allendalepharm Chapter 153 Renovation
Chapter 153 Renovation
Chapter 154 Renovation
Cleveland has put the still-autonomous unmanned logistics units to work, and the maintenance of the unmanned combat groups is proceeding smoothly. These unmanned combat units will be repaired before Lorraine heads to Red Peak Island.
Platinum, meanwhile, angrily began planning patrol missions for the shipyard camp and future transportation tasks.
She first adjusted the existing patrol arrangements, moving some of the unmanned combat units patrolling outside the camp to inside the camp. At the same time, she added two patrol teams inside the perimeter, each leading a Type 1 mechanical dog on night patrols.
These two patrol teams consist of one special operations officer, one patrol team member, and three security personnel. They are mainly responsible for checking for omissions and making up for deficiencies, as well as night patrols.
She then summoned all the transport and patrol teams that had finished their work and showed them the latest night patrol arrangements.
After everyone accepted the latest night patrol arrangements, she adjusted the daytime patrol arrangements, splitting the original four mobile sentry posts into two patrol teams and four two-person sentry groups.
Each patrol team will be led by 10 robotic dogs, 5 assault unmanned combat units, 2 indirect fire strike units, 1 logistics unit, and 1 engineering unit.
Each two-person post will be manned by four assault-type unmanned combat units, four heavy firepower strike units, and two logistics units.
Meanwhile, Platinum plans to make use of all the small drones that Lorraine had previously collected.
She plans to set up eight drone airports within the camp, with two drone airports set up in the area of responsibility of each two-person post. Each airport will be equipped with eight small drones for continuous patrols.
According to Platinum's plan, members of the security department will get sufficient rest between shifts for transportation and patrol missions, instead of the previous system where the entire security department worked in three shifts and did not get enough rest between each patrol mission.
While Platinum was planning the transportation mission, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian worked together to modify the verification machine.
Since this demonstrator was simply testing the stability and maximum speed of the aircraft, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian did not make many adjustments to the shape of the aircraft.
With the help of the robotic arm, the two quickly removed the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer and then installed two short horizontal wings, which were modified from the wings, in front of the stabilizer.
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The two then began adjusting the wiring inside the wings. After adjusting the wiring, they installed the two ducted fans that had been removed earlier at the ends of the two horizontal stub wings.
After assembly, Ouyang began to inspect the overall structure of the aircraft, while Lorraine began to adjust the flight control program of the aircraft.
After an hour of preparation, the demonstrator aircraft completed its pre-flight preparations.
Before the demonstrator aircraft took off, the robotic arm on the deck first moved another Cormorant drone from the deck to the dock.
Lorraine and Ouyang Nian carefully cleaned the aft deck before retreating to the maintenance room, which had been converted from a hangar.
[The Cormorant-VX general-purpose electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft demonstrator is ready for takeoff]
【倒计时：10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1、0】
As the countdown progressed, the two ducted fans spun faster and faster. When the countdown reached zero, the verification machine rose from the ground.
The demonstrator then climbed straight up to an altitude of 2 meters, and then performed some simple maneuvers on the coastline surrounding the shipyard.
During this flight, the flight control program written by Lorraine was making adaptive adjustments. After the demonstrator completed these simple maneuvers, the flight control program also completed its adaptation, which meant that the demonstrator could be put into performance testing.
"Test 1: Maximum flight speed."
As Lorraine gave the order, the four ducted fans on the demonstrator tilted slightly to provide it with forward propulsion.
As the speed increased, the ducted fans gradually turned to be perpendicular to the fuselage. Finally, these four ducted fans propelled the aircraft to its maximum flight speed of 545 kilometers per hour.
Lorraine recorded this data on the data board, and after confirming that the verification machine had sufficient power, Lorraine prepared to conduct the second test.
"Test 2: Minimum flight speed."
Upon receiving the instruction, Cleveland controlled the demonstrator to adjust its course, allowing it to ascend to an altitude of 4 meters. Subsequently, the four ducted fans on both sides of the fuselage began to slowly decelerate.
As the ducted fan slowed down, the experimental aircraft's speed gradually decreased from 545 kilometers per hour to 300 kilometers per hour.
After confirming that the aircraft's attitude was stable, Lorraine ordered it to continue reducing its speed, this time at a much slower rate.
However, when the flight speed decreased to 250 kilometers per hour, the demonstrator began to rapidly lose altitude.
The flight control system of this demonstrator aircraft adjusted the direction of the ducted fan in just 0.5 seconds, allowing the demonstrator aircraft to float steadily in mid-air.
"Test 3: Maximum Lift Limit"
As the command was given, the ducted fan increased its output, propelling the demonstrator straight into the sky.
A few minutes later, the verification machine could no longer ascend in its current posture. At this time, the data board showed that the verification machine was at an altitude of 6489 meters.
After obtaining this data, the two ducted fans at the front of the fuselage began to reduce their output, causing the demonstrator to be tilted at a 10-degree angle.
Then all four typhoon fans began to rotate simultaneously, propelling the test vehicle downwards in a shallow dive.
After reaching an altitude of 4 meters, the demonstrator reached its maximum speed of 545 kilometers per hour, and then began to climb.
As the altitude increased, the angle of elevation of the demonstrator gradually decreased. When it reached 8642 meters, the four ducted fans could no longer provide it with the power to continue flying upwards.
"good."
Lorraine then directed the demonstrator back to the flagship's aft deck.
Before conducting the fourth test with the maximum load, Lorraine first installed a composite rack inside the cabin, carrying a total of 36 Flying Knife II anti-tank missiles, with a total load of 296 kilograms.
The reason for not adding more payload to the drone is that the main task of this demonstrator aircraft is to verify the ground support capability of the VX general-purpose electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, rather than to test its overall performance.
The demonstrator successfully passed the test, and even when fully loaded with missiles, it did not significantly affect the aircraft's maneuverability.
After giving the aircraft the order to return, Lorraine began discussing with Ouyang Nian the weapon carrying capabilities of the VX general-purpose electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Finally, the following relatively conservative mounting schemes were preliminarily determined.
[Standard version: A 30mm cannon is mounted in the nose, and the fuselage is equipped with missile storage racks, carrying 20 anti-tank loitering munitions.]
[Firepower Suppression Version: A 30mm cannon is mounted in the nose, a twin-mounted 30mm cannon is mounted on the belly, and stub wings are added to both sides of the fuselage, each capable of carrying five anti-tank loitering munitions (or four anti-tank loitering munitions plus one air-to-air missile).]
[Assault variant: Equipped with missile storage racks in the cabin, carrying 40 anti-tank loitering munitions; additional short wings are installed on both sides of the fuselage, each capable of carrying five anti-tank loitering munitions.]