Chapter 105: Is it fitting to equip water molecules with a shock burst engine?

Although the propulsion technology given by the system is quite complex, for Li Mingyang to want to fully understand it all is not something that can be done in a short time.

But researching each individual technology separately and wanting to apply it to real life is not that complicated.

Moreover, there's no need to directly produce a shock burst engine of that level as a system reward in one go; truly good things must be grasped in one's own hands.

Moreover, if one achieves everything at once and later cannot innovate, wouldn't that instantly show that one's talent has run dry?

Of course, these are just details; the most crucial point is that even if Li Mingyang had the heart to directly take out all the technologies, time does not allow it.

Moreover, there's no need for that; although the shock burst engine is good, it may not be suitable for all aircraft.

Take the bomber, for example; when it was first designed, it did not belong to the category of ultra-high maneuverability aircraft.

From the airframe's posture design to the materials used and so on, if we truly installed a genuine shock burst engine on our water molecule bomber,

by the time it might not even have reached the target airspace, our water molecule could disintegrate directly due to the engine's immense power, which is not impossible.

"I feel something's not right—where exactly did the problem occur? How come I feel that the alloy I made is at most a semi-finished product?"

"Or perhaps it's a defective product? The data simply hasn't reached the level specified in the technology."

"It hasn't even reached 70% of the required data, yet it's still far better than the alloys currently available on the market."

Originally, Li Mingyang was quite excited about his first result after putting in so much effort, but as he kept testing it in the mental lab,

Li Mingyang quickly discovered the issue; although this thing's performance in all aspects is quite good, at least it's far superior to the other samples he had seen in the research base.

But compared to the true alloy technology inside the shock burst engine, this thing falls short by far more than a little bit.

In materials science, a mere 1% difference can often decide many things, let alone this being a difference of over thirty percent.

A 30% performance gap for such top-tier alloy material means there are even several generations of difference; it basically doesn't seem like a product of the same era.

However, Li Mingyang is now caught in a dilemma; on one hand, if he could produce the most perfect alloy material, that would naturally be best.

But for now, in a short while, Li Mingyang also can't figure out where exactly his research went wrong.

The material he produced differs from his ideal perfect state by this much.

But on the other hand, even just the current level already exceeds the research base's top alloy samples by more than half.

In other words, merely his own batch of defective alloy might already be able to solve the engine's most difficult material problem.

So Li Mingyang is now torn between continuing to strive or just making do with the defective alloy he produced.

Although having a better alloy would certainly be better, as previously said, actually our water molecule bomber does not have such high performance demands for its engine.

It's even less likely to directly use shock burst engine technology; in fact, merely using the defective alloy he just produced might be sufficient.

The engine he builds will absolutely be world-leading, at least leaving the so-called B2 bomber of the other side of the ocean behind by a notch!

After all, in this era, many military-industrial data fabrications from across the ocean are no longer fresh news.

For example, their previously famous F22's lift coefficient is nowhere near the exaggerated level they claimed.

It was directly surpassed by our J-20, which we view as a catch-up effort, and as for their B2 bomber, this thing is already an old antique that has been in service for decades.

Li Mingyang has full confidence; as long as he has the support of his alloy material, let alone that old antique B2.

Even if the other side directly launches a brand-new bomber now, in terms of engine it should still not be comparable to our water molecule's.

After all, how to put it? Our country's engine level has already reached world-leading status.

As for the water molecule bomber's engine, the reason it has long been unable to be finalized is that we want to have something better.

We want our water molecule bomber to, upon appearance, stand alone in the bomber field and become the benchmark for a new generation of bombers.

That's why the current research progress has fallen into such a difficult situation; and now, Li Mingyang's new alloy material already exists in the base as something that existing materials cannot catch up to.

This amounts to taking another big step forward on top of the original world-leading foundation; how could Li Mingyang not be full of confidence? His confidence is just about to burst through the roof.

After hesitating for less than three minutes, Li Mingyang has already made up his mind:

"Just happily decide this way, directly take this alloy material and hand it in."

"Anyway, this thing is absolutely sufficient for our current water molecule bomber, and even has a bit of surplus to spare."

"And with this new alloy material, the currently stalled engineering will be able to move forward again, thus bringing me more learning opportunities."

"Even as time goes on, relying solely on this existing defective material, I could also possibly research a castrated version of the shock burst engine."

"Although it certainly can't compare to the genuine proper engine, it might also be possible to further improve performance by one notch on the basis of the existing engine."

"Although installing it on a sixth-generation aircraft might likely be somewhat strained, at least equipping it on our water molecule bomber…… is quite suitable."

In his self-talk, the brightness in Li Mingyang's eyes grew a few degrees brighter; the more he thought, the more he felt his idea was quite reasonable.

My biggest goal in coming here this time is to learn; moreover, even if I produce the best, saying I can produce a genuine shock burst engine.

But I'm just a greenhorn newcomer; how many people would be willing to believe me?

Even if my own teacher stands behind me giving strong support, I estimate my goal would also be hard to push forward.

It would be better to rely on the alloy at hand to first display a wave of my strength, raise my status, so that in later projects I can occupy more leadership.

Moreover, after the water molecule bomber is completed, there's still the development of the sixth-generation aircraft; Li Mingyang hasn't forgotten that these things all tend to appear in clusters.

Since the water molecule has now reached a critical moment, it's likely that the sixth-generation aircraft has already been put on the schedule.