Chapter 611 Prototype Small Vector Thruster

Dr. Toombs has a dream, to fly like a birdman.

This dream has actually been realized: the super aerodynamic flying wing designed by himself, combined with the small vector thruster of the Osborne Group, and the brain-computer interface, can turn him into a birdman, a birdman who flies with wings.

However, the electric propulsion system used by the Osborne Group can only be used as a reference even for him. His strength is to design aerodynamic-based aircraft, including but not limited to civilian aircraft, helicopters, etc.

But vector thrusters? Civilian equipment is unlikely to use something with such a high cost and such a low energy efficiency ratio. If it is used, it will be used on high-end aircraft.

The Quinjet of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to be such a high-end fighter: a supersonic stealth fighter that can take off and hover in place, can perform tasks such as air combat, bombing and monitoring, and is almost an all-round air unit.

At present, Lille has not seen the Quinjet put into use, but he does have plans to develop his own fighters. After all, he can't buy fighters now-

There are arms dealers in Europe who want to sell their own fighters, but to be honest, Lille thinks it is better not to buy fighters that will be blown up at a high price. After all, morale is something that will be gone if you lose for a long time. If you don't have it, you can hold your breath and tell yourself that everything will be there.

Back to the vector thruster, this thing can also use fuel, but the fuel is too inconvenient to carry and the risk is relatively high, so Lille tends to use electric propulsion to design this product.

This thing is not Dr. Toombs's specialty.

But fortunately, Lille has expanded some data for him: the first part comes from the Casterkai hovercraft they snatched in the last round of the night city.

The vector engine of this hovercraft is not particularly powerful, especially in terms of explosive power. The maximum speed of this vector engine is not low, but the acceleration is ordinary, and it focuses more on controllability, so the designer adopted a superconducting chassis to achieve magnetic anti-gravity and reduce the weight of the car.

During the battle, Lear briefly removed it and attached it to Barley. As a result, it did fly, but the speed and altitude were not satisfactory.

Apart from the superconducting material, Tums has figured out the vector engine of this car:

A chemical propulsion system with very precise power control, using fuel with extremely high energy density, using the products of combustion as a vector control scheme through the propellant flow regulation system and the reaction flywheel to control the attitude of the hovercraft.

This is actually not a very difficult technology. Everyone can understand the principle, but engineering sometimes burns money and time. The flow monitoring, flow regulation, and reaction force control system are all very complicated. Without some investment, even he would find it difficult to figure it out.

However, it is much easier to reverse and then upgrade and test on this basis.

Tums pointed to the design drawing and the finished product scan in front of him-

Yes, there is a finished product.

[Name: Prototype Small Vector Thruster]

[Description: The cutting-edge aerodynamic design allows the reaction turbofan and flywheel to greatly improve the controllability and flexibility of the thruster. The nozzle has a nozzle deflection angle of ±30 degrees, the response time is less than 0.3 seconds, and the control accuracy is 0.2 degrees. ]

[Fuel: liquid hydrogen, kerosene]

[Bonus technology points: 500]

[Current technology points: 22500]

This thruster is about one meter long in terms of the propulsion part, the engine diameter is about 40 centimeters, and it weighs nearly 35 kilograms.

However, the entire system is relatively large, including the pipeline system that needs to be hidden inside the vehicle body. In addition to the fuel and oxidizer compartments, the mass of a single thruster is about 50 kilograms.

Four such thrusters can allow a three-and-a-half-ton hovercraft to fly in the air at a speed of 200-300 kilometers per hour, and show very high maneuverability: basically it can crush a helicopter.

The specific impulse and thrust of the prototype vector thruster are not particularly good, but the flexibility and controllability are very high. The dangerous maneuvers for helicopters can be easily performed by hovercraft without worrying about safety.

And because the shape of the helicopter needs to take into account various propellers, its overall safety is bound to be difficult to exceed that of the hovercraft.

The hovercraft is equipped with a heavy machine gun, so at least in the low-altitude area, it will not be so passive.

"I can further reduce this thruster and stuff it on the flying wing, so that we can have a stable birdman suit that can make people fly."

Tooms excitedly talked about this topic while introducing it.

It seems that because of the not-so-wonderful experience last time, he is now starting to tease that dream.

"But hydrogen fuel is too expensive and not very safe." Tumus sighed, "If we use batteries, then this system is meaningless. We need this battery-powered propulsion system."

The best scenario for the prototype thruster is to use high-energy fuel. However, the density of fossil energy determines that the overall fuel tank of the vehicle must be increased, and the endurance and speed will be reduced. The accuracy of the flow control system will also be affected due to the complexity of the combustion products.

However, these are not big problems for alcohol 2-hydrogen fuel. Although the energy density of this fuel is still lower than that of pure hydrogen fuel, it is much safer, and the combustion products are relatively easy to control because of the simple composition.

Therefore, in the Marvel world, the military value of this vector engine is not high, and it is only useful in extreme cases, such as a magical super villain or superhero.

Here, the most advanced energy technology at Lear's disposal is the SCFR reactor. He can also make miniaturized nuclear batteries, but if it is applied to propulsion technology, he can only consider the electric propulsion system.

Coincidentally, the technology that Pepper stole from Stark Industries has this kind of thing:

".A nuclear-powered electric energy conversion system, and a propulsion system designed based on electric energy, which can automatically filter, absorb and purify gases from the atmosphere as working fluids, and push them out after ionization

This system is a bit too complicated and too beautiful. I have to say that this design is quite bold, but not very realistic, especially if it needs to be miniaturized."

Toombs shook his head and denied this idea.

Lille thought for a moment and said, "You mean if it's not miniaturized, there's a way to do it?"

"Some, but not much." Tums said, "You need a large enough reactor, a perfect enough air intake system, and a complex and high-power circuit. It's a bit mysterious to put it on a fighter, and it's impossible to do it any smaller.

But the design of this thruster is indeed advanced enough. The thrust-to-weight ratio can reach 1200N/kg if you only look at the theoretical value, which can be used on small rockets.

Where did you get this thing? Forget it, I won't ask. Anyway, I have designed this thruster according to your requirements.

I guess your next step is to transplant this thing to the car, so I have already finished the preliminary design. By the way, the AI ​​named Muramasa is very useful. How did you think of giving it a Japanese name?"

"Because... he is a Japanese AI."

"Interesting." Tums showed an interested expression, "I didn't know they were good at this kind of work. It seems that AI technology has made another breakthrough.

Do you think AI will really have autonomous consciousness one day in the future?"