It was once the largest hydroelectric power station in Mexico, with an installed capacity of 2,400 megawatts. The dam of this hydropower station is 261 meters high, making it one of the largest dams in the world.
For Mexico, this electricity is surplus and cannot be used up. After all, their country's economy is too backward.
However, just recently, they suddenly discovered that people came from all over the world to rent a large number of rooms near their hydropower station, install various machines and equipment, and purchase a large amount of their electricity.
They were very excited, these people were like Gods of Wealth who took the initiative to come to our door!
On a nearby field, a group of little boys were playing football. Suddenly, the football flew up and flew to the courtyard nearby.
"Suarez, you jump in and take out the football!" the captain shouted.
At this time, Suarez ran the fastest, jumped onto the courtyard wall with quick hands and feet, and climbed in.
Just when he was about to come out with the football, he was stunned by the scene inside. There were countless machines roaring, countless signal lights flashing, and the whole room was filled with a sense of modern technology.
What's in this?
A short man came out and looked at Suarez: "Hey, kid, do you want some candy?"
"What's in here?"
"It's mining here."
"Mining?" Suarez's brain was unable to understand these things. He just stared at the scene inside with dull eyes, his eyes complicated.
Shouldn't mining be done with a shovel? Shouldn't it be in a mine?
"Suarez, Suarez!" a friend shouted from outside.
"I'm going out to play ball." He planned to climb over the wall to get out.
"You can go through the door. By the way, can I play football with you in the future?"
The life of a miner is too boring. He has to look after so many machines and equipment every day, and he has to deal with any failure of one of the machines and equipment at any time. In his spare time, he also hopes to exercise.
"certainly."
There are scenes like this all over the world. Miners are looking for places with the cheapest electricity and are working hard to mine Bitcoin.
The situation is excellent.
Mingzhou Group.
"Now, some small countries have considered using Bitcoin as legal tender." Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao: "I didn't expect that some people would actually take the bait."
"Of course." Qin Tao said: "Bitcoin is valuable, it is the currency used in the future."
"What future, can our future city be used?"
"Of course not. Our country has its own digital currency. Although it is both digital currency and Bitcoin, its credibility is very different."
Bitcoin has value if it says it has value, and has no value if it says it has no value. However, the national digital currency is endorsed by the government. Taking advantage of the popularity of Bitcoin, the national digital currency has also begun to spread with great fanfare.
"If transactions are completely done with digital currencies in the future, corrupt officials will not be able to store their money." Xu Zhengyang said: "I recently watched a TV series in which the corrupt officials kept money all over the house and still rode bicycles to work every day. I really don't know.
What’s the point of doing this?”
"No, why have you started watching TV series recently? This is not in line with your style."
"If there is any way, my superiors asked me to see it. In fact, I follow our Mingzhou Group and get whatever I want, but I have never thought of using my identity and convenience to achieve certain goals of my own."
Qin Tao smiled: "You have reminded me that everyone within the group should watch this TV series and let them know..."
However, before he continued, Qin Tao knew that few people working in his group dared to line their own pockets. After all, those who got the money had the intention of running away, and all of his subordinates
It's about doing practical things.
Moreover, if a monk can run away, he cannot run away from the temple. No matter where he runs, he will disappear without a trace. Not even the moon or Mars. There is no place that the Mingzhou Group cannot reach.
"By the way, Mr. Qin, Asan has acquired all the electromagnetic catapult technology. We and Damao each share half of the funds. Damao has officially placed an order to purchase our carrier-based aircraft."
"Well, they should have purchased it a long time ago. Let them see what a world-class carrier-based aircraft is."
"France has also obtained relevant technology and begun to independently develop electromagnetic catapults. Their progress should be faster."
"The faster you make progress, the sooner you run into trouble." Qin Tao smiled.
"Also, the American ship Kennedy has been modified with an electromagnetic catapult and has begun testing."
"Really? That's really good news."
The U.S. Navy attaches great importance to electromagnetic catapults, so much so that when the progress of the Ford-class aircraft carrier was delayed, it actually pulled out the USS Kennedy, which was about to be retired, to modify the electromagnetic catapult.
Of course, there is no need to completely modify it, just one change is enough. Considering the convenience, they modified the No. 3 catapult on the angled deck so that the energy storage device at the end of the catapult is closest to the engine room, so that the engine room can be easily obtained.
of electricity supply.
After intense construction, the catapult was finally installed. In fact, it was just a transplant of the catapult from the land. The specific technology has not changed much, so the reliability of the catapult can be imagined.
However, they have no other option.
"After we obtained Dongfang's technology, we found that it is almost the same as ours. If they can succeed, we will also succeed!" Sulich encouraged himself.
"Yes, the Navy is also looking forward to your good news." Michael Rand said: "Now, the aircraft carrier's boiler has been started. What are you waiting for? Use the power of the warship and start testing first!"
"Okay. Let's test it without load first."
After the catapult is installed, you cannot eject the carrier-based aircraft as soon as it comes up, otherwise the carrier-based aircraft will most likely be thrown into the sea. This must be done step by step. First, it is unloaded, and the secondary coil trolley is allowed to run on the track to determine whether the track is tight.
, a straight line, and then eject the car, gradually increasing the load, and finally reaching the level of ejecting a carrier-based aircraft.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This process may be very slow and take a long time, so Sulich can still continue to delay time. There is no other way but to grind.
, slowly running in, and finally making the technology mature.
"Attention, the turbine motor has full power output!"
When it comes to electromagnetic catapults, many people think that only nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can use them. After all, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have sufficient power. In fact, this is a complete misunderstanding. Regardless of conventional power or nuclear power, as long as the generator power is large enough.
Although the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is conventionally powered, its power generation is not low. Although different models have different configurations, basically they all have eight 1,500-kilowatt turbine-generator units. During the mid-term modification, due to insufficient power supply
, two more 750-kilowatt medium-frequency generator sets and three 1,000-kilowatt diesel generator sets were added.
The total power supply is 17.5 megawatts, which is already very large. It is enough to supply a city's civil power and to supply an electromagnetic catapult, which only requires the turbine generator set on the boiler.
The eight turbine generators roared, and the surging power entered the flywheel energy storage device through huge cables. Because it was only no-load, it stored a little energy and started to start.
Whoosh!
The shuttle smoothly moves along the track, stops at the end, and then returns to the starting point under the action of reverse electromagnetic force. It looks extremely smooth.
"Not bad, not bad!" Rand nodded: "Let's hang the car next."
So fast? Sulich frowned: "According to the original plan, more than ten tests will be carried out without a load."
"Then let's do it again, we can't wait too long."
The second experiment was still perfect, and now it was time to eject the car.
Watching the sun gradually slide to the west, Sulich suddenly thought of something: "By the way, we don't seem to have brought a car here!"
They didn't plan to make such a fast progress. If they had already finished testing the car today, would it be time to test the carrier-based aircraft tomorrow?
Gotta delay!
"It doesn't matter, you can use my Hummer." Rand said.
"Hummer? How can this work? The Humvee doesn't have a tow hook."
"No, my car has it."
"According to the plan, we should slowly increase the tonnage from small tonnage."
"The Hummer is only two tons. If you remove the doors and roof panel and drain the oil from the fuel tank, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
"All right."
At Rand's urging, Sulich had no choice but to let his men mount the catapult onto the Humvee.
"Attention, adjust the ejection weight to two tons!"
The advantages of electromagnetic catapults are fully reflected here. If it is a steam catapult, although the ejection pressure can be adjusted, there are only a few gears, and the minimum can only eject a load of 18 tons. No matter how low it is, it will not be possible.
.
With the advent of the drone era, drones are also required to be operated on aircraft carriers. However, such aircraft are only one or two tons in weight and cannot be operated by steam catapults.
The thrust of the electromagnetic catapult can be continuously adjusted and the load can be changed from zero. Therefore, only the electromagnetic catapult can support the future of the US Navy!
Rand has been in charge of this project, and he can't wait any longer. He wants to see the carrier-based aircraft officially ejected from the deck of the aircraft carrier as soon as possible! Let's start with ejecting the Humvee!
"Charging completed!"
"Ejection begins!"
Whoosh!
The Humvee was having fun on the deck. It had never run so fast or accelerated so fiercely. In just a few seconds, it had already exceeded 100, and then it exceeded 200!
The part where the tire is in contact with the deck has begun to smoke. Obviously, this large-pattern off-road tire has never thought that one day it would be able to go so fast, and it can no longer bear it!
Fortunately, the electromagnetic catapult began to slow down. Pulled by the strong electromagnetic force, the car quickly stopped again and stopped steadily at the front of the angled deck.
"Yes, this is really an exciting start!" Rand said: "Bring the regular test car tomorrow and try to complete the test. The day after tomorrow, I will bring a carrier-based aircraft over and we will drive the aircraft carrier out.
test."
What, we have to drive out for testing the day after tomorrow? Isn’t this too fast? Sulich frowned: “No, no, this is too fast!”
"No, this is already very slow. The Easterners have already started building a new batch of aircraft carriers, and they are building two ships at the same time. If we don't seize the time, we will fall behind!"
"We've fallen behind," Sulich said. "What's important now is reliability, not schedule."
"No, no, we have to hurry up!"
They were behind only in quality before, but in the future they may fall behind in quantity. They must seize the time!
Sulich showed a bitter look and did not dare to say anything else.
The test on the second day was still very successful. The ejection car had increased its load to ten tons and could still accelerate and decelerate. This smooth test made Sulich curious. Could it be that they have matured?
"Our program has been debugged repeatedly, and our various unreliable parts have also improved the manufacturing quality and become reliable." Sulich said: "It seems that our catapult has been matured!"
You can't always be unreliable. With the development now, you should be considered mature, right?
Sulich didn't know that this was just an illusion.
"We have already deployed a Hornet. After we go to sea tomorrow, we will land it and then take off using electromagnetic catapult. When our electromagnetic catapult test is successful, we need to continue to improve the electromagnetic arresting cable." Rand said.
He looked at the blocking rope on the rear deck and said.
Dongfang's entire system has matured, but they are still only testing the electromagnetic catapult, and there are still many difficulties with the electromagnetic arresting cable.
"Hornet?" Sulich was stunned: "We don't need a Hornet, just an ordinary A7 attack aircraft."
The Hornet is the main carrier-based fighter attack aircraft of the U.S. Navy. It is expensive. In comparison, the A7 attack aircraft is much cheaper. Even if there is an accident, it will not cause much reaction.
Rand smiled: "The Navy has already planned to eliminate the A7. In the future, the Navy will have very few types of carrier-based aircraft. There are only two types of manned fighter jets: the Hornet and the F-35. Therefore, just use the Hornet for testing.
"
Originally, the F-32 won the bid earlier, but due to various defects, it has been unable to enter service. After waiting many times, the Navy finally made up its mind: use X-35!
Anyway, the X-35 is just a small single-engine F22. Its appearance has long been mature, and the airborne equipment can be updated according to the latest technology. It is not difficult to develop, and the Navy does not need vertical take-off and landing, so it directly purchased a batch.
, named F-35.
The Air Force also decided to use this aircraft to match the F22, leaving only the Marine Corps. The vertical takeoff and landing of the Flying Toad is also a problem. The lift fan used by the F-35 is becoming more and more mature. It is conceivable that Locke
Sid Company will have the last laugh in the end.
Now, the F-35 is still very expensive, and the most suitable one is of course the Hornet.
The next day, the USS Kennedy, which had been docked at the dock of the Newport News Shipyard for several months, finally started moving. Its huge body once again sailed towards the sea, riding the wind and waves.
Dozens of former sailors returned to operate the aircraft carrier again and tested the electromagnetic catapult with technicians from the shipyard.
"Attention, sail at full speed!" Chief Mate Dex was in charge of commanding the warship. He skillfully issued the order: "Turn to headwind!"
Thick black smoke came out of the chimney, the ship's bow split the waves, and the huge warship rode the wind and waves, sailing at full speed.
Speed up, speed up!
"The carrier-based aircraft is approaching!"
"Deck crews ready for recovery!"
The carrier-based aircraft roared and landed skillfully. This is how good the naval aviation pilots are.
Soon, the Bumblebee was hung on the catapult in front.
"This is a new era for the U.S. Navy. Starting today, we abandon our outdated steam locomotives and finally enter the electric age!" Rand said excitedly on the ship island, looking at the carrier-based aircraft waiting to take off below.
"Attention, flywheel energy storage!"
"Aircraft carrier at full speed!"
Although it is just a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, after all, it only supplies one catapult. The other systems on the aircraft carrier are temporarily disabled and do not need to consume too much power. Therefore, even if the aircraft carrier is sailing at full speed, it still has sufficient power to supply ejection.
device.
"The energy storage is over!"
"take off!"
For the U.S. Navy, this seems to be a very common operation. The commander bends down and points his right hand forward. The carrier-based aircraft pilot releases the brakes, opens the throttle fully, and waits for the push feeling from the back, and the catapult begins to operate at full power.
Output...
Whoosh!
The bumblebee jumped out!
The electromagnetic catapult propelled the Hornet, constantly accelerating on the deck, accelerating!
Suliqi was also relieved. It seemed that he had really matured! After struggling for so long, he finally matured!
Snapped!
At this time, a special sound suddenly sounded. With this sound, the lights above the head suddenly went dark, and all the monitors also went dark instantly.
"Damn it, the gate fell down!"
The experienced Sulic realized what happened almost instantly. When they were testing the catapult, a common fault was tripping! During land testing, tripping often occurred. They attributed this to insufficient land power supply.
The previous tests on the aircraft carrier were all empty or medium load, and they never worked at full load. They originally thought that this nightmare would not happen again, but they did not expect that the nightmare was so terrible that the entire aircraft carrier lost power!
After losing the power supply, the electromagnetic catapult collapsed instantly. The pilot of the carrier-based aircraft woke up from the overload of the ejection and immediately turned on the afterburner.
It is impossible to stop now, we can only go at full speed and try to fly!
The Hornet is an aircraft with excellent take-off and landing performance. As long as it has a speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour, it can fly. What's more, there is still deck wind, so it can definitely fly!
With this idea in mind, the pilot continued to taxi the fighter plane until the end of the runway, and then...
As the landing gear left the deck, the plane instantly began to lose altitude!
At this moment, the pilot did not hesitate at all. He immediately put his legs together and pulled the ejection ring, looking forward to the feeling of flying out.
Wait, no response, what's going on?
The Martin-Baker ejection seats, which are widely equipped in the Western world, are said to be very reliable. Why did this happen today? The chain dropped at a critical moment!
Plop!
The fighter plane fell into the sea.
"Damn it, hurry up, dispatch the rescue helicopter!"