Siheyuan: Punch Shazhu at the beginning, intercept Yu Li

In this era, even digital cameras have not yet been invented.

Old-style camera equipment is bulky and requires manual control, making it impossible to operate a drone.

After some thought, Zhang Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up.

"By the way, I remembered!"

“This drone can still be used in the agricultural field!”

"It is possible to use drones to sow seeds and spray pesticides."

"Will this really work?" Chen Yuqi was skeptical.

Zhang Weiguo replied solemnly: "As long as we control the cost, there should be no problem!"

Chen Yuqi sighed in distress: "In fact, if this drone can be mass-produced, the cost is not that high!"

"But the cost of batteries is very high..."

"The energy density of lead-acid batteries is too low, and the cost of lithium batteries is too high to be popularized!"

Zhang Weiguo said in a deep voice: "Then we should use the engine and fuel!"

"Ah..." Chen Yuqi couldn't help but frown.

Zhang Weiguo immediately called a mechanical engineer and handed him his conceptual drawings.

According to Zhang Weiguo, the goal is to design a micro engine!

The engine is used to provide lift for the drone.

In any case, the cost of drones must be reduced to consumer levels.

Zhang Weiguo wanted to develop the automobile industry, shipbuilding industry and aviation industry, among which the aviation industry was the most difficult to tackle.

The difficulty of the automobile industry is actually not high. At most, at the beginning, the price of the cars produced is slightly lower.

As time goes by, product quality will definitely improve. In the early development stage, we only need to improve after-sales service.

If the car the customer bought breaks down, the after-sales service will solve the problem.

Although the shipbuilding industry is more difficult than the automobile industry, it can be developed gradually from small to large.

In the early stage, shipyards have insufficient technical reserves and limited engineering talent, so they can produce smaller ships first.

First create certain benefits, and then use the money earned by the company to engage in research and development, and continuously promote technological updates.

But the aviation industry is not doing well. The first two paths are not feasible.

Even if a car on the road or a ship on the water has a problem, the worst that can happen is that they will just drop anchor where they are and have the fault repaired.

It is different with airplanes. If a plane flying in the sky suddenly malfunctions and breaks down, it would be a tragic plane crash.

Therefore, the quality requirements for aircraft are extremely high.

An airplane has hundreds of thousands of parts.

It’s not easy to get this big guy started.

Even if Zhang Weiguo had ready-made drawings and materials in his hands, he would still be unable to move forward due to the lack of talent reserves and technical accumulation in the aviation industry.

Now, the development of the other two of Zhang Weiguo’s three heavy industrial enterprises has been put on the right track.

Only the aviation industry still looks lifeless.

This situation is actually not complicated.

The automobile and shipbuilding industries both have expected returns.

For example, a car factory has received orders even though it has not yet manufactured the cars.

Hecheng, where Benma Automobile is located, has made great efforts to support the automobile factory.

Many of the new taxis and official vehicles that are being prepared for local use are ordered from Mercedes-Benz.

An automobile factory can bring huge growth to the local economy and create jobs for a large number of people.

Not to mention, once the factory starts to make a profit, it can also contribute huge fiscal and tax revenue to the local government.

Therefore, the local government has provided strong support to this industry.

The orders have already come in before the cars have even been shipped.

Encouraged by these orders, the leaders of the automobile factory were extremely enthusiastic about their work, and the development speed of the automobile factory was naturally rapid.

The same is true for the shipyard, which also received huge support from Binhai.

The government took the lead in organizing several exchange meetings for the shipyard and also attracted orders from some shipping companies.

Lou Xiao'e is now very enthusiastic about her work, and she even took tens of millions from the Lou family to invest in the shipyard.

The development speed of the shipyard is no slower than that of the automobile factory.

As for the remaining aviation industry, the local government also wants to support it, but it doesn't know where to start.

For something like an airplane, you need to build it first and then pass safety inspections before people will buy it.

In this era, the domestic market is an emerging market that has just opened up!

The demand for transport aircraft is still quite large.

However, the aviation engineering market has extremely high safety requirements, and the future development of the airline company that Zhang Weiguo had just established still faces great uncertainties.

It is still unknown when the aircraft can be manufactured, so how can there be orders?

For a normal aircraft, it takes many years to go from test flight to mass production.

There is no chance of receiving orders before the aircraft is built.

So now, Zhang Weiguo and the Aviation Industry Park are, to put it bluntly, a giant money-eating beast.

Huge amounts of wealth are swallowed up every day, but no benefits can be seen for a long time.

Without any prospect of making money, Chen Yuqi lost motivation and her work efficiency was very low!

If this problem cannot be solved as soon as possible, the Hanggong Industrial Park may face the situation of being left unfinished...

Therefore, what Zhang Weiguo urgently needs now is to generate revenue for the airline.

Even if we cannot achieve overall profitability, at least we have to let Chen Yuqi and others see the profit expectations.

The engine that Zhang Weiguo currently needs to develop has a basic configuration of a miniature motorcycle engine.

The engine is used to generate electricity, supplemented by a small battery for temporary power supply.

Based on this, a four-axis drone was developed.

For the engine prototype, after designing the drawings, Zhang Weiguo personally took out a sample machine.

According to Zhang Weiguo's requirements, several engineers modified the performance of the drone on site.

Next, Zhang Weiguo himself led the team and worked hard at the flight test factory for four days and nights before finally making the bulky drone fly.

“It’s flying! It’s really flying!”

Seeing this scene, Chen Yuqi danced with joy: "Great, low-price mass production is finally possible!"

Zhang Weiguo said in a serious tone: "Xiao Hu, the flight power problem has been solved now!"

"Next, you guys have to work harder and try to reduce the weight of the drone while ensuring quality!"

"Drones must not only be able to fly, but also have a certain load capacity in order to open up the market."

"Okay, boss. Don't worry. We will find a way to increase the payload of the drone!"

The little Hu that Zhang Weiguo just mentioned is named Hu Zhenxing in full.

Hu Zhenxing graduated from Kyoto Aeronautical University and came to Zhang Weiguo's factory with the support of government departments.