Chapter 264 The Unforgivable Sin
The spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors.
Although the spring in the northern hemisphere is not very obvious in Southeast Asia, it is generally dry and cool, making it a more suitable season for traveling in Southeast Asia.
As a popular tourist destination, Siam has become an ideal destination for global tourists this year thanks to the medical support of Aoba Group.
Thonburi International Airport.
Masao Kobayashi, his wife Anko Kobayashi, and daughter Michi Kobayashi walked down from the plane.
As an executive of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Kobayashi Masao has been based in Thonburi City for the past two years, mainly for the convenience of work.
He happened to be on holiday during the Spring Festival, so he came to Siam with his wife and daughter.
"Sri Lanka..." Kobayashi Meiji stared at the apron not far away with wide eyes. She quickly took out her cell phone and took pictures of the several planes on the apron.
Xiao Lin Yafu turned his head and saw the large passenger plane on the tarmac. His mouth opened slightly: "A plane with feathers?"
The family stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking curiously at the furry passenger plane in front of them.
Other passengers also stopped to watch.
Kobayashi saw the Luzon Air logo painted on the feather, and immediately opened his smartphone to search for news about Luzon Air.
Instantly, a lot of related news and the official website of Luzon Air popped up in the browser.
[Luzon Air’s new generation of large passenger aircraft is launched…02.22].
[Luzon Airlines launches a large transport aircraft - the Asuka 1 transport aircraft, code-named Phoenix...02.23].
[The Phoenix transport aircraft has now officially obtained the airworthiness certificates from four countries: Luzon, Honsawadi, Siam and Ceylon…02.23].
[Aoba Airlines plans to purchase 100 Phoenix transport aircraft for domestic routes...02.24].
Kobayashi Masao didn't expect that when he returned to Tokyo, there was trouble in Luzon again, so he logged into the official website of Luzon Airlines.
Soon he found the detailed information of Luzon Airlines.
However, Kobayashi Yafu is also a layman. He has taken many flights, but his understanding of airplanes is basically limited to terms such as "airplane...jet engine ..."
He just thought that the Phoenix transport plane was very beautiful, like a flying bird.
But there are people who know what they are doing, such as Captain Li Cunzhen, who just flew a Boeing passenger plane from Sing Tao Changi Airport.
From the cockpit, he saw the Phoenix plane on the tarmac.
"Is this thing really safe?" asked co-pilot Xiao Xiaoxing while drinking coffee.
Li Cunzhen opened his mobile phone and found the detailed introduction page of the Phoenix transport aircraft.
Asuka 1 transport aircraft: Phoenix.
The aircraft is 35 meters long, 42 meters wide, has an empty weight of 32 tons, a maximum take-off weight of 70 tons, a maximum fuel capacity of 10 tons and a maximum payload of 33 tons.
Equipped with two Red Heart 60 turbofan engines.
The maximum flight speed is 850 kilometers per hour, the cruising speed is 650 kilometers per hour; the maximum range when fully loaded is 8,000 kilometers.
Turning to the next page, there are several special modified models of Phoenix, namely:
Phoenix-Type A (medium-range) has a 10-ton fuel tank, a maximum range of 8,000 kilometers, and a payload of 33 tons, or 350 seats.
Phoenix-Type B (long-range), with the fuel tank changed to 20 tons, the maximum range can reach 16,000 kilometers, and the maximum payload is 23 tons, or 280 seats.
Li Cunzhen touched his chin. This parameter is superior to that of Boeing 737 in all aspects, especially the energy consumption per unit of transport volume, which is only about 27.6% of that of Boeing 737.
"Fake data?" Xiao Xiaoxing looked incredulous.
"Even if there is some exaggeration, the energy saving should not be too different." Based on his own experience, Li Cunzhen judged that the probability of the Phoenix aircraft being fake was not high.
After all, this thing is already flying. If the energy consumption is falsified, will Siam Airways and Aoba Airlines, which have purchased the aircraft, also follow suit?
Although Li Cunzhen knew that the relationship between Luzon , Siam and Hongsavady was as good as if they were wearing the same pants, there was no point in faking such a thing.
But Xiao Xiaoxing changed his mind and felt that it was unlikely that the energy consumption was fake.
If a product is to be counterfeited, it is often due to the service life of the components and the raw materials used.
As for obvious performance parameters such as energy consumption, range, and payload, airlines will definitely purchase them after test flights, so there is basically no possibility of falsification.
Xiao Xiaoxing showed a funny and scary expression: "This is too exaggerated. The energy consumption is only 27.6%. Boeing and Airbus are not enough to beat Luzon Airlines!"
“Take off…”
"What?"
Li Cunzhen pointed at the runway.
I saw a Phoenix passenger plane taking out from the apron and entering the runway.
Xiao Xiaoxing picked up his phone, turned on the telescope function to zoom in on the picture, and could see that the feathers on the wings and fuselage were actually swaying constantly.
After a while, the plane began to accelerate on the runway.
"What a short run-up distance..." Li Cunzhen saw that the Phoenix passenger plane had only slid about two-thirds of the length on the runway and was about to start to leave the ground.
Xiao Xiaoxing, who was holding a mobile phone, enlarged the picture and saw that the feathers on the surface of the Phoenix airliner were constantly swaying, and their shapes were different every second.
“Is this the secret of the Phoenix jet’s ultra-low energy consumption?”
Li Cunzhen looked at the soaring Phoenix airliner and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Boeing and Airbus have met their match."
The two actually didn't know that some of the data released by Luzon Air contained more confidential information that had not been released.
For example: engine service life and experience gained from flight routes.
As for engine service life, there is nothing surprising about the fact that Luzon Air has continued the material advantages of Homo Sapiens.
The experience in flight routes is another unique advantage of Luzon Airlines.
Specifically, aircraft using the Flying Bird system will become more and more efficient as flight time passes during fixed-route flights, thereby reducing energy consumption per unit flight distance.
In other words, the energy consumption data is actually because the Phoenix passenger plane is not familiar with the route, so it needs to consume so much aviation kerosene.
Once the Phoenix airliner is familiar with the route and has collected enough data on the airflow direction, airflow speed, temperature, air density and air humidity on that route, it can establish a flight database for the route.
With these data, the Phoenix aircraft can accurately control its flight posture and feather shape, allowing it to maintain optimal flight efficiency at all times.
After flying for a few years, Phoenix Airlines will basically understand the changes on that route throughout the year.
As the manufacturer of Phoenix aircraft, Luzon Air's route database collects flight data of operating aircraft every month, so that route data can be quickly shared.
In other words, as long as the Phoenix airliner flies the route, other Phoenix airliners can gain "experience".
This situation is not understood by the outside world.
Only a few aviation operating companies under the Homo Sapiens Corporation know about it.
The energy consumption of 27.6% has already made Boeing and Airbus feel like they are facing a serious threat. If this kind of route database is released, Boeing and Airbus will probably be in despair.
In fact, Boeing and Airbus are already anxious now.
On the one hand, they hired online water armies to hack into Luzon Air's aircraft, and on the other hand, they hoped to obtain Luzon Air's aircraft manufacturing technology.
The bosses behind America had already added a crime to Luzon in their notebooks - his technology surpassed that of American companies and seriously threatened the survival of America's core technology companies, an unforgivable crime.
