56: Chapter 56 Waverider Configuration! A Streamlined Fuselage Design Ahead of Its Time!

Lin Mo smiled and said, "What a coincidence!"

"Leaders, we were just preparing to test fly the Aerospace Fighter. Who knew you would arrive so suddenly? We were planning to give everyone a surprise!"

Who knew, the leader directly scolded, "A surprise?"

"More like a shock!"

"Comrade Lin Mo! You are a researcher and the chief person in charge of the project. To actually want to test pilot the prototype yourself is simply nonsense!"

"In any case, I do not agree to you personally test flying the prototype!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian also spoke up: "Comrade Lin Mo, you are no longer the impulsive student you once were. You are now a pillar of China."

"If you were to have an accident, it would be the greatest loss to China!"

"You must be cautious in your actions!"

The two of them successively issued strict demands to Lin Mo.

Chief Engineer Peng Yu, listening from behind, finally felt the stone hanging in his heart drop.

Lin Mo felt speechless.

And a bit helpless.

These two had come all this way specifically to stop him from test flying...

Lin Mo felt a wave of helplessness.

These leaders didn't understand the technology, yet they rushed over and made a bunch of demands.

Didn't he know whether it was dangerous or not?

If they had come ten minutes later, he would have already taken off in the Aerospace Fighter. By then, the test flight would have been a success, and there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

But there was no help for it.

After all, he still needed support from above in the future, and they were also concerned about him, so he couldn't treat their kindness as ill-will.

Lin Mo thought for a moment, planning to use a delaying tactic and wait for the right opportunity to consider the test flight later.

So he squeezed out a smile and said, "Leaders, since you have come to inspect, why not first come and take a look at our first Aerospace Fighter prototype!"

"We can discuss the test flight later, according to your arrangements."

Hearing Lin Mo soften his stance, the leader's expression softened, and the others also let out a sigh of relief.

The leader put on a kind smile, "Comrade Lin Mo, test flights should naturally be done by professional test pilots. Why must you do it yourself?"

"You, you've been doing research for too long and your thinking has become rigid. You need to change your way of thinking!"

Hearing this, Lin Mo almost rolled his eyes. He couldn't even find a place to complain!

"Let's go, take us to see the latest achievements of the Aerospace Fighter!" the leader said with a smile.

Chief Engineer Peng Yu quickly stepped out: "Leaders, please come this way!"

The group of leaders, guided by Chief Engineer Peng Yu and Lin Mo, quickly walked into the aerospace base.

Not long after, as everyone entered the base, a future fighter jet that looked like it came from a sci-fi movie instantly entered everyone's view.

"This! ... This is! ..."

The inspection team that had just entered the base had their pupils shrink sharply!

Even their breathing became rapid!

The new-style fighter in front of them was entirely matte black, with a fuselage about thirty meters long and a wingspan of about fifteen or sixteen meters.

A sense of future technology rushed towards them, appearing dreamlike under the sunlight of the research base!

Even someone who didn't know anything about it would inevitably be incomparably shocked in their heart upon seeing this fighter for the first time!

"This fuselage curve! ..."

Chief Designer Bai Yannian's voice trembled slightly as he tried hard to think.

"Wait, let me think! ..."

The shape of this fighter was very peculiar, like a sharp spike, completely different from the fighter jets of all countries on the Blue Planet, yet the curves were exceptionally beautiful.

Although it looked distinctive, it seemed to conform even more to aerodynamics and had almost hit the aesthetic standards of everyone present!

Suddenly, Chief Designer Bai Yannian finally remembered something and exclaimed in shock: "The overall streamlined design of this prototype fighter uses, actually, the..."

"Waverider configuration!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Chief Designer Bai Yannian shouted in surprise.

The leader used the strong self-control he had cultivated over many years to forcefully recover from the shock and couldn't help but ask: "Old Wu, what is a waverider configuration?"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian swallowed hard and said.

"Leader, the waverider configuration is not simple!"

"The waverider configuration is a configuration specifically used for hypersonic aircraft."

"Fighters using the waverider configuration, when flying at hypersonic speeds, are like surfing on a wave front."

"Relying on shock waves to provide huge climbing pressure, it can not only generate continuous lift but also dissipate more than 99% of air resistance!"

"At its highest, it can exceed thirty times the speed of sound within the atmosphere!"

"It is a very perfect biomimetic fuselage configuration with extremely fast speed and high stability!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian introduced with a trembling voice.

"Our sixth-generation fighter project team once envisioned and invested in the research and development of the waverider configuration, but after spending several years, it ended in failure!"

"And this fighter developed by Comrade Lin Mo, although completely different from the design ideas of our current mainstream fighter jets in China, unexpectedly conforms to aerodynamic distribution and can be called a very perfect waverider configuration layout!"

"The fuselage configuration alone contains such a huge technological innovation!"

"It shows that this fighter is indeed extraordinary!"

The leader nodded repeatedly.

Although he didn't understand aerospace technology or fighter jet technology, he listened with great interest.

Since it was a function that even the sixth-generation fighter hadn't achieved, it must be very impressive!

At this moment, Chief Engineer Peng Yu said with a hint of pride and excitement: "Leaders, let me introduce the specific performance parameters of the Aerospace Fighter to you!"

As Lin Mo's deputy, Chief Engineer Peng Yu already knew the data parameters of the Aerospace Fighter like the back of his hand.

Even if Lin Mo were to introduce it, he might not be as thorough as him.

"Chief Engineer Peng, thank you for explaining it to us!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian had also suppressed his shock and forced a smile.

Thus, Chief Engineer Peng Yu took the inspection team around the Aerospace Fighter, constantly explaining the various functions in detail as if he were counting his family treasures.

"Under the leadership of Chief Designer Lin, it took us a total of one month and seven days to officially build this first prototype!"

"Chief Designer Lin named this Aerospace Fighter 'Xuan Nv'!"

"The Aerospace Fighter has a fuselage length of 38.5 meters, a wingspan of 21 meters, a standard mission weight of 80 tons, and a maximum takeoff weight of 120 tons."

"It is equipped with three sets of power engines, which are a set of inductive force field drive engines at the bottom and two sets of variable cycle engines at the tail."

"Within the 30,000-meter atmosphere, the cruising speed can reach 6 Mach, and the maximum mission speed can reach 10 Mach."

"At high altitudes above 30,000 meters, as air resistance continues to decrease, the maximum mission speed will also continue to increase, reaching a maximum of over 20 Mach!"