Super Copy of Great Power Technology

It turned out that Shao Heping, the factory director of Ruida Automobile, came to the group headquarters with a man named Fei Yushu, saying that he had something to ask Qiao Ruida for instructions, and they were currently waiting outside Qiao Ruida's office. Qiao Ruida had an impression of Fei Yushu, a professional racing driver whom he met on the way when he led the team to Mohe for winter testing of the car last year. The two also drove their own cars and ran an amateur racing race. Afterwards, Qiao Ruida invited Fei Yushu to join Ruida Automobile Company and set up Ruida Automobile's own professional racing team to compete in the upcoming Formula E racing competition.

In the past year, Fei Yushu's work has been going well. He has trained several professional racing drivers and a professional racing maintenance and modification team of more than 200 people for Ruida Automobile. The electric formula racing car he participated in developing has also completed design and production and is in the testing stage. Now Fei Yushu followed Shao Heping to the group headquarters to find Qiao Ruida. I don't know what important things they want to discuss.

"Xiao Da, turn on the automatic driving function and head to the company headquarters." There was no point in overthinking, so Qiao Ruida directly changed the destination and rushed to the company headquarters.

"OK, master, the autopilot function is on, the destination is the headquarters building of Ruida Group, and the route planning is complete. There is currently slight congestion on the roads along the way, and we have avoided congested sections. The estimated driving time is 25 minutes. Please fasten your seat belt, the car is starting." The onboard computer quickly determined the destination, planned the driving route, controlled the vehicle to start, left Shijia Hutong, and turned onto the road.

Half an hour later, Qiao Ruida received Shao Heping and Fei Yushu in his office on the top floor of Ruida Building.

The secretary made a pot of tea and brought it into the office. Qiao Ruida washed the cups and poured the tea himself, "Come, try it. This is the premium Jin Jun Mei tea sent by our partner."

Shao Heping picked up the teacup, took a sip, savored it for a long time, and then swallowed it. He finally gave a two-word comment, "Good tea."

Fei Yushu picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp. People who didn't know him would think he was drinking. "This tea is sweet and delicious, but the cup is too small, not enough to drink."

Qiao Ruida picked up the teapot and refilled their tea, then started today's topic, "You two came to the group headquarters to see me today, is there something important?"

Fei Yushu and Shao Heping looked at each other, and then said, "Let me tell you. A friend of mine in France has secured an opportunity for our team to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year. But we need to pay a huge sponsorship fee. If we are going to participate in the Le Mans Endurance Race, we need to build the participating vehicles before June next year, go to France in advance, and familiarize ourselves with the competition rules and venues. I need the full support of the company and Ruida Research Institute."

"Oh, I've heard of the Le Mans Endurance Race, but I don't know much about it. Can you tell me what kind of race it is?" Qiao Ruida likes sports cars and the feeling of driving at lightning speed, but he doesn't know much about car racing, so he had this question.

"The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. Unlike Formula One, the current Le Mans cars have a closed cockpit and closed wheels, while the F1 cars have open roofs and open tires. The two types of cars can be easily distinguished, and Le Mans cars are closer to common sports cars. The 1 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car race with a long history. It has been held since the first race in 24 and has continued to this day, once a year, with few interruptions. The 1923 Hours of Le Mans, as the name suggests, requires the car to run continuously for 24 hours, with three drivers taking turns driving, and no one can drive for more than 24 hours in a row. , the main driver cannot drive continuously for more than 4 hours. In addition, the Le Mans endurance race is divided into three types of racing cars: Hypercar, LMP14 and LMGT2. Hypercar and LMP3 racing cars are specially built for Le Mans and are called prototypes, while LMGT2 is modified based on street cars and looks closer to street cars. Our Roster sports car, with a little modification, can participate in the LMGT3 model competition and compete with sports cars from Lamborghini, Ferrari and other car companies. If our team can achieve good results in the competition, we can make Ruida Automobile famous worldwide. "

Qiao Ruida nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked: "How much sponsorship fee do you need to pay to participate in the Le Mans Endurance Race? How much does it cost to build a racing car, train, and participate in the race to lead a team?"

"I have discussed it in detail with that French friend. It costs about 500 million euros to get a chance to participate. The money is not in vain. The organizers of the competition will give away some billboards around the stadium and advertising opportunities during the live broadcast of the event. The cost of training and participating in the competition will be about to million yuan. The cost of designing and manufacturing racing cars and modifying sports cars is not easy to estimate, because there is almost no upper limit. The cars participating in the Le Mans endurance race all use hybrid power. With the hybrid technology currently mastered by our Ruida Automobile, an investment of to million yuan can produce a good racing car, and it will not be a problem to complete the whole course. If you want to win a place in the competition and compete for medals, the funds required for research and development will be huge. Spending to million may not be enough." Fei Yushu told Qiao Ruida all the information he had found out.

"Four or five hundred million? That's not too much. The technology created during the development of the racing car can also be used in mass-produced vehicles, so it won't be difficult to make a profit. I've approved this project. When you go back, write a written application document, and I'll allocate funds and technicians to help you build the racing car."

"Okay, Mr. Qiao, I will draft the documents as soon as I get back and try to get this done before November."

"That's great. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to lead a team to compete in the Le Mans Endurance Race in my lifetime!" After hearing Qiao Ruida agreed to his request, Fei Yushu was so excited that he even trembled as he spoke.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the three most famous and toughest car races in the world, along with the Formula One Championship (F1) and the World Rally Championship (WRC). Its influence is not comparable to that of the electric formula race, which is still under preparation. As long as the racing car built by Ruida Automobile Company appears in the Le Mans Endurance Race, even if the results are not good, it will create history. Because so far, no domestic car company has sent a team to participate in the Le Mans Endurance Race. After sending Shao Heping and Fei Yushu away, Qiao Ruida immediately called Ma Chicheng of Ruida Research Institute and told him about the development of a special racing car for the Le Mans Endurance Race.

"Le Mans endurance race? I've heard of it. The racing cars have to run at high speed on the track for 24 hours, which places stringent demands on the vehicle's heat dissipation, stability, and fuel economy. I don't have any experience in the research and development of this kind of special racing car, and we can't find any experts in this field in our country, so we can only grope our way forward. If Mr. Qiao gives me this research and development task, I can't guarantee you anything, and I can only do my best." After listening to Qiao Ruida's narration, Ma Chicheng on the other end of the phone did not take on too much, but directly stated the difficulty.

"Just do your best. This is our first year of participation. We are here to gain experience, including experience in manufacturing and participating in the race. We don't have any requirements for results. It would be best if we can finish the race, but it doesn't matter if we can't. We can just consider it as gaining experience." Ruida Automobile participates in the Le Mans Endurance Race. Winning gold and silver medals is not the goal. The first goal is to promote the company's automotive products and establish a brand image. For the first time next year, Qiao Ruida set a low goal for them. As long as they can finish the race, they will exceed the task.

Since I'm here now, I'm not in a hurry to leave. After hanging up the phone, Qiao Ruida did not leave the group headquarters immediately, but sat back at his desk to deal with the backlog of documents over the past few days. Now that the Ruida Group is getting bigger and bigger, with more and more branches, there are more and more documents that need to be reviewed and signed by Qiao Ruida, the chairman, every day. Even with Qiao Ruida's reading speed of ten lines at a glance, it took him a whole morning to finish processing all the documents.

After having lunch in the company cafeteria at noon, Qiao Ruida got in the car and drove to the Ruida Aerospace Rocket Factory in the YQ District. As soon as the sports car entered the factory area, it heard a constant roar from the direction of the test bench. It should be a certain stage of the rocket, which was undergoing ground ignition and thrust testing. After parking the sports car, Qiao Ruida followed the sound and found it. The electric sightseeing car drove on the tree-lined avenue in the factory area. After turning several corners in a row, the eyes suddenly opened up. A huge open space with an area of ​​more than a thousand square meters appeared in front. In the middle of the open space, there stood a three-story rocket test bench. At this time, a long first-stage carrier rocket was fixed on the test bench. The five Tianque engines at the bottom of the rocket body were fully fired and continuously spewed blue flames. The flames hit the water tank at the bottom of the test bench. A large amount of fresh water evaporated into water vapor due to the heat, rushing out from the diversion troughs on both sides and spreading to dozens of meters away. The noise heard earlier came from here.

Qiao Ruida did not approach the test bench. The launch vehicle in operation was too dangerous, so it was better not to get close to it. The electric sightseeing car turned a corner and drove to the control center next to it. The so-called control center is just a two-story cement building with no shape. There are a large number of instruments and equipment installed on the upper and lower floors. The staff, sitting in the control center, can remotely control the rocket to ignite, shut down, and change thrust tests. It can also detect the current thrust, remaining fuel, and working status of the rocket in real time.

Qiao Ruida parked the sightseeing car outside the control center, and walked into the first floor of the control center. At this time, the small control center was almost full, with about fifty employees busy at their respective workstations, including Candice, the chief engineer of Ruida Aerospace.

Candice is not a real human, but a scientific research dimensional puppet produced by the system. However, Candice at this time, wearing human skin, walking, sitting, lying, eating and resting, is no different from an ordinary human. Moreover, Candice's knowledge system all comes from Qiao Ruida's indoctrination, which can be regarded as real material. He can easily be the chief engineer of Ruida Aerospace.

"Lao Kan, how was the test run? Did the core stage thrust and the arrow body strength meet the standards?" Qiao Ruida patted Candice's shoulder from behind and asked.

"The core stage engine system completely inherits the engine system of the first stage of the Suzaku rocket, and uses five Tianque liquid oxygen-methane engines. This is a mature power solution that has been tested in many actual combat launches. It will not cause too many problems when transplanted to the Suzaku heavy rocket. After the core stage rocket is ignited, the thrust has been stable at around 270 tons. As for the strength of the rocket body, since we use a large amount of composite materials on the rocket body, the strength is still guaranteed. At least when the engine is working at full capacity, the rocket body has not undergone any deformation or anything."

"Enter the variable thrust test phase." As a new instruction was issued, all employees on site immediately perked up and stared closely at the data displayed on the LCD screen in front of them, fearing that a mistake would lead to unexpected consequences.

Qiao Ruida raised his head and looked at the surveillance video on the wall in front of him. He saw that the flames of the four tail nozzles of the core-stage carrier rocket, which was originally running stably, were rapidly decreasing until they were completely extinguished. The only remaining engine in the middle was also constantly adjusting the size of the flame, and the thrust value displayed on the instrument was constantly changing. What was being simulated now was the rocket recovery scene. The diameter of the core-stage of the Suzaku Heavy Rocket was much longer than that of the ordinary Suzaku Rocket, and the rocket body was also much longer, so the weight naturally increased. When the rocket was recovered, the engine's variable thrust range needed to be larger, and these things were being tested at this time."

After the variable thrust test, the next step is the rocket multiple power on and off test. This is also a necessary item for the test of recyclable rockets. During the recovery process of the first and second stage rockets, multiple ignitions are required to reduce the falling speed and multiple power on and off tests are mandatory requirements.

The entire test lasted for more than an hour before it was completely completed. Qiao Ruida and others took tools to dismantle the core first-stage rocket used in the test to check whether the internal components were damaged. Facts have proved that the core first-stage rocket that has been tested has no quality problems. The structure is complete, the layout is clear, and the condition is good. As long as the parts are assembled and immediately taken to the launch site, they can be launched with other components to form a whole rocket.

After testing the core stage 1, we will test the core stage 2. Compared with the core stage 1, the core stage 2 has two fewer engines, a simpler structure, and a lower chance of problems. The entire test process is similar to the core stage 1, first testing the conventional thrust, then testing the variable thrust, and finally conducting multiple ignition tests. (End of this chapter)