章節 130: Chapter 126 Annual Settlement_1

On the runway, an ARJ21 passenger jet with engines a size larger than the original configuration fired up, executing a beautiful taxi before swiftly ascending, ascending at a speed far exceeding that of regular passenger planes.

After purchasing the business jet, the two single engines with 9 tons of thrust were replaced with XW-10 engines, each boasting 15 tons of thrust, while its empty weight was only 24.9 tons, with a maximum takeoff weight of 40 tons.

As a business jet, it definitely wasn't going to be filled to its designed 90-seat capacity; typically, it would carry no more than 10 passengers, not exceeding 30 tons in weight. In other words, as a passenger jet, its thrust-to-weight ratio astonishingly exceeded 1...

Not only had this ARJ21's engines been swapped out, but its flight control had also entirely been switched to the SC09 automatic system, making atmospheric flight far too easy for it, even more reliable than the average commercial pilot.