Chapter 1019 Are There Any More Experts?

After sending Norris away, Professor Elinor picked up the book on the table again.

However, before he could open it, there was a beeping sound in his trouser pocket.

The cell phone alarm rang.

Only then did Elinor remember that he had a conference call to hold this afternoon.

It's about a sponsorship from the Department of Defense.

It's about three hours' drive from Derbyshire to Bedfordshire, where the school is located. If you want to go back to attend the meeting, you have to leave now anyway.

Elinor sighed softly, put down the things in his hands again, and stood up to put on his coat.

But after taking two steps out, a tangled look appeared on his face.

The pace also slowed down...

Elinor's hesitation did not last long.

After about two seconds, he took a deep breath, walked back to his desk in three steps, picked up the phone, and dialed the number of his laboratory.

"Jane, help me tell the college that I can't attend the afternoon conference call in person..."

"Let's just say I'm here at Rolls-Royce... uh, solving the problem of the EJ200 engine."

"Content of the meeting... Just record the key points for me..."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, the professor couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Then he took out a notebook from the drawer next to him and quickly wrote down:

1. An engine with a thrust level of 6500kgF has a generating power of up to 25kW, which is unnecessary and the value is high.

2. The total pressure ratio of the engine is different from that of M88-2, and the compressor parameters are suspected to have been adjusted.

3.……

In fact, after reading the information just now, Professor Elinor's doubts about the model SeA650 not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

If it were an ordinary promotional material, he would most likely think that the content inside was made up by publicity personnel who had no technical knowledge at all.

This situation is not uncommon at air shows.

But the content of that thing is completely in the style and format of a technical manual, and it is definitely not something that a layman can write.

There is also little chance of false advertising.

There is a high probability that Snecma really used some special new technology on it, which caused some of the engine's performance to be very strange from a traditional perspective.

This is why he rushed Norris to book tickets and canceled the conference call this afternoon——

Excluding the time on the road, there are only two days left before the opening of the European Business Aviation Show.

He needed to quickly organize his thoughts so that he could quickly obtain useful information by making insinuations after arriving at the air show.

…

It must be said that Norris is very efficient.

Not only did it take just one afternoon to arrange the entire trip to Geneva, but the originally planned duo was even expanded into a delegation.

There are more than 20 people in total, including Dr. Leah Lapworth, who was mentioned before, and Tim Purdy, deputy project director of the Trent series engine design team.

This scale is a bit outrageous to say the least.

You know, Rolls-Royce's UK headquarters doesn't even have business jet-related business.

So Professor Elinor quickly realized that something was wrong and immediately refused to enter the exhibition site with the rest of the people.

Sure enough, it was just as he feared.

When such a group of people arrived at the Geneva Air Show as "visitors", the first thought of most people was -

Is there something wrong with Rolls-Royce Germany, which was originally responsible for the business jet business?

But looking at the BR series engine booth over there where everything was normal, it didn’t look like there was a problem...

However, the purpose of Luo Luo's trip is quite clear.

They didn't even glance at the situation of their German branch, but rushed straight into Dassault's exhibition area.

Snecma's business in the field of business aircraft has just started. Apart from the SeA650 this time, only its Arriel series turboshaft engines will be installed on some business helicopters. Naturally, they will not be able to do so. A specially designated area was created.

Moreover, even after joining forces with Dassault, the entire area is still a little empty compared to several other nearby companies.

The main products are only a real Falcon 900EX and the large-scale Falcon 8Z model.

Fortunately, thanks to Dassault's strong promotion in the past half year, the reputation of Falcon 8Z is not low, and there are also some interested visitors gathered around, so it will not be completely ignored.

But this is not a bad thing for the Luoluo team.

With almost no effort, they squeezed through the crowd and came to the goal of their trip, which was the full-size model of the SeA650 engine.

There are more than 20 people, which is already very eye-catching in this exhibition area.

Therefore, two Snecma staff members soon came over to take a look.

The original intention was just to see if there were any business opportunities and send out some promotional materials.

In the end, it doesn’t matter at first glance——

There is no such thing as a public open day at a business aviation show.

So everyone will wear a badge after entering the door.

Indicate the work unit, personnel nature, photo and name.

But the information on the badges of the group in front of me clearly shows...

Are they from England?

Or Rolls-Royce?

Isn't this a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken?

Shopping malls are like battlefields.

Who said smashing an opponent's engine model isn't a business war?

Don't worry about business or not, just say war or not, right?

As a result, the air at the scene instantly became anxious.

One of them quickly asked his companion to go back to the on-site supervisor, while he stayed behind to deal with the "enemy".

There was even a hint of farewell to Yi Shuihan in his tone.

At this time, everyone on Luoluo's side had not realized how much he looked like he was here to cause trouble.

Therefore, after seeing a person who looked like a staff member coming this way, the leader, Tim Purdy, immediately said hello in what he thought was a friendly manner, and then prepared to shake hands with the person.

"Hello, sir, I am..."

As a result, before he even announced his name, he found that the Frenchman opposite had already put on a defensive posture.

I had to put my hands down in embarrassment.

For a moment, the world seemed to have become quiet...

In short, although the misunderstanding was finally resolved, Bodi and his team were unable to learn any very useful information.

Instead, Professor Elinor came to the Dassault exhibition area in a low-key manner later.

And they happened to meet Liu Yongquan and Ian Vista who had calmed down the situation and were about to go backstage to blow on the air conditioner.

"Hello, my name is Roger Elinor, a professor at Cranfield University and a technical consultant at BAE Systems..."

Elinor said as he took out the promotional materials and of course the notebook from his backpack.

Liu Yongquan and Vista looked at each other.

The name Roger Eleanor is somewhat famous in Europe and even in the aviation industry around the world.

At least Liu Yongquan has read the papers published by the other party.

However, the wonderful thing about Elinor's self-introduction is that both identities are true and full of hints.

BAE Systems' commercial aircraft division's flagship product is the famous Hawker Beechcraft series of business jets. Although it was sold to Raytheon due to operating difficulties in the past few years, there is no guarantee that it will not make a comeback.

Moreover, even if this layer is not considered, BAE, as a well-known defense equipment supplier in the NATO system, also sells a large number of special aircraft modification solutions for business jet platforms.

Anyway, he looks like a serious visitor——

In fact, the issues Vesta wanted to know did not involve any trade secrets, and had nothing to do with technical details.

The reason why Luo Luo's group failed just now was because the atmosphere was too tense.

Now he has a Cranfield University badge and is throwing out bait as a prospect.

Then the next thing will be a matter of course.

After some simple greetings, Elinor no longer concealed his purpose:

"Dr. Vesta, Dr. Liu, I accidentally saw the SeA650 engine promotional materials you put out before, and I am very interested in the performance of this model..."

He said shaking the thick booklet in his hand.

The two people on the opposite side also acted like they were asking questions casually.

"I noticed that you have calibrated the power generation power of the SeA650 engine at 25kW. Obviously this is a very large number for a model with a thrust of 6.5 tons."

Elinor started by asking a question that he thought was relatively plain:

"So I want to know, did your company specifically consider other uses when you first formulated the plan? After all, generally speaking, business jets do not use two units with a total of 50kW of electricity..."

Liu Yongquan knew English, but after all, he rarely used it, so he was overtaken by Vesta who was the first to react:

"That's not true."

The latter replied with a smile:

"During the design process, we discovered that the available effective power of the core engine exceeded the original estimate, and this part of the effective power can be converted into additional thrust or additional power."

"Later, we considered that the 6.5-ton thrust fully meets the design calibration. In fact, there is no need to go higher. Although the power generation may not be used right now, with the deepening of electrification, there is still much potential in the future..."

"Furthermore, if there are additional needs such as special aircraft modifications, a platform using the SeA650 engine will no longer need to install additional power supply equipment, saving modification costs... so the latter was chosen."

This last sentence was obviously aimed at his identity as a consultant to BAE Systems.

In fact, logically speaking, this problem ends here.

Professor Elinor has even made a mental evaluation that "the performance improvement of the core machine has led to deviations in performance calibration."

However, at this moment, Liu Yongquan next to him suddenly said:

“As for the source of this part of the available effective power, we have applied the latest non-contact magnetic bearing technology, which has reduced the waste power generated by the friction of the original rotor bearing, and also greatly extended the maintenance cycle of the compressor rotor No. 1 support point. …”

"..."

"???"

The pen in Elinor's hand stopped:

"Magnetic bearings?"