blogombal Chapter 276 New Aerial Power
Chapter 276 New Aerial Power
Platinum looked at the pastry in her hand, thought for a moment, and then decisively threw it into her mouth.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a snack, chewing it won't take up much of my stomach."
Lorraine and Lin Shu smiled at Bai Jin's expression without saying anything, but Olivia, standing behind the three of them, stared in shock with her mouth agape, a look of utter despair on her face.
Seeing Platinum quickly approach Lin Shu's side, Lorraine slowed down and walked alongside Olivia behind her. Seeing the shocked expression on Olivia's face, Lorraine explained.
"She's younger than you think, and before the apocalypse, she was seriously injured during a mission due to an unexpected incident. After recovering, she spent a long time hunting alone in these ruins. She's in much better spirits now than when we first met."
Olivia nodded knowingly, after all, there were similar situations at the Stonehenge base.
However, there are a large number of permanent staff at the Stonehenge site, and a group of qualified psychologists are on staff, so the mental health of the staff at the site is above the standard.
Seeing Olivia regain her normal expression, Lorraine smiled and looked at Lin Shu and Bai Jin as they walked away, then spoke.
"Let's hurry up, they won't wait for us. Ms. Lin's cooking is quite good."
Olivia, who was also exhausted, brightened up and started running to catch up with him.
"Ha, they're all foodies."
But watching the three figures disappear into the distance, Lorraine did not chase after them. Instead, he paused and stood still, waiting for the vehicle that was to pick him up.
With a soft whistling sound, a large, silver-white motorcycle appeared behind Lorraine.
This motorcycle has a futuristic and aggressive design, but it is not a racing motorcycle; rather, it is an all-terrain motorcycle with the appearance of a racing motorcycle.
The entire body is encased in a shell made of high-strength carbon fiber composite material. The body lines are complex and sharp, and every turn and angle has been precisely designed to reduce air resistance at high speeds as much as possible.
Unlike conventional motorcycles, this custom motorcycle is powered by a miniaturized pure hydrogen gas turbine made entirely of metallic hydrogen.
In the location of a conventional motorcycle fuel tank, there is a highly versatile hydrogen electrolysis device that allows the motorcycle to use water as fuel.
Lorraine turned around, mounted the motorcycle, twisted the handlebars, and drove the nearly 400-kilogram motorcycle toward the aircraft factory near Enshi Airport.
This massive aircraft factory was built by several engineering teams working together, but the secondary nanocores and second-level nanocores, which are the main production components, have not yet been put into construction.
Lorraine parked his motorcycle at the pedestrian entrance of Factory No. 1, then dismounted and walked into the pedestrian passage of Factory No. 1.
The moment the small door closed, the lights on the roof of Factory Building No. 1 turned on, illuminating the colossal structure in the middle of the building.
This enormous aircraft has completed final assembly and is currently undergoing pre-flight checks here.
Even though Lorraine walked around the aircraft nonstop, it still took her nearly 20 minutes to complete one lap.
"Cleveland, report on the status of Probe Unit 1."
As soon as Lorraine finished speaking, a familiar holographic projection appeared beside her.
"The final assembly of the No. 1 demonstrator aircraft has been completed, and the power system and energy system have been inspected. We are now inspecting its optical stealth system. The weapon system and small drones have not yet been installed. It is expected to take off in 27 hours."
Lorraine held the data tablet and looked through the data that Cleveland had just transmitted.
This aircraft was proposed around the same time as the air traffic control ship, which had already completed all its components. However, this aircraft is smaller and uses all mature technologies.
This aircraft, designed entirely by Ouyang Nian, is 92.7 meters long and has a maximum wingspan of 245.2 meters. Its main power source is four sets of eight new-generation thermonuclear turbines.
The aircraft adopts a new generation of flying wing aerodynamic layout, with a thick central fuselage and maneuver control surfaces located at the wingtips.
The aircraft is equipped with a small nuclear fusion reactor and 16 small pure hydrogen gas turbines.
The aircraft has an empty weight of over 6000 tons, a maximum takeoff weight of 13000 tons, and a near-infinite maximum range.
The aircraft can carry a total of 60 small jet-powered unmanned combat aircraft, all of which are equipped with an electromagnetic recovery system and are mounted under the blended wing surface of the fuselage during the prototype's cruise.
To facilitate mounting on the surface of the cruise aircraft without compromising its aerodynamic performance, these small jet-powered drones all adopt a flying wing design, with foldable wings on both sides of the fuselage.
During recovery, the aircraft will first approach the mothership, then flip its fuselage and dock with the mothership through the electromagnetic recovery system. After electronic locking, the wings on both sides of the fuselage will fold down and firmly attach to the lower wing surface of the demonstrator aircraft.
To alleviate the resupply pressure on cruise aircraft, these small jet drones are powered not by common turbofan engines, but by a specially optimized aerospace-grade gas turbine.
This type of gas turbine does not use pure hydrogen as fuel, but uses hydrogen as a propellant. Although the power is reduced, the range is greatly enhanced. According to simulations, this type of aviation gas turbine can enable these small jet drones to have a combat radius of 450 kilometers, and its combat payload is no less than two tons.
Currently, the aircraft has a relatively limited use, mainly hovering over the core area to eliminate any approaching enemy units.
Thanks to its various powerful propulsion devices, its maximum flight speed can reach 727 kilometers per hour.
Moreover, the aircraft has a large amount of internal space. The reason why the number of drones it can carry is reduced to 60 is because the aircraft is equipped with a large number of devices.
This data is the same as the payload capacity of subsequent manned drone models.
According to the unmanned version provided by Cleveland, the aircraft can carry at least 84 drones, and the aircraft can also be equipped with high-power laser weapons or plasma weapons by adding an energy system.
After learning the specific data of this type of aircraft, Lorraine left the factory and rode his motorcycle into a new type of rotorcraft that was waiting to be deployed.
This type of rotorcraft has a load capacity of about 12 tons, a lower maximum takeoff weight in helicopter mode, a maximum forward speed of 402 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 2300 kilometers.
In fixed-wing configuration, the maximum takeoff weight reaches its maximum value, the service ceiling is 8 kilometers, the maximum speed is 770 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range is 4000 kilometers.
Although the performance of this type of rotorcraft is inferior to that of existing tactical transport aircraft, its extremely low cost is the reason for its existence.
More than 60% of the aircraft's fuselage is made of composite materials, and the materials used are only 1/10 of those used in a tactical transport aircraft.
To ensure the reliability of the transport aircraft, the engine does not rotate with the blades, but is fixed at both ends of the wing. Only the three-bladed propeller at the front of the engine rotates vertically.
After a period of flight, Lorraine returned to Port Jask and landed on the tarmac of the massive factory next to the port.
After leaving the tarmac, Lorraine went straight down into the huge factory.
The central area of this mega-factory is a semi-open assembly center, with a total of eight workshops in the four directions of front, back, left, and right. Each workshop is equipped with one secondary nanocore and two secondary nanocores.
After visiting each factory and inspecting the components firsthand, Lorraine returned to the helipad and boarded a gyroplane back to Aion City.
As the gyroplane flew over the newly built white buildings, Lorraine seized the opportunity, jumped out of the side hatch of the fuselage, and landed smoothly using the recoil system equipped on the powered armor.
With a series of clicks, Lorraine removed his heavy power armor and entered the restaurant wearing only his nanotech combat suit.
"Looks like you ate well."
"Where did you go? Why did it take you so long to come back?"
In response to Platinum's question, Lorraine smiled and gave an answer.
"I took a tour of the two newly built factories and looked at the weapon systems that will be used later."
Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Lorraine sat up straight and spoke with a slightly serious expression.
"Oliffa, you have the most to do. You'll be going with Lin Shu to his lab later to collect some tissue samples from your body and test your detailed physical condition."
"Then you will go with those officers into the learning center, where you will learn about the fleet's existing and under-construction weapons and equipment in a slowed-down simulation space."
"Finally, you will need to conduct exercises using these weapons and equipment until your win rate reaches over 70%."
Olivia stood up abruptly and gave Lorraine a standard knightly salute.
"We guarantee the mission will be completed."
"Platinum, your task is not easy either. You need to assemble a suitable rapid reaction force that can move quickly throughout the Red Earth Federation and is designed to counter enemy small war behemoths."
Platinum also stood up and saluted.
"Understood, I guarantee I will complete the mission."
Then, Lorraine turned her head, past the somewhat impatient Ouyang Nian, and looked at Lin Shu sitting next to her.
"Lin Shu, could you please work overtime tonight and make the enhancement injection suitable for Olivia as soon as possible?"
"OK."
Finally, Lorraine looked at Ouyang Nian, who was already restless.
"Let's go, let's go see your new behemoth."
Everyone got up and left the restaurant, but before leaving, Lorraine looked at Olivia, whose eyes clearly showed a hint of fatigue.
"Sister Shu, after Olivia finishes her tests, let her rest at your place. I reckon she's been working non-stop for quite a while. Although the situation is urgent, she shouldn't be so busy that she doesn't even have time to rest."
Through the helmet's built-in brainwave communication system, the message went unnoticed by Olivia. Seeing Lin Shu nod slightly, Lorraine felt relieved and left the restaurant with Ouyang Nian.
Lorraine put on the refueled powered armor again and, together with Ouyang Nian, boarded a gyroplane and returned to the mega-factory located next to the artificial bay in Port Jask.
Arriving at the factory building in the northeast direction of the assembly center, this space control aircraft now houses all the completed weapon systems.
As Lorraine lightly clicked on the data panel, four enormous particle cannons appeared in the warehouse amidst a burst of pale blue light.
"Level 7 energy weapon, dual-mode particle beam cannon."
"In scatter mode, it can strike small targets in clusters, while in cluster mode, it can kill targets of similar size."
"However, due to their high energy consumption, each pair of cannons requires a separate small nuclear fusion reactor for power."
On the way here, Ouyang Nian had already learned about the parameters of this cannon in detail. Looking at the increasingly outrageous data of this warship after it was equipped with a large number of advanced weapon systems, Ouyang Nian couldn't help but speak up.
"Lorraine, are you sure you still want to call this spaceship an air traffic control ship?"
"No, we approved it as an air traffic control ship project because we were afraid that the corresponding weapons and equipment would not be available in time, and in the end we would only be able to build an empty shell."
"But now that all the systems are in place, the original names have been changed back."
Looking at the large spacecraft in the 3D projection that was almost identical to the one in his memory, Lorraine spoke softly with a hint of joy.
"After all, it's just a resemblance to an aircraft, so let's not call it that."
"Aerospace Carrier Platform - Bifang".
After sighing, Lorraine turned to look at Ouyang Nian.
What is the progress of research on the next generation of aerospace vehicles?
Ouyang Nian took out a data board and looked at the data recorded on it.
"The research progress of the next-generation aerospace fighter is not very optimistic, mainly due to the bottleneck in the space propulsion system."
"However, based on the existing WF01 UAV, a space fighter was successfully modified."
"The entire machine is equipped with a total of 2+1 engines, two of which are dual-mode cycle engines, and the other added engine is a pure working fluid engine."
"The added propellant engine is mainly used for flying across the Kármán line, and it is itself an external flight backpack mounted on the top of the aircraft."
"The propellant suitable for spaceflight has been developed, and the airborne small energy core has also been rolled out."
"The airborne pulse laser cannon has also completed its development, the experimental model has been verified, and it has entered the production stage."
"Due to the high difficulty in manufacturing the airborne nozzles, this aircraft is still in the manufacturing stage and is expected to be completed in 12 hours and 35 minutes."
"No rush, as long as we have what we need now, the planet is our home turf. If all else fails, we can make two types, one for combat inside the atmosphere and one for combat outside the atmosphere."
"After all, we can't afford to lose this time."
Lorraine walked out of the semi-open assembly center factory located in the central area.
Perhaps in just half a month, that spaceship, which was originally just a fantasy, will actually appear in front of him and carry out the mission he envisioned.
The next chapter is even more exciting: Chapter 276 New Air Power, we look forward to your visit.