the first prototype used the Pratt \u0026 Whitney YF119, and the second prototype used the General Electric YF120, which is similar to the YF-22 Just upside down.

The design concept of the YF-23 prototype is very different from that of the YF-22. In addition to using many existing components, the YF-23 flight test plan does not include test firing of air-to-air missiles and verification of high-angle-of-attack flight. Ability, mostly collected and verified data through wind tunnel testing. According to the test results, the YF-23 has no angle of attack limit, and the aircraft can easily resume stable flight from any spiral. It will only have difficulty when the missile door is open.

The YF-23 has conducted a total of 50 test flights, totaling 65 hours, with a maximum flight speed of Mach 1.5, a maximum load of 7G, and a maximum angle of attack of 25 degrees.

Compared with the YF-22, the YF-23 has a longer fuselage and a single wing. The front and rear edges of the wing are swept back and forward by 40 degrees respectively, similar to a rhombus. There is no horizontal control surface at the rear of the fuselage, replaced by two vertical control surfaces tilted outward at 50 degrees.

The air inlet is located under the fuselage near the leading edge of the wing. The air inlet and air inlet are fixed structures with no movable parts, which not only reduces weight but also avoids increasing the frontal radar reflection cross-section. The air inlet is bent upward inside the fuselage and is connected to the engine located on the back of the fuselage. The nozzle is located in the middle of the cambered vertical control surface. The nozzle cannot be directly seen from the rear and below, which reduces the intensity of the infrared signal and also limits the intensity of the infrared signal. Feasibility of installing vector nozzles.

It seems that old William must have participated in the design of the YF-23 in his previous life, otherwise it would be impossible to design the aircraft like this. It was just because the performance was too advanced, or for the sake of balance, that it was ultimately rejected. It may be a pity, and this is also the reason why the old man is not widely known.