Masoyi da yawa Qantas Jirgin fasinja ya yi ritaya daga sabis na kasuwanci a wannan karshen mako don fara rayuwa a matsayin Rolls-Royce gadon gwajin tashi. Za a yi amfani da jirgin ne don gwada fasahar injunan jet na yanzu da kuma nan gaba wanda zai canza tashin jirgi, rage hayaki da kuma kafa sabbin ma'auni na inganci.
The Boeing 747-400 - tare da rajista na VH-OJU - ya kasance yana aiki tare da Qantas tsawon shekaru 20 a matsayin memban da ake so da yawa a cikin jirgin ruwa na ƙasa na Ostiraliya. A tsawon rayuwarta, OJU ta yi tafiyar sama da kilomita miliyan 70, wanda yayi daidai da tafiya kusan 100 ta dawowa duniyar wata. Ta yi aiki ga kasashe da dama kuma ta dauki fasinjoji miliyan 2.5, tare da kowace tafiya da injin Rolls-Royce RB211 guda hudu.
A matsayin katafaren gwajin jirgi, za a saka shi da sabbin fasahohin gwaji kuma a karon farko, za ta gwada injinan da ke sarrafa jiragen kasuwanci da na kasuwanci. Sabbin tsarin za su sami ingantattun bayanai da sauri fiye da kowane lokaci, kuma za a gwada fasahohi a mafi tsayi da sauri. Ana amfani da gadajen gwaji masu tashi don gudanar da gwajin tsayi da lura da fasaha a yanayin jirgin.
Ma'aikatan Rolls-Royce za su zabi sunan jirgin, wanda ya yi aiki tare da Qantas mai suna Lord Howe Island. Ma'aikatan ƙwararrun matukin jirgi na gwaji ne za su yi jigilar shi, waɗanda suka haɗu da ƙwarewar injiniya tare da gogewar shekarun da suka gabata na kasuwanci, soja da na gwaji.
Sabon jirgin zai goyi bayan hangen nesa na Rolls-Royce IntelligentEngine, inda aka haɗa injunan, sanin mahallin kuma har ma da fahimta, farawa daga lokacin su akan gwajin gwaji.
Jirgin na 747 ya kammala jigilar kasuwancin sa na ƙarshe na Qantas a ranar 13 ga Oktoba 2019 daga Sydney zuwa Los Angeles. Daga nan sai ta tashi zuwa cibiyar gwajin jirgin AeroTEC da ke Moses Lake, Jihar Washington, Amurka, inda za ta yi wani gagarumin sauyi na tsawon shekaru biyu. Injiniyoyin AeroTEC da masu fasaha za su canza Boeing 747-400 daga jirgin kasuwanci mai kujerun fasinja 364 zuwa wani na'urar gwajin jirgi na zamani mai dauke da manyan kayan aiki da na'urori don daukar ingantattun ma'auni na aikin injin a cikin jirgin.
Idan aka kammala, jirgin zai yi aiki tare da na'urar gwajin gwaji na Rolls-Royce, Boeing 747-200, wanda ya kammala jigilar gwaji 285 zuwa yau.
Gareth Hedicker, Rolls-Royce, Daraktan Ci gaba da Injiniya na Gwaji, ya ce: “Sarauniyar sararin samaniya za ta zama abin ado a cikin kambi na shirye-shiryen gwajin mu na duniya. Wannan babban jari ne wanda zai faɗaɗa ƙarfin gwajin mu na kan gaba kuma zai ba mu damar samun ƙarin bayanan gwajin jirgin sama fiye da kowane lokaci. Bayan jigilar miliyoyin fasinjoji a kan wannan jirgin sama mai ƙauna na tsawon shekaru 20, muna farin cikin samar da wutar lantarki a nan gaba."
Chris Snook, Babban Manajan Injiniya na Qantas, ya ce: “Boeing 747 ya kasance memba mai mahimmanci kuma abin da ake so a cikin jirgin na Qantas shekaru da yawa. Mun gudanar da kusan kowane bambance-bambancen kuma yayin da yake bakin ciki ganin sun tafi, 747s suna yin hanya don Boeing 787 Dreamliner. OJU ta yi alfahari da sanya kangaroo mai tashi sama da shekaru 20 kuma muna farin cikin cewa tana da tsawon rai a gabanta don taimakawa wajen gwadawa da tallafawa haɓaka injinan jiragen sama na gaba.”
Lee Human, shugaban AeroTEC kuma wanda ya kafa, ya ce: “Kungiyar AeroTEC tana alfahari da haɗin gwiwa tare da Rolls-Royce don gyara, ginawa da ƙaddamar da wannan sabon wurin gwajin tashi. Wannan dakin gwaje-gwajen iska zai ba da damar haɓakawa da takaddun shaida na sabbin fasahohin injunan ci gaba waɗanda aka ƙera don haɓaka inganci da rage tasirin muhalli. Injiniyoyin mu, gyare-gyare, da ƙungiyoyin gwaji a Seattle da Moses Lake sun riga sun yi aiki tuƙuru a shirye don kawo hangen nesa na Rolls-Royce ga gaskiya. "
Rolls-Royce na zuba jarin dala miliyan 70 (£56m) wajen saye da kuma gyara jiragen Qantas. Wannan baya ga zuba jarin fam miliyan 90 a Testbed 80, mafi girma kuma mafi fasahan gwajin gwaji a duniya, wanda a halin yanzu ake gina shi a Derby, UK, kuma za a fara aiki a shekarar 2020.
