Chapter 251: The First Flight Mission
They simply said that a new medium-sized logistics drone developed by Shunfeng Logistics failed during the test flight and fell into a mountain lump.
There is no road there, and if people fumble through, they don't know how troublesome it will be. So they came up with a way to pull that drone back with other drones.
However, due to the complex terrain there, their large drones cannot land, and the load capacity of small drones is not enough.
Hou Xinghua asked: "Which model of drone is you, what is the terrain, I don't think it's okay?"
"It's this V333 vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing drone. The staff of Shunfeng took out a picture to show them, it was an eight-rotor drone, which was one and a half times larger than the current quadcopter in Yinjiang.
According to the image information sent back by the drone, it is now on a low-lying slope, overgrown with weeds, and is not suitable for large drone flights.
"How much does it weigh?" asked Hou Xinghua.
"It's about 14 kilograms. The staff of Shunfeng said, "This place is not easy to operate, see if you have a way, if not, we will send someone to find it back." ”
No matter how powerful the drone is, it must have a suitable operating space.
14 kg of things, at least a medium-sized logistics drone can be operated, and a medium-sized drone with a tailwind is a few meters long, and it is difficult to descend.
Hearing 14 kilograms, Hou Xinghua was immediately embarrassed, the weight carrying capacity of their quadcopter drone could not reach so much, let alone carry out such a complex operation.
He said: "We don't have a good way to do this, why don't you find a local fellow and ask them to help find it back?"
"It seems that this is the only way. "The staff at the downwind were also helpless.
"Is this something that can be dragged back with just a lasso?" Lu Zixin asked.
"Yes, it's just that the terrain is narrow and complicated, and it's not easy to operate. The downwind staff replied.
"So, we're going to test this drone, what's the geographs? Let it try. Lu Zixin pointed to the electric jet drone he had brought.
"It?" The man on the downwind side looked at the drone he said in surprise, this thing was not as big as their small drone, and it didn't even have a rotor, he had to say, "You are so humorous." ”
In his opinion, to carry something weighing 14 kg, at least a medium-sized drone will do. The standard small drone they are developing now has a load weight of 3 kilograms, and the thing Lu Zixin said can carry one kilogram.
"No kidding, let's get started, it's our first actual flight test. Lu Zixin instructed Hongxin's team to say.
"Okay, let's get started now," Hongxin's team immediately got ready.
Seeing that they were really ready to start work, not to mention the people who were tailwinding, Hou Xinghua was speechless, and they might as well quickly find a fellow to help pick up the drone with this thing.
However, Hongxin's team has already started to operate, and there is already a lightweight mechanical grappling hook at the bottom of the small flying saucer, which can easily grasp items.
In the eyes of everyone, the small flying saucer began to start, took off vertically, flew directly into the sky, and went to the coordinate location.
"I'll go, this is actually a jet!" The staff of Shunfeng were stunned, such a small thing is still a jet drone, which is a bit powerful!
They had also studied jet devices downwind, but it was a large drone, and the wings alone were twenty meters long, so they had never thought of such a small one.
The speed of the flying saucer is very fast, and it takes less than ten minutes to arrive at the accident site, and through the camera of the drone, you can clearly see that the downwind faulty machine fell in a low-lying place.
The staff member of Shunfeng said: "Yes, right here, there are too many weeds and branches here, and our rotary-wing drone will definitely be entangled when it goes down." You don't have to worry about this flying saucer, it's just that our stuff is 14 kilograms, and it can't carry it, right?"
"14 kilograms, more than enough!" said the operator of the Hongxin team with confidence, and as he spoke, he began to operate the small flying saucer to aim at the target and descend, and then stretched out the seemingly small but tough mechanical grappling hook to grab the downwind breakdown.
"Give it to me!" said the operator, the flying saucer had successfully lifted off with the broken machine, and judging from the climb, it was completely powered, and there was nothing that could not afford it!
"Actually brought it up!" Except for the person who came from the red letter, the rest of the people opened their eyes wide, looking at the picture from the camera.
"It's flying!" Hou Xinghua couldn't help but scream, only those who have studied it know how incredible this is!
Their quadcopter drone is more than three times larger than this small flying saucer, and its payload capacity is not even half of it.
And this little flying saucer still cancels the rotor device and runs entirely by electric jets, which is too advanced! I really don't know how the motor inside is designed and how the energy conversion is carried out......
Everyone in the Yinjiang team watched this scene in amazement, and the little flying saucer had already grabbed the malfunctioning plane and returned home.
This shows that the goal that Lu Zixin said just now is not impossible to achieve at all, but that they have already accomplished it! It's like they're still studying the ninety-nine multiplication table, and they're already studying the function.
In comparison, their quadcopter drones are simply garbage, and they can't take it at all!
Is Hongxin really so good? The researchers of Yinjiang Logistics R&D team invariably have a kind of bitterness in their hearts, and the gap is too big!
The downwind staff was also stunned, he just had the mentality of giving it a try when he came here, who knew that the other party not only promised to help, but also did it!
The most important thing is that they are using a jet model that they have never heard of, and the payload and flight ability are even better than their medium-sized octocopter!
In terms of logistics drones, Shunfeng has always been the leading company in China, and even the first company to obtain flight operation permissions, they are more proud of this aspect, but today when he saw this small flying saucer, he found that there was such a magical thing!
If the size of this little flying saucer was several times larger, wouldn't the carrying capacity be even greater? He felt a kind of surprise and horror, in this inconspicuous little research base next to him, there was actually a technology that was even more advanced than theirs!
After the operator gave the command to return home, the flying saucer quickly returned with the malfunctioning plane, and when it landed in the square of the research base, everyone looked at it with burning eyes!
They really want to know what secrets are hidden in this thing, and they can't wait to open it and study it immediately.