Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 672 Four-axis UAV

At noon, Lu Huaiyang was waiting directly at the gate of Xiamafang. As he walked, he said: "You want a four-axis drone? It is indeed Zhongguo's technical reserve."

"So there are reserves?"

"We will pick some key points to prepare. For example, the meson circulation generator."

"You seem to have picked something strange."

"Ah, yes." Lu Huaiyang suddenly stopped, "I heard later that this is actually your cartoon, right? Then the four-axis drone can't also be a cartoon, right?"

"This is real."

"That's fine. I thought it was another 'we're all set, you tell me it's a cartoon.'"

"By the way, did you have any technical difficulties during preparation?"

"The difficulty lies in intelligent control. It's so easy to make an airplane fly. Middle school students can make model airplanes that are watered and glued. But this thing has four propellers. I can't even imagine how to use a remote control for this thing. To control.”

“So it’s only as big as a model airplane?”

For Lu Huaiyang, this part was more bizarre.

"How is that possible?" Lu Huaiyang shook his head, "This is even more powerful. I think Shangluo you haven't noticed some things on our side until now: We don't think bigger is more powerful, but smaller is more powerful. . A plane as big as the Ninghe, of course, can use various means to assist flight. And you can integrate the flight function into a palm-sized place, this is simply a magic weapon! Zhongguo's technology is really terrifying."

"Ah, yes, there are no large-scale integrated circuits here."

"..." Shangluo replied, "I knew you must have missed something. But the performance you saw is real. The four-axis drone is really useful and can do many things. But it is as big as a model aircraft. I’m afraid the size may disappoint you a little.”

"I remember that the planes on the Ninghe were shaking like that. Couldn't the pilot still control it?"

"Plane? It's not a model aircraft. It must be at least as big as an airplane, right? Huh? The size you are pointing at is..."

"That's why I said it's a remote control. The Ninghe's joystick is driven by a steel cable. When the pilot holds the joystick, he can know the situation of the aircraft just like diagnosing the pulse with a suspension wire. But those four propellers are really hard to figure out. How to manipulate."

Shangluo nodded: "The ones as big as a palm or the size of a brick are the size of a four-axis drone after folding. Of course, there are also larger ones, such as the size of a suitcase."

"This. This is gone."

"Um, wait a minute." Shangluo suddenly discovered a question, "How big do you think the four-axis drone must be?"

"Then if you are so good at building small planes, you must be able to build a very large quadcopter too!"

"Eh? Why?" Lu Huaiyang asked.

"Because our place is not like here, where as long as it is theoretically possible, you can use magic to push it up. Where we have to step on every step to land, and as a consumer product, we have to consider economic benefits and so on - the four-axis The drone is an industrial product that is a compromise after considering a lot of circumstances. It is not a technological wonder like the Ninghe."

"Well" Lu Huaiyang paused, "Well, it seems that we are still far away from Zhongguo's technology. Because the four-axis drone you saw today is a bit big." "This is too big. Bar!"

At the foot of the mountain not far from the prison, the hangar door slowly opened - what appeared in front of Shangluo was a helicopter four times the size that occupied the entire hangar! Each rotor is as big as a real helicopter. The huge fuselage glows with silver and is so big that even lifting a container is not a problem. However, although there is no cockpit in the front, there is still a hatch in the middle.

Although the entire machine is parked here and has been maintained to a sparkling state, there are no signs of use. There are only two or three guards guarding this place, as if this thing doesn't seem very important.

"This is??"

"Four-axis UAV." Lu Huaiyang replied, "This is what we think of as a 'four-axis UAV'."

"Is this thing a model?"

"No, it's true. But we had mistaken the size before, thinking it was as big as a real airplane. This even affected our idea of ​​building a helicopter, because it once made us think that a helicopter can only fly with four rotors. In the end, we found that two rotors were enough because there was no way to control four rotors."

He pointed to the middle door: "As I said before, the Ninghe is driven by a cable. The pilot can grasp the joystick and know what is going on with the aircraft. But this four-axis drone completely uses the engine. The pilot has no way to control the attitude in real time because there is no feedback at all. The pilot uses a steel cable to connect to the airfoil, and what he finally feels is the wind flowing through the airfoil. This thing is electrically driven. I don’t know what I’m feeling.”

"So you opened a cockpit directly inside?"

"The experimental version of the cockpit is indeed on an airplane. We thought at the time that this thing is called a drone, and something would be wrong if we let people get on it. But it can't fly, so we can't care about whether there are people or not. . In the end, it turns out that the remote control outside is the same as the remote control inside. The electric transmission cannot be solved by the manual operation of the Qi practitioner. But you also saw-"

He shook his head: "This thing can't fly at all. So it's been kept here as a training exercise."

"Um" Shangluo thought for a while, "I think this thing is silver. What kind of paint was used?"

"I haven't had time to apply paint yet. It's the original color of titanium alloy."

"Wait a minute. I don't think I see the rivets or seams?"

"Because it is a complete titanium alloy component. Except for the external parts, the entire aircraft is a whole titanium alloy shell. To say the least, it looks like a crab shell. There is no skeleton such as steel beams to support it. , they are all hollow inside.”

"Can this thing be formed in one piece?"

"Well, although the electric transmission can't be done, if the Qi practitioner slowly forges it with civil and military fire, it's not too difficult to shape it like this. It's just too big, so it takes a little time. But if it doesn't become hollow, , we don’t know how to stuff those devices in.”

"If I want a small one."

"Small? How small do you want it?"

"As big as a brick?"

"Then we can get it right away." Lu Huaiyang replied, "It turns out that we really only need this small one. Are you sure you don't want a bigger one?"

"The size of a brick is enough. Then, wait, I need to find a plotter. Apollonia wants to upload a drawing for printing."

(End of this chapter)