The take-off and landing test of the light pressure engine officially began.
In order to ensure the safety of personnel, everyone has evacuated ten kilometers away from the engine. They know very well that the scene they are about to see is much more shocking than the effect of a large rocket launch.
The excitation power device of the light pressure engine will eject high-temperature, high-heat super-intense light. According to theoretical data, at the lowest power at the moment of take-off, the temperature of the intense light ejected from below will exceed 7,000 degrees Celsius.
This is very amazing data.
The temperature of the sun's surface is only 5,000 degrees Celsius, which can already melt almost all conventional compounds and vaporize most substances.
The nozzle of the excitation power device is about 20 meters away from the ground. When the strong light reaches the ground, the temperature is still over 3,000 degrees Celsius.
This temperature can cause the ground to melt instantly.
However, the ground under the light pressure engine is equipped with high-temperature-resistant materials to insulate heat, so the ground will not change much, it will just burn the surface.
The closest ones around the engine are 12 large brackets, which are about 80 meters away from the central injection point. According to calculation data, the temperature of light scattered from the ground reaching the brackets is nearly 1,000 degrees Celsius, but the brackets are resistant to high temperatures and emit light.
When reaching the bracket position, the intensity of the light source will also be greatly reduced, but the steel bracket will not be greatly affected.
In addition, the ground air one kilometer away from the engine nozzle will be heated to more than 80 degrees Celsius, and obvious heat waves can be felt five kilometers away.
Safety can only be guaranteed if you are 10 kilometers away.
Even if you are ten kilometers or twenty kilometers away, you can still see extremely dazzling light, which will cause damage to your eyes.
Therefore, the group of people entering the air raid shelter could not look directly at the location of the engine. They could only wear protective goggles and look at the sky at eye level.
If the engine rises to an altitude of more than 100 meters, there is enough space for the strong light to scatter, and what you see is just a flickering beam of strong light, and the damage to human eyes is not that great.
A hill ten kilometers away.
There are thick steel plate partitions outside the body, and high-hardness walls are built inside. Further inside is the control center.
The control center will use a screen with radar imaging technology to screen out most of the bright light to watch the engine's takeoff and landing tests.
Wang Hao is also in the control center.
The light pressure engine project is too important, and no one else dares to do the commanding work. Wang Hao must do it himself to prevent any possibility of accidents.
There were two people standing next to him.
One is Zang Chunlai, general manager of the Spacecraft Industry Company, and the other is Zhu Qiqiang, a military researcher and head of electronic systems.
Zhu Qiqiang is reporting on the progress, "The engine warm-up has ended, the internal temperature is 180 degrees Celsius, and is gradually decreasing..."
"Everything is fine with the equipment."
"The data deviation during the warm-up phase is within the error range."
"You can now move on to the next step."
Wang Hao nodded slightly. He stared at the huge gray-white ball on the screen, took a deep breath and shouted, "Attention to all parts, prepare for the experiment!"
At the end of the sentence, everyone concentrated and became very serious.
"Electronic system self-test!"
The first step is to check the electronic system and radar, which is similar to the self-check of the operating system to ensure that there will be no problems with the electrical equipment.
Soon there was a report saying, "The test is over and everything is normal!"
Wang Hao nodded lightly and began to issue instructions continuously, "Report nuclear facility data!"
"Test the signal transceiver!"
"Test the neutron channel!"
"Report battery level..."
A series of instructions were issued, and reports were received one after another.
After confirming that there were no problems with all parts, Wang Hao waited for about ten seconds and uttered two words, "Power on!"
Power on, not ignite.
The ignition process does not happen overnight. First, the two strong annihilation force field equipment must be restarted and the internal heat source strength must reach the limit.
Then it is to detect the generated power.
After confirming that the power generation system is operating normally, the external power supply can be cut off and the neutron channel can be opened. Only then can annihilation particle technology be used to create a high-intensity light source.
When the light source reaches a certain intensity and the internal temperature rises to more than 3900 degrees Celsius, the excitation propulsion device can be turned on.
This is the real ignition.
After the excitation propulsion device is turned on, strong light will be emitted from the bottom and create the 'minimum strong light pressure'.
The thrust provided by this minimum level of strong light pressure is only slightly higher than the gravity exerted by the engine, and the engine will rise very slowly.
Now is the first take-off and landing test, so everything must be done safely. It is enough to create the lowest level of strong light pressure.
The expected goal of the take-off and landing test is to have the light pressure engine rise to an altitude of about 200 meters, and then levitate for about 20 minutes.
During the process of engine suspension, a series of tests will be carried out, one of the most important tests is the balance system.
Balance system testing is also the link where problems are most likely to occur.
The balance system, as the name suggests, keeps the engine balanced. There is a largest excitation propulsion device at the bottom of the concave reflector. In fact, there are 16 nozzles above and below the reflector, and small excitation propulsion devices are installed.
Under the control of the electronic system, the light pressure power excited by the small light source nozzle will keep the large nozzle of the engine facing the ground.
"This is a balanced system."
In the air-raid shelter inside the mountain, Paul Phil-Jones is explaining to several senior teachers. He knows the design of the engine very well and is suitable for explaining. "In fact, the most important thing to test is the balance system. Only by keeping the engine balanced can we ensure safety."
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"Theoretically, the engine can remain suspended in the air. If there are other testing requirements during the process, we will also extend the suspension time appropriately."
Teacher Xu immediately said, "20 minutes is enough. You can also take other tests next time."
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If such a huge ball device is suspended in the air, it may fall down if there is any problem, and a fall will cause huge losses.
No matter what, everything is still about safety.
At the same time, the control center has reported that the temperature inside the concave reflector has risen to 3,300 degrees Celsius, and is continuing to rise.
Wang Hao has been listening to the continuous reports.
"Temperature: 3450."
"3600."
"3700."
"3800."
"3850..."
When the temperature exceeded 3800 degrees Celsius, Wang Hao issued the command as expected, "Start the excitation propulsion device!"
Everyone looked towards the main console.
A researcher in military uniform sat in front of the console, and his only job was to activate the excitation propulsion device.
At this moment, he stared at the huge ball on the screen and pressed the control stick very hard.
This is a fixed stick controller.
When the controller is pressed, the fixing device of the engine bracket will be separated from the body, that is, it will be separated from the protection of the ground.
After that, the uniformed researcher stood up, stretched out his hands and pressed the two top buttons at the same time, one was a red button and the other was a yellow button.
When both buttons are pressed at the same time, the stimulating propulsion device will start.
The moment the button was pressed, everyone seemed to hear a roar, and then saw a bright light like daylight under the conventional camera lens.
The screen is completely filled with light!
At this moment, it was as if there was an explosion of a planet hitting the earth, but there was no tinnitus, only a beyond-the-extreme light.
Everyone looked at the radar imaging screen lens.
On that screen, you can clearly see the huge ball slowly rising away from the support...
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To be continued...