Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1635 Find the problem and solve the problem

Zhou Buqi has never considered using drones as routers. It sounds like this is indeed a very good business story.But with a simple analysis, he knew that this was impossible and difficult to achieve.

"The cost problem can't be solved!" Zhou Buqi felt that Ma Pingshan was being fooled by Kurian, "Don't listen to people's nonsense, and don't make judgments about industries you don't understand."

Ma Pingshan quickly explained, "I didn't make a judgment. I told Kurian that I don't understand the field of broadband operations, and I haven't been involved in industrial drones. I didn't promise anything."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "You're right, Bajixing is now making consumer-grade drones, which means that the failure rate is relatively high. If such drones are used as a transfer station for network signals, it will Dozens of engineers, technicians, and network personnel need to be deployed locally, and this long-term cost may be higher than that of optical fiber.”

Ma Pingshan coughed lightly, "Our technology can improve."

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if the technology improves, there will be a failure rate. Once a failure occurs, it may cause the network signal in a certain area to be stable, which will cause dissatisfaction among users. If you take a step back, even if there is no one The technology level of the drone is very advanced, there is no failure, and there is a spare drone at any time, so how to calculate the battery life? How long can your drone fly in the sky? 1 hour? 2 hours? There are 24 hours in a day! "

"I've considered this too..."

"It's not over yet. What if there is bad weather? What if there is a strong wind and the drone is blown away, and it blows to the ground and hits people, causing an accident? Or it rains heavily, causing the battery of the drone to short-circuit. What if it fell and caused a fire?"

"For a new industry, there will definitely be various possible problems, and a solution can always be found."

Ma Pingshan is aware of these hidden dangers, but he does not think it is a serious problem.

Find a problem and fix it.

You can't just stand still when you encounter a little difficulty, right?

That's too lacking in entrepreneurial spirit.

Zhou Buqi didn't expect him to be quite persistent, and said helplessly: "Even if you can solve the problem on the drone side, can you solve the communication problem? What kind of communication method should be used in windy and rainy weather?" Technology can guarantee stable transmission in this unstable signal transmission tool?"

This is the hardest.

Communication technology is a high-intensity R&D industry. There are many R&D directions in it, and it is one of the industries with the largest R&D investment in the world.

The technical difficulty is extremely high.

This kind of unstable signal transmission is largely used in military, aerospace and other fields. It has a high degree of confidentiality and cannot be bought with money.

Last month, Kurian said that he wanted to find the idea of ​​developing a broadband operation business, but Zhou Buqi did not agree, and then he also learned about this situation.

Signal transmission around the world either uses cables or signal towers to receive radio waves, which are stable signal base stations.

A drone flying irregularly in the sky is in an unstable state. How technically difficult is this?
It's fine if it's a mobile phone.

Personal mobile phones will often move, even sitting in the car and moving at high speed. It is not difficult to solve this problem, nothing more than increasing the power.Send 1 signal request 100 times, and the connection will always be successful once.Therefore, when the mobile phone surfs the Internet, when the signal is not good or the mobile phone is moving at a high speed, the mobile phone will heat up obviously, because the mobile phone is working with high power.

The mobile phone is for a single person, but this drone router is a base station function, which is intended for tens of thousands of people in the area.How many signals does this have to send?How much power is this wasting?The normal cruise can fly for 2 hours, and it may run out of power after 20 minutes of working.

Zhou Buqi talked a lot, and Ma Pingshan gradually realized the obstacles here. This kind of cross-industry breakthrough related to hard-core technology is really difficult.

No wonder everyone is playing innovation in the Internet industry, which has the lowest threshold.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Actually, the concept of drone network is not impossible, but the model has to be changed."

"Really?"

"The difficulty of UAV routers is nothing more than a few points, operating costs, battery life, flight safety and unstable signal transmission."

"Ah."

Ma Pingshan has been working on drones in Pengcheng for the past few years, and he doesn't have much contact or communication with Boss Zhou, that is, they get together during the New Year and holidays.

Seeing Boss Zhou this time, I feel that his whole temperament is different.

Gentle and elegant, like a spring breeze!

So confident!

When talking about technology-related matters before, he always laughed at himself and said that he was a technical idiot and didn't understand anything.This time it was different, he dared to speak freely.

It really has the demeanor of a world-class entrepreneur.

Zhou Buqi asked the secretary to make tea and dismantled it bit by bit with him, "If you want to reduce operating costs, you can't set up too many operating sites locally. It is best to release drones at the headquarters, and then let the unmanned The plane flies to the work site by itself. If there is a breakdown, let them fly back by themselves."

"Uh……"

Ma Pingshan twitched the corner of his mouth, and the difficulty level was raised again.

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "The problem of battery life, the normal high-density battery, that is, flying for 24 hours, is too short and far from enough. It is best to allow the drone to fly continuously in the sky for several months. , years, or even forever."

"Ah?" Ma Pingshan was stunned, "Nuclear power battery? This is impossible!"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be a nuclear power battery. You can paint solar panels on the outside of the plane, and then equip it with batteries and engines. The plane can generate its own power and work by itself, relying on the sun's energy to provide energy during the day."

"Uh……"

Ma Pingshan didn't know what to say.

This is another huge challenge.

Zhou Buqi said: "Third, flight safety is especially important. If you do this kind of thing in developed countries in Europe and America, if you hurt someone, the compensation may be hundreds of millions of dollars."

"Ah."

Ma Pingshan looked serious.

Zhou Buqi said: "The solution is also simple. First, avoid the wind; second, avoid the rain; third, if there is an accident and it falls, it is best to let the plane disintegrate automatically in the air and become Countless small fragments, let the small fragments slowly fall under the action of air buoyancy, and become harmless."

Ma Pingshan opened his eyes wide, "How is it possible?"

Zhou Buqi said: "How is it impossible? Put the drone in the stratosphere, and put it in the high altitude. It is windy and rainy at low altitude, which does not affect the high-altitude operations. The flying altitude is higher than that of civil aviation aircraft."

Ma Pingshan shivered, "That's not a small plane that can run, it has to be a super large drone, at least the size of a Boeing 747."

The smaller the plane, the easier it is, the bigger it is, the harder it is.The larger the lever, the longer the lever, and the harder it is to maintain stability. A little force may cause the wings to break or even the aircraft to disintegrate.

Boss Zhou is really whimsical, he completely cut off the thoughts of Bajixing.Not to mention Bajixing, a drone of this level cannot be produced by the whole country.

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "There is another problem in terms of safety, that is, once the drone fails and falls, it cannot hit the civil aviation airliner. This is too dangerous. I am afraid that the National Civil Aviation Industry Association will not be able to pass this test."

"Yes!"

"If these problems are solved, it will be easy to handle, and the steady-state structure of signal transmission can also be organized. For example, 3 high-altitude drones will be deployed around the world to cruise around the earth, covering the whole world. Keep it fixed Keep the distance between them and keep moving at a constant speed. This is also equivalent to a steady-state structure, and the difficulty of communication will be greatly reduced."

"Forget it, I give up." Ma Pingshan looked like a bitter melon, and he surrendered, "Even if all these are done, the cost will be astronomical, just to develop this kind of UAV suitable for ultra-high altitude flight , The set of solar power generation and energy supply equipment alone is an incredible investment, it is better to lay optical fibers honestly."

Zhou Buqi said: "So, this matter is not feasible, but this idea is correct."

"Thoughts?" Ma Pingshan shook his head, "It's too far away and unrealistic."

"Not necessarily."

"Ok?"

"You have said it all, find the problem, solve the problem. You found that many remote areas and underdeveloped countries have the problem of lack of network facilities. This is a good problem. The answer to the problem that can be solved should not be drones."

"what is that?"

"satellite."

Ma Pingshan raised his eyebrows, "Satellite? Transmitting network signals like mobile phone signals?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes."

Ma Pingshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How many satellites have to be launched? Wouldn't the cost be higher?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Satellites can solve the hidden dangers of all drones. Even if the satellite fails, it can only be scattered in the universe and will not threaten the safety of the earth. This is the most important thing. There is also battery life, the satellite It can rely on the gravity of the earth to revolve, and almost no energy consumption is required. Tens of thousands of satellites revolve around the earth to form a fixed and stable structure, and the signal transmission is also stable."

"What about the cost?"

"Yes, cost. As long as you find a way to solve the cost of satellites, you can put this model into operation. Next, just find a way to reduce the cost of satellites."

"How to lower it?"

"I invested in a private aerospace company in the United States."

"National..." Ma Pingshan shivered, and suddenly remembered that there are too few private aerospace companies in the world, "Elon Musk's SpaceX! It's the guy who makes Tesla cars. He makes A rocket recovery system came out, which is said to save 80% of the launch cost.”

Zhou Buqi Youzai Youzai, sitting opposite him drinking tea, "Yes, that's what it means. Just wait, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, and you will probably see the effect."

Ma Pingshan was very emotional, "Technology has changed the world!"

(End of this chapter)