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Chapter 1275 [Bionic Power Company]

Saturday, October 6st.

At around 16: in the afternoon, Fang Hong arrived at the headquarters of Bionic Power Company.

At this moment, at one of the company's test sites, Fang Hong was with Ma Gaoyuan, the founder of Bionic Power Company, and a technical team recruited from graduates of Northwestern Polytechnical University.

"This is the bionic flapping-wing aircraft 'Hayabusa 1' that we have finalized. It has passed the military's acceptance standards and procurement is now on the agenda." The head of the team that designed the product introduced to Fang Hong.

"So fast? Has it been finalized and passed the acceptance?" Fang Hong was quite surprised, and immediately took the Hayabusa 1 from the other party and took a look at it. The technical team leader continued to introduce to him: "The wingspan of Hayabusa 1 is 76.5 cm, and the takeoff weight is 285 grams, which is just over half a pound. A large amount of new polymer materials are used, so it is so light."

Fang Hong nodded and weighed it. It was indeed very light. The technical director continued, "...but it can fly for more than 5 hours with the built-in battery, breaking our previous world record of 3 hours and 42 minutes set by the 'Carrier Pigeon' model."

Hearing this, Fang Hong was very surprised: "Can it fly for 5 hours?"

The technical director nodded: "To be exact, it was 5 hours, 19 minutes and 37 seconds. The biggest breakthrough in setting this record is the technological progress in gliding, which saved a lot of energy."

After hearing this, Fang Hong suddenly realized that it was no wonder that it passed the military's acceptance standards. It could stay in the air for more than 5 hours and was fully qualified for practical use.

Fang Hong looked at Ma Gaoyuan and smiled, "As expected, this is a team that graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University."

Then he looked at the "Hayabusa 1" flapping-wing aircraft in his hand again. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most bird-like man-made aircraft.

At the same time, the technical director next to him further introduced to him: "It can control one wing individually to perform steering maneuvers. Not only can the wings be folded through the front rocker arm, but also through the rear servo, so that the double wings can be folded on one side when shooting downward, giving it directional maneuverability like a bird."

“Not only do many parts adopt bionic designs based on bird joints, but they are also equipped with multiple position sensors, which can allow the wings to flap down longer than up, achieving long-distance gliding capabilities, thereby greatly improving flight efficiency and extending overall flight time.”

Fang Hong immediately asked: "Can we fly one and see?"

The technical director nodded: "No problem."

At this moment, another member of the technical team put on a set of head-mounted display equipment. Fang Hong was surprised when he saw it and said, "Can we use MIX to control the flight? You are quite fast..."

Ma Gaoyuan, who was standing nearby, smiled and said: "MIX headsets can greatly enhance perception, and it also saves us from developing hardware ourselves. We can just write a program and use it directly."

Fang Hong nodded with satisfaction: "It's good. The military went to Xingyu Technology a few days ago. If there are no problems with the military version of MIX, it will be mass-produced next year."

Now it was Ma Gaoyuan's turn to be surprised: "Is this true?"

Fang Hong nodded again: "I talked to Qin Feng yesterday. You two need to integrate the platforms into a system. You can adapt the military version of MIX equipment later."

The people present are all core personnel who have been involved in many confidential events. There is no need to keep anything from them. Even if you don't tell them, they will know it soon. Moreover, the military version of MIX is not a top-secret matter. It is intended to be put into regular service and cannot be kept secret at all.

It won’t be long before the military version is announced to let the outside world know about it, but the details will be kept secret.

But at this moment, Fang Hong had already handed the flapping-wing aircraft to the pilot. After a while, the "Hayabusa" flapped its bionic wings and quickly took off.

Fang Hong's eyes followed the movement of the flapping-wing aircraft. He looked up with his hand on his forehead, gazing at the flapping-wing aircraft circling in the sky. He couldn't help but say, "It's only a dozen meters away. It doesn't look like a machine at all to the naked eye. It flies exactly like a bird and is as quiet and smooth as a bird. It can perform reconnaissance missions silently. It's really a perfect fusion of technology and nature..."

The technical director at the side smiled and said: "The most intuitive advantage of the bionic flapping-wing aircraft is that its bionic appearance brings strong concealment and is not easy to be discovered. In military applications, whether it is used with the naked eye or optical equipment, this thing looks like a bird and cannot be distinguished at all."

"And camouflage is only one of the advantages of flapping-wing aircraft. It also has many other advantages, such as high flight efficiency, maneuverability and low noise. Birds have extremely high flight efficiency. Calculated based on the same weight, they are far more efficient than conventional human aircraft. A wild goose can fly thousands of kilometers at a time, while a drone of the same weight can only fly a hundred kilometers before running out of power."

The reason why the "Hayabusa 1" hovering in the sky at this moment can support a flight time of more than 5 hours with a weight of less than half a pound is largely due to its gliding ability. You should know that some birds in nature can use the wind to maintain a gliding posture for a long time, thereby greatly saving physical energy consumption. This bionic bird-like flapping-wing aircraft is a case in point.

Fang Hong looked at the ornithopter flapping its wings and flying again and said, "It seems that it is not easy to achieve this level."

The technical director next to him said immediately, "It is indeed not easy. There are many technical difficulties in imitating the flapping flight of birds. It is simply an engineering nightmare. First of all, it is the principle of aerodynamics. Birds seem to simply flap their wings, but in fact, dozens of muscles and feathers of birds work in a complex way. Not only do they need to achieve an upward lift, but they also need a driving force to push them forward, and they also need to maintain a balanced and stable posture. When there is wind, they need to glide with the help of wind."

"Rapid flapping creates a large amount of local unstable airflow, which is unsteady aerodynamics. In addition, high-frequency flapping wings are prone to fatigue damage, which is a material problem. Controlling flight movements requires precise control of each turning degree of the wing, which is a control and algorithm problem. In detail, this flapping-wing aircraft has spawned dozens of disciplines."

Fang Hong nodded and asked, "How big is the gap between China and the West in this field?"

After this, the technical director and Ma Gaoyuan looked at each other for a while, and suddenly smiled at each other. Then Ma Gaoyuan answered his question: "In the field of bionic flapping-wing aircraft, now it cannot be said that the gap is between us and the West, but the gap between the West and us. Our current research is already far ahead of the West."

Hearing this, Fang Hong smiled slightly: "Oh? Really?"

Ma Gaoyuan went on to say with certainty: "The West realized very early that it was too difficult to develop flapping-wing aircraft. They basically gave up on research and development at the national level. The flight time of flapping-wing aircraft has always been only a few minutes or more than ten minutes. However, in the past two decades, we have accumulated a lot of experience in the field of aerospace, and with the emergence of talents and sufficient research and development funds, these new concepts have gradually been developed."

"Take our company for example. Many of our technical backbones graduated from NPU. With the strong financial support from our parent company, we are also making progress in many areas. We are not only developing flapping-wing aircraft, but also rolling-wing aircraft, folding-wing aircraft, retractable wings and other new concept designs."

Ma Gaoyuan paused for a moment and added: "In fact, many of these concepts have been worked on by NASA in North America, but they won't give you the data, so we have to try them out ourselves to know what's good and what's not. In the end, Hayabusa 1 stood out. The other concept designs are also technical reserves and experience accumulation, which is not to say that they are meaningless."

Fang Hong nodded and commented: "Well done."

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(End of this chapter)