American Ranch

Chapter 418 Big Landmine

Yunshan Ranch adopts the intensive farming model, and will integrate harvesting and fertilization in the future.

That is, harvest once and fertilize once.

In the middle process, it depends on the situation to add fertilizer, just use a propeller plane.The demand is not large...the use of aircraft is mainly for spraying pesticides and preventing pests.

But Cohen said that the founder of Huarong Company was a very talented person, and Chen Mo also decided to meet him and see his drone.

Large-scale drones, this is a drool-worthy market, as long as the technology is mature enough...

What is the concept of 1.5 tons of load?
Volkswagen Lavida, the weight of the naked car is 1.3 tons, which means that it can lift a small car.For Cohen's sake, Chen Mo contacted the other party, and the other party also honestly said that the current drone technology is very immature...

A few days later, Chen Mo cut Lin Huarong, the founder of Huarong Company, and the prototype brought by him.

This is an electric vertical take-off and landing UAV with modular design of functional parts, four-axis, similar to Boeing's UAV, it feels like an enlarged version.The total cost is not as high as Chen Mo imagined, and the current cost of a single frame is 367 million yuan.But if it is used in agriculture, it must be optimized and upgraded...

"Hello, Mr. Chen." Li Huarong was very young, in his early thirties, and surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw Chen Mo.

"Hello." Chen Mo was still looking at the plane: "The maximum range is only 30 kilometers?"

This plane is just a shelf, and the height of the support is more than two meters.The length should be about 15 meters.The width may be 17 meters... Its own weight, according to the other party, is 859 kilograms.

The maximum take-off weight, after testing, can carry 1.5 tons.Carrying more cargo is actually okay, but it affects safety, especially safety.

"Full load and heavy flight time, 21 minutes." Li Huarong is very proud of his drone, although the aircraft data is not very good... This is the truth.But how many companies in the world can build such aircraft...

But this aircraft is really not safe. Since it was produced in March last year, it has been broken 3 times in subsequent tests. In terms of safety and reliability, it is really not very good.The cost is several million, and this Nima fell after flying a few times, who can stand it.

"My ranch really needs an aircraft that can be used to supplement fertilizer and spray pesticides. But you are too expensive." To reduce the weight of the aircraft, the aircraft uses a lot of carbon fiber.In addition, the battery pack used by the aircraft costs 130 million yuan for a set of batteries.

Batteries have a lifespan, and the so-called lifespan is the number of times it is charged and discharged.

The charging and discharging times of the battery pack are theoretically about 350 times.

One time is a 30-kilometer voyage, and the operating area of ​​one charge is about 110-150 mu.Calculate the middle price, 130 mu.The cost of the battery is about 28.5 yuan per acre for each fertilization.

Much more expensive than using a propeller plane.And propeller planes are cheap and reliable...

In actual operation, it may not be possible to complete 130 acres of field work per charge.

If the cost per mu can be controlled within 20 yuan, Chen Mo will definitely invest in this project.But in that case, Chen Mo probably won't be able to invest.

Li Huarong is a military fan and a rich second generation.The Huarong drone is basically supported by his family with money, and it has cost hundreds of millions so far.

"The development prospects of heavy-duty drones are very broad. They can be used not only in agriculture, but also in industry. Compared with car transportation, the transportation of such heavy-duty drones is actually more cost-effective... isn't it? "Li Huarong took out some data of Huarong's 1.5t drone and handed it to Chen Mo, smiling wryly.

This project is supported by his father, but in this financial crisis, his father's company suffered heavy losses.But for research and development, spending money is like running water...

The 1.5t UAV project is very difficult.Now that we have invested several hundred million yuan, we have just made a model, which is still far from mature technology.

Afterwards, a group of people found an open space to test, with a load of 1.5 tons, the flight took 23 minutes, and the range was 31 kilometers.

The flight was relatively smooth this time, but with the naked eye, the wind blew a few times during this period, and the flight attitude of the 1.5t drone was a little bit wrong... The flight control system is not very good.

In general, this plane has greatly exceeded Chen Mo's expectations.

Li Huarong is planning to put Huarong 1.5t into commercial operation, and only with income can he conduct research and development better.

During the introduction of the test, Chen Mo brought Li Huarong and his team to the office and went to the sand table of the ranch: "Yunshan Ranch will develop about 5 mu of land. It will be used to grow pasture... I don't know if you understand the pasture planting area." ?”

Li Huarong shook his head.

Supporting domestic enterprises to engage in scientific research is also what Chen Mo wants to do.

Chen Mo can see the prospect of Huarong 1.5t, and also knows how difficult it is to produce a reliable drone with a load capacity of 1.5 tons...

This is not a small drone, with a payload of 1.5 tons, this is a big guy.

Chen Mo looked at the sand table of Yunshan Ranch for a long time: "How many shares can you sell? I'm talking about financing, not buying your shares."

Li Huarong was stunned for a moment: "Controlling rights."

That is, more than 50.00% of the shares can be sold...

"How much can you invest?"

"How much money do you want?"

"10 billion." Li Huarong was uncertain, 10 billion...too much: "I can give up the controlling stake. For 10 billion, I will give you 70.00% of the shares. And I guarantee that all funds will be used for product development and recruitment ..."

Li Huarong may be a genius for research, but he is definitely not a material for doing business.Otherwise, he would not launch a 1.5t UAV for the first project.

Chen Mo was stunned and looked at Cohen.

Cohen spread his hands. He had visited Huarong Company. The company is not big, it can be regarded as a "workshop enterprise" at best, but it also has some core technologies.

The electric motors of their drones are made by themselves.The flight control system is also made by themselves... Because the plane is too big, the flight control system that is currently available on the market cannot be installed on their plane.The flight control system is poorly done...

"You mean U.S. dollars?" Chen Mo thought Li Huarong had opened his mouth.

"RMB." Li Huarong shook his head and said with a sneer.If Huarong 1.5t is to be mature, 10 billion yuan is not enough.Giving up 70.00% of the shares is equivalent to selling the company directly to Chen Mo, and the company belongs to Chen Mo. 10 billion has been invested... Either let this project die, or continue to raise funds in the future.Their company is a technical nerd, and no one understands company operations...

Although Huarong has produced a finished drone, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, this project is not mature at all.They also know about this...

Let's say that.

Judging from the current situation, Huarong Company is doomed and cannot be saved.To make Huarong 1.5t UAV reach the technical indicators of mass production, the amount of money to be invested is astronomical...Of course, if this project is completed, for Li Huarong, even if he only has [-]% of the shares in his hands , Their family's previous investment must have returned several times.

Chen Mo is an outsider and doesn't understand.But he knows one thing, good things are always snatched by everyone...

No one robs, no one invests, it means that this thing is a big pit.

Although it has a load of 1.5 tons, it can only have a range of 30 kilometers on a single charge, and the flight time is about 21 minutes, which is too bad.

(End of this chapter)