Chapter 1027 Sometimes, Going Too Fast May Not Be a Good Thing

If you ask who is the happiest person at this moment, it must be Kelly Turson.

In fact, her first thought was to ask if the vacation promised by Bodi just now still counts.

After all, the latter said that it would be after this busy period.

Although she doesn't understand much technology, Kelly can also hear that this dark overtime period will probably end soon.

However, after feeling the atmosphere in the office a little, she felt that now might not be a good time to ask this question.

It would be better to release the news directly according to Bodi's request. By then, it will be a done deal and he will have no choice but to agree.

Thinking of this, Kelly quickly said that as an administrative secretary, she should not be involved in technical work too much, and then turned around and left quickly...

But in fact, Bodi didn't pay attention to Kelly at all.

He didn't even notice that the latter had left.

Mainly because of the news just now, the sequelae are indeed a bit serious.

"One week..."

He knocked on the table a little irritably, raised his head and looked at Norris again:

"Can't it be faster?"

In fact, Bodi had already prepared to wait for 3-4 months.

However, despite the preparation, when he heard that the product had been offline but it would take another week to be delivered to the UK, all his previous psychological preparations collapsed in an instant.

He wished that he could receive the sample the next day, see the test results on the third day, and then completely turn to the past technical route and beat the GP7200 with lower fuel consumption...

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"Hmm..."

Norris looked embarrassed:

"Supervisor, you also know that imports and exports still need to go through customs clearance procedures, and the samples are not small in size, so it is impossible to check them in as passenger plane luggage. There are not many cargo planes between China and the UK. If it is in advance..."

Obviously, for cross-border transportation in the early 21st century, 7 days is not slow under normal circumstances.

In fact, this is because the Aviation Power Group has exerted some influence through the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, otherwise the customs clearance process alone would take longer.

Of course, Rolls-Royce still doesn't know about this for the time being.

And Bodi was still a little bit unwilling to give up:

"Maybe we can send a cargo plane to transport those things back..."

As one of the top giants in the global aviation manufacturing industry, Rolls-Royce naturally has its own fleet of transport aircraft, operating multiple models of aircraft including L1011, Boeing 757, and 777.

For a big job like Trent 900, it is worth a trip.

"But supervisor, if you specially dispatch a plane, the destination and cargo category must be recorded, which is difficult to falsify."

When Bodi was already a little impatient, Norris still maintained a considerable degree of rationality:

"By the end of the year review, the higher-ups may..."

This sentence instantly reminded the former:

"Hiss..."

Bodi woke up instantly.

The Chinese delivered the goods ahead of schedule, which was not all good for them...

According to the previous plan, in order to conceal the truth from the board of directors, especially to prevent them from thinking that such advanced technology can be developed with only tens of thousands of pounds a year, the Trent 900 project will inject a large amount of research and development funds into Xilo in the next few months, and spread the investment throughout the year through a series of financial means.

In this way, it can be said that Xilo has gained some new inspiration in the process of helping China master the Spey MK202 technology, and they have been using China's resources for theoretical research before.

However, since this technology is very important to the Trent 900, a large amount of funds have been invested since this year to advance it to the engineering stage, and then solve the problems that have troubled us for many years.

Although the cost-effectiveness still seems a bit too high, it is barely justifiable because there are "Chinese resources" as a black box in the middle.

But this requires that the entire project must be kept low-key before the end of the year.

There is no need to think about sending a plane to pick it up.

Even if everything goes well later, there will be problems with the formal contract provided to China-

It's too early.

The money hasn't arrived yet, but you've already signed the production contract?

It seems a bit strange.

But if we really wait until the end of the year as planned...

Bodi really doesn't have the patience.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later... At most, we can make some changes to the contract time..."

Bodi shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself.

After all, it's not bad for China to postpone the signing date instead of advancing it.

Then, he stood up again and prepared to tell Dr. Lapworth the good news.

As the developer of the new air film cooling technology, the latter is undoubtedly the one who is most looking forward to the success of the Chinese...

...

In the anxious waiting of everyone at the Rolls-Royce headquarters, 7 days passed as long as 7 years.

Finally, on August 10, they received a cargo box from China.

Inside were 5 sets of turbine parts that had been processed.

Although it is already an outdated model, it is definitely the most precious thing for the current Trent 900 R&D team.

Inside the test workshop, Lapworth took a high-pressure turbine blade from the bracket and placed it on the integrated elastic displacement sensor next to it.

In fact, until now, there is still no particularly perfect technology that can accurately measure the detailed data of such ultra-small special-shaped inner holes.

Only specially modified probes, combined with elastic displacement sensors, can be used to obtain as accurate results as possible.

Fortunately, the air film hole is indeed precise, but there are some details that don't need to be stuck too tightly.

After all, in engineering design, everyone leaves a margin...

Looking at Lapworth, who was immersed in the test bench, the air in the workshop was inevitably a bit depressing.

Everyone is waiting for the final result.

"Supervisor, wait a minute... Do you need to go to the simulation test bench to test it?"

This meeting was so tense that no one knew who was who. Anyway, one person, perhaps to ease the tense atmosphere, suddenly asked Bodie in a low voice.

"No need."

Bodie didn't even move his eyes, he just moved his lips:

"These sets of samples are just to move the air film hole design of the Trent 900 to the RB211 to initially witness the processing capabilities of the other party... There is no design at all, so there is no test standard."

"As long as the physical dimensions are okay and no damage is found, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Because the entire plan to find a Chinese OEM was made within a few days, it was inevitable that there would be some omissions.

But as long as there are no mistakes on the big picture, it will be fine.

After all, after the real product is in place, the entire process will definitely be tested.

Rolls-Royce has a century-old foundation and never dares to be careless in terms of reputation.

Especially... this is the first time that core components have to be outsourced.

"But among the parts we really need to process... there are two sets of low-pressure turbine discs made of titanium alloy. The processing properties of these are completely different from those of nickel-based alloys. Could it be..."

Another voice also asked.

"Well...it just depends on the situation."

Bodi sighed softly:

"If it really doesn't work, the low-pressure turbine can also use traditional materials... Anyway, the original choice of titanium alloy was just for technical verification. It is just two sets of turbines. In fact, there is not much difference in weight."

"Director, have you ever thought about it, if the quality of Chinese products is not up to standard, then during this period of time we..."

The third question is obviously a bit inappropriate.

Not only Bodi, but also the faces of several people next to him suddenly dropped——

In fact, everyone has thought about this matter to some extent.

The worst result is to continue to use the design that reduces the combustion chamber outlet temperature.

In fact, there is not much loss.

But psychologically, it's completely different...

Good thing.

At this time, Dr. Lapworth finally raised his head.

"call--"

She stretched out her hands to comb her hair out of habit, and then breathed a sigh of relief:

"The size is up to standard!"