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Chapter 315: Tape Measure (Second Update)

Because Wang Hongmei performed so well last night and worked overtime too much, she didn't have the chance to watch the plane the next day.

The day before New Year's Eve, Liu Hai drove Wang Hongmei to Kyoto. There was no one else, and Wang Hongmei's son Liu Hai would not take the initiative to contact her. Her grandparents felt extremely distressed.

Although Liu Hai's hometown is far from Kyoto, people here rarely come to Kyoto.

First of all, it is necessary to have a letter of introduction when traveling at this time. In addition, food and accommodation outside are not cheap, and even transportation is not cheap, especially for people in rural areas.

In the past few years, Liu Hai did not have the opportunity to take Wang Hongmei to Kyoto for a walk.

After arriving at the factory, he registered at the factory gate, and then Liu Hai went to ask the factory director for instructions.

Of course Sun Aiguo agreed. There is nothing confidential about this small plane, so many people see it every day.

"I didn't expect Liu Hai's sister-in-law to be quite handsome!" Sun Aiguo muttered to himself after seeing Wang Hongmei.

But looking back, Liu Hai is not a bad person.

It was the first time that Wang Hongmei saw people with guns standing guard and such a large factory. She drove inside the factory for a while before she reached an open area.

"Chief Liu!"

"Chief Liu!" The empty place is the airport. This kind of small plane does not need good take-off conditions. It is paved with asphalt pavement.

"These are my relatives who want to come and see the plane!" Liu Hai took out a few packs of cigarettes, one for each person.

"Chief Liu, you're welcome."

"This is what Chief Liu is like!" Liu Hai is extremely good at handling people in the factory. Even an ordinary worker would not pretend to be a cadre.

Wang Hongmei was curious about everything, first of all, the large factories, the tall poles, the tall chimneys, and the tall buildings in the distance.

Wang Hongmei looked at the plane in front of her and couldn't believe her eyes. It didn't look big.

Liu Hai asked Wang Hongmei to sit in the passenger seat, got into the main driver's seat, and then took Wang Hongmei up and flew for 5 minutes.

"My legs are so soft." After getting off the plane, Wang Hongmei felt that she was unsteady on her feet because she was too high, especially when she looked down from above.

"It's the first time for most people." Liu Hai greeted the staff at the scene again, helped Wang Hongmei get into the van and left.

"Who is Section Chief Liu?"

"This woman looks like she's from the countryside, right?"

"Section Chief Liu must have returned to his hometown. Maybe he is a relative at home."

"Don't ask around. Where can I find cadres like Section Chief Liu?"

"That's right! I can't stop my mouth if I give you cigarettes."

"You can also fly a plane!" Wang Hongmei sat in the van, her mind finally clearing up after a while, and she looked at her bangs in disbelief.

"I have a good relationship with the factory director. Just come and learn if you have nothing to do!" Liu Hai chuckled.

Then he took Wang Hongmei for a walk in the shopping mall here.

Liu Hai also had a lot of tickets, but Wang Hongmei thought it was too expensive, and she also said that people in rural areas should not dress up too enchantingly.

Finally, I bought a pound of White Rabbit toffee.

In Wang Hongmei's heart, Liu Hai was a cadre with a little power, just like some scumbag township cadres.

I didn't expect that it would be unusual to come here in person. Wherever Liu Hai goes, people greet him kindly.

That kind of tone and demeanor is definitely not a perfunctory greeting, a casual greeting.

The key is that Liu Hai can also fly a plane, which subverts Wang Hongmei's imagination, even though she knew that Liu Hai had been riding a bicycle, driving a motorcycle, and driving a car for a long time.

But this is a plane. Although this plane is different from what I imagined, it can indeed fly, and it can fly very high.

Back in the village, Liu Hai shot two wild boars and a lot of rabbits and pheasants at the begging of the village chief and captain.

When Wang Hongmei didn't come to Liu Hai's side at night, Liu Hai went into the aircraft carrier space to design the TBM.

At this time, the shield machine was not complicated because it was semi-automatic. In the 19th century, shield machines were used in the West.But it was simpler back then.

You can think of this shield machine as a large drill bit. The difference is that the waste material turned out by the drill bit will be transported out through the conveyor belt in the middle of the drill bit.

The shield machine will stop when it advances one meter, and then the hydraulic equipment will be manually moved, and then the modules poured from outside will be laid around the tunnel.

This kind of thing is troublesome and requires a lot of workers, but at the current level of working conditions, it is definitely not possible to achieve full automation.

A shield machine with a diameter of ten meters is very large, but the larger it is, the easier it is to design and maintain.

When the shield machine is digging, hydraulic equipment is used to directly support the tunnel wall. When it reaches one meter, the shield machine stops.

The equipment supporting the tunnel wall at the back needs to be moved one meter forward, and the empty space in the moved position must be filled with poured concrete modules.

It's not complicated to say, but the technical difficulty is still relatively high to manufacture.

It contains multiple systems, pressure system, air system, cooling system, etc.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the most important thing is the hydraulic system. Fortunately, motorcycle factories have made very good achievements in hydraulic equipment in recent years.

Of course, Liu Hai took Wang Hongmei out for a flight and had the advantage of being obedient and able to experience some new tricks while working overtime.

"You'd better find another one quickly, and don't come back and torment me." On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Hongmei opened her eyes and looked at the time. It was already past ten o'clock, and she pinched her bangs twice angrily.

"It's snowing heavily outside anyway, why don't you take a nap?" Instead, he pulled up his bangs and said shamelessly.

Then Wang Hongmei pulled away the troublesome bangs, put on her clothes and said, "Those are you city dwellers. We country folk have to work even in the snow."

Watching Wang Hongmei leave, Liu Hai no longer wanted to sleep. He got up and found that it was snowing even more outside.

"Do you want to find another one?"

"In the city, sleeping alone at night is a bit lonely?" Liu Hai was thinking about this question in his mind.

"Let's forget it. Let's wait until this storm passes." Then, Liu Hai put the idea aside. At most, he would just drive back at night.

Liu Hai closed the door after cooking and eating, and then went into the aircraft carrier space to design the shield machine.

One of the reasons why large equipment such as shield machines are complex in design and technically difficult in this era is that they involve a lot of calculations.

Each set of data has to go through countless calculations, and with advanced computers, it only requires a few keystrokes.

If there is a problem with the calculated data, just change it accordingly.

Just copy these data, including some wrong data that need to be changed.

The control of semi-automatic is not as complicated as that of fully automatic. It only requires workers in each position to operate by observing the instrument.

"Who should copy the twin-engine transport plane?"

"C46 or Il-14?" In his spare time, Liu Hai was thinking about twin-engine transport aircraft.

It’s not that Liu Hai doesn’t want to build a turboprop aircraft now, because it’s simply not possible.The faster the aircraft is and the greater the load, the higher the demand for aircraft manufacturing levels.

Not to mention anything else, just the tens of thousands of tons of one-piece beam forming technology. Without this technology, even making a turbofan engine would be of little use.

Because the overall structure cannot bear such a large force, it is best to use a piston engine.

Because of the time difference between space and reality, Liu Hai completed the first draft of the TBM on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

That's right, Liu Hai printed out the first draft of the TBM in the aircraft carrier space, and then copied it by hand.

Wang Hongmei watched Liu Hai drawing pictures on the table, and she was picking up the soles of her shoes. Nowadays, many people wear cloth shoes, which are basically made by themselves.

"It's hard work for you guys. You stare at so many dense numbers every day. I feel dizzy after just looking at them for a while." Wang Hongmei said after looking at Liu Hai packing her things.

"Get used to it!" Liu Hai put the drawings and various tools separately.

"Are you going back tomorrow?" What does Wang Hongmei say about bangs? She likes and hates them at the same time.

What I like is that this man is younger than me, he can care for others, he always brings good things when he comes back, and he has no shortage of food and clothing.

In this era, as long as he is a family man, he is a good man.

In fact, even later, as long as he is a man who cares about his family and does not mess around outside, he is a good man.

Of course, some women in later generations have too high demands.

What I hate is that the night is endless, just like the donkeys in the production team.

"I'm back. There are still a few people who need to walk around in the city. After walking around for a while, I will go to work." Liu Hai nodded. It has been seven or eight days since he came back this time, mainly because he has almost done everything he should do.

"I made two pairs of cloth shoes for you. I will take them with you when you leave tomorrow. I didn't make them for you in the first two years because I was afraid that your lover would have objections to you." Wang Hongmei pointed to the two pairs of cloth shoes next to her.

Liu Hai nodded. Wang Hongmei was good at that. She was self-aware and would not interfere in her own life.

It was after nine o'clock the next morning that I got up to tidy up my bangs and then went out.

Liu Hai tied the car's anti-skid chains first, because the road with continuous heavy snow would definitely be slippery.

There were many pedestrians on the road, but Liu Hai didn't think about picking up other people.

The journey was very smooth and we arrived at the factory. We first put the drawings of the shield machine in the cabinet.

Then I walked around the various workshops, and none of the workshops under Liu Hai's supervision were on holiday.

The 2000 workers in the factory heading to the southwest have already left, along with their families. It will be difficult to see each other again after leaving. It is difficult to travel thousands of kilometers at this time.

The motorcycle factory also officially ended the production of assault vehicles, freeing up equipment to produce other products.

"Xiao Liu, why do you go to work so early?" Sun Aiguo asked in surprise when Liu Hai came to the factory director's office.

"There's nothing going on back home. It's just the tunnel boring equipment I told the factory director last time. I want to test and manufacture it here." Liu Hai said.

"You can do this with confidence." Of course Sun Aiguo didn't know that Liu Hai had made a big deal.

"By the way, last time you said you wanted to visit an airplane, and there happened to be a scrapped airplane. Do you want to drag it back?" Sun Aiguo thought of another thing and asked.

"You don't have to drag it back, right? I can just go and visit." Liu Hai was of course very happy when he heard this.

"After dinner, I'll take you there in the afternoon." Sun Aiguo immediately agreed.

In the afternoon, Liu Hai took the three top executives from the maintenance department and two measuring tapes to the airport south of Kyoto.

"C46!" In a corner of the airport, Liu Hai saw a twin-engine aircraft and recognized it at a glance. It was the main transport aircraft on the hump route back then.

The performance of this aircraft has been tested. There are many improved models of this aircraft, too many to count.

"This can actually be transformed into a gunship."

People here at the airport were a little stunned. The superior leaders just said that someone would come to visit today to see the scrapped aircraft.

Unexpectedly, after the visitors exchanged pleasantries, several young people started walking around with tape measures in front of the scrapped transport plane.

People present really want to talk and want to ask us for specific data?
However, the leader did not explain, and no one dared to say anything.

"Measure the entire length of the aircraft first."

"Then measure the diameter of each length separately."

"The size of the tail, the size of the wings."

"Dimensions and structural patterns of internal structures."

Liu Hai took the three giants from the maintenance department to measure the dimensions of the aircraft, while explaining to several people what data to measure.

Sun Aiguo watched a few people busy on one side and smoked and chatted with the person in charge of the airport.

The person in charge of the airport also knew that Sun Aiguo's factory could manufacture small aircraft.

"It would be great if your factory could manufacture this kind of aircraft."

"Now we have just over 100 transport aircraft, all of which are imported."

"Among them are old American ones and Big Brother ones. Maintenance is extremely troublesome."

"These transport planes from the United States can no longer fly, but there is no other way. They must have the power to maneuver quickly."

At this time, the transport aircraft we imported are to ensure the rapid maneuverability of at least one regiment in the country.

Therefore, as long as Big Brother's planes and old planes like the United States and the United States can fly, they must be used to fly.

Of course, if you import other people's aircraft, you can't fly them as casually as if you were able to manufacture them yourself.

"Are there any scrapped engines here?" Sun Aiguo asked after hearing this.

"If you want one, I'll send one to you later."

"Let's get in touch later!" Sun Aiguo didn't agree immediately because he wanted to listen to Liu Hai's opinion.

"There is an Il-14 over there, do you want to take a look?" the person in charge of the airport asked, pointing to the hangar over there.

"Look!" Sun Aiguo nodded immediately.

The person in charge of the airport opened the hangar, and Liu Hai took the three top managers from the maintenance department to measure with a measuring tape, and then recorded the data.

"Xiao Liu, are you sure about the big twin-engine plane?" Sun Aiguo asked while driving on the way back.

"It's not a big problem. There's no problem with the power system. Today I'm mainly testing its appearance. The appearance of the aircraft involves aerodynamics, fluidics, mechanics, etc."

"It's impossible to design a good airplane without a wind tunnel, so we have to copy their airplane shape. Designing an airplane shape alone requires too much equipment."

"If the appearance of our aircraft is copied from theirs, they won't think we have high technology." Liu Hai roughly explained.

"So is our airport going to be expanded?" When Sun Aiguo heard Liu Hai's words, he thought of the big plane taking off in his factory and asked.

(End of this chapter)