"Can you really carry 25 tons? Has unmanned driving been tested? How much does it cost? "The old horse, who has always been steady in front of people, rarely lost his temper, and after going around the spaceship, pulling Chen Wenhao is a problem of cannons. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Lao Ma's thoughts on the field of unmanned driving have been thoroughly stimulated.

Hearing the inquiry, Lao Liu also came over with concern, he had already made some calculations in his mind, with the size of the aircraft in front of him, it was quite an exaggerated data that could carry 25 tons. You know, this figure is equivalent to the load weight of a regular cargo truck, the same 25 tons, rolling on the ground and flying in the sky, but two different things, the difference in difficulty in the middle is not an order of magnitude.

Lao Liu has invested a lot of energy in express logistics and has a very good understanding of the basic situation. Taking the domestic express industry as an example, most of the cargo planes of several express companies are purchased and re-transformed from retired passenger aircraft, taking the old Boeing 757-200 as an example, which is one of the common models in the current domestic cargo aircraft, this kind of aircraft after the transformation of cargo demand, the carrying capacity is only 20 tons.

But what are the dimensions of the 757-200? The length of the aircraft is more than 54 meters! The wingspan is 38 meters! The aircraft in front of me is only about one-eighth the size of the Boeing 757-200!

As for the speed (350 km/h) is a little slower, and the cruising range (600 km) is much shorter, these disadvantages are not a problem, and they are enough for short- and medium-range transportation. Imagine having the same capacity as a standard truck, but four or five times faster, and being unmanned, even if you remove the time it takes to recharge, in the same time, the truck can only run a single trip, but the plane can fly two round-trips.

Lao Liu felt that a raging flame was burning in his chest, and now the key questions are two questions: how much is the cost (cost and charging cost)? If the cost accounting is within the affordable range, this is an artifact that can improve the efficiency of the logistics network in an all-round way. Another question is how long does it take to actually put it into practice? I'm afraid that the other party will suddenly say that it is just a concept machine now, and it will take five, six, seven or eight years to be practical, that is just a gimmick.

Lao Liu, who is a little bit of a sufferer, persuaded himself in his heart, it shouldn't be, otherwise the other party wouldn't have to invite him and Mr. Ma so solemnly, and as far as I can see now, there are six of the same flying machines, if it's just a concept machine, there is no need to build so much.

In the face of the burning eyes of the two, Chen Wenhao was still unhurried, this is the advantage of the seller's market, he has the technology in hand anyway, and he is not in a hurry.

Since the completion of the new base in Yidong and the completion of the installation of the intelligent automatic workshop, he has quietly carried out the second transformation of the surveyor. If it is completely in accordance with the earth technology, such a large area of intelligent workshop, no matter how advanced it is, it needs hundreds of skilled workers as a support, instead of only a few maintenance engineers as it is now (the reason why there are 20 people is to facilitate shifts).

When these aircraft were purely testing equipment, he improvised to let Xiaoka design and then automate production. From the technology currently displayed by the aircraft, if compared horizontally, it is naturally a technology that sweeps the earth, but if compared vertically, it is not a new product, and the technology used is basically an enlarged version of the technology on the drone: a lighter and larger titanium alloy fuselage, a new battery with a larger capacity, and a jet system with a larger thrust-to-weight ratio. With the exception of titanium, which needs to be sourced in the open market, other components can be produced in the site's smart workshop.

As for the cost, Xiaoka's estimate of the cost of this level of aircraft is 10 million yuan, which is still because his drone products use a large number of titanium alloys, resulting in a lot of price increases in titanium alloy raw materials, otherwise it can be lower.

According to the information that Chen Wenhao understands, such a price is not only "extremely competitive", but also bullying all existing flight transports. The 737 series is currently Boeing's cheapest short-haul small aircraft, but even the public price of this series of aircraft is more than 60 million US dollars, and after the transformation into a full freighter, the carrying capacity will fluctuate around 20 tons. If you directly purchase a large full freighter, the price is even more powerful, and the 747 series full freighter with a load of 150 tons has a public offer of more than 300 million US dollars.

Of course, according to the unwritten rules of the industry, if the airline buys in bulk, it can get a big discount from the aircraft manufacturer, and even get a discount of 3-4% at the lowest time, but if the volume is not large, the discount will be much less. Therefore, although several domestic express companies have begun to purchase aircraft in recent years, most of them choose to buy old passenger planes from airlines for modification. Generally speaking, second-hand aircraft that have been used for more than 15 years, as long as there are no major problems with the main parts and can still fly normally, the second-hand price is about 15%-25% of the original price.

According to this ratio, it is easy to calculate that the cheapest price to buy a second-hand aircraft with the same capacity (25 tons) will be more than 60 million yuan. This can be seen how BUG-level the cargo spaceship that Chen Wenhao used alien technology to sneak away is.

"Cost is not a problem here at all." Chen Wenhao didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Do you want to see this iron guy fly with your own eyes?" ”

"Of course!" The two of them answered the same thing.

Although he can directly control all the electronic devices in the base through the small card, but there are outsiders, Chen Wenhao still pretends to draw a new interface on the tablet, and after clicking his fingers, the aircraft closest to the gate trembles slightly, and the signal lights on both sides of the wing are lit at the same time.

"Let's go out and see, there's not enough space inside." Under Chen Wenhao's greeting, a group of people came to the open space outside. Soon, a silvery-white flying machine floated half a meter above the ground and floated out of the warehouse smoothly. In the eyes of everyone's expectation and amazement, the aircraft did not need a runway at all, and the jet engine at the bottom began to exert force, and directly lifted off in place in the roar, from slow to fast, until it disappeared from view.

"Holy, this is flying?"

"I thought the landing gear was hidden underneath, but it turned out that people didn't have to coast at all!"

"This is too black technology!"

Before the discussion ended, the aircraft that had just left the field of vision came back, Chen Wenhao clapped his hands and said with a smile, "The most difficult part of the flight is the take-off and landing stage, and then you can witness it with your own eyes." Okay, I'm going to let this little guy down. According to the regulations, the aircraft should be filed before it goes into the sky, but fortunately, this base has a record with the military, and there is no big problem in playing the sidelines. ”

Under the eyes of everyone, the aircraft once again played the fine tradition of black technology to subvert cognition, and landed directly at the location where it took off.

Subsequently, the group visited the internal facilities of the aircraft, and after listening to Chen Wenhao's introduction of the operating costs and manufacturing costs of this kind of aircraft, the atmosphere at the scene was already a little crazy.

Lao Ma and Lao Liu pulled Chen Wenhao one by one, "Mr. Chen, we must cooperate, you look at the conditions, as long as we can bear it, we will never bargain!" ”