Wu Ben's eyes revealed an incredulous look as he looked at the review report. There were also various data of the engine on it. He said in shock,"This engine is so advanced? Is this data true?"
The major general said seriously," Commander, these are the data we obtained after careful testing. The maximum thrust of the prototype can reach 190KN, which is the same as the thrust of the F135. Moreover, its thrust weight is as high as 12, which is far greater than the 11 of the F135!”
(The thrust-to-weight ratio here is the ratio of thrust to the weight of the engine, while the thrust-to-weight ratio of the aircraft is the ratio of the maximum weight of the aircraft to the maximum thrust.)
"Moreover, this engine uses a brand new omni-directional exhaust technology, and the fuel consumption is also controlled very well. It is far below our standards. Its maximum life test has already exceeded 6000 hours, and it has not reached the limit yet!”
The life of the engine was also very important, especially during wartime, which would affect the attendance rate.
After a long time, Wu Ben still said in shock,"This is unbelievable. He actually succeeded. Back then, no one thought highly of him. How did he do it?”
A company that no one was optimistic about had produced a fourth-generation aero engine that would shock the entire world. At least in terms of low bypass ratio engines, it had allowed the ancient country to catch up with the United States.
" Commander, I heard that the Russians want to use the AL-31F to stop us?" the major general asked hesitantly.”
Currently, the domestically produced WS-15 engine was still facing many difficulties, and there was still a long time before it could enter service.
Therefore, the J-20 that was now equipped could only use the Russian AL-31F engine, and the production was completely affected by the Russians.
There was nothing they could do about it. The domestic Taihang engine could only move a medium-sized fighter jet like the J-10. It would be difficult to move the J-20, so they could only use the AL-31F engine with a thrust of 14.6 tons.
This kind of being controlled by others was still very uncomfortable. However, who asked the domestic engines to be weak? They could only be beaten if they fell behind.
Wu Ben couldn't help but snort coldly after hearing the major general's question. He said,"These damn vampires. They keep saying that the production is not enough. He's treating us like an ATM! But now that we have a better choice, we don't need them anymore!”
The engine data in front of him gave him great confidence. Its thrust of 190 thousand Newtons far exceeded that of the AL31F. 190 thousand Newtons was equivalent to 19.3 tons, while the maximum thrust of the AL31F was only 14.6 tons. The difference was not ordinary.
Moreover, this was only a prototype. It was easy for this engine to have a thrust of more than 20 tons.
If the J-20 was equipped with it, it could completely get rid of the heart disease problem, and the days of the Air Force were not far away.
However, this was a new engine after all. It had only been tested on the ground and had not been tested on the high-altitude platform. Many of the data were not very accurate.
After all, the data tested on the ground test platform was still limited. They had to either use the high-altitude platform or use other aircraft for high-altitude testing.
"Get Cheng Fei to contact Sky High and use their engine for a test flight. We have to speed up and strive to make an appearance at this year's air show!”
Wu Ben said after pondering for a while.
Since it had been tested on the ground test bench, it meant that the problem was not big. At least, there would not be any major problems.
"By the way, does it have a code name?"
Suddenly, Wu Ben thought of something and asked.
" Commander," the major general replied immediately." It's codename in Skyraise Industries is QL-1X!"”
"In that case, let's give them the military code name of the WS-20 Tianshan!"”
The WS-series engines were the main force of the current air force equipment, especially the WS-Taihang engine and the WS-Emei engine that was being developed. Wu Ben directly gave this code name to the QT-engine, which meant that he approved of it in his heart.
After the experts returned to their respective research institutes, they reported the news to the higher-ups of the research institute, causing a huge shock.
"What is it? How was this possible? They actually succeeded? Are you sure?"
Taihang Engine's chief engineer asked in shock.
"Teacher, I participated in all the tests. This can't be faked. They really developed a fourth-generation engine with a maximum thrust of 19.3 tons!”
An expert said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Our country finally has a decent engine. It's not easy, not easy!”
The Taihang Engine Chief Engineer couldn't help but cry.
Only they knew how they had come this far. Faced with the blockade of the western countries, the development of the Taihang engine was also bumpy. Until now, it was still not very reliable.
The emergence of the QR-1X engine would change this situation and directly break the technological blockade from the West.
In the future, we can proudly tell them that even if they lock us down, we can still make more advanced engines.
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