Chapter 2143: Aeroplane

The aerospace plane takes off horizontally like an ordinary plane. In the atmosphere, it can use atmospheric oxygen and only use fuel. This greatly reduces the amount of fuel carried. Then, when it continues to fly high, After leaving the atmosphere, it began to use oxidizer and fuel. At this time, its engine also became an ordinary rocket engine. After completing the mission, you can easily return to the atmosphere and land like an ordinary airplane. In this way, it is as convenient as a passenger plane and becomes an ordinary means of transportation between heaven and earth.
So far, this is just an idea. After all, aviation and aerospace are two different technical fields. These two systems cannot be switched freely. Only this special turbojet-ram-rocket integrated engine is needed. It is difficult to make.
But it is conceivable that if this kind of aircraft appears, it will greatly reduce the cost of entering space. This kind of spacecraft is more advanced than the space shuttle. There is absolutely no doubt.
"In other words, are you studying aerospace planes?" Someone asked, this time it was a western reporter.
However, Qin Guan did not answer directly, he responded with a smile: "What do you think?"
What do you think it looks like, that's what it looks like, anyway, the Star Wars is not over yet, and our country also has the right to use space peacefully.
In fact, I can still find some of this stuff from the cemetery. Although it is still on paper by 2020, all countries have actually taken this as a direction. For example, Han Guo has also created a code-named Shenlong The aerospace aircraft project, this project, has been made public in 2020 and has begun to enter the development sequence. Moreover, the current time of its own system is going backwards, a few years later, by 2025, even In 2030, there must be more things that I can exchange, and there will be such equipment in it!
Of course, even in that time and space, it is very difficult to get into orbit directly. This kind of special engine is very difficult to build, so this kind of aeroplane is a tricky solution.
Since it is very difficult to enter the orbit by the single-stage method, it is simply to use the two-stage approach. This kind of aeroplane is not one, but two combined.
Below, it is like a giant flying wing transport aircraft. Although it is a transport aircraft, this aircraft is definitely not the kind of slow subsonic cargo. It is similar to the kind of Aurora, and it is more advanced than the SR71 Blackbird. many.
The engine of this transport aircraft is combined. When it starts to take off, it is a turbojet engine. It takes off from the ground and accelerates. When it flies to Mach 3, the front compressor is turned off. This turbojet engine becomes a ramjet with only one combustion chamber, nothing else. Through this ramjet, the speed will continue to increase, while the height will continue to increase, approaching suborbital.
When the speed reached Mach 9, the small aeroplane on the back of the transport aircraft began to separate from it. The aeroplane started its liquid rocket engine and continued to increase its speed until it reached the first position. The speed of the universe completes its orbit.
The flying wing transport aircraft below, after completing this task, relies on the remaining fuel to fly to the front standby landing site. After replenishing the fuel, it can return to the launch site and wait for the next launch mission. Aircraft, perform tasks, and then return home. Compared with the sky, the energy required to return home is very small.
After tossing for a long time like this, what is the difference with the current space shuttle? Isn't it necessary to rely on external forces?
The biggest difference is that there is no waste in this launch!
To say that the most wasteful thing is the rocket. When the rocket was launched, it fell steadily and was abandoned. The current Long March 2 has a total mass of more than 500 tons, and the final payload is only less than 10 tons. , And when returning, there were only one or two tons of recovery tanks, and the rest were all abandoned.
This is a huge waste.
Eagle Country’s private rocket company, SPACEX rockets, recycles all the subsections and then uses them to achieve the goal of reducing costs.
The space shuttle is also in this way. Reuse is used to reduce costs, but every time the space shuttle takes off with its own engine, the huge external fuel tank is a huge burden. It is definitely not as good as the current one. The planned aerospace plane, this thing, is all recovered, and the lower part only flies in the atmosphere. It is an aerospace vehicle and does not need to prepare for outer space, lowering the standard.
Of course, this is also a prerequisite, that is, the transport aircraft below must at least be able to accelerate to Mach 9 with the entire device. If the ramjet is not strong enough, it still needs additional rocket engines to boost it. And now The Dawn Goddess project has been proven to be a deceptive project. If you want to develop from the SR71 reconnaissance aircraft, there are still many technical problems.
These technologies may be resolved in the future, but they are absolutely impossible now, and Qin Guan is not so optimistic. Now, as long as the manned spacecraft of Han is able to produce the Shenzhou spacecraft, it will wait until the Long March 5 has matured and established Han For China’s own space station, long-term scientific research is enough. As for this kind of aerospace plane, it’s for the future.
Qin Guan revealed enough secrets to reporters. He talked about the aeroplane for a long time. The reporters below were all happy and recorded all Qin Guan's narration. This is explosive news. Especially when someone asked about the feasibility, Qin Guan’s two-stage approach to orbit clearly requires a further step. The Han people did not plan to develop a space shuttle at all. They are developing a space shuttle. The spacecraft is just an initial attempt. In the future, other people's aerospace planes will become the mainstream.
"We are very happy to see that the space age is slowly coming towards us. After the successful development of the spacecraft, the cost of entering the universe will be greatly reduced. Even like taking a passenger plane, we can travel in the universe. Edge, looking at our blue planet, I think, at least I have this opportunity, and you all have the opportunity."
Qin Guan speaks with confidence, which also indicates that this project in Han is progressing very quickly. Unconsciously, Qin Guan fooled the aviation industry around the world.