Everyone was curious about the question Jiang Yan Hai had raised. His way of thinking differed from theirs, and there were many things they had never considered before he brought them up.
"What kind of design?" Professor Liu, Professor Hu, and several other fighter aircraft design experts were all curious.
Although the Phantom had been designed by Jiang Yan Hai, his own duties were demanding, so the professors handled the routine improvements to its smaller details and minor issues.
Of course, they were constantly learning while improving the Phantom, and they all understood that clearly.
To say nothing else, many of the Phantom's designs had never even occurred to them before.
Now that development on the next generation of the Phantom had begun, they had come with the attitude of learning.
Although they were from Jiang Yan Hai's uncles' generation, or even his grandfathers' generation, they truly had shortcomings when it came to design.
"It's like this. You've all seen the properties of this new material. It withstands high temperatures, resists thermal expansion, and can actively absorb radar waves, much like existing Composite Materials. The crucial part is its other properties."
"When these properties are combined, the material becomes highly versatile. That gave me an idea: the Phantom's speed is no longer limited by its engines, but by its materials."
"So, have you considered that if its entire outer shell were made from this material, we could integrate thermoelectric power generation and thermoelectric cooling into its interior?" Jiang Yan Hai laid out his idea.
Thermoelectric power generation... Everyone was stunned for a moment. Generally speaking, that had nothing to do with fighter aircraft.
Did fighter aircraft need electricity? Of course they did. Starting the engines required electricity, for example. Some earlier fighter designs could not even start their engines independently