Chapter 2306: Chapter 2126: Quite Outstanding In the distance. On the massive helipad, three already assembled aircraft were parked, silent in the snow and wind, like three hibernating giant beasts. Gradually. A layer of white covered them. This is also testing. Extreme heat. Bitter cold. Torrential rain. Aridity. ... To adapt to various extreme weather conditions is what makes a good product; besides flying in snow and wind, it can take off directly from the sea. However. That kind of testing belongs to ’improvements’ and is not within the scope of this test. After all, for a helicopter, there’s no need to consider it crashing into the sea too much. The probability is too low. Therefore. It’s an ’extra’ functionality. Tang Qing, with the deep pockets of a finance tycoon, assembled six of these test machines at a time, costing not too much, a total of 1.2 billion RMB. Of course. This is only the materials cost. The research and development costs haven’t been calculated yet. Compared to ordinary helicopters, the production difficulty isn’t much higher; many things, the smaller they are, the harder they become. Integration. Safety. Durability. ... The smaller it is. The higher the craftsmanship requirements, just like general integrated circuit boards and microprocessors, without military and other various stringent requirements, the difficulty drops significantly. This thing. Just these few aspects. - Power. - Balance. - Operation. - Safety. These four most important indicators, as long as they are done well, it will do. But if it weren’t for the fighters constantly guiding and having ’flashes of inspiration’, it wouldn’t be possible to make a prototype in three years. Five years might even be possible. At this time. Uncle called. Connected. Suddenly, next to Tang Qing, a projection appeared. "Tangtang, you arrived?" "Yes." "That’s good; the day after tomorrow, your sister and I will come to see it." Tang Kai laughed heartily; Tang Qing’s excellence had exceeded his imagination. With great anticipation. "Sure!" ... Afternoon. Three-thirty, it’s winter’s working time in Xin Province, and each department started the final tests. Tang Qing followed the person in charge to the helipad. Three Jumbos. Parked in a triangular formation, each a different color. Military green. Sand gray. Pure white. The three colors don’t have any special meaning, just that one color alone doesn’t look good. When Tang Qing arrived, the propellers started to spin. "Woong! Woong!" Soon. It turned into ’dadadadada!’, the blades slicing the air, bringing a strong airflow, blowing away the faint layer of snow feathers on the ground around. At the same time. The outer shell heating technology started melting the snow on top; thankfully, it’s civilian, or else this technology would be an infrared target. It would surely get criticized to death. Then. Tang Qing entered the cockpit. Four people sat in a row; for an aircraft this large, one person can’t possibly operate it alone, or rather, an average person would easily get flustered. If it were Tang Qing, he could handle it alone, the fighters can also do it, but even experienced general drivers would find it hard to control in a critical moment. So. A distributed control method was adopted. One main pilot. Three secondary pilots. "Hello, Boss Tang!" "..." The drivers quickly greeted because they hadn’t taken off; they didn’t need to be strapped tightly into the seats. The cockpit’s layout, indeed, looked somewhat like science fiction. Additionally. A safety officer and an observer were onboard; the standard crew was six people. "Continue with your work." Tang Qing smiled. For safety considerations, all main pilots of these airplanes were fighters; in the event of emergencies, their professional capabilities were sufficient to cope. Soon. The three aircraft started to lift up; he had already returned to the tower. Five meters. ... Ten meters. ... Fifteen meters. At the height of a six-story building, the three aircraft hovered, quietly motionless. Now it was a regular test, not task-oriented; they wouldn’t fly off. Endure the cold. Hover. An hour each for experimenting in this environment, where all devices handle sudden startups and prolonged non-startups, examining the operational status of the equipment. In response to this. As the designer, Tang Qing could only say: no pressure at all. Before his eyes. Every single part, every screw, every piece of equipment, he knew them like the back of his hand, participated in the design, and had the space for more extreme environment experiments. It could be said, extremely excellent. Even. To ensure foolproof, in the parts testing center, Tang Qing replaced all external parts with absolute top-tier ones manufactured by the Training Area. Extremely good quality. "Boss Tang." "Currently, from all the data we’ve seen, our designs are outstanding. There hasn’t been a single major equipment failure; everything is..." The person in charge said beside him, feeling quite excited. Such a Jumbo, forming in a year, was simply miraculous progress, but it indeed happened. The sky. Three massive shadows left him feeling reinvigorated; these were their achievements, like their own children. Joining the park at the beginning was absolutely the right decision. ... A half-hour later. Withdrawn. Another half hour before coming down; Tang Qing was not going to wait here all the time. The real rehearsal starts tomorrow, going through all projects. Afterward. Tang Qing strolled around the Base. Aboveground. Underground. Safety. Research and development. ... He even visited the garden; situated in the Gobi, with inconvenient transportation, the facilities must naturally be well-prepared. And not far from the Base, there was a snowmelt river. Therefore. There was no need to worry about water; in the Summer it could be directly diverted, and in the Winter, well water was used here, with a fairly good groundwater level. Sufficient water supply. Ample usage. For safety, there were also six fire trucks and several rescue departments nearby, totalling nearly fifty people, maybe not needed for years. But. They still needed to be maintained, with small drills every three days and larger drills every week to be prepared for any eventualities. Finally. He arrived at the Maintenance Plant, where there were some new things—’attachments.’ This aircraft was designed from the start to play a role. - Firefighting. - Rescue. - Transportation. Three main functions. Therefore. There were three attachments much larger than houses; after completing general testing, the ’attachments’ would be mounted. As for rescue operations, it was relatively lighter. The attachments were empty inside. Firefighting. Transportation. These two are heavy, one loaded with water, the other with cargo. In design, its maximum takeoff weight reached 150 tons, unprecedented in human history. It’s not that people couldn’t make it. But rather... what for? Transporting large items. Cars. Ships. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞 All could do the job; the worst-case scenario would still involve cargo planes. If for military use, building something this large would be just a sitting duck, completely unnecessary. Forty years ago. Soviet Union. Designed and built a helicopter with a takeoff weight exceeding 100 tons, but due to poor maneuverability, difficult operation, and other reasons, it ultimately wasn’t mass-produced. Fifty-ton empty weight. One hundred-ton payload. This is the data of this Aircraft. ... Evening. The snow stopped. The Base still echoed with the sound of the aircraft’s operation, with six aircraft hovering in the sky. The test today would continue until ten o’clock, then left outside to freeze overnight. Tomorrow, they would be started again.