Chapter 274: Solve the problem of mecha travel
Which one is stronger in helicopter technology?
Of course the American movie Pacific!
Mechs, which have a minimum of 1,700 tons and a maximum weight of 2,400 tons, can be hoisted and transported in an array of only eight helicopters, and the place where the mission is carried out is two or three thousand kilometers away from the base at every turn.
The way of hoisting and transportation is still so contrary to common sense......
If the mecha is thought of as a human playing with the ring, then the mecha is probably equivalent to the body of that person, and the hands he holds the ring with are equivalent to the rope that is hoisted, and the eight helicopters are equivalent to the ring, with four helicopters on each side.
At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.
However, it is important to know that the rings have support points, so they can withstand the pull brought by the human arm and bring the rings closer to the center.
The helicopter flying in the sky has no other force than the lift generated by itself, and there is no fulcrum that can help it bear the pull formed by the cable and the mech.
Relying only on the dozens of tons of lift of a normal helicopter to resist the pulling force brought by the weight of more than 1,000 tons of mecha is simply a mayfly shaking a tree, a fool's dream, unless the two movable pulley devices connected to the helicopter cable are anti-gravity equipment.
If Newton had been asked to do this problem, he would have come to the conclusion that none of the eight helicopters could withstand the pull, and were dragged closer to the middle by the strong pull, and finally crashed into each other.
However, in the movie, it was not Newton who did this problem, so this Jumping Eagle helicopter with super endurance and load was born, with a load of at least 300 tons in addition to its own weight!
What is this concept?
At present, the world's largest An-225 transport aircraft, the maximum cargo capacity is only 250 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is only 640 tons.
In other words, a Jumping Eagle helicopter properly exceeds the An-225 in terms of load capacity, you must know that the An-225 is a fixed-wing aircraft, and it is also a super jumbo with a fuselage length of 84 meters and a wingspan of 88 meters.
And such a giant plane was actually compared to a helicopter, just like the load of an elephant is no longer than a kitten, Xiao Ming, who is only 1.5 meters tall, casually lifted a ton of weight!
With such a helicopter appearing, Newton's grave was definitely stolen clean, and maybe even the tombstone was carried away!
After briefly recalling the details in the movie, Chen Shen couldn't help but look forward to it more and more.
It doesn't matter if it's not scientific in the movie, when he creates it in reality, it will naturally be scientific.
As for the matter of Newton's classmate coffin board being pried, he can't care about it, his old man is now going to hell, and when he meets in a hundred years, as long as he doesn't talk about it, Newton naturally doesn't know.
A quick opening of the information that has now been published, the first thing that catches your eye is the basic parameters of the Jumping Eagle helicopter.
"The maximum range is 3,500 kilometers, the maximum speed is 280 kilometers, the practical ceiling is 5,600 meters, the maximum take-off weight is 450 tons, and the maximum load weight is 320 tons......"
Seeing these basic parameters, Chen Shen was overjoyed!
The system really went to steal Newton's tomb clean, and it was really such an outrageous helicopter!
It's just that this excitement didn't dissipate more than half of it until he saw the next parameters.
"The total length of the fuselage is 34 meters, and the diameter of the front and rear twin rotors is 37 meters......"
When Chen Shen saw this number, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
The length of the fuselage of thirty-four meters is almost equivalent to the height of half of the Crimson Tempest, which means that the length of two Jumping Eagle helicopters is equivalent to the length of one Crimson Tempest......
The length of a normal transport helicopter is only about ten or twenty meters, which is twice as fast as the exceedance.
This is also a Big Mac level in a helicopter!
And most importantly, "I remember that the helicopter in the movie was definitely not that big!" ”
Chen Shen carefully recalled that the prototype of the helicopter in the movie was a Chinook transport helicopter, which was only fifteen meters long in reality, and the system gave this more than double the standard.
"Other people's systems give a shrunken version, but my system gives an expansive version!"
Chen Shen was a little speechless and complained.
But for the sake of the performance not shrinking, forget about this small problem.
Presumably, the system is also to better take care of Newton's feelings, so this design is given.
Read on.
The Jumping Eagle helicopter is a tandem twin-rotor helicopter, that is, a pair of rotors are installed above the nose and above the tail, while the common helicopter rotors are more placed in the middle of the fuselage.
As for the fuselage, it also follows the prototype from the movie, which looks like a train of carriages, and the exterior is straighter than other helicopters.
Because of this, Chinook helicopters are called "flying carriages".
But......
Chen Shen thought about it, the length of Chinook is only 15 meters, and it can be described as a carriage, and now the system is a 30-meter-long long fuselage of the jumping eagle, I am afraid that it will have to be called a "flying train"?
Shake your head and dispel the current superfluous thoughts.
Chen Shen continued to look at the list of technologies listed.
In the list of technologies, Chen Shen was a little surprised to find that the names of many of the technologies in it were a bit familiar.
Thinking about it carefully, the technical principles revealed by the names of those techniques, he had seen similar ones in the previous Crimson Tempest.
In particular, the core energy system and engine, although the helicopter and the mecha may seem very different, the principle of these core technologies is likely to be the same.
Perhaps it is precisely because of these technologies that have been applied to the mecha that this helicopter can have such a terrifying endurance and load capacity.
But does this mean that the system is still lazy?
It was a new project with a makeover of technology that had already appeared before......
"So you must be thinking that you can fool me with the idea of inheriting technology in the same world, so you are lazy with peace of mind, right?"
In the face of Chen Shen's questioning, there was still no movement in the system in his mind......
"Alas, I can only keep looking."
"Well, although the core technologies are parallel imports, there are still breakthroughs in other technologies."
Judging from the list of technologies, the Jumping Eagle helicopter uses a large number of composite materials, from the rotor blades to the helicopter fuselage, there are a large number of carbon fiber materials, these materials are lighter than metal, which can effectively reduce the weight of the helicopter.
In addition, it should not be bad in the flight control system.
The prototype Chinook helicopter can achieve single-point hovering in special terrain such as pinnacles and cliffs, that is, only the rear wheels are used to land on the ground, and the front wheels are still suspended, so that it can operate on the roofs of buildings, peaks and other places that cannot be landed.
The Eagle helicopter usually has to carry mechas, and the requirements for the flight control system are much more complicated than the single-point suspense on the cliff.
There are not many parts that can be seen in the current published technical information, mainly engine technology, which is somewhat similar to the engine of the red storm, Chen Shen can understand the whole information just by reading through it quickly.
It can be seen how mad the laziness of the system is.
"Although this helicopter is not as good as a spaceship, it is not a loss to take a little time to build it, and there are still some goals for the Crimson Tempest project that have not been completed......"
Chen Shen thought about it, and prepared to go out to find Wang Qian.
The unfinished goal of the Crimson Storm project he said was not in the manufacture of mechas, but in the testing of mecha performance.
You must know that when the project was first established, the declared goal was a 7,000-meter deep diving mecha, but after building it for so long, it is still playing in the Zhoushan Islands, which is at most more than 100 meters deep.
This is also the point that many people complain about.
In the base, each team can also calculate through various indicators and conclude that it is theoretically okay to dive 7,000 meters deep into the Crimson Storm.
But this is still a theory after all, and no one is completely sure what will happen when it comes to experimentation.
Therefore, whether the Crimson Storm can dive to a depth of 7,000 meters is still unknown to the public and other interested people.
As for why not pull it out and try it?
Is it so easy to pull out something that is more than 70 meters tall and weighs 1,700 tons?
And there is no way to carry out the maintenance work normally during this period of time at sea, what if there is a mistake when going to sea because of the shaking of the sea voyage?
Again, after the mecha goes to sea, although it can adjust the ballast water tank like a submarine to dive and float, but after the mecha is tested, how to get on the ship?
It is not so easy to lift a large mecha weighing 1,700 tons in the sea.
Of course, if you really want to do it, the above problems can be solved with the current technical means, and the reason why this matter has not been realized is the most important reason - insufficient funds!
If you want to solve the above problems, even if you conservatively estimate it, three billion dollars are needed, and the preparation time is at least two years.
With such a large sum of money, wouldn't it be nice to use it on other projects in the Dome Base?
Let Crimson Storm continue to stay in the base to solicit customers for the Zhoushan Islands, isn't it fragrant?
Why throw these billions to the bottom of the sea at a depth of seven thousand meters?
The Crimson Storm project is not a serious diving project.
It doesn't really matter if it can dive to a depth of 7,000 meters, as long as it is built, it will be a big victory.
However, with the Eagle Helicopter, it is very convenient to travel in the Crimson Storm.
Whether it is inland or deep sea, with a range of 3,500 kilometers and the development of domestic helicopter air refueling technology, you can go far, far away.
It can be said that it perfectly solves the problem of difficult travel for mechas.
And this ultra-long-endurance, ultra-high-load helicopter can also play an important role in the field of transportation.
If you modify it, you might even be able to change it to a military version.
Yes, this Jumping Eagle helicopter can actually be considered a civilian version.
Because their main task is very simple, the mecha can be hoisted to the mission location, and there is no need to consider external armor, internal space, weapon mounting, electronic jamming and other aspects.
Because basically flightless monsters never attack them, and no one will attack them except monsters, so their mounts are only a searchlight to illuminate the battlefield in addition to mechs......
Chen Shen walked outside Wang Qian's office, and as soon as he knocked on the door, he heard her apologizing on the phone.
"Director Niu, I'm really sorry, Chen Shen was really just a teenager last night, so he made a joke with everyone, we have absolutely no possibility of hiding the technology, as for the rumors on the Internet, I hope you can help clarify it."
When Chen Shen heard this, he couldn't help grinning, and consciously sat down on the side, Wang Qian was obviously wiping his ass for his joke last night.
After the phone call, Wang Qian rubbed her temples and looked over.
"You didn't come here to talk about last night, did you? If so, I've solved that matter just now, and there won't be any more problems in the future, just don't joke about it on the Internet later. ”
Chen Shen smiled a little awkwardly.
Wang Qian still thinks of him too conscientiously, and he has long forgotten about last night's events.
However, he still said thank you to Wang Qian seriously, and then talked about the purpose of coming.
"I want to open a new project recently, come and communicate with Aunt Qian today."
Hearing Chen Shen's words, and looking at the embarrassed smile on Chen Shen's face that had not disappeared, Wang Qian suddenly had a bad conjecture in her heart.
"You...... You don't really want to go to the sun, do you? She looked at the phone she had just hung up, but she had just finished explaining to Director Niu of the Space Agency, and it was not easy for the other party to believe that Chen Shen was really just joking last night......
If Chen Shen told her that she wasn't joking last night, then she had just made a joke about Director Niu......
The reason why she had this idea was similar to that of Arthur across from her - they both thought that Chen Shen would never joke on the Internet.
The space agency and the public uproar were also born from this.
Chen Shen shook his head, "Of course not, if I want to ascend to the sun now, then I have to change my surname to Jin." ”
Wang Qian didn't understand the stalk in Chen Mythology, but she was still relieved.
As long as it's not a sunset......
Forget it, it doesn't seem bad if it's really a hit.
"So what do you want to work on for your new project? Need help collecting information? Wang Qian asked.
Chen Shen nodded, "I plan to build a transport helicopter, so just help me collect some information related to the design and manufacture of the helicopter." ”
"Transport helicopters?" Wang Qian raised her eyebrows, although Chen Shen's every project has always been unexpected, but he suddenly jumped from photoacoustic detection to helicopter......
That's too much of a span, isn't it?
And helicopters are easy to link to the military, they just made a plan to help Chen Shen wash off the military label, but Chen Shen got in again.
"How did you come up with the idea to study this?"
Wang Qian felt that her temples began to hurt again, and hurriedly drank two glasses of water to calm down.
As a result, I suddenly heard Chen Shen say, "It's too difficult to travel in the red storm now, I want to build a helicopter that can lift it, and then I can take it to the deep sea to test the performance of deep diving." ”
"Ahem!"
Before Chen Shenhua finished speaking, Wang Qian had already coughed up the water in her mouth.
She even suspected that she had misheard.
If the person sitting in front of her was not Chen Shen, she would definitely splash the water in the cup on the other party's face, and then ask him to change places.
A mecha is more than 1,000 tons, can a helicopter lift this thing?