"Superconducting battery technology is the most advanced technology. You can create ultra-high-performance batteries with a storage capacity of hundreds of thousands of kilowatt hours..."
"We are currently working on the design of a new aircraft carrier. We have heard about your technology and want to see if it can be applied to the new aircraft carrier."
Li Hongshuo said very straightforwardly.
The purpose of his coming to the anti-gravity aircraft experimental base was for superconducting battery technology.
This technology is unique internationally and is an ultra-high-end energy storage technology, so it will naturally be included in the design considerations of new aircraft carriers.
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Wang Hao asked in confusion, "Do you want to use superconducting batteries as an energy supplement for the aircraft carrier?"
"right."
Li Hongshuo said, "The new aircraft carrier will mainly use nuclear power. This is also our basic goal, but other aspects must also be taken into consideration."
"Before I came, I had discussed with others that if there was a high-performance battery with hundreds of thousands of kilowatt-hours, it could be used as a backup energy source for the new aircraft carrier and be separately supplied to the radar and electronic system equipment."
"This allows the electronic system to be independent and further ensure security."
The so-called supplementary energy and independent operation of electronic systems are based on war situations.
When the aircraft carrier is hit, having a backup energy source and the independent operation of the electronic system will definitely increase the safety performance of the aircraft carrier.
Even if a certain part is hit, it will not affect the overall operation.
However, according to Li Hongshuo, superconducting battery technology is obviously not a necessity because the new aircraft carrier uses nuclear power as its energy source.
No matter how high-end the superconducting battery technology is, it is only a battery that supplies electricity, while nuclear power is a continuous source of energy. The two are not on the same level at all.
Wang Hao was interested in the issue of nuclear power for new aircraft carriers. After listening to Li Hongshuo talking for a long time, he couldn't help but ask, "Do we now have the ability to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers?"
"this……"
Li Hongshuo did not expect Wang Hao to ask this, and then said, "The new aircraft carrier is based on nuclear power. It is not yet certain, but we will definitely design a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier."
Wang Hao didn't know how to answer the call.
He thought that China already had the technology for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but he got this answer.
Li Hongshuo continued, "It's still early. The new aircraft carrier is only under design. The planned construction time is five years later. We have been improving nuclear power technology."
Wang Hao nodded understandingly.
Although he didn't pay much attention to the development of aircraft carriers, there were a lot of reports on each aircraft carrier. He also knew that nuclear power was the main direction. Normally, the next aircraft carrier would definitely be nuclear power.
This is already a direct task.
If a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier cannot be built, because there is no continuous power support, the navy will not have long-range navigation and strike capabilities. There are already several conventionally powered aircraft carriers, and it really does not make much sense to build new conventionally powered aircraft carriers.
From this we can see...
Li Hongshuo and related scientific research units must also be under great pressure.
Of course, they are certainly not directly responsible for the nuclear power technology of the aircraft carrier, but without perfect nuclear power technology, there is no way to complete the design of a new aircraft carrier.
This is also an important factor restricting the progress of the work. No wonder Li Hongshuo made a special trip to pay attention to the superconducting battery technology that is not very important on the aircraft carrier.
As the two talked, the topic turned to another part.
Although superconducting battery technology is not a necessity for aircraft carriers, superconducting battery technology can be applied in many fields, and one related field is directly related to the navy.
Electromagnetic gun technology.
"We have always wanted to be able to install electromagnetic guns on large ships in the future."
"However, this technology is difficult to implement."
"Although there have been related studies and many experiments, the performance is very unstable." Li Hongshuo said a lot when talking about electromagnetic gun technology. "If superconducting batteries can be used as energy sources, maybe we can solve the problem." The most basic energy issue of the electromagnetic gun.”
Wang Hao nodded thoughtfully and did not make a direct evaluation. He said modestly, "I am only responsible for researching related technical applications. You are the experts."
This is the truth.
His job is technology research and development, not technology application. Whether it is superconducting batteries or anti-gravity technology, they are essentially directly related to superconductivity, so he has researched related technologies and continued to develop them in depth.
After the technology is researched, there are many directions for thinking about its application, and research by personnel in specialized fields is also needed.
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As the two people kept talking, the military visiting group also learned about the parameters and performance of the prototype, as well as the high-end technology involved.
The theoretical design parameters of the prototype that is being assembled can give people great expectations. Several Air Force generals immediately said, "I will definitely come back when the actual test flight day comes."
"This aircraft is so high-end, I can't wait to see it take off!"
"It'll be ready in October, right?"
"According to the plan, we can see it in a month."
Wang Hao also talked about related plans, because time is still very tight to get the aircraft to appear in the military parade, and the installation and debugging of the aircraft are all planned.
This month will consist of constant installation and testing, followed by small test flight experiments. After the prototype is installed, basic tests such as take-off and slow-moving flight will be carried out. After the basic tests are completed, formal testing will be carried out. Test flight.
By then, there will definitely be many people watching.
That's the big moment.
After talking about the issues of anti-gravity aircraft, some experts and scholars in the aviation field also talked about technical issues. They mainly talked about superconducting battery technology.
The application space of superconducting battery technology is really huge.
Several experts from the aviation group are talking about whether they can use this to create large drones.
What drones need most is power.
Some small drones directly use battery power, while some large drones need to be equipped with aero engines.
The aviation engine will give the drone plenty of power, but because it has to carry a large amount of fuel, it also limits the drone's endurance. If it is supported by a superconducting battery, it can have sufficient power supply, and it can also Can have a long battery life.
This is enough to support the manufacture of large drones.
"With superconducting batteries and superconducting motors, the power is definitely sufficient, even no worse than aerospace engines."
"I think based on these two technologies, we can even build a fighter jet..."
Another expert was thinking about it and asked Wang Haodao, "Can you make a smaller anti-gravity aircraft? It doesn't have to be so big, for example, ten meters in diameter. The endurance time can be shorter, but the flexibility must be ensured."
"I think this kind of anti-gravity aircraft is enough to replace fighter jets..."
Another expert said, "Ordinary fighters are useless. The situation we will face in the future also includes the ability to strike at high seas. The most important thing is to have a carrier-based aircraft with good performance."
"With superconducting battery and motor technology, we can definitely create a carrier-based aircraft, but..."
"Ordinary aircraft carriers can't use it, right?"
After saying this question, many people looked at Li Hongshuo.
Li Hongshuo said in a dumbfounded voice, "If electric propulsion carrier-based aircraft are manufactured in the future, then our aircraft carrier technology will need to be adjusted."
"We might as well not build an ordinary aircraft carrier, but just build an offshore nuclear power generation platform. Wouldn't that be great?"
The others immediately laughed after hearing this.
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After the military delegation left, the debugging work on the second prototype continued.
In order to seize the time to catch up with the plan, Wang Hao also directly participated in the work. His main job was to help come up with solutions and solve some debugging problems.
One of the big problems is the electronic system.
One of the cores of anti-gravity aircraft is the electronic system. The electronic system is the soft core of control. The cooling system, anti-gravity system, superconducting battery, superconducting motor and radar system and other incidental modules are all directly controlled by the electronic system. If the electronic system System failure will have a huge impact on the operation of the entire aircraft.
Wang Hao invested a lot of energy in improving the electronic system, and decided to add two safety modules midway to ensure that the electronic system can operate more stably.
A month passed quickly.
The anti-gravity aircraft completed basic debugging a week before the plan, and then continued testing to prepare for the test flight a week later.
This test flight is very important.
The test flight of the second prototype was completely different from the first one.
The anti-gravity aircraft has been exposed and has attracted widespread international attention. Senior leaders, the military and other departments also attach great importance to it and are always paying attention to the progress of the research and development of the second prototype.
Against this background, before the test flight of the second prototype, many leaders came to the base, including the No. 2 leader and several senior generals of the Air Force. They all came to take a look at the test flight of the aircraft immediately. Work.
The test flight work is not a simple flight, but three determined tasks.
The first is high-altitude suspension, with a planned suspension height of 45,000 meters.
The second is supersonic flight. The plan is to achieve breakthrough speed of sound at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
The third is flexible steering at high altitude.
Flexible steering at high altitude is a project set up to avoid incoming missiles. As long as you can flexibly turn in time, you can easily avoid incoming missiles at high altitude.
In front of the experimental base, Wang Haozheng was standing with Leader No. 2, watching the large disc-shaped flying saucer in the distance being slowly transported to the endless open space.
Many people are busy around.
Leader No. 2 was looking forward to it, but also a little nervous. He asked, "Are you confident this time?"
"It should be fine normally."
Wang Hao seemed very relaxed, because he had debugged it many times, the take-off and landing tests, and the near-ground test had all ended, and no major problems arose during the process.
I’m not too worried about the official test flight now.
Of course.
There are also projects that Wang Hao is a little worried about, the most difficult of which is supersonic flight at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
Anti-gravity aircraft are not like ordinary fighter jets. Flying at high speed near the ground has certain risks. Even flying at supersonic speeds at an altitude of 10,000 meters still has a little risk.
But no matter what kind of aircraft it is, there are definitely risks as long as it takes off.
Wang Hao looked at the large aircraft in the distance that he had put a lot of effort into, and said with full confidence, "Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem."
Leader No. 2 nodded, made sure he was ready, and said, "Let's get started!"
