1885 Prepare to Dive (Part 2)

The working environment is so good, if you don't work hard, you will feel sorry for the boss, so all the staff who came out this time are very responsible. This includes the assistant brought by James and Chu Fei's assistant.

The weather has been fine these days, with calm seas, and the Dragon Palace has arrived near the North Pole ahead of schedule, as has the icebreaker, so after Guo Tailai and the others boarded the ship by helicopter, they arrived at the North Pole where they were expected to dive within a few hours.

In summer, there is no difference between day and night at the North Pole, only day, which is the extreme day of the North Pole.

Because of the rush all the way, James took the time to rest for a few hours after boarding the boat before starting to prepare for the dive.

"Holy shit! Why is it so big?" James exclaimed when he saw the submersible.

He rested as soon as he boarded the boat, and James didn't take a closer look at what the deep submersible looked like. Although Guo Tailai's deep submersible is not a secret to the high-level officials of several countries, it is still a commercial secret to ordinary people, even people at the level of James, who don't even know what it looks like. Even James only knew that Guo Tailai designed it and Guo Tailai built it, but he didn't know that the deep submersible built by Guo Tailai was so big.

"Is it big? Not big!" Guo Tai looked at the deep submersible, then at James, and couldn't help explaining: "According to my original idea, the pressure hull should be at least four meters in diameter, because temporarily The technology is not up to the mark, so we can only achieve a diameter of 3.6 meters."

"The diameter of 3.6 meters is not too big?" James was about to smile wryly at Guo Tailai's words: "I contacted a deep submersible design company before, and you know the diameter of the pressure hull of the deep submersible that they initially designed for me. How big is it? It’s less than one meter one, and if I want to ride, I have to squat in it. You..."

"Abyss!" Guo Tailai told James the name of the submersible. This name was also given by Guo Tailai. Anyway, he is the boss and pays the most money. No one has any objections.

"The diameter of the pressure hull of your Abyss submersible is 3.6 meters. I can even support a bed in it to sleep. Isn't it big enough?" James was pleasantly surprised. A normal person asked him to choose to squat in a small sphere Eight or nine hours in the room and eight or nine hours in a single room, no one knows which option is better. What's more, the bigger the Abyss, the bigger the payload it can carry, and the more likely it is that James wants to bring the big and heavy 3DMAX camera up.

"Okay!" Guo Tailai could only nod: "Temporarily speaking, it should be the largest known deep submersible."

I didn't pay attention before, but now I realize that this thing accidentally created another world record.

"How about the safety performance?" James asked again. It's not that he doesn't trust Guo Tailai, but that the Abyss will take him and Guo Tailai into the dive. Of course, the safer the better, you have to ask to feel at ease.

"The pressure-resistant shell is made of homogeneous titanium alloy with a thickness of 150 millimeters, and several observation windows are made of very high-strength transparent materials." Guo Tailai didn't mind James' inquiry, and explained very seriously: "In theory, it is possible There is no problem in diving to a depth of 13,000 meters, and now the Abyss has dived to 4,000 meters for testing, and ultrasonic and X-ray inspections have not found any cracks or damage, which is very safe."

"The payload of this Abyss has reached one ton. Besides our weight, it can also carry hundreds of kilograms of equipment." Guo Tailai went on to explain: "The space is large enough, so we can stay comfortably and observe the surrounding area. There are enough holes, and the lighting system is also very good, allowing us to enjoy the seabed scenery very well. The life support system is enough for us to consume more than 100 hours, and the escape system is also quite good, it can go from a depth of 10,000 meters in a short time. Take us up to the surface quickly, and the pressurization system will automatically work to save us from decompression sickness. In short, it is very safe!"

"What about the communication?" James asked again.

"Currently the latest underwater acoustic communication technology." Guo Tailai said with a smile: "It can guarantee that we can maintain communication with a delay of less than five seconds between the 4,000-meter underwater and the surface. Of course, to be on the safe side, every 500 meters, we can release a Underwater communication repeater, suspended in seawater, ensures worry-free communication.”

Of course, James couldn’t know about the new underwater acoustic communication technology. What Guo Tai said was just a conventional method, and those in the design company only knew so much. However, in an inconspicuous place on the Abyss, the latest domestically developed underwater acoustic communicator test product is installed, with high bandwidth and high image quality, and it happens to use the Abyss to conduct tests at different depths.

All the crew members of the Dragon Palace, including the captain, are excellent soldiers retired from the navy. It is too simple and inconspicuous to have a few more secret testers among them. Anyway, in the previous test, everything went well.

After learning about the performance of the Abyss in detail, James began to install the shooting equipment with his assistant. I didn't know the true performance of the Abyss before, so I brought ordinary photography equipment. The next time I dive to the Mariana Trench, I can bring a 3D camera.

The spherical pressure-resistant shell with a diameter of 3.6 meters has an internal space of nearly ten square meters. It is more than enough for two people and a driver, and the space is plentiful. You know, in the future dream, the Jiaolong, which has an inner diameter of two meters and one meter, can accommodate three people, and the Abyss is obviously more relaxed.

This time, there will be an experienced driver in charge of driving. When we actually dive into the Mariana Trench, there will only be two people. At that time, Guo Tailai will be in charge of driving, and James will be in charge of filming.

The large space is really comfortable. Guo Tailai even installed two first-class seats inside the plane. Originally, the driver’s seat was intended to be the same, but all the designers objected, so he replaced it with a very comfortable driver’s seat. chair. Large seats for two passengers, if they want, they can even fold the seats down to become two beds, and lie on them comfortably. Rotate to different left and right observation windows at any time to watch the outside scene, and there is still room left to install photographic equipment without being affected at all, more than enough.

When all kinds of media were looking for Mr. T's whereabouts all over the world, the Abyss had already posted Phee brand advertisements inside and outside, and was ready to start diving.

Of course, there was a very grand ceremony for the dive to the North Pole this time. The international star Phoenix acted as the host of the ceremony. Under the shooting of the camera, he introduced the Dragon Palace and the The structure of the Abyss, after all the preparatory activities were done, the Abyss was hoisted by the large crane on the deck of the Dragon Palace and released to the surface of the sea, ready to dive.

Of course, James was in charge of filming the interior. After the system self-check and communication test before the dive, amidst the worries and expectations of everyone, the Abyss slowly dived into the water surface of the Arctic Ocean.