Chapter 80, more expensive than gold

Li Fu looked at all kinds of data and nodded slightly, this time Li Fu took out the new materials can only be regarded as meeting the needs of plasma engines, and the better materials are naturally kept for their own use, and the materials with high temperature resistance of 5000 degrees are definitely at the most advanced level on the current earth.

Li Fu asked Xiaoying to search the development of materials in various advanced countries on the earth, and the most advanced in the field of high temperature resistance is a laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, where a tantalum and hafnium carbide alloy has been researched, which can reach a high temperature of 4300 degrees, and if the research continues, it is also very promising to be able to study materials that can withstand high temperatures of 5000 degrees.

Now because of Li Fu's guidance, the project team quickly developed a new material that can withstand 5000 degrees of high temperature, and this field alone has been ahead of the world.

"Haha, the new high-temperature resistant material has finally been manufactured, and on the other hand, there is good news from the research atomic battery project team, they have also researched the atomic battery, it seems that it is really a good thing, and our new generation of fighters with plasma engines will be interviewed soon."

Now almost every day with the materials project research team of Liu Shiying laughed happily, looking at Li Fu is like looking at a rare treasure, since Li Fu joined, it seems that all problems are no longer problems, can be easily solved, the whole project is progressing rapidly.

"Well, to solve the two major problems of materials and energy, plasma power can indeed come into being."

Li Fu also nodded, the reason why he is so desperate now, on the one hand, naturally hopes that his country can hold a sharp weapon and become stronger, only when the country is strong, people in this country will have a greater sense of security; On the other hand, Li Fu naturally wants to show his own value, so that the country can see Li Fu's role in scientific research, which will also be of great help to Li Fu's future development.

"Alas, after a lifetime of scientific research, it has never been as smooth as this period of time, Xiao Li, now I believe that as long as you participate in scientific research projects, there is no incompletion."

Liu Shiying let out a long sigh.

"Lao Liu, you have a good reputation, this is the result of all of our concerted efforts, and it is the result of the strong support of the country behind it, we still use new materials to rebuild the plasma engine for testing and see."

Li Fu smiled and responded modestly, and then shifted the topic to the new plasma engine.

"Yes, yes, it's not too early to be happy, everything still depends on the test results, Xiao Zhang, you notify me and let all units work overtime to complete their respective parts as soon as possible."

Liu Shiying smiled, and then instructed Zhang Renjie, the assistant next to him.

"We don't seem to have enough money?"

Assistant Zhang Renjie weakly reminded.

"What? How is this possible, didn't the above just allocate 5 billion to our project team not long ago? How can it not be enough? ”

When Liu Shiying heard this, he immediately frowned and asked.

"We have been experimenting with new materials for a long time, and these materials need to use a large number of precious and rare metals, and we have consumed more than 2 billion Chinese dollars in this area alone, and there are also atomic batteries, which are also huge, using a large number of rare metal materials, consuming more than 1 billion."

"In addition, the cost of new materials researched now exceeds that of gold, so even if we simply estimate that it will take at least 8 billion Chinese dollars to build a plasma engine made of new materials."

Zhang Renjie shook his head helplessly, the performance of the new material is indeed very perfect, but the cost of the new material is too high, a large number of rare metals are used, you must know that many rare metals are very expensive, some are even dozens of times more expensive than gold, hundreds of times more than normal things, and even the value of 1 gram of artificially synthesized rare metals like californium is more than 1 billion US dollars.

Of course, there can be no precious metals like californium among the various rare metals used to make plasma engines, but there are a lot of other rare metals, and the amount of various rare metals is still very large, and the cost can be imagined.

"8 billion?"

Liu Shiying's eyes widened, he is a scientist, and he is also a scientist who serves the country, basically whatever he needs from the country's side will be directly dialed, so he is not very sensitive to this aspect, no matter how much he tossed before, it won't cost much in a year.

However, during this period of time, nearly 10 billion yuan has been invested in the past, and the plasma engine that was scrapped not long ago is worth more than one billion, and it is also built with various new materials, and each new material is also expensive.

"This is only a conservative estimate, and there are also atomic batteries, new aircraft designs, builds, etc., I estimate that there will not be tens of billions of don't want to build a new generation of fighters."

Zhang Renjie smiled and added, I am still confident that Liu Shiying can apply for such a huge scientific research fund, after all, this is a major matter related to the future of the new generation of fighters, and there is no trivial matter in national defense, and the above will definitely allocate funds.

"I will apply to the above for the matter of funds, and you will notify everyone to start first and use all our existing funds."

"I have long heard that the cost of the F22 fighter of the Eagle Sauce family is as high as 350 million US dollars, which is more than 2 billion US dollars in exchange, and the cost of the B2 ghost stealth bomber is as high as 2.4 billion US dollars, which is nearly 15 billion US dollars in Chinese dollars, haha, now it seems that the cost of our new generation of fighters is definitely more than 20 billion Chinese dollars."

"In the past, I always felt that Uncle Sam had a lot of water when calculating the price of fighters, but now it seems that it is really worth a penny, and in this high-tech aviation field, this cost really cannot be calculated by common sense."

With a slightly simple calculation in Liu Shiying's mind, the whole person couldn't help but sigh.

"That is, even if the Eagle Sauce family is rich, there are only more than 100 F22 fighters, each of which is very expensive, and it has never been arranged to overseas military bases, as for the B2 ghost stealth bomber, a total of 21 have been manufactured, which is too expensive!"

Li Fu nodded, high-end high-tech weapons in the high-tech field, ordinary countries really can't play with them, it's really too expensive to make them, maintenance, maintenance, etc.

"You also have to build, we can't lag behind others in the field of cutting-edge science and technology, otherwise what will we do to defend our country's territorial security, rest assured, the above will definitely approve us soon."

Liu Shiying said categorically, looking very confident, over the years, the country's investment in national defense and scientific research has been very huge, there is an attitude regardless of the cost, aircraft carriers, new missiles, satellites in space, new fighters, large aircraft, etc., almost all high-tech fields have been fully rolled out, and it can be seen from here alone.

Things are also as Liu Shiying expected, soon, there was a reply above, a huge amount of 30 billion Chinese dollars was allocated, a new generation of plasma-powered fighters, enough to surpass all the new technology of all fighters in the world, there is no doubt that it is highly valued, especially now that almost all the problems have been overcome, the rest is to build the fighter, the country is also very generous in the aspect, to give money, to give people, to give materials, in short, is an attitude, Regardless of the cost, a new generation of plasma-powered fighters will be built.

With the strong support of the state, all the problems have basically been overcome, and the remaining problems are nothing compared with the previous core problems, and all the people in the entire project team are very excited, as if they have taken hormones.

The new generation of fighters equipped with plasma engines is named the "Divine Arrow" fighter, which is as fast as a divine arrow, and like a divine arrow, it can give the enemy a fatal blow from a distance of thousands of miles.

"Boom!"

In the wind tunnel laboratory, a brand-new plasma engine sprayed a blazing white and dazzling tail flame, and the strong power made the whole laboratory tremble slightly, this time, the operation was very perfect, there were no problems, although the temperature of the core was as high as 5000 degrees, but the powerful new material still operated perfectly.

On the other hand, Li Fu participated in the design of the "Divine Arrow" fighter, and Li Fu was full of confidence in the engine and solved the key material problems, and the plasma engine did not have any problems at all, but now there are still many problems on the fighter side.

Because the power of the plasma engine is so strong that it can easily break through ten times the speed of sound, the design of the fighter also needs to be changed around this powerful power system.

Not to mention anything else, the fighter shell alone also needs to be made of new materials, otherwise when the fighter flies at ten times the speed of sound, the huge heat generated by the friction between the fighter shell and the air is enough to completely burn the fighter.

In addition, the pilot of a fighter with ten times the speed of sound is also facing a huge test, the average person can only withstand the pressure of 2-3 g, the pilots and astronauts who have undergone strict training can withstand the pressure of 5-6 g, and the limit of the human body does not exceed 10 g, and it can only withstand it for a short time.

However, once the "Magic Arrow" fighter is at full speed, the pressure exerted on the pilot will be very terrifying, absolutely casually exceeding 10 g, and under such a huge pressure, the human body will explode directly.

Therefore, it is also necessary to develop a special anti-compression suit to reduce the pressure on the fighter pilot, and the overall structure of the aircraft must also fully take into account the huge pressure that the aircraft has to face, otherwise the aircraft may collapse under the huge pressure, which is too powerful plasma power!

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