Anodiwa zvikuru Qantas ndege dzinotakura vanhu dzakasiya basa rekutengesa kupera kwevhiki ino kutanga hupenyu se Rolls-Royce kubhururuka testbed. Ndege ichashandiswa kuyedza tekinoroji yazvino neyeramangwana yejet injini inoshandura kubhururuka, kuderedza utsi uye kuseta mabhenji matsva ekubudirira.
The Boeing 747-400 - nekunyoreswa kweVH-OJU - anga achishanda neQantas kwemakore makumi maviri senhengo inodiwa zvikuru yezvikepe zveAustralia. Mukufamba kwehupenyu hwayo, OJU yakabhururuka anopfuura mamirioni makumi manomwe emakiromita, iyo yakaenzana neanenge zana ekudzoka kumwedzi. Yakashanda kunyika dzakawanda uye yakatakura 20 miriyoni vafambi, nerwendo rumwe norumwe ruchifambiswa neinjini ina Rolls-Royce RB70.
Seye testbed inobhururuka, ichave yakashongedzerwa neazvino kuyedza kugona uye kekutanga, ichaedza injini dzinopa simba zvese zvekutengesa uye zvebhizinesi ndege. Masisitimu matsva anowana data riri nani nekukurumidza kupfuura nakare kose, uye matekinoroji anozoedzwa pakakwirira uye nekukurumidza kumhanya. Flying testbeds inoshandiswa kuitisa urefu hwekuyedza uye kutarisa matekinoroji mumamiriro ekubhururuka.
Vashandi veRoll-Royce vachasarudza zita rendege, iyo yakashanda hupenyu hwayo neQantas inonzi Lord Howe Island. Ichafambiswa nechikwata chevatyairi vebvunzo dzehunyanzvi, vanosanganisa hunyanzvi hweinjiniya nemakumi emakore echiitiko vachibhururuka ndege dzekutengesa, dzemauto uye dzekuyedza.
Iyo ndege nyowani ichatsigira iyo Rolls-Royce IntelligentEngine chiono, uko injini dzakabatana, dzinoziva mamiriro uye kunyange kunzwisisa, kutanga kubva panguva yavo pane testbed.
Iyo 747 yakapedza ndege yayo yekupedzisira yekutengeserana yeQantas musi wa13 Gumiguru 2019 kubva kuSydney kuenda kuLos Angeles. Yakazobhururuka ichienda kunzvimbo yekuyedza ndege yeAeroTEC muMoses Lake, Washington State, US, uko ichaitwa shanduko yakakura yemakore maviri. AeroTEC mainjiniya uye matekiniki achashandura iyo Boeing 747-400 kubva mundege yekutengesa ine 364 zvigaro zvevatakuri kuenda kunzvimbo-ye-iyo-inobhururuka inobhururuka testbed ine yakakura chiridzwa uye masisitimu ekutora zviyero zveinjini mukubhururuka.
Kana yapera, ndege ichashanda padivi peRoll-Royce's flying testbed, Boeing 747-200, iyo yapedza 285 bvunzo ndege kusvika parizvino.
Gareth Hedicker, Rolls-Royce, Director weDevelopment and Experimental Engineering, akati: “Mambokadzi wematenga anozova chishongo mukorona yezvirongwa zvedu zvebvunzo zvepasi rose. Uku kudyara kwakakosha kunozowedzera hunyanzvi hwedu hwekuyedza inotungamira pasi rose uye kunotitendera kuwana data rekuyedza ndege kupfuura nakare kose. Pashure pokutakura mamiriyoni evafambi nendege inodiwa iyi kwemakore 20, tinofara kuisimbisa mune ramangwana.”
Chris Snook, Executive Manager weInjiniya yeQantas, akati: "Boeing 747 yanga iri nhengo yakakosha uye inodiwa zvikuru yezvikepe zveQantas kwemakore mazhinji. Takashanda dzinenge dzakasiyana siyana uye zvichisiririsa kuvaona vachienda, ma747s ari kugadzira nzira yeBoeing 787 Dreamliners. OJU anozvikudza akapfeka kangaroo inobhururuka kwemakore anopfuura makumi maviri uye tinofara kuti ane hupenyu hurefu pamberi pake kubatsira kuyedza nekutsigira kuvandudzwa kwechizvarwa chinotevera cheinjini dzendege. "
Lee Human, mutungamiri weAeroTEC uye muvambi, akati: "Chikwata cheAeroTEC chinodada nekubatana neRolls-Royce kugadzirisa, kuvaka uye kutumira iyi testbed nyowani inobhururuka. Iyi rabhoritari inofambiswa nemhepo inogonesa kusimudzira uye kupihwa chitupa cheinjini nyowani, yepamusoro-soro matekinoroji akagadzirirwa kuwedzera kushanda zvakanaka uye kuderedza kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza. Zvikwata zvedu zveinjiniya, kugadziridza, uye bvunzo muSeattle neMoses Lake zvakatooma pabasa kugadzirira kuunza chiono chaRolls-Royce kuti chive chokwadi.
Rolls-Royce arikudyara madhora makumi manomwe emamiriyoni (£70m) mukutora nekugadzirisa ndege dzeQantas. Izvi zviri kuwedzera kumari inosvika mamirioni makumi mapfumbamwe ekudyara muTestbed 56, yakakura uye ine hungwaru yakaedzwa pasirese, parizvino iri kuvakwa muDerby, UK, uye ichagadzwa muna 90.
