"Yes, yes, yes, we'll definitely catch up!" Professor Zhao, a man in his sixties, was like a child, both cheeks flushed bright red.
"The most crucial thing now is to complete all kinds of testing, especially the safety testing of the complete engine and so on. My goal isn't to research engines—I want to design fighter jets," Jiang Yan Hai said seriously.
"Hahahaha! Good! Kid, don't worry! With an engine like yours, I'm not exaggerating when I say that even if your fighter jet's aerodynamic layout doesn't pass muster, it'll still force the thing into the sky! And it could even become a fighter jet with pretty decent overall performance!"
Professor Zhao said with a hearty laugh.
"Still, it has to pass muster," Jiang Yan Hai said with a laugh. That was true enough—if the thrust was strong enough, any shape could be sent into the sky.
"Fine, don't worry. We'll start testing it right away," Professor Zhao said with a smile.
Over the next while, Jiang Yan Hai got to see what these researchers looked like when they threw themselves into their work. They were far more hardcore than programmers pulling all-nighters to grind out code.
This was a private research institute, after all, so the engine tests did not have to follow the usual procedures. They could directly begin complete-engine testing, and once the second unit was finished, they could start destructive test runs and the like.
Long-duration complete-engine test runs did not merely test the engine's lifespan. The performance of its components and everything else had to be tested as well.
For example, current domestic Fighter Jet Engines generally required a specialized inspection every fifty to one hundred hours or so, checking the performance of vulnerable parts, load-bearing components, oil filters, oil pumps, and so on.
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