Genius is just the threshold for me!

Chapter 16 Takeoff, Westward Journey

"Torque wrench..."

The following evening, Lin Dong stood in front of the model airplane on the worktable, took the torque wrench from Wang Rui, and tightened a servo motor bolt to the designed torque.

"Zhang Yue, the control wing can be installed now. Rivet it in, and pay attention to the initial angle between the control wing and the servo."

Lin Dong gave an order, then turned to Wang Rui and Cai Wei: "Cai Wei, bring over the box from the second drawer of the computer desk. Wang Rui, pull over the external power supply. We're almost done."

"Dong Shen, what is this?" Cai Wei asked curiously as he found the box Lin Dong wanted and placed it on the worktable.

"A small toy."

Lin Dong opened the box, revealing a laser device about the thickness of an adult's arm and 70 centimeters in length in front of the group.

"hiss!"

Cai Wei's eyes widened: "Laser weapon?"

"This thing must have a power output of over 300W."

Wang Rui then pulled over a power bank and, seeing the rather intimidating size of the laser, said, "If this were fired at close range, I'd be dead on the spot."

"Dong Shen, you call this a little toy?"

Zhang Yue, having just finished riveting the control wing, looked somewhat dazed and said, "This can be called a laser cannon, or rather, it's a contraband."

"Chengfei has no contraband."

"520W power, supports 10 consecutive one-second pulse emissions, 80 pulse emissions within 10 minutes, can ignite flammable materials within 100 meters in one second, causing deep burns to local skin."

Lin Dong said calmly, "I have already applied for the weapon's test flight documents. The test flight code name is 'Hot and Spicy'."

As the person who developed the highly accurate identification and interception algorithm and used a laser to kill mosquitoes, he now enjoys some preferential treatment at Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group.

A few days ago, Chen Jianguo came to visit my home and revealed that he wanted to make a laser device.

Before the next day, Chen Jianguo had someone send over the test approval documents.

"520W, hot..."

Upon hearing this code name, Wang Rui and the other two exchanged glances, their lips twitching involuntarily: "This is truly a passionate love story."

Although it's still 2009 and the 520 online Valentine's Day event, which won't be widely popular until next year, hasn't started yet, the profoundness of Chinese homophones means they can understand the meaning immediately.

"Stop talking nonsense, keep assembling the computer."

Lin Dong didn't let Wang Rui and the others continue their rambling. He instructed them to install the laser in a fixed position on the belly of the aircraft, connect the power supply to the model aircraft, and then took the laptop to start flashing and debugging the avionics and aiming systems.

Two hours later, the sun had completely set, leaving only the city's ever-burning lights on the earth.

Lin Dong directed Wang Rui and the others to refuel the model aircraft with aviation kerosene, opened the laboratory door, and took the ground antenna and simulation control equipment to the adjacent test field.

"Stay away."

Lin Dong and Wang Rui hung the antenna high up. After they left, Lin Dong opened his laptop, applied for a flight path, connected to the control equipment, and remotely started the model aircraft through the antenna.

呲!

The engine's starter motor began to operate, causing the intake fan blades of the two low-bypass turbofans to slowly rotate.

Buzz!

The intake fan blades rotate faster and faster, and once they reach a certain speed, the combustion chamber opens for fuel injection and ignition.

The model aircraft vibrated slightly, and two wisps of black smoke billowed from its tail. The smoke dissipated a second later, and the aircraft emitted a smooth and stable running sound.

"Awesome!"

Wang Rui's eyes widened as he watched the two engines start up so smoothly, without the slightest abnormal vibration.

The startup smoothness was many levels higher than when he tested it on the test bench.

This means that Lin Dong obtained the data from his test flight, updated and debugged the engine control program, and achieved an amazing result.

But you should know that their first aero-engine was just assembled yesterday afternoon. He stayed up all night last night to get the data from the test run, and Lin Dong was in charge of debugging this morning...

In just half a day, without needing a second test run, they managed to improve a newly assembled aero-engine by so much; it's simply phenomenal.

"Wireless communication control is stable, altitude measurement module is normal, internal and external temperature sensors are normal, fuel endurance calculation is normal, speed calculator is normal, satellite positioning and navigation function is normal, fuselage attitude sensing is normal, radar camera is normal..."

The engines of the two model aircraft started successfully, which powered the generators inside the aircraft, and all the avionics modules received a sufficient power supply and began to start one by one.

Cai Wei squatted next to the laptop as his assistant, communicating with air traffic control while keeping an eye on the data from the model aircraft system on the screen, and reporting the model aircraft's status to Lin Dong.

"No problem, let's take off."

Lin Dong glanced at the data on the screen, sat down in front of the simulation control equipment, placed his left hand on the throttle lever, and gripped the joystick with his right hand...

boom!

Two faint trails of flame shot out from the engine nozzle of the model drone, illuminating the night sky with a yellow-blue glow.

Lin Dongsong released the brakes, activated the throttle, and unleashed the powerful engine thrust, propelling the fully fueled, over 1200-kilogram model drone straight out.

call--

The model aircraft glided rapidly at the test track, its tail flame, which was more than a meter long, flashing with Mach rings.

Rumble!

The model airplane was getting faster and faster, and soon exceeded 200 kilometers per hour, reaching the designed takeoff speed.

"take off!"

Lin Dong pulled the control lever.

The drone's flaps were pressed down, and the wheels of the fuselage lifted off the ground.

The entire model airplane resembled a swallow taking flight, leaving the ground and soaring into the sky.

"Holy crap, it flew! It took off!"

"My God, it didn't crash, it took off!"

"This is the world's first canard-configured unmanned aerial vehicle; we've made history..."

Wang Rui, Zhang Yue, and Cai Wei watched as the model airplane, which they had worked so hard on for more than half a month, took to the sky. The flashing flight lights illuminated the outline of the canard wings, and the three of them were already too excited to contain themselves.

"Get ready."

"Find an uninhabited area to test the extreme performance of the model aircraft."

Lin Dong maneuvered the drone to quickly climb to an altitude of 500 meters, away from the flight path of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and Shuangliu Airport, heading west-southwest towards the sun.

The laptop next to him contained an avionics system that Lin Dong had rewritten and improved over half a month using a commercially available system. It was continuously maintaining communication with the model aircraft through ground antennas and satellite systems.

The entire avionics system interface is divided into two parts, one large and one small.

The smaller section on the left displays key parameters of the model aircraft, such as speed, fuel level, altitude, ground elevation, latitude and longitude, temperature, bearing, and acceleration.

The right side is divided into four areas. The top three areas display the drone's radar interface, infrared interface, and camera interface, respectively.

The main area below is a contour map, along with real-time updated civil aviation routes.

A 3D drone model made of lines is flying on the map, simulating the drone's posture in real time.

Soon, the model airplane left the city of CD and entered the plateau area to the west.

Lin Dong glanced at the ground altitude displayed on the screen, then pulled the control stick, increasing the output of the throttle and the engine, and the model aircraft began to climb.

"Altitude 800 meters... 1000 meters... 1300 meters... 1500 meters..." Cai Wei returned to his post, staring intently at the system display, and reported the status of the model aircraft to Lin Dong.

The real-time simulated fuselage attitude now shows a climbing attitude with a large pitch angle.

The camera panned out, and time seemed to flow backward.

The surrounding darkness faded, the distance grew brighter, and the fading sunset glow returned to the sky.

"Altitude 2200 meters, speed 230 meters per second, approaching the design limit of Mach 0.7... Dong Shen, the fuselage attitude is shaking!" Cai Wei shouted nervously.

"Don't worry, we're in a high-altitude canyon below. This is just normal airflow disturbance."

Lin Dong glanced at the laptop's specifications, and without hesitation, pulled the accelerator lever all the way to the floor with his left hand.

boom!

The laptop speakers emitted a simulated booming sound.

In the real-time simulated 3D model, the exhaust flame from the engine nozzle suddenly surged to nearly ten meters.

The speed, which was already approaching Mach 0.7, suddenly increased significantly.

In less than ten seconds, the model aircraft reached a speed of 255 meters per second and began to sprint toward the subsonic limit of Mach 0.8.

At that moment, a large sun appeared at the edge of the frame.

The sky brightened, and the sun, which had sunk deep into the mountains of Chengdu, reappeared in the sky, showering the world with endless light and heat.