297: Tianlei No. 1, ignition test

In recent years, the stock market in the automotive industry has fluctuated wildly.

Ever since the new energy industry wave swept across the country, the automotive market has been divided into two factions:

"Pure Electric New Energy" and "Fuel Internal Combustion Engine."

Pure electric vehicles are naturally represented mainly by Tesla, and now Fenglei has joined them.

As for fuel vehicles, the Top Ten Luxury Cars brands lead the way, always advocating the "smell of gasoline."

And in the stock markets of these two factions, if one rises, the other naturally falls, without exception.

With the surge in new energy stocks this time, it would be strange if the fuel vehicle stock market were doing well.

Some fuel vehicle companies, especially in developed countries, had already announced their intention to stop producing fuel vehicles after 2030 and switch to new energy.

But when they confidently held their self-developed three-electric technologies, aiming to unify the new energy vehicle market,

believing they could maintain their position as automotive overlords for the next century and harvest global leeks,

they never expected that China would be so ruthless.

It drove them crazy.

Previously,

the fuel vehicle side would release a new model every three to four years, and there were quite a few brands without new models for six or seven years.

But this did not prevent them from raking in large sums of money.

However, on China's side, there's a minor update every six months and a new model every year.

Initially, they treated this as a joke, often publicly mocking it.

But now,

in the blink of an eye, China's new energy has risen.

When they realized the trend was wrong, it was too late to suppress it.

This caused these fuel vehicle brands immense suffering, and they cursed inwardly.

"F***, these Chinese car companies will ruin the automotive industry sooner or later!"

"Can't you abide by the Geneva Convention and stop competing so intensely?"

"You're building refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines into cars; are you making cars or doing interior decoration??"

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Leaving aside the news in the automotive circle,

three months passed unknowingly.

As the mastermind behind the scenes, Fenglei

seemed to have been very low-key during this period, with almost no news.

Especially Ren Yi, the General Manager of Fenglei, had not made any public appearances or news.

At this moment,

Ren Yi handed over the company to various departments for autonomous operation and production, while he led a group of rocket experts to the Fishing Sea Island rocket launch base.

This time, they received strong support from the Aerospace Administration, especially from the Hainan Aerospace Launch Site, where both the launch pad and various factory facilities were readily available.

Whatever equipment they needed was immediately delivered upon request.

No wonder.

Who told them to establish a connection with the Aerospace Administration?!

Therefore,

when Fenglei's people arrived, all preliminary work was already prepared.

They started planning directly from the core components.

To build rockets and launch satellites, the most core component is naturally the rocket propulsion system.

What Fenglei was going to develop this time

was the "solid fuel and electric hybrid engine" provided by the system technology group, planned as the main propulsion for the rocket.

Internally, Fenglei named this unprecedented hybrid engine "Tianlei-1."

Fishing Sea Island Rocket Research and Development Factory.

In the huge rocket assembly workshop,

a rocket engine with an incredibly precise structure was undergoing intense assembly.

It was covered with various pipes, electronic equipment, and sensors made of Super Carbon Alloy.

It can be seen that this rocket engine is not only huge in size and complex in structure, but even its outermost thermal insulation coating uses a process that is fundamentally beyond the reach of industry.

It had now reached the final stage of assembly and testing.

And at this stage,

the entire electronic sensor equipment system and injection device of the engine needed to be repeatedly tested.

This was to ensure that the entire core system would not experience any electronic failures or malfunctions.

After that, there was also a series of quality inspections, with thousands of inspection items.

Finally, it was the ignition test phase.

The entire rocket engine was even connected to a supercomputer as its main control console.

At this moment,

many Aerospace experts and Academicians gathered, communicating closely.

They were filled with awe at the aura emanating from this ten-thousand-ton thrust "industrial behemoth."

A hybrid engine combining solid fuel and electricity.

It can definitely be considered the greatest and most powerful engine on this planet.

Any Raptor Engine is simply a junior in front of it.

It should be known that

no Aerospace company in the world can build a rocket engine of this magnitude.

According to calculations, the maximum thrust generated by full ignition can reach a terrifying 12,000 tons.

It can send thirty one-ton small satellites into Earth's geosynchronous orbit in one go.

Of course,

the premise is that the parameters provided by Fenglei are completely correct; even one decimal place off could lead to the failure of this test.

"General Manager Ren, all system components of the engine have been inspected. Do you think we should proceed with the initial electronic test now?"

At this moment, Cheng Xin walked over and asked with anticipation.

Currently, Fenglei's rocket research and development base has two persons in charge: one is Ren Yi, and the other is Huang Guodong.

Huang Guodong was currently in another laboratory at the base, responsible for preparing the rocket engine ignition test stand.

Once Ren Yi's entire engine system successfully passed the initial electronic test, the next step would be to send it to the "test stand" for a real ignition test.

This step was crucial, and Huang Guodong dared not be careless; he wanted to supervise it personally.

Because once ignition is successful, the country will effectively possess its own large-scale rocket recovery technology.

Currently, at the Fishing Sea Island launch base, there is only one "rocket engine test stand."

If according to the previous plan, Fenglei were to build an entire rocket launch base,

then just the rocket engine ignition test stand would have to be transported to a nationally designated launch site thousands of kilometers away.

After all, local areas do not have the qualifications or technology to build a rocket engine test stand.

"No problem, let's start."

Ren Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded.

This was his first time participating in such a major project, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

Even though he had great confidence in the technology produced by the system.

As Ren Yi nodded, the experts and Academicians beside him began to busy themselves skillfully.

They had experienced many such tests, so it came naturally to them.

Soon,

the main control computer and the precise electronic sensors on "Tianlei-1" began to connect for a simulated electronic test.

After half an hour of calibration, all the R&D personnel present slowly showed a relieved expression.

Because the computer screen had already feedback the results: all circuit systems had no problems whatsoever.

Next,

they could enter the truly exciting moment.

"Tianlei-1" live ignition test!!

Ren Yi took another deep breath and said with a somewhat heavy voice:

"Since that's the case, let's proceed to the final step!!"

Like the relieved expressions of the others, his heart was pounding in his throat.

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