The weather was getting hotter and hotter.
Winter was sometimes very cold, but as long as one wore a few layers of clothes, there would always be a time when it was warm.
Summer was a real torture. Even if one did not wear clothes, it would still be hot. The kind of heat that was everywhere, even the wind was hot. Not only would it not feel cool, but it would also make people feel hotter.
Even on the busiest streets of Bupain, the flow of people had dropped significantly. People were afraid of the heat.
Lynch thought of the summer in Najalil. The summer temperature there was a little higher than the temperature in the Federation, but it did not make people feel hot.
The hot waves in the shade of the swaying trees became cool, and the chill that blew on people's bodies seeped into their hearts.
Sitting on a rattan chair, enjoying the wind, and watching the Najalil people sweating on the construction site in the hot summer, there was nothing more enjoyable than this.
When Lynch entered the institute, a group of staff was adjusting some machine.
"What are they doing?"
Lynch asked casually.
The institute director who was in charge of greeting him immediately explained, "They are installing a thermostat. This thing can keep the space temperature in the institute within a stable threshold range."
"Some materials that are more sensitive to temperature changes need to be tested in different environments, so we purchased a set. They said it's central … something."
The director could not remember the word clearly, and he did not care much about it in this regard.
In fact, it's a central air conditioner. Lynch nodded.
In fact, his understanding was slightly wrong. This thing was not as simple as a central air conditioner. It could reduce the temperature of some rooms to close to zero, which was difficult for current air conditioners to do.
Sometimes, a breakthrough in a cutting-edge technology could lead to a series of breakthroughs in other related technologies. For the current Federation, it was about to enter a period of technological explosion. As long as those people had creative ideas that could convince others, it wouldn't be difficult for them to get investments from the rich.
This research institute was bought by Lynch for a small sum of money. The research institute itself was not worth much, and neither was the land. It became Lynch's property for less than 300,000 yuan. Of course, there was no information or research staff in it. There were only some precision research instruments that were not outdated, but were not the most advanced either.
This research institute was currently assigned to "Blackstone Industries". Blackstone Industries was not a management company in the ordinary sense. In fact, it did not produce anything by itself, not now, not in the future.
This was an institution that specialized in research. Lynch had invested a lot of money in it and hired some real scientists and a small number of civilian scientists. Its value was to provide various ways to realize people's interesting ideas.
These methods would be registered as patents and then licensed to Blackstone Manufacturing and some other companies that Lynch had shares in to produce.
For example, the aircraft company that was joined by the relatives of many congressmen and military representatives would get the authorization to produce something.
It was impossible for Lynch to place too much importance on this kind of company that was obviously profit-oriented, let alone assign some important work to it.
A company that was full of loopholes could not preserve anything at all.
After the two went through the static removal process, they officially stepped into the interior of the research institute.
"Mr. Lynch, we have already started to design some of the aircraft engine ideas you provided before …" The director took the initiative to open a door for Lynch, and the two entered the interior of the research institute.
The security force of the entire research institute came from Blackstone Security. They were all family, so they felt safe using it.
Many researchers knew Lynch, but they obviously had no intention of coming over to greet Lynch. Instead, they were seriously doing various calculations and experiments.
Lynch promised that if they could come up with the first special aircraft engine before January 1st next year, at least 3% and no more than 10% of the profits from the first generation of aircraft engines would be given to all the researchers as a reward.
It did not seem like a lot. Perhaps the licensing fee for the production of an engine was only tens of thousands of yuan, but the number of this thing was definitely not small.
Regardless of whether it was purchased by military or civilian enthusiasts, the researchers in the research institute believed that it would not be a problem to sell thousands of units within the lifetime of the engine. Then, the 3% dividend generated from the licensing fee alone would be as high as hundreds of thousands or even more.
As long as the engine was not completely discontinued, the researchers in the research institute would continue to benefit from it.
In this period of economic downturn, it was rare to have such benefits. Everyone was working very hard to design the engine.
The director of the research institute was not a person who engaged in high-end research. He was an engineer in the laboratory of a heavy industry group, mainly responsible for the design of high-horsepower engines and some construction machinery.
This job was relatively boring and lacked a bit of passion. It was not until Lynch asked him to change his job that he was reignited with a new passion.
Flying would always be one of the most romantic fantasies in the human bones. Everyone had the freedom to yearn for the sky, and the director was no exception. Therefore, when someone found him and told him that Lynch wanted to invite him to research the aircraft engine, he immediately agreed.
He was not the only one who came. He also poached some people he knew in the industry who were willing to change jobs. Of course, this was also related to the price Lynch offered.
Lynch was very enthusiastic. He was enthusiastic, and so was the money. Enthusiasm was often the most difficult thing to refuse.
"According to some of the ideas you provided, we have actually completed the preliminary design …" Lynch did not say a word along the way. The director was a little nervous. The research institute had been established for three months now.
If there was no progress at all in three months, he would feel a little embarrassed. He walked to the innermost part of the research institute. There were many plywood inside, and on it were drafts of various drawings and formulas.
The director found a piece, pushed it out, and showed it to Lynch.
"After some research and discussion, we have theoretically pushed the horsepower of our first-generation engine to more than 100 horsepower. Our aircraft designer has designed a very beautiful appearance for it …"
The director proudly patted the draft of the aircraft behind him. This appearance was designed by those civilian scientists.
In this period of time, academic scientists and civilian scientists did not form a rigid mutual contempt for each other. Both sides cooperated well.
It was a biplane that was similar to Lynch's impression. The propeller was in the front, and the structure was simple and effective. In fact, many civilian scientists now designed aircraft like this.
"Why is it a pair of wings …" Lynch asked a "small question", but it was obvious that this small question was not so easy to answer.
The director stuttered for a while, and after apologizing, he found the designer. It was a civilian aircraft scientist who was personally invited by Lynch.
Lynch had seen his performance. The aircraft took off smoothly and then crashed. It was very impressive.
After this guy came, Lynch asked his question again. The civilian scientist's answer was "stable".
"Mr. Lynch, the biggest problem we face in the air is stability and firmness. The design of the wings is to take care of this. We don't need to worry about it suddenly disintegrating, and we don't need to worry about the wings breaking when we do a lift."
"The new engine will give it more power. When we do some movements, we first have to consider whether our wings will allow us to do so …"
This civilian scientist was obviously a practitioner. He was said to have no flying experience of a smooth landing. His experience was actually more valuable than the formulas written by the researchers in the institute.
This was precisely the reason why Lin Qi wanted to recruit some civilian scientists with rich flying experience into the research institute after recruiting a group of academic scientists.
Practice was always more meaningful than writing on paper. Their experience came from failure, not from simulation. These experiences were more valuable.
The civilian aircraft scientists who could survive and be active for a long time in this period of time had definitely escaped from various desperate situations.
Those civilian scientists who were not capable enough and did not have enough brain power had already died in the last flight accident.
He kept describing his views. In fact, in the end, it was difficult for the current materials to support high-horsepower aircraft to do some complicated movements in the air.
In other words, the current engine of the institute had theoretically surpassed all previous engines. The design of the aircraft must accommodate the engine, not the engine to accommodate the aircraft.
"How long can it fly, and how far can it fly?"
"We currently have three designs …"
"The first one is a single-pilot, cutting out all unnecessary equipment. In theory, it can fly about 500 kilometers."
"The second one can carry two people, and the flying distance is about 300 kilometers."
"The third one can carry a pilot and six 105-mm howitzer shells, and the flying distance is about 150 kilometers."
When these data were presented, whether it was the director or the civilian scientists, they were very proud. If this kind of data was presented to the public, it would definitely explode the entire industry.
They even designed an attack system in advance, directly dropping shells from a high altitude!
Before this, some aircraft also considered attacking, but their approach was obviously meaningless. For example, using pistols, rifles, machine guns, and so on on the plane didn't have much value.
Pistols and rifles could not hit people on the ground at all. Machine guns could, but they needed to fly low.
As everyone knew, the biggest problem with aircraft was that they could not be pulled up after a fast dive. They often hit the ground, so using machine guns as an attack method was obviously not possible.
As for throwing grenades …
If the aircraft flew too high, the grenade would explode in the air. If it flew too low, it was easy to be hit by machine guns. Plus, landing was difficult, so until now, aircraft had not completely entered the field of vision of the military.
As long as it could not form an effective combat force, no one was willing to over-research it. It was better to let the civilian scientists continue to do it, and the military and some companies would give them a little money from time to time.
It would be best if they could produce results, but if they couldn't, there was not much loss.