The rise of nanometers

August 11th.

Dalian Shipyard, No. 16 fully enclosed dock.

The dock's gate slowly opened. When the water barrier was opened, seawater quickly surged in from the outside. In just ten minutes, the dock was filled with seawater.

A barge pulled Feipeng 001 and slowly moved outward from the dock.

In the cockpit of Feipeng 001, the five pilots were busy performing their duties. Although the captain Meng Luochuan was familiar with Feipeng 001's various equipment and had also flown a small ground-effect aircraft, this three-thousand-thousand-year-old pilot was busy with his duties. The behemoth of more than 500 tons is an unprecedented challenge.

In addition to him, the vice-captain, monitor, correspondent, and warehouse manager also looked nervous.

They all signed a testing contract. If something goes wrong, their families will receive tens of millions in compensation, but no one can figure out the problem.

In order to ensure safety, the cockpit is designed with an integral ejection system, which can be used for emergency ejection in the event of a serious problem.

The barge dragged Feipeng 001 to the sea 1.5 kilometers away from the dock. Then the barge loosened the steel cable and turned around to leave.

"Report, the average wave height in the Bohai Sea is 0.5 to 1.3 meters, southeast wind level 2 to 3, and there are no ships sailing on the scheduled route." The monitor said while staring at the chart on the monitor, which has very detailed sea conditions and real-time ship information. Location.

Hebi's supercomputing center, as well as coastal radar arrays, underwater sonar systems, and the Beidou satellite system in the sky, are all cooperating with Feipeng 001's navigation system.

Meng Luochuan loudly ordered: "Let's go to Jin Port!"

"yes."

Since the cabin is empty at this time, Feipeng 001's cargo compartment does not carry cargo. The entire aircraft weighs only about 1,561 tons. It only needs about 10% of the power output to achieve a cruising speed of 400 kilometers per hour.

The distance between Tianjin Port and Dalian is 220 nautical miles, or 407 kilometers.

If there are no accidents along the way, you can arrive at Tianjin Port from Dalian Port in about an hour.

The four Beifeng 5 small gas turbine generator sets in the middle of the body start the power generation mode, which in turn drives the turbine to inhale air. The inhaled gas is mixed with gas and burned, then spits out towards the bottom.

An air cushion formed, and the aircraft floated upwards 5 meters away from the sea.

Meng Luochuan pressed the switch of the detonation rocket engine and pushed the power push rod to the 10% position.

Among the two detonation rocket engines, the flat nozzles began to spit out light red flames, accompanied by a slight explosion sound, which sounded like an old-fashioned diesel engine.

Feipeng 001 gradually accelerated and ran wildly, and the sea surface was pressed by strong reverse pressure, creating an obvious concave trajectory.

The speed increased from 0 to 412 kilometers per hour in less than three minutes.

The vice-captain looked very serious, turned his head and ordered: "The sea conditions are good, the sailing speed is obviously beyond the design, the monitor will recalculate the possible obstacles on the route."

"clear."

Many tourists who were playing on the beach in Dalian heard a slight roar, just like the sound of a tractor.

This sound just passed by in a flash and disappeared in everyone's ears. No one noticed that behind this sound was a kind of sea and air monster aircraft.

An Australian iron ore transport ship, after unloading iron ore in Qinhuangdao, transported a batch of steel and aluminum alloys to return to Australia.

Captain Georgia, holding a telescope, casually observed the sea surface, and from time to time lowered his head to pay attention to the navigation system.

Suddenly he was stunned for a moment. The navigation system reminded him that a "ship" was approaching, asking them to pay attention to avoidance.

But he looked weird, because the speed of this "ship" was too fast, and the second officer Ha Fudong, who was responsible for communicating with various maritime departments, also received a message.

"Captain? There's a ship approaching."

"I know, but this speed..." Georgia felt like she was dazzled?

But soon the two of them knew the truth.

4.7 kilometers away from them, a figure rushed past them instantly with a wave of spray and a slight roar.

Gulu! Georgia was stunned when she saw the huge hull and wings through the telescope.

With his many years of sailing experience, the size of the spacecraft is definitely no less than three thousand tons, but the speed is too scary.

"412 kilometers per hour?"

"Oh my God!"

"Is this a boat? Are you sure it's not a fake seaplane?"

"It should be a ground-effect aircraft. Mao Xiong seems to have developed it before. What is it called?"

"Caspian Monster."

"This one feels even bigger, they're crazy!"

All the crew members were stunned, and then started talking.

Georgia pulled up the voyage recorder, which contained surveillance camera data, and replayed the footage of the "monster" just now.

This time they could see it more clearly, and they were almost certain that it was a ground-effect aircraft.

The second officer swallowed his throat: "Captain, why does this thing feel so dangerous? They don't really want to serve such a sea monster!"

Georgia spread her hands and said helplessly: "What are they thinking, maybe only God knows, what should we do!"

the other side.

Maintaining a cruising speed of 412 kilometers per hour all the way, Feipeng 001 arrived from Dalian Port 15 kilometers offshore from Tianjin Port in 58 minutes.

Then it began to reduce its speed and glide to a special berth in Tianjin Port.

Many ship personnel or port management personnel at the port were very curious about this strange-looking seaplane.

Although many people have seen seaplanes, this is the first time they have seen such a huge "seaplane".

The person in charge of Feipeng Group's branch in Tianjin had already prepared the container at the port. The tail of Feipeng 001 was opened, and a special cart was used to deliver the 2,200-ton cargo into the cargo hold.

The deputy captain checked the fixing of the container and confirmed that there was no problem, then reported to Mengluochuanhui: "Captain, the cargo is fixed."

"Okay, get ready to return to Dalian Port."

When the vice captain and another crew member returned to the cockpit, Feipeng 001 started up again. Because it was fully loaded with cargo, the overall energy consumption of the aircraft increased by about 1.5 times.

An hour later, Feipeng 001, which had a smooth journey, returned to Dalian Port again and unloaded 2,200 tons of cargo.

Meng Luochuan drove Feipeng 001 back to the Dalian Shipyard. Although the actual test process went very smoothly, the shipyard still had to conduct a comprehensive inspection.

Meng Luochuan and others came to the Dalian branch of Feipeng Group to conduct a video conference with the company headquarters.

Feipeng Group needs to calculate the comprehensive cost of this voyage.

The fuel cost is about 6,000 to 18,000 yuan per 100 kilometers; the annual depreciation fee is 10% of the current price of the aircraft; maintenance fees, wages, channel fees, information service fees and taxes.

All in all, the comprehensive cost per 100 kilometers is about 30,000 to 60,000 yuan, and the average transportation cost per ton of goods per 100 kilometers is about 14 to 28 yuan.

The total cost of transporting 2,200 tons of cargo from Tianjin Port to Dalian Port is about 160,000 yuan, with an average cargo transportation cost of 72.7 yuan per ton.

Based on triple cost calculation, Feipeng Company’s quotation per ton per 100 kilometers should be around 60 yuan.

As for why it is not put into passenger transport, the main reason is that the bumpy feeling of ground-effect aircraft is a bit strong, and passengers may feel uncomfortable.

What's more, the emergence of Feipeng 001 has caused some quarrels between the domestic aviation management department and the navigation management department. It is estimated that the domestic airworthiness certificate for passenger transportation will not be issued so quickly.

Because according to relevant regulations, ground-effect aircraft are classified as ships, not aircraft, in terms of management classification.

But Feipeng 001 can also enter medium and low altitudes of about 3,000 meters.

The two sides are currently wrangling over the issue of jurisdiction.

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