Section 32 Selection of unmanned combat platforms
Taking advantage of this time before dinner, Chen Zheng took Mr. Miao, who was idle, back to his villa...... In the basement of this villa, there are all kinds of strange things on display, which are all made by Chen Zheng in his spare time.
"Yo, you're really not old or young?" Miao Lao seemed to have entered the Grand View Garden, touched this and that, and then saw the mini electromagnetic cannon made by Chen Zheng before.
"This is...... Electromagnetic railgun? β
Miao Lao wanted to try to hold it up, but the two pure copper tracks alone were heavy, not to mention Miao Lao, and even Damien, a strong former agent, had a hard time lifting it.
In fact, this portable electromagnetic cannon was specially designed by Chen Zheng for power armor, and the original idea was to directly use the energy source of power armor......
β¦β¦ However, the power armor's own energy output power is not enough, and it can only barely eject the projectile, and if you want to achieve a "normal" launch speed, you must use the power armor's own energy, then you need a capacitor with a very fast charging and discharging speed.
Unfortunately, such capacitors do not exist in the world. From the perspective of earth technology, supercapacitors only exist in the design stage, and there is not even a reliable concept, let alone a research direction.
"Why does it seem like something is missing?" Miao Lao is not ignorant of this high-tech weapon, and the thing he said is missing is actually a capacitor bank.
The volume of a capacitor bank in an electromagnetic gun is probably second only to that of a generator set...... The "cannon barrel" that people can see is the most delicate part of the whole system.
"Well, that's what is missing." Chen Zheng casually picked up a spherical metal from the side and mounted it under the electromagnetic cannon.
"It's ...... Supercapacitors? Miao Lao couldn't help but light up when he looked at this device he had never seen before.
"No, we don't have supercapacitor technology either." Chen Zheng shook his head, "This is a zero-crystal generator...... Don't look at it as a gadget, if there is a sudden power outage on Kiju Island, then connecting it can power the entire Kiju Island for a week. β
"......" Miao Lao was quite moved when he heard this, and he only stared at it in a daze for a while, and didn't speak for a while.
"It's not high-tech, and the structure inside is not complicated, but the energy it uses is special, and it is an energy substance that earthlings have never seen." Chen Zheng explained.
"Oh...... That's right. Miao Lao stretched his neck and watched Chen Zheng take off the ball-shaped little thing again and put it aside, and was dragged by Chen Zheng to take two steps and look back.
"If you like to go back, I'll tell you more...... You can help me take a look at this side first......" Chen Zheng said well, and then coaxed Miao Lao to another room.
The ground is littered with a variety of small drones, many of which are commercially available for civilian use, but many of them are handmade.
Surrounded by a mess of finished drones and parts, there are three relatively formed "works". Among them, there is a small helicopter in the middle, and the one on the left is a rotorcraft similar to the Meiguo Osprey, and the one on the right is a quadcopter drone that is more common on the market.
"What are you?" Miao Lao raised his eyebrows.
"These are the models I chose after comparing them...... I'm hesitating which one is better, but you are here, why don't you help me with the staff officer? Chen Zheng said without seeing it.
"Hmm......" Miao Lao nodded, didn't express his opinion at first, just picked up the gadgets made by Chen Zheng and looked at them...... Suddenly, he asked, "Are you going to choose an unmanned fighter?" β
ββ¦β¦ Yes, it is worthy of Miao Lao, and he can see through it at a glance. Chen Zheng said with a smile.
"What's the ...... It's all reserved for weapon pylons. Miao Lao waved his hand angrily, "I probably know what you want, but I still want to ask, what do you want it to do?" Who to use it against? In what environment? β
"Uh......" Chen Zheng was stunned by the question.
He had vaguely thought of similar problems before, but he couldn't grasp the point, although it was good to see which model, but he always felt that which model was a little wrong.
When Miao Lao said this, Chen Zheng suddenly understood - it turned out that he was always entangled in specific data parameters, and forgot to think about what function he wanted to achieve.
ββ¦β¦ Thank you, Miao Lao, I understand. Chen Zheng suddenly realized, "It's worthy of Miao Lao, a word that woke up the person in the dream...... My problem is solved, what would you like to see? Let me explain it to you? β
In fact, some things are worthless if they are pierced, but before they pierce this layer of window paper, they don't know how much hard work and money they have to consume, and how long they can run on the crooked road to really find the right path.
What Chen Zheng wants to develop is actually a miniaturized unmanned combat platform, and its enemies are naturally the insects that are ubiquitous in the jungle.
In Chen Zheng's vision, this drone is mainly used for cleaning up the area, such as hunting insects lurking in the defense area, or cleaning up fish that have slipped through the net.
However, later, after the earthlings participated in the war between Chen Zheng and the Els, although the foundation was too weak, Chen Zheng knew very well that this was his biggest weakness.
Once Chen Zheng is no longer there and there is any problem, the people available on the entire island of Jizhou will be Damien, Efuya, Scar, and Skinny Monkey, and at most Instructor Lin and the three soldier kings.
If the Mei army or other human forces landed on a large scale, there were very few ways for Chen Zheng to deal with itβit seemed that he couldn't find any other way than to come forward and play lawn mowing Wushuang himself?
In this way, Chen Zheng wanted to add the function of outstanding performance to this drone.
Among the three options, the helicopter has the largest size, the most obvious target, and the largest load, making it the most flexible platform for weapons and equipment among the three platforms.
The dual-rotor similar to the Osprey UAV, while having the advantage of a large load on the helicopter platform, the flexibility is also greatly enhanced, and it can even enter some places that cannot be accessed by helicopters, such as dense forests, bushes and other places.
As for the four-rotor platform scheme, Chen Zheng values it most for flexibility. However, it has the smallest load capacity, the least room for choice of weapons and equipment, and is hoisted by the first two in terms of versatility...... However, the quadcopter scheme is also the most powerful platform for man-to-man combat.
Before, Chen Zheng was entangled in which platform to choose, but now after being woken up by Miao Lao, he already knew very well what he wanted - the earth used the quadcopter scheme, while the desolate star used the twin-rotor scheme.
Although the helicopter scheme has a large bomb load and can carry a variety of equipment, it seems difficult to give up, but don't forget that what Chen Zheng wants is just to clean up insects in the war zone, and naturally firmly control air supremacy on his own territory, so a large bomb load or something...... Wouldn't it be better to get a slow airship?
Therefore, the twin-rotor solution, which is more flexible on the barren planet and can fight under the treetops, naturally wins.
On the other hand, the four-rotor scheme with the lowest noise, the strongest concealment, and the ability to walk through streets and alleys, and sliding doors and windows is the most suitable UAV platform for urbanization operations.
However, after Chen Zheng got a satisfactory answer, Miao Lao became very interested in his models, and after looking at them several times, he turned around and asked Chen Zheng: "I see that there is no place to install batteries on these small drones of yours...... Do you want to use that power bulb as well? β
"Uh......" Chen Zheng thought for more than ten seconds before he realized what a "power supply ball" was, Miao Lao was referring to the small zero-electric conversion device used on the electromagnetic cannon before.
"Of course not...... Although it is simple and easy to manufacture, the fuel it uses is very, very valuable...... It is more valuable and important than nuclear materials. Chen Zheng said solemnly.
"Oh...... That's it......" Miao Lao was slightly disappointed - he thought that kind of thing could be mass-produced, just like batteries on earth.
If that's the case, he can also ask for a few to study with this old face, but Chen Zheng has already raised that magical fuel to the level of nuclear raw materials, so he naturally knows that it is already very, very generous to show him that thing.
Also, what country would casually let people visit their nuclear facilities? Even non-military facilities such as nuclear power plants are impossible for ordinary people to visit if they want to.
"That'...... What energy do they use? The look of disappointment on the old gentleman's face was fleeting, and then he asked curiously about energy.
"It's a wireless power system." Chen Zheng casually opened his personal terminal, and then pointed out the file of the wireless power supply system that the man with glasses made according to his instructions and showed it to Mr. Miao.
This part of the thing, Chen Zheng will show sooner or later, and it is very likely that he will carry out technical cooperation with the flower grower in the future, so taking out this document now can be regarded as letting the flower grower understand it first.
"Oh......" Miao Lao himself is not from physics or electricity, and he doesn't understand the professional documents, although he has the heart to care that Chen Zheng wants to take this thing...... But the pursuit is just to memorize it by heart, and prepare to go back and write out the key parts silently for those who know how to see.
Chen Zheng has determined that whether it is a desert star or an earth, a wireless power supply system must be used for small unmanned combat flat lifting.
Needless to say, so far the base has not found reliable lithium resources, so naturally it is impossible to develop a lithium battery system on the earth, and the technology of the battery in alien technology is a secret among secrets - for example, the energy storage device of power armor is like this, and the technicians at the level of glasses have not been able to master this kind of technology that only a big country has.
Although the lithium battery industry on the earth has been very developed...... But lithium batteries have one of the most significant drawbacks β weight.
After the quadcopter drone is equipped with an observation device, a detection device, and a microcomputer, if you bring a battery, you don't need to carry any weapons.
If it is only used for reconnaissance, but Chen Zheng wants to use it to make up for the gap in manpower, and it is necessary to have the ability to fight against people, so instead of carrying heavy batteries, it is better to carry more weapons.
In the next time, Chen Zheng explained in detail to Miao Lao his combat ideas and the weapon matching ideas of the UAV platform, and Miao Lao was obviously very interested in this topic, and after listening to it, he thought about it for a while, and said slowly:
ββ¦β¦ On the whole, the idea is still good, but the drone is most afraid of interference, when the Meiguo people just developed the drone of Chada, they were interfered with by Yilang, how are you going to solve this problem? β
"Backboneless cellular networks and trunked intelligent systems." Chen Zheng came to a very international word as soon as he opened his mouth.
"......" Miao Lao looked dazed, although Chen Zheng spoke Chinese and could understand every word, but he didn't know what it meant even when he was together.
Old experts, who were born before the electronic age, don't know much about the new terminology of the new era. Therefore, Chen Zheng should start with the most basic "cellular network".
The so-called cellular network refers to the arrangement pattern of mobile base stations, when the area covered by each base station is maximized and the number of base stations is minimized, the network is covered together, and its shape is similar to that of cellular.
And "no backbone" is the literal meaning, by countless drones freely networked, communicate with each other, naturally there is no "backbone network" in the traditional sense.
The cluster intelligence in the latter sentence comes from the low-level artificial intelligence that combines alien technology and earth technology. Although the computing resources on each drone are extremely limited, when they form a cellular network, the small processor on each drone will become a "neuron" in a huge network, and countless neurons are connected together to form a relatively simple artificial intelligence system.
After spending a long time finally explaining the system completely, Miao Lao looked Chen Zheng up and down, and his mouth was full of words: "The future is terrifying...... The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves! Xiao Chen's vision is really good. β
With Miao Lao's age and identity, it is natural to call Chen Zheng's adoptive father Chen Limin (Lan Yin) "Xiao Chen".
"Where, where, where ......," Chen Zheng said modestly.
"But...... Although your set of things is very advanced, there is one of the deadliest places......" After Miao Lao praised it, he pointed out the inconsiderate place in Chen Zheng's plan: "According to the document you just showed me, if you want to build a wireless power supply facility covering the entire Jizhou Island, you need to build a very large power tower, right?" β
"You mean...... Is the target of the tower too conspicuous? Chen Zheng was also stunned.
He hadn't looked at the information of the wireless power supply system too carefully before, but now he turned it back and carefully calculated according to the formula, if he wants a single tower to cover the entire Kizhou Island, then it must be at least two or three times higher than the Eiffel Tower!
Such an obvious target would obviously be a huge target in war.
"Taught." Chen Zheng sincerely thanked.