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Cui Hu Building, Temporary R&D and Manufacturing Center.
Shi Lei had once fantasized about the ability to fly alone, but it had been completely realized by Li Chai. Regardless of whether it was the stability of the flight or the size of the miniaturization, they had all been overcome by Li Chai!
"Alright, alright. Stone Head, you're the boss!"
Li Chai said helplessly, "First, although the hydrogen fuel tank only has a capacity of 10 liters, the volume of the gas fuel is basically meaningless because the gas can be highly compressed."
Speaking up to this point, Li Chai proudly changed the topic, "Stone Head, the hydrogen fuel propulsion system that I designed has completely reached the world's top standards.
The entire system includes water vapor condensation, purified water electrolysis, gas collection, gas compression, electrolytic cell self-cleaning, and many other integrated functions. "
"Get to the point!" Shi Lei reminded Li Chai.
Li Chai chuckled and continued, "This hydrogen fuel propulsion system has many integrated functions. It can collect the moisture in the air and condense it into purified water. After that, it can be electrolyzed and compressed to preserve the hydrogen and oxygen.
Thus, in the atmosphere, regardless of whether it is in battle or in standby, in theory, as long as there is enough energy in the energy core based on the third phase of the N235 metal application, the Raider will not have any time limit. "
"As for the maximum combat time of three hours, that is under the condition that it is not in the atmosphere.
For example, if the Raider continues to fly upwards and passes through the atmosphere and enters outer space, the hydrogen fuel propulsion system will not be able to continuously replenish the hydrogen energy supply. It can only rely on the internal storage of hydrogen and oxygen to burn and propel.
Thus, there is a three hour limit. "Li Chai said a fact that shocked Shi Lei.
The second generation Raider could actually pass through the atmosphere and enter outer space!
"Little Li, are you joking?" Shi Lei said with a frown.
If the Raider was really so mighty and domineering, then wouldn't it be able to attack satellites in outer space?
Li Chai laughed dryly. "Cough, cough, cough. Stone Head, you know, that's just a theory, just a theory!
After all, the environment in outer space was completely different from the atmosphere. Coupled with the various cosmic ray problems, even if the Raider's propulsion system could allow them to enter outer space, the Raider's internal electronic system could not withstand the harsh environment of outer space.
So, theoretically speaking, the attackers can enter outer space! "
Shi Lei glared at Li Chai. "You're still joking at this time?"
"Stone Head, I'm not joking!
If we're willing to invest and completely replace the electronics inside the Raiders, the Raiders can indeed enter the space environment. "Li Chai said solemnly.
When Shi Lei heard the words' willing to invest ', he suddenly thought of something. "Tell me, how much does it cost to manufacture a Raider with the ability to fly?"
When he was checking the parameters earlier, Shi Lei found that the second generation Raider used two SSHP high-power motors. He was more or less mentally prepared that the second generation Raider's manufacturing cost would not be cheap.
Li Chai scratched his head and asked in a strange voice, "Hey, Stone Head, are you sure I didn't tell you the manufacturing cost of the new generation Raider?"
Shi Lei's bad feeling became even worse!
"How much is it?" Shi Lei took a deep breath and prepared to accept Li Chai's numbers!
Li Chai whispered, "Ah, it's not expensive, not expensive at all. The most expensive parts are the two SSHP high-power motors. Each one is only 14 million USD.
The Raider's body materials, internal electronic components, surface scattering treatment, and various miscellaneous expenses add up to only 600,000 USD! "
Shi Lei breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, the most expensive parts were the two SSHP high-power motors.
Of course, these costs did not include the energy core based on the third phase of the N235 metal application program.
If he wanted to calculate, Shi Lei did not know how to price the energy core!
"That's good!
In other words, the manufacturing cost of each Raider with the ability to fly is 28.6 million USD, right? "Shi Lei's mathematical ability was very good. It was impossible for such a simple calculation to be wrong!
"Uh!" Li Chai shook his head. "No!
Stone Head, you've miscalculated 25 million USD! "
"What?" Shi Lei was stunned. "What 25 million USD?
How did it come to … F * ck!
Xiaolizi, do you think it's that damned hydrogen propulsion system? "
Li Chai nodded with an innocent expression. "Stone Head, think about it. The integrated hydrogen propulsion system contains so many functions. Not only does it have five propulsion engines with a power of 500 horsepower, but it also has a series of integrated functions. Don't tell me these functional modules cost money?
It's only 25 million USD!
If you sell this integrated propulsion system to a company in Lijian Province, I'm afraid they'll be willing to buy it for 250 million USD! "
Shi Lei snorted. He did not believe that a company in Lijian Province would buy it!
This did not mean that Li Chai's design was not worth that much money. It was just that Li Chai's design was too targeted!
Take the integrated hydrogen propulsion system as an example. If it left the N235 metal energy core, it would be nothing. It would just be a piece of junk with beautiful parameters but no practical use!
Shi Lei took a deep breath. If the third generation of The First Light cost 92 million USD to manufacture.
In that case, the manufacturing cost of the second-generation Raider would be 53.6 million USD, which was acceptable.
Wait a minute!
Shi Lei suddenly thought of a problem!
If the integrated hydrogen propulsion system was integrated into The First Light, wouldn't that mean that the cost of The First Light would increase by another 25 million USD?
The original production cost was already 92 million USD. With the addition of the 25 million USD integrated hydrogen propulsion system and the addition of the flight function of The First Light, the production cost would officially exceed 100 million USD and reach an astonishing 117 million USD?
Shi Lei had once thought that after Mirui Technology Group made a fortune, he would not have any financial problems. But now that he thought about it, wasn't he a little naive?
Thirty billion USD did not seem to be able to withstand too much of a setback, right?
"F * ck, so I'm a poor man!"
Shi Lei suddenly thought. He then said to Li Chai, "Xiao Li, temporarily build four second generation Raider.
Also, four third generation The First Light, can you add the integrated hydrogen propulsion system kit? "
Li Chai thought for a while, then finally frowned and said, "Stone Head, if the integrated hydrogen propulsion system is added to the third generation The First Light, I'm afraid the cost will increase a little."
"Why?" Shi Lei was puzzled.
Was there a need to increase the price on different platforms?
Li Chai explained, "We need to add some additional heat insulation equipment. If we only rely on the snow silver's heat insulation, I'm afraid that the pilots of The First Light will not be able to withstand the heat emitted by the hydrogen propulsion system!"
Although the snow silver's heat insulation was very good, the heat emitted by the hydrogen propulsion system far exceeded that of the SSHP high-energy electric motor.
Just think about the temperature at which hydrogen and oxygen were mixed and burned. That was no joke!
Therefore, if the integrated hydrogen propulsion system was to be installed on the third generation The First Light, a series of optimization work would need to be done.
"How much do you need?" Shi Lei was a little speechless.
"Don't worry, Stone Head, it will definitely not exceed the limit of one million USD!" Li Chai made a promise!
Shi Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief. Li Chai was really a person that he loved and hated. Li Chai was a genius young man who could always solve some of the world's top scientific problems. However, the cost was very high, and even unacceptable.
Every time Li Chai said that he wanted to increase the cost, Shi Lei would feel heartache!
"Alright, that's not a problem!" Shi Lei was going all out in order for the third generation The First Light to have the ability to fly.
After all, with the ability to fly, there was the possibility of conquering the sky.
If the third generation The First Light really completed the modification of the ability to fly, it would become the glory of flying across the sky!
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On the other side of the world.
Not only was Mirage Technology Group making progress, its enemy, the Solomon Devil Organization was also making progress.
Moreover, the leader of the Solomon Devil Organization, the Chaos Serpent was also making progress!
The identity of the Chaos Serpent was very mysterious. Even among the members of the Solomon Devil Organization, only a few knew his identity. It could even be said that only Jehovah knew the true identity of the Chaos Serpent.
However, even Jehovah did not know what kind of trump card the Chaos Serpent had!
In a mysterious place, the Chaos Serpent was taking an elevator. From the simple screen of the elevator, it could be seen that the elevator was going down.
After about a minute, the elevator slowly came to a stop.
At this time, the elevator had gone down more than three hundred meters.
Three hundred meters underground, the Chaos Serpent was still wearing a pitch-black robe that covered all of its body, making it impossible to distinguish its identity.
Three hundred meters underground, the Chaos Serpent was walking in a metal passage. This metal passage did not seem to have any abnormalities, but that was only the appearance.
Without permission, this metal passage would become a passage of death. The automatic weapons could definitely kill the genetically modified beetle series soldiers!
The Chaos Serpent passed through the metal passage and stopped in front of an alloy door. The Chaos Serpent stretched out its right hand and pressed on the fingerprint reader. The Chaos Serpent's arm and palm were very white, not much worse than the skin color of a woman.
After the fingerprint verification was passed, the alloy door slowly opened.
Looking through the gap of the alloy door, it was a biological gene laboratory …
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