Chapter 926: Brick Flying

Since he chose to trust Han Ziyin, Zhou Rui really didn't make any more comments on the follow-up of the "Liu Yao" material, and gave Han Ziyin some time to sort out the research direction by herself.

He just made some small devices based on his own interests.

A black box the size of a lighter.

There is a piece of "Liu Yao material" the size of a fingernail and a battery in it, which can generate an "electromagnetic shielding force field" with a diameter of about five meters after being activated.

The best thing is that this thing can really be used as an "electric lighter".

With a "pop", Zhou Rui swung his hand, and the small black box made a crisp sound. The classic kerosene lighter shape is particularly textured.

A small accessory for showing off +1!

Zhou Rui gave it to Xiao Huashao and asked him to hide it in his body at ordinary times.

It's not a back-up, just a small gadget made casually.

After that, he took a few more samples and brought them back to the Wanhu base. Maybe he would have other wonderful ideas.

Yes, the three-day vacation passed in a flash.

Zhou Rui didn't rest for a day.

In comparison, the other people in the "Xingtian Fighter" project had a great time.

Those who were closer had played in Shanghai for two days, and those who were farther away had already experienced the profound food of Hangzhou.

But when Zhou Rui asked later, everyone seemed to have lost their memory, and no one knew.

Zhou Rui: "Didn't you eat the vinegar fish?"

Wang De: "Oh, yes, yes, I remember! That fish died with its eyes wide open! I wanted to pour it into the West Lake to 'rest in peace', but they wouldn't let me, saying it would pollute the environment!"

By the way, there were also people from Kaiming Intelligence who went to Hangzhou to play, and they brought back news to Zhou Rui. They went to the vicinity of the G20 main venue, and the intelligent transformation work there was already in place.

This urgent and arduous task was finally successfully conquered by Kaiming Intelligence.

Speaking of the second half of the year, there is the G20 and the Rio Olympics, two things that are destined to attract global attention are actually piled together.

With a high-quality holiday, most people in the project team can devote themselves to their work, and the three-day buffer also allows Qiu Lixun's "power group" to find their own rhythm.

The problem of insufficient adjustment ability of the "sub-combustion/scramjet dual-mode ramjet engine" in the low-speed period was successfully solved.

Qiu Lixun personally took charge of the project, strengthened the engine's vector control ability, and replaced more sensitive components, which can support the "Xingtian fighter" to make complex maneuvers at low speeds.

Of course, this low speed is relative. For ramjet engines, 5 Mach is considered low speed.

From this, we can see to what extent the hard indicators of unmanned fighters can crush manned fighters.

Especially with the combination of "mechanical intelligence", the operating level shown is not much inferior.

After Zhou Rui looked at Qiu Lixun's new plan, he made a few suggestions and passed the review.

The power group is no longer a drag, and has a full and enjoyable vacation. The Xingtian project team has entered the high-speed stage again.

In the following week, the "Xingtian prototype" is the same every day.

Zhou Rui, who has experienced many aviation and aerospace developments, has to admit that the difficulty of developing drones is much easier than that of manned aircraft, especially with mechanical intelligence.

With sufficient level and progress, Zhou Rui selected the slowest group C, experimentally equipped with "Liu Yao" materials as a stealth solution, and personally guided it.

The three groups of prototypes, ABC, were carried out alternately. Although there were three prototypes with different technical details being built simultaneously, the personnel were not just guarding their own little piece of land.

The fastest progress was group B led by Che Gan, whose level in "mechanical intelligent internal networking" had reached the top. Not only did his group complete its work very quickly, but it could also drive the progress of the other two groups.

As an engineer that Zhou Rui valued, except for being a little bit stupid, a little bit silly, a little bit witty in clothing, a little bit bad in emotional problems, and a little bit fat, he never let him down.

Several other core players also performed well, and even Shan Chunyuan diverged his thinking and studied something else.

"Mr. Zhou, I have something I want to discuss with you. Can you come to the 'mimicry room'?"

On the square tower, Zhou Rui was looking down at the prototype under his feet, and suddenly received a call from Shan Chunyuan.

The so-called "mimicry room" is to facilitate engineers to quickly visualize their ideas. Each factory is equipped with a special space where ordinary engineers can also mobilize intelligent units to simulate different mechanisms.

Zhou Rui thought about it, stomped his feet, and the square tower seemed to retract its neck and return to its original state of being short and stout.

"Come to me directly, I can also mimic here."

About five minutes later, Shan Chunyuan came up with a USB flash drive.

Under Zhou Rui's control again, the square short tower completely flattened and became a half-meter thick platform with an area several times larger. Shan Chunyuan climbed up directly.

Shan Chunyuan plugged the USB flash drive into the computer on Zhou Rui's command desk and fiddled with it for a while. On the platform composed of intelligent units, a one-meter-high mimicry structure rose.

It was like a rocket launch steel frame.

Shan Chunyuan's idea was simple: since this "Xingtian fighter" was flying in orbit, similar to the principle of missiles, and even equipped with rocket engines.

Why don't I just take off vertically?

Shan Chunyuan said that I was familiar with this skill! Isn't it just a mini rocket?

He thought hard and designed a pocket launch tower, which was only about 13 meters high, just enough to hold a "Xingtian fighter" vertically.

He called it: Xingtian fighter vertical mode launcher.

Referred to as "Xingtian Rack"!

The drone does not need to consider the driver, it can be kept vertically, and it can "enter orbit" faster and does not need a runway.

But the problem that comes with it is premature consumption of more precious rocket fuel.

Zhou Rui looked at the "Xingtian Frame" simulated by Shan Chunyuan and frowned: "It does have certain advantages. The area is indeed much smaller. Dozens of aircraft can be launched from one playground without using the air lift of the wings. , it consumes too much fuel.”

Fuel is easy to find on the ground, but once it is sent to orbit, fuel becomes expensive, especially rocket fuel.

Zhou Rui quickly calculated the thrust-to-weight ratio in his mind, and came to the conclusion that if he lifts off vertically in this "powerful brick flying" method, he is afraid that the rocket fuel will be completely empty after entering orbit, and it will all be replenished by the "Lingxiao Platform" .

Shan Chunyuan patted his chest: "Isn't this simple? Wouldn't it be better to hang a staged rocket? Just throw it away after liftoff."

Zhou Rui shook his head: "Isn't this the same as the space shuttle? As the complexity of the system increases, the stability will decrease. Moreover, what we want are 'cheap' consumables. Regardless of the cost or maintenance, we must do our best." Save time. Your launcher also needs maintenance."

This often happens in the design process. Due to some additional requirements, the original intention is deviated. A little bit is added to this, a bit is added to that, and in the end it becomes useless.

Shan Chunyuan was a little unwilling. He rarely had the opportunity to independently invent certain equipment. More often, he focused on overall planning. He was very concerned about this "Xingtian Rack".

"Mr. Zhou, the three groups you said yourself verified each other and learned from each other's strengths!"

Zhou Ruixin said, I let you verify each other, but I didn’t let you do evil things.

But seeing Shan Chunyuan's expectant eyes, he finally said: "Well, at least in some special circumstances, it is indeed useful. You can try it and use it as a technical reserve."

When developing a new thing, you need to explore all kinds of approaches. You are not afraid of having too many ideas, but you are afraid of running out of ideas.

Zhou Rui added: "A little suggestion, it is best to have a controllable angle of the launcher, so that you can borrow some lift from the wings, and you can refer to the 'electromagnetic ejection' technology. I heard that our family has made a breakthrough in this area recently. Maybe it works."

"Your rank is high enough. You can apply for it yourself and see if it's reliable."

Shan Chunyuan's eyes lit up: "It makes sense!"

Shan Chunyuan left happily, and Zhou Rui added:

"Don't delay the main progress. The debugging and verification phase will begin next week, and the test flight verification will follow next week."

Shan Chunyuan: "Uh, can you use my rack?"

"cannot!"

Accelerate!