Chapter 1027 Sometimes, going too fast may not be a good thing

If we were to ask who is the happiest person at this moment, it would definitely be Kelly Tulson.

In fact, her first thought was to ask if the vacation that Bodie had just promised still counted.

After all, the latter refers to after this busy period is over.

Although he didn't understand much about the technology, Kelly could tell that this period of dark overtime would probably be over soon.

However, after getting a feel for the atmosphere in the office, 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 that time, 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, he should not be involved in too much technical work, and then turned around and left quickly...

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

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

Mainly because of the news just now, the aftermath is indeed quite serious.

"One week..."

He knocked on the table a little irritably, then looked up at Norris again:

"Can't it be faster?"

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

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

I wish I could receive the sample the next day, see the test results on the third day, and then completely switch to the past technical route and beat the GP7200 with lower fuel consumption...

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"Um……"

Norris looked embarrassed:

"Manager, you know that import and export still need to go through the customs declaration procedure, and the total volume of those samples is not small, so it is impossible to check them in as luggage on a passenger plane. There are not many cargo planes between China and the UK. If we do it in advance, I am afraid..."

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

In fact, this is because the Aviation Power Corporation of China exerted some influence through the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, otherwise the customs declaration process alone would have taken much longer.

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

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

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

As one of the leading 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.

It's worth the trip for a big job like the Trent 900.

"But supervisor, if you dispatch a plane specifically, the destination and cargo type must be recorded. It's hard to fake it."

While Bodie was getting a little impatient, Norris still maintained a considerable degree of rationality:

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

This sentence instantly reminded the former:

"hiss……"

Bodie came to his senses instantly.

The Chinese people delivering the goods ahead of schedule is not all good news 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 Ciro in the next few months, and spread this investment throughout the year through a series of financial means.

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

But because this technology is so important to the Trent 900, we have been investing a lot of money starting this year to advance it to the engineering stage and solve the problems that have plagued us for many years.

Although the price-performance ratio still seems a bit too high, it is barely acceptable 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 special plane to pick you up.

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

too early.

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

It always seems a bit strange.

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

Bodie really doesn't have that patience anymore.

"Forget it, we'll talk about it later... At worst, we can make some changes to the contract time..."

Bodie shook his head helplessly and thought to himself.

After all, it is a matter of postponing the signing date rather than advancing it, so there is actually no harm in this for China.

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...

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As everyone at the Rolls-Royce headquarters waited anxiously, the seven days seemed as long as seven years.

Finally, on August 8, they received a cargo box from China.

Inside are 5 sets of turbine parts that have been processed.

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

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

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

Fortunately, the air film hole is indeed precise, but some details do not need to be fixed very tightly.

After all, it's engineering design, everyone will leave margins...

Looking at Lapworth working on the test bench, the atmosphere in the workshop inevitably felt a bit depressing.

Everyone is waiting for the final result.

"Manager, wait a moment...do you need to test it on the simulation test bench?"

At this moment, the atmosphere 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 samples simply copied the air film hole design of the Trent 900 to the RB211 to test the processing capability of the other party... They were not designed at all, so there is no testing standard."

"As long as the physical dimensions are OK and there's no damage, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Because the entire plan to find China to outsource the manufacturing was made within a few days, there were inevitably some omissions.

But as long as there are no overall mistakes, it's fine.

After all, when the real product is in place, it must go through a full-process test.

Rolls-Royce is a century-old company and will never be careless when it comes to its reputation.

Especially... this is the first time that core components are 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. Will it be..."

Another voice also asked.

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

Bodie sighed softly:

"If it really doesn't work, the low-pressure turbine can also be made of traditional materials... Anyway, the choice of titanium alloy was just for technical verification. There is only two sets of turbines, and the weight difference is not much."

"Manager, have you ever thought about this? If the Chinese products are not up to standard, then during this period of time, we will..."

The third question is obviously a bit inappropriate.

Not only Bodi, but also the faces of several people around him instantly drooped -

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

The worst-case scenario is to continue using a design that reduces the combustion chamber outlet temperature.

In fact, there is not much loss.

But psychologically, it's completely different...

Fortunately.

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

"call--"

She habitually reached out to tidy up her hair, then let out a long sigh:

"Size, up to standard!"