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Chapter 237: Gains and Losses

Just a simple hovering test allowed Wu Daxia and the others to personally experience the terrifying load capacity of the Flying Cube.

It should be known that this was the result of Chen Jue not dividing the internal cabin of the Flying Cube into multiple layers.

Once the 10×10×10 cubic cabin space inside is partitioned according to the normal 3-meter floor height, it is estimated that it could accommodate three times the number of people.

An aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, fully loaded with more than 600 fully armed young men, is top-notch in the world!

Even the An-225, previously known as the Earth's transport capacity champion, is just a younger brother in front of this Flying Cube.

This is the dimensional reduction strike that can be produced in various manufacturing industries after breakthroughs are achieved in the cutting-edge field of materials science.

As expected, after the hovering test ended, experts and university professors from various fields involving aerospace and aviation aircraft, who had rushed over on special planes from all over the country, surrounded the Flying Cube.

From the internal structural construction to the energy density involving the [Cube Battery (Tier 3)], including those 'Cube Pioneer' electric jet aero-engines that were modified based on open-source data, all became cross-era treasures in the eyes of these experts.

"This Cube Battery is amazing! Its energy density is three times higher than the solid-state batteries in our laboratory."

"It is said that their internal iterations have reached three versions, and there are also Tier 1 and Tier 2, which are slightly weaker previous versions."

A big shot in the battery field looked at the paper parameters with disbelief.

"Are private enterprises so awesome now?"

"They have quietly conquered this battery technology that can cause an energy revolution?"

Another gray-haired expert also looked surprised, holding the paper parameters and thinking he was seeing things, even taking off his reading glasses and wiping them several times.

"These Cube Pioneer aero-engines are also very powerful. Under the condition of achieving vector propulsion, the thrust-to-weight ratio has reached 21.2! It is 1.5 times higher than our verification-stage turbofan-18."

"I remember that the thrust-to-weight ratio of the old American F119 is less than 9, which is at least two generations behind this Cube Pioneer."

"I just don't know what the extreme working conditions of this electric spray aero-engine are. If it can be adapted to our existing aero-engine system, it is estimated that our domestic weapon system can achieve an 'oil-to-electricity' strategy."

"At that time, the Nantianmen Project can also be officially launched, skipping the verification stage."

Another group of experts talked eloquently around the 21 Pioneer engines, with unconcealed joy in their eyes.

After all, the power and service life of aero-engines are very dependent on material technology and energy supply.

Although China has completed lunar sampling and brought back a pile of alloy-like meteorites formed by celestial impacts from the moon, from which high-performance metal materials were analyzed.

However, compared to the impurity-free, atomically arranged, and unusually dense elemental iron and aluminum produced by the MC system, domestically produced cutting-edge materials are still a long way behind MC materials in terms of performance.

Therefore, when these experts in various fields discovered these epoch-making electric-drive aero-engines and graphene lithium batteries on the Flying Cube, each of them was as excited as a child celebrating the New Year.

How does that sentence go?

Every part of a pig is a treasure!

What's more, it is an electric-drive manned aircraft with black technology inside and out.

Therefore, after a series of discussions and demonstrations, and a week-long test of the Flying Cube's extreme working conditions.

The expert teams, including those from Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, gave a very unified conclusion on this electric-drive manned aircraft.

That is, it is strictly forbidden for any parts and components on the Flying Cube to flow into the market, whether it is the aero-engine or the Cube Battery, and even the internal detailed layout and structure must be 100% confidential.

Even in the future, if Chen Jue wants to officially put the Flying Cube into the market for operation, it can only fly in domestic airspace for the time being.

Including each flight, a military personnel must be equipped in the cabin to escort it.

Because the field involved in this aircraft is not just as simple as civil manned or cargo transportation.

Its appearance makes up for the lack of domestic mid- and long-range delivery capabilities.

Even because of the appearance of the Flying Cube, the research and development progress of domestic large aircraft, fighter jets, and spacecraft will be greatly advanced.

Including the subsequent manned moon landing plan in 2030, it will be rewritten because of the appearance of the Flying Cube.

Chen Jue did not show too much dissatisfaction with the conclusions put forward by the expert team.

After all, these seemingly restrictive clauses are actually a different kind of protection for Cube Group and himself.

It's just that when he learned that the first Flying Cube prototype, which he had painstakingly built, was forcibly bought for a research and development fund check of 1 billion.

Then, it was confusedly sent to be dismantled, and every part on it, including the vector flight control system developed by Wang Han's team, was assigned to various departments for more in-depth research.

"Am I passively forced to make progress?" Chen Jue thought to himself, looking at the big check from ICBC in his hand, and his face suddenly couldn't hold back a bit.

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Fortunately, after the Flying Cube prototype was requisitioned by the higher authorities, Chen Jue received a lot of returns.

In addition to the 1 billion 'forced buying and selling' cash check, after the military-related departments took a fancy to the Flying Cube's transport capacity, they placed an order for 1,000 units to Cube Group in one go.

As for the domestic airworthiness certificate approval, it was almost passed with their eyes closed after receiving strong support from the military.

Even the vector flight control system developed by Wang Han's team has iterated several mature versions in a short period of time after receiving the assistance of a large team.

It also allowed Chen Jue to completely solve the commercial problem of the Flying Cube in a short period of time.

However, there must be gains and losses.

After realizing the revolutionary breakthrough of the [Cube Battery] in the energy field, relevant departments and expert teams also issued guiding commercial opinions to Cube Group.

The first point is that they hope Chen Jue can delay the external sales of (Tier 2) and (Tier 3) versions of the Cube Battery for 3 to 5 years.

After all, this thing involves energy strategic security issues.

Once it is commercialized and flows into the market, it is estimated that it will be smuggled to the research institutions of the United States, Japan, and South Korea on the first night.

At that time, just conducting reverse research and development around these graphene lithium batteries will be able to accelerate the iteration of foreign technology, which is what the higher authorities least want to see.

In addition, a large number of new energy vehicle companies and power battery companies in China rely on mature products such as ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate, as well as solid-state batteries that are about to be launched.

Chen Jue suddenly came up and threw 4 twos + a royal flush, overturning the table.

Then the industries and technical workers facing elimination would not only be trillions and millions, but would involve tens of trillions and tens of millions of jobs.

Even if Cube Group is awesome, it can't withstand such a terrifying market backlash.

So, after discussing with the expert team, Chen Jue agreed to this commercial guidance opinion, promising to only apply the (Tier 2) and (Tier 3) Cube Batteries to the Flying Cube or future confidential-level different man-made tools.

The remaining Cube Motors that are put into the civilian field will use the (Tier 1) Cube Battery as a pavement, so as to give the domestic market a buffer.

After all, just the (Tier 1) Cube Battery alone already has 1.5 to 2 times the energy capacity density of the solid-state batteries launched by various car companies currently.

It is already enough for Cube Motors to dominate the future passenger car market.