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Chapter 247 Drones - Low-Health Version! (First Update!)

"Load test?" Lin Yi's question reminded Mao Xiaofei of the fact that his boss had emphasized the load test when giving him the materials.

He slapped his forehead and gave Lin Yi an awkward smile:
"Boss, the load test wasn't done."

"I thought this thing was still a prototype, so I didn't go through all those processes."

"I'll go back now and arrange for people to go through all the procedures."

As Mao Xiaofei turned to leave, before he could take a step, he heard Lin Yi say behind him:

"Let's go together, I'd like to take a look too."

After finishing his sentence, Lin Yi turned to Cao Bin and the others and said:
"The market for drones is huge, and your materials department will need to keep up in the future. Go and take a look now."

After speaking, he quickly walked past Mao Xiaofei and went to the front of the group.

Behind him, Cao Bin quickly caught up with Mao Xiaofei and asked in a very soft voice:
"Is it going to be your turn to publish a paper this time?"

When asked about his thesis, Mao Xiaofei patted his chest forcefully with his right hand: "Of course!"

"In addition to assembling drones, we've also been studying related technologies these past few days."

"According to incomplete statistics, this small drone can lead to thousands of patents, and each patent can be the subject of a paper."

"With these qualifications, you're more than qualified for the youth talent development program!"

"Even if we don't get in, we're still big players in other industries!"

At this point, Mao Xiaofei suddenly stopped, glanced at Lin Yi ahead, and seeing that Lin Yi wasn't paying attention to what was happening behind him, he grabbed Cao Bin and whispered in Cao Bin's ear:

"The source code the boss gave us mentions large unmanned bombers!"

Cao Bin is a post-80s generation. People of this generation grew up playing horseback riding and fighting, and watching all kinds of military movies, TV series and novels.

My biggest dream is to be able to drive a tank and a plane and dominate the battlefield.

Upon suddenly hearing this sentence, his eyes widened in surprise.

He put his arm around Mao Xiaofei's shoulder, leaned his head close, and asked in a very low voice:
"you sure?"

"It was mentioned in the flight control code comments! Although it was only two or three words, it was indeed true."

Having received confirmation, Cao Bin patted his chest with his left hand:

"You can focus on your work. Don't worry about the materials. I, Cao Bin, will give you the best materials, even if it costs me my life."

The strange commotion of the two attracted the attention of several classmates nearby, as well as Lin Yi, who was standing at the front.

He turned around, glanced sideways, and shouted, "What are you guys doing?"

"Nothing!" Mao Xiaofei echoed, releasing his grip on Cao Bin and quickly catching up with Lin Yi.

To ensure that the two companies operate without interfering with each other, there is a four-meter-high wall between the factory buildings. To get from the special metals company to the communications company, one needs to go around from the outside.

After circling around for a long time, a group of people appeared outside the production workshop, panting heavily.

Mao Xiaofei and a few others quickly moved the newly assembled drones and base stations out of the workshop and onto the open ground.

Because it hasn't been fitted with a shell yet, the drone looks quite ugly.

It's not very big; it's about 20 centimeters long, 15 centimeters wide, and about 15 centimeters high.

The entire structure is a black aluminum alloy frame with a painted finish. Inside this frame is a battery and a black box that houses the motherboard.

In addition, there are the drone's cameras.

Outside the main body are four outward-extending skeletons. On the black skeletons are wires of four colors: red, yellow, blue, and green. At the end of the four skeletons is a silver-white electric motor, about the thickness of a two- or three-year-old child's arm.

White plastic blades are hanging on the electric motor.

While staring at the drone, Lin Yi gave his assessment:
"How ugly!"

Mao Xiaofei squatted down next to the drone, peeled off a blade with his hand, looked up, a little embarrassed, and whispered:

"The frames of drones are all made by stamping, so it is relatively easy for manufacturers to process them."

"The remaining parts are still in the initial stage, and the quantity needed is relatively small, plus the requirements are quite high."

"Some manufacturers produced them in small batches, while others needed to adjust their molds."

"So we're taking their existing goods now, just to take a look."

"So it looks rather ugly, but it doesn't affect the overall usability."

As he explained, Lin Yi squatted down and picked up the ugly drone.

The difficulty with drones lies in the initial stages and the specific needs of each user.

The challenges of high-end drones lie in program control, system optimization, and additional functions such as shooting and positioning.

Low-end drones, like those that carry bombs and never return, don't even need high-end materials. They only need a motherboard, four rotor motors, a cardboard shell, and wires.

Holding the ugly thing up and down, Lin Yi turned to Mao Xiaofei and said:
"Based on the status of this drone, compile a list of the necessary ingredients."

“Make a standardized list, and then use the list to contact the manufacturers that provide the products.”

"Tell them to order according to this standard."

"This..." This sudden request left Mao Xiaofei completely bewildered.

According to the company's usual practice, things are always getting better and better. Why did the boss suddenly change his mind today and start making things worse?

Doubts arose in his mind, and he wanted to ask a few questions, but remembering that Lin Yi never did unprofitable deals or did anything meaningless, Mao Xiaofei could only suppress his doubts, take out his notebook, and write this down.

After he finished writing, Lin Yi pointed to the drone: "Try operating it and see how much this drone can carry!"

After saying this, he quickly distanced himself from the drone and moved to a safe position.

Seeing this, Cao Bin and the others quickly increased the distance between themselves and the drone.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

Only those who are alive can be called gentlemen!
Seeing what these people were doing, Mao Xiaofei couldn't help but roll his eyes, lower his head, and check the remote control, drone, and base station with the other team members.

The examination was completed in about 10 minutes.

The inspection results were carefully filled in the form for future research and development.

The team inspecting the drones split into three groups: one group was responsible for setting up the base station, one group was responsible for recording data, and the remaining group was responsible for remotely controlling the drones.

As for Mao Xiaofei, he now had a pair of binoculars.

Soon, the drone's positioning signal base station was set up, and counterweights simulating the transport of goods were added under the drone.

The operator uses the signal base station as the core, sets the coordinate axis, and then controls the drone to take off.

The blades spun, emitting a buzzing sound, which was somewhat noisy.

Moreover, as the operator increased the power, the buzzing sound became louder and louder.

soon.

The lift generated by the rotating propellers broke the balance, and the drone slowly took off.

Perhaps because of the added counterweights, or perhaps because the operator was not very familiar with the process, the drone was ascending rather slowly.

When the drone reached a height of about three meters above the ground, it began to move back, forth, left, and right. Each movement of the drone made Cao Bin and the others' hearts skip a beat, fearing that it would fall down.

Moreover, this thing also comes with a 7.5 kg counterweight.

Raindrops falling from the sky won't kill anyone, but this thing really could kill someone.

Under the operator's control, this ugly and rudimentary drone, carrying a 7.5-kilogram counterweight, performed sudden ascents and descents, left and right lateral movements, and finally even did a cobra maneuver.

Just as the operator was getting into a playful mood, Lin Yi pointed to the wall of the workshop next to him:
"Run this thing over!"

The operator paused, looked up with a puzzled expression, and then quickly turned to look at Mao Xiaofei.

Mao Xiaofei didn't understand Lin Yi's instructions either, but after his eyes met Lin Yi's, he quickly nodded and turned to the operator, shouting, "Bump into the wall!"

Upon receiving the instruction, the operator no longer hesitated and controlled the drone to crash into the wall of the workshop.

The distance between the two was not far, only about 30 meters in total. In just two or three seconds, the drone crashed into the wall.

With a loud crash, the drone, which had hit the wall, fell straight down and smashed into a pile on the ground.

Mao Xiaofei and the others ran towards the drone, while Lin Yi looked up at the wall that had been hit by the drone.

The cement mortar insulation layer of the wall was knocked open, leaving a fist-sized hole.

Just as Lin Yi looked over, a gust of wind blew by, stirring up the cement mortar that had been smashed at the gap. White cement dust fell like dark snowflakes.

Looking at the impact marks, Lin Yi was very satisfied.

If you can make a dent by hitting a wall, then hitting glass is naturally no problem.

It's even more than enough to use it to run people over.

Only after the fallen cement dust had all been blown away by the wind did he walk towards Mao Xiaofei and the others.

The drone that crashed into the wall had been dismantled by Mao Xiaofei and his group, and all the parts were placed on the ground one after another in order.

Their focus was on the damaged parts.

Mao Xiaofei picked up a broken blade: "The strength is still not enough. I'll send a photo to the supplier later and then make a phone call."

"In other words, when we simulated the situation of a drone crash, we found that the propeller blades were not strong enough and needed to be strengthened."

"The electric motor used for this propeller will deform the casing if it is even slightly bumped."

"Tell them that the casing needs to be redone, and if the rigidity is still insufficient next time, then we will change manufacturers."

For each broken part picked up, Mao Xiaofei would issue an instruction in an orderly manner.

In just over 10 minutes, Mao Xiaofei had listed all the manufacturers of these damaged parts.

After the roll call was finished, Mao Xiaofei realized that Lin Yi was squatting right next to him.

Just as he was about to speak, Lin Yi interrupted him:
"I'll give you a blueprint for an external component later. Find an injection molding factory and have them produce a batch of these damaged drones based on this blueprint."

"Huh?" Mao Xiaofei was stunned, not understanding why an external plugin would be produced suddenly.

"Did you hear that?" another question rang out, and he finally realized what was happening, nodding repeatedly.

Having received his response, Lin Yi stood up, took out his phone, and walked towards the old factory while making a call.

The phone was dialed three times, each time ringing for a full minute, until it was finally answered on the fourth try.

Immediately afterwards, Sadr's voice came through the phone:
"Good morning!"

"It's afternoon here!" Lin Yi replied, then turned and found a quiet corner, quickly asking, "Why haven't we heard anything from them all this time? Did they run away?"

When asked why there had been no news, Sadr's sarcastic voice came through the phone:
"How dare you ask us why we haven't received any news?"

"Isn't this all thanks to you, sir?"

"I was wondering which deity was so bold as to cause such a commotion."

"After asking around, I found out that the deity was actually someone I knew."

"If my dad hadn't told me, I'd probably still be in the dark."

"You bombed the Israeli port of Eilat, and then the Israeli Mossad and the CIA in the Middle East, like mad dogs, were searching for people everywhere."

"If we don't want to die, then we can only hide and lurk in the shadows like rats."

"It was only during this period of relaxation that I dared to come out and breathe fresh air again."

"After I breathe, I have to go back to my sewers and become the master of the sewers."

"You guys are all ruthless!"

Hearing the strong complaints in his words, Lin Yi's smile widened.

What I want is for the other party to have resentment!

He tapped his fingers lightly along the seam of his trousers as he spoke slowly and deliberately to the person on the other end of the phone:
"I've recently come up with something great, wanna try it out?"

"An atomic bomb?"

"Huh?" Lin Yi was completely bewildered when he suddenly heard a somewhat unfamiliar word.

He repeated the Arabic word in his mind several times before finally confirming its translation.

He let out a soft breath and pressed Sader for an answer:

"Why do you say that?"

The next second, words laced with resentment came: "Last time you said you had something good, but in the end you gave the Saudis advice to blow up Eilat."

"This time you said you had something good, but I have no idea who you're planning to blow up."

"But let me make this clear first: if it really is an atomic bomb, and if it really is about taking down America, then I'll handle it!"

"I'll show them what a true Iraqi man is!"

Although there was resentment in his words, Lin Yi could still hear the laughter in them.

The person on the other end is being hypocritical!

Holding the phone, Lin Yi chuckled silently, and continued, following Sader's lead:

"Yeah, I'm planning to go to Washington, do you want to come with me?"

"Stop joking. I've got something new here called a drone."

"If you can't understand it, you can think of this thing as a remote-controlled toy."

"This remote-controlled toy has an operational radius of 500 meters without a base station."

"If the base station is set up, the operational radius will be 2 kilometers."

"If you ignore the feel of it and don't consider any other circumstances, this thing has a combat radius of tens of kilometers."

"Then the load capacity is 7.5 kilograms!"

So, are you interested?

(End of this chapter)