97: Successfully developed drones

"Then it's settled. We'll discuss any changes later. But I'll say this upfront: our Aerospace Manufacturing Branch is subordinate to the Chunfeng Changan Group. Any changes must be approved by the Group's senior management before they can be implemented," Shi Hangtian said with a smile.

Management of branches varies among large group companies. Some practice decentralized management, while others require reporting on both major and minor issues. Chunfeng Changan Group belongs to the latter, which is why the Group's efficiency is slower. The quick signing of this contract was thanks to Zhang Zhehan conducting the on-site inspection with him.

"I understand your management model. For now, let's focus on completing the drone research and development. We can discuss future matters later," Liu Xiaolin said, nodding. "Since our cooperation agreement is signed, I'll go work with Zhang Weichen and the others immediately. I don't want to miss this R&D process; just thinking about it makes my hands itch."

Liu Xiaolin considered the signing of the cooperation agreement merely a formality. The most substantial part, in his opinion, was enjoying the R&D process with the research staff.

Seeing that Liu Xiaolin didn't want to talk much more, Shi Hangtian stopped the pleasantries. "Alright, let's hurry to the lab. I want to join the R&D too; my hands are itching."

The two quickly walked back to the lab and heard that the work had already begun inside.

"Zhou Renan, pay close attention to this solder joint. The drawing explicitly states that this joint is very important. If it loosens or detaches, all our efforts will be in vain," Zhang Weichen reminded him.

"Xu Qianhao, the length measurement here must be precise, without any error. Otherwise, it will cause an imbalance, leading to unstable flight and a crash," Zhang Weichen then started reminding Xu Qianhao.

"Okay, I know. I can read the drawings too. You should focus on your own work. Look, doesn't this point of yours look a bit different from the drawing? You're not paying attention to such precise drawings, always watching us. If neither of us makes a mistake, but you do, it won't look good," Zhou Renan said with a smile.

"We're here too. Group Leader Zhang, please assign us some work," Shi Hangtian and Liu Xiaolin requested after entering.

"You two want to participate in R&D too?" Zhang Weichen was stunned.

"We're both experts in the field. Why can't we participate in R&D?" they asked in unison.

"Okay, okay, it's even better with two more people participating," Zhang Weichen was overjoyed. "General Manager Shi, you can be responsible for the receiver part. General Manager Liu, you can be responsible for the high-frequency combination part. Each of us will be responsible for a part, and after each small part is successful, we'll combine them. This will improve efficiency and lead to earlier R&D success."

"Okay, we'll follow Group Leader Zhang's arrangement." Liu Xiaolin and Shi Hangtian each took the drawings for their assigned tasks and started working busily.

After working for a while, Shen Zhiyong came over. "General Manager Liu, it's lunchtime. Shouldn't we eat before continuing?"

Liu Xiaolin was working with great enthusiasm and didn't want to stop, but then he thought that if he didn't stop, the others wouldn't eat dinner either. People are made of iron, and food is like steel; food must be eaten. So he put down his work and told everyone to go eat.

"Alright, let's go to the cafeteria for lunch and then come back to continue working. Sharpening the axe doesn't delay chopping wood. You need to be full to work well, right?" he said to the other four people.

"I have to wait ten minutes. I can only finish soldering this point after ten minutes. I can't stop in the middle," Zhou Renan replied while working intently, not blinking.

"I have to wait a bit too. I need to measure this part again," Xu Qianhao also couldn't stop.

"How about this, Shen Zhiyong, you help us bring lunch over. Whoever finishes their work can eat, so we don't delay anyone," Liu Xiaolin came up with a good idea.

"Alright, I'll go get five lunches now." Shen Zhiyong saw that no one wanted to leave the lab and wondered if he should bring some quilts over too, so they could sleep when they were tired at night and continue working when they woke up?

Shen Zhiyong's idea actually came true! Towards the end of the afternoon, Liu Xiaolin gave him the instruction to bring quilts over. The weather wasn't cold or hot at the moment, and there was a lot of empty space in the new workshop, which was also very clean. Liu Xiaolin and the others planned to find a place to sleep when they were tired and then continue working after waking up.

Just like that, the five people worked for three days and three nights. When the sun rose on Thursday, the first drone they had developed was completed!

The five people had been living and eating in the lab for the past few days. They hadn't showered or washed their hair. Everyone looked disheveled with bloodshot eyes, but their spirits were incredibly high!

"Finally successful! This is great!" Shi Hangtian excitedly snapped his fingers.

"Let's take it out for a test flight immediately and test the relevant data along the way!" Liu Xiaolin said impatiently.

"Currently, the test flight can test flight altitude, flight speed, and stability. Other data might not be available immediately," Zhang Weichen said.

"Who cares! As long as it can fly into the sky and land smoothly, it's the first step to success!" Zhou Renan clenched his fist as if cheering on the drone.

"Yeah, yeah, let's let it fly into the blue sky first!" Xu Qianhao held the remote control, eager to try.

"Let's go, then we'll go for a test flight now!" Shi Hangtian waved his hand and led everyone out.

The New Hope's area was indeed quite large. There was a vast empty space covered with lush green grass. Under the sunlight, the crystal clear dew drops on the grass blades looked like transparent pearls.

It wasn't yet working hours, and they were the only five people in the entire factory area.

"Let's start the test!" Liu Xiaolin said to everyone.

He had great confidence in this drone because the design drawings were provided by the Strongest Manufacturing System, and the several R&D personnel had meticulously followed the requirements of the drawings during the development process. There would definitely be no problems.

However, testing it would make everyone feel more at ease.

"Let's test its flight altitude first!"

Liu Xiaolin placed the drone on the grass.

Xu Qianhao gently pressed the remote control, and the drone shot straight up with a whoosh.

Real-time footage and relevant data transmitted back by the drone immediately appeared on the screen of the remote control.

"One hundred meters, two hundred meters, three hundred meters, one thousand meters, two thousand meters, two thousand five hundred meters, three thousand meters! Yeah, successful!" Everyone jumped up excitedly as they watched the data on the remote control screen.

At this moment, the drone on the screen was flying steadily in the clouds, like a free roc!

This flight altitude was in complete agreement with the design drawings! This data should be related to today's weather, because today's weather was so good, with no wind resistance interference factors, which could be said to have fully demonstrated the best technical data of this drone!

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