Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1065: 527 Chapter Air Fortress_1

The antigravity technology caused a great stir, and everyone at the conference was highly anticipative, possessing a passionate enthusiasm for participation and R&D.

After the morning session ended, lunchtime was a break, but a few technical experts got together to brainstorm the design of antigravity aircraft. An elderly academician named Zhou Guifang took the lead in conducting dedicated research.

She pointed out a key issue, "This antigravity aircraft doesn’t necessarily need that much power."

"Although it doesn’t achieve 100% antigravity effect, there’s still air. The antigravity effect will create an upward thrust vortex, which will naturally give the device a lifting force."

"And this force won’t be small, it might even match that of a conventional thruster."

Zhao Yi listened on the side, nodding in agreement.

Academician Zhou Guifang was able to quickly identify this problem and list some approximate data, proving her exceptional level and confirming that she had given it serious thought.

Several professional theoretical technicians gathered to research how to design antigravity aircraft. Of course, they were not going to produce a very detailed design, just a rough daydream.

"According to Academician Zhao’s data, stacking the antigravity effect threefold will definitely surpass ninety percent."

"Then, a few thrusters should be placed below to ensure stability and safety; it’s best to place them at the four corners and in the middle."

Someone joked, "I feel like this isn’t an aircraft, but an air fortress, a true aircraft carrier."

"If it really comes to pass, the diameter will definitely exceed thirty meters. If it’s an air fortress, the bigger the better, right? It can be equipped with various devices and weapons, and the larger it is, the safer it will be."

"Most existing weapons are designed for ground targets, and those intended for aerial targets are much less technologically advanced."

"Then it should be equipped with missiles that fly downward from the air..."

"That’s too easy, no thruster needed, just guidance is enough, and the speed will certainly be very fast, with strong penetration power, no system could intercept it." frёewebηovel.cѳm

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The few technical experts had already become engrossed in their fantasies of a mighty air fortress.

However, they were also seriously researching, discussing many technical issues they encountered, yet all problems seemed solvable, except for one that was momentarily insurmountable— fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Power!

The antigravity device consumes energy, and it’s not a small amount, either; a single layer of the antigravity device running is equivalent to the full-power operation of a large aircraft carrier.

If a three-layer antigravity device is designed, just the antigravity aspect would need the full-power output of three aircraft carriers. When discussing the energy consumption issue, several technicians also consulted Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi pondered and said, "If we design a three-layer antigravity device, the design will surely place all three layers together, separated only by intermediate layers, so the relative energy consumption will be less, but to ensure each layer is effective, there aren’t many design options for stacking."

"Therefore, the energy consumption of a three-layer antigravity device will be at least two and a half times more than a single layer."

This statement was somewhat disappointing because the energy consumption sounded too high.

If just raising the ’fortress’ requires such high energy consumption, plus the equipment on the fortress and other factors, the energy cost would be utterly extravagant, probably requiring millions to run it for just one day.

Money, however, is a secondary concern.

High energy consumption also means that very high-power energy equipment is needed, such as conventional large generators. Most high-energy beam devices consume electricity, and how to generate a massive amount of electrical power is a major problem.

This is a core issue in technical design, possibly more complex than all the other problems combined.

Many people can think of the most optimal choice—super large nuclear reactors.

But domestically, there are only small, stable nuclear reactor technologies available, suitable for manufacturing nuclear-powered submarines, not applicable to large aircraft carriers or large aircraft.

"This is also a direction for R&D!"

"If in the future we manage to develop stable large-scale nuclear reactors, the first application probably won’t be on aircraft carriers..."

"Indeed!"

"But with antigravity technology available, is there still a need to perfect aircraft carriers?"

This was a question.

When someone raised this issue, others fell into deep thought.

Compared to air fortresses, seafaring aircraft carriers, whether in terms of technological sophistication or actual combat capabilities, are definitely much inferior.

If an air fortress and an aircraft carrier came into play, one would be flying in the air at very high speeds, while the other would be confined to the seas, greatly limited in velocity. The only real threat to an air fortress would be from anti-air systems.

However, theoretically, because an air fortress is driven by antigravity and not limited in flight altitude like airplanes, it could fly extremely high, even to heights unreachable by anti-air missiles, thereby naturally occupying an invincible position from the start.

Furthermore, air fortresses could be designed to be even bigger than aircraft carriers, allowing them to house various systems and load weapons capable of saturation attacks. Even technologically advanced aircraft carriers would not survive a saturation strike.

In short, the advantages of an air fortress are too substantial.

This would be a complete overmatch.

The more the technical experts discussed, the more excited they became, but after the excitement, they still had to face reality. They had to solve the power issue, and the challenge was laid out before them.