Chapter 220 Crazy Burning Money
Daily life is only short, and Yang Ming spends more time in the company. He participates in research and development, exchanges opinions, and always controls the progress of the entire project to match the paranoid thoughts in his mind!
He has strict requirements on the exact value, especially in the field of pneumatics. Yang Ming has learned his professional knowledge again and controls it in place.
Under his leadership, the team successfully improved the high-power asynchronous motor. A single unit can output more than 700 horsepower, and the combined output will definitely exceed 2,000.
However, we must consider the weaknesses of the motor - it starts very hard, but it quickly fades away. This is a transmission that needs to maintain the highest power point, and the second is to relax the limitations on power density and battery.
So after the team overcomes the problem of the motor, they then devoted themselves to the development of the transmission system, and finally combined it with the magic-modified R8 chassis and put an old shell on the track for testing.
I was unable to use the new shell because it was a bit difficult.
Yang Ming’s design has come out, there are renderings in the computer, and there are also drivers for smart shells, but there are still a few problems.
The first is the difficulty of the manufacturing process. In this regard, Yang Ming has dug up a lot of tricks. Computer experts and material experts are in place and are in a hurry to work;
The second point is its aerodynamic problem. It can make the shell and fit it on the car, but it does not mean that it must meet the aerodynamic requirements. It requires wind tunnel testing!
Simulating wind tunnels alone is definitely not enough! Ordinary sports cars cannot meet the requirements, let alone the advanced design, and a slight error cannot meet the requirements!
The problem is where is the wind tunnel?
There are many in the United States. General Motors, the automobile giant, has three wind tunnels, and a fourth one is being built. Unfortunately, they are all for their own use and will not be open to their peers.
Then there are only academic institutions left, and California Institute of Technology also have them, but they must first meet the use of scientific research, so that the rest can be given to the outside world.
But the problem is that the car wind tunnel test is not done in one or two hours. A sports car usually takes hundreds of hours, while the F1 equation takes thousands of hours.
Yang Ming’s “scaled body” is more complicated than the design of F1. 1,000 hours is basic. Even if it is for you 24 hours a day, it will take 41.6 days without stopping!
It is difficult to meet this requirement in reality. When the motor and transmission are tested, Yang Ming is worried about the testing of the new shell.
He was enthusiastic and did not want the flames to be extinguished at all, so he asked, "Is there any other good way? Can we continue to use the wind tunnel and place the site to test enough?"
Jonathan thought for a moment: "We can only spend a high price to make up for the cost of other units, but we cannot use it for too long, and other institutions have arrangements."
"That's it..." Yang Ming thought for a while, "Then can we buy a wind tunnel? Or build a car that is enough for one-half of the ratio?"
Jonathan was surprised by this idea, buy a wind tunnel? Or build one?
He now completely believed that his partner was a little obsessed with this project! He completely underestimated his enthusiasm for this project!
It’s really scary to be crazy! It’s not convenient to use a wind tunnel, right? I just buy one, or just build a wind tunnel!
An extremely domineering declaration! It is to make this car perfect! Yang Ming doesn’t want to omit any link!
This paranoid and even stubborn requirement is something that independent manufacturers can never reach. Pagani cannot do it, and Koenigsegg cannot do it because they have no money and cannot afford it.
But Boss Yang can do it. He has money, and he thinks that dreams are priceless, and money is just a bastard! Use it when it’s time to use it!
While Jonathan was promising, he really didn't reject this view: "It took too long to build it myself and the price was too high, but if you want to buy it, it might be possible."
There are wind tunnel transactions in the F1 fleet. There are wind tunnels sold in the Minardi fleet. The price of the Minardi fleet is less than 3 million. Of course, there are also wind tunnels of the local tycoon such as Ferrari, which cost 22 million US dollars.
So buying second-hand ones has a higher cost-effectiveness and can better meet the boss's time needs... Jonathan asked his men to look for it, but he did not feel ashamed of the United States' technological strength, and he did.
In fact, there are at least four commercial wind tunnels in California - they are just wind tunnels, aircraft and missiles in the civilian field. These wind tunnels are secrets of the US military and cannot be accessed by ordinary people.
However, there are many people in the United States who can test cars in civilian use. After several twists and turns, they have contacted a wind tunnel that can achieve a ratio of 1:2 cars, with a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour.
After some negotiations, the other party offered 25 million US dollars to hold 75%, because the other party also had institutions for testing and use, but the big boss could prioritize queueing.
Yang Ming learned the news, more than a month after he came up with this idea, and the science fiction shell built at a high price finally came out of the beta version.
At this time, he was eager for wind tunnel testing: "Where is the location?"
"Houston, Texas, is owned by a private research institution because the second wind tunnel they developed was put into use and wanted to make up for the funding."
"Is it two thousand five million?" Yang Ming thought for a moment and agreed to the largest single expenditure since the car manufacturing, which was also a very crazy move in this project.
In order to meet the ability to perform wind tunnel tests at any time, the boss bought them directly!
This is something most employees have never thought about. Usually, only large automobile groups or rich people like F1 fleets dare to play like this. I didn’t expect that this electric vehicle company was so powerful!
This news is an excitement for employees. Who doesn’t want the research funding to be managed? There is no obstacle to the research environment?
The boss gave them an absolute signal!
Jonathan also thought a little too much about this: "If we make other models in the future, or if we go to Formula Electronics, it will also be useful."
"I won't let the wind tunnel waste!" Yang Ming is now very confident. He has changed since he failed the idea of a small workshop.
Because he has invested a lot of advanced technology and plans to play with high-energy batteries in the future, this is an opportunity to become famous and wealth is within reach.
The starting point is still to be famous and realize your dreams, but your eyes have been looking longer! So buying a wind tunnel seems like a rich man, but it is also a regular operation.
If necessary, he really wants to create a car wind tunnel that can provide one to one ratio, which is called heroic spirit!
But for now, it is also domineering enough. "Pursuing the Extreme" has never been a slogan to be called, and has always been put into reality! The materials are the best, the funds are the most, and the team comes from elites from all walks of life.
The ultimate sports car code-named MW-1 is now replaced with a large number of high-tech shells. This shell and chassis can be said to be more expensive than equal-heavy gold!
Chapter completed!