When they returned to the guest house from the equipment testing field, although Qu Sen had a few more bruises on his arm, the three of them were completely relieved.
Those projects that looked very rough were at most at the level of a test machine. More than half of the "things" were not even at the level of their test drones.
It was no exaggeration to say that any one of the three drones, "Swift", "Nightingale", and "Qin Crossbow", could be considered a candidate.
This was because the drones brought by Qu Sen's team were on a completely different level compared to the other contestants.
Even the "gadget" that had similar functions to the "Swift" in the Aerospace Institute was completely superior in terms of quality and performance parameters.
It was worth mentioning that among all the participating teams, only Qu Sen and the others prepared multiple entries in the name of a team. The other teams had four or five people, or even six or seven people working together to create a drone.
The next day was April 6th. All the participating teams had one more day to prepare. Zhou Li and Li Ying spent two hours after breakfast to further polish the proposal. After that, the three of them strolled to the equipment testing field again.
At this time, the three of them were very relaxed. They did not pay too much attention to the small drones flying around. Instead, they looked at the entries of the seventeen groups of medium to large drones.
Eleven of the functional drones that were powered by propellers were nothing to look at. They were all designed with reconnaissance as the main function. Not to mention that there was nothing new, there was nothing special about the function.
It was not that there was nothing special about them. One of the upper shells was completely composed of high-efficiency solar charging panels. In the case of sufficient sunlight, the charging panel could continuously charge the drone's battery pack.
In this way, it could achieve an extremely long duration and perform battlefield monitoring tasks.
And this model also had a programmable cruise function. After setting the cruise area, the drone would wander back and forth in that area. Only after discovering the situation, would the drone need to adjust the reconnaissance angle. To a large extent, it could reduce the work intensity of the operator.
During the day, the three of them mainly went to look at the jet drones that other people had built.
Jets weren't something that could be casually made. Not to mention the ability to carry, just to fly and land smoothly, one would have to go through several wind tunnels and kinetic energy experiments.
The technology used was not something that non-professional students could come into contact with.
In particular, a streamlined jet drone called "Cloud Falcon" could perform high-altitude reconnaissance missions. Its exterior design and paint materials also had a certain degree of stealth ability.
Without considering the endurance, the maximum speed could reach Mach 87. If he had a better engine, he would definitely be able to break through the sound barrier.
After a day, the selection officially began on April 7th. After a simple opening ceremony, the participating teams of medium and large drones released their entries one by one. At the same time, they introduced the performance characteristics and possible expansion functions of their entries.
More than 20 relevant experts from various military research institutions would be divided into groups to grade the work in terms of completeness, functionality, technical parameters, and application prospects.
The works with the night navigation function would be displayed in the second round at night. Once again, they would be scored by the expert panel. The final score would be the sum of the scores from the last two rounds.
Works with unique techniques and creativity would also receive additional technical points.
Cloud Falcon, the third contestant in the morning, maintained the lead with an absolute advantage of seven points. By three o 'clock in the afternoon, after all seventeen groups of participants had completed their demonstrations, the victory was basically locked.
At seven o 'clock in the evening, the second round of demonstrations began. Nine drones with the night navigation design once again appeared on the stage. "Cloud Falcon" scored a high score of 5 for its excellent night navigation ability, with a total score of 2 points ranked first.
The drone "Frigatebird" with solar charging and program-controlled area cruising functions won second place with a total score of 9.
Just as the team of "Cloud Falcon" had begun to clap and celebrate, the organizing committee announced the technical bonus points. "Cloud Falcon" received 20 additional points for its appearance and paint.
"Frigatebird" received 30 technical bonus points for the application of high-efficiency solar charging panels, low-power motive, and program-controlled area cruising functions written by the team itself.
In the astonishment of a large group of people and the surprised screams of the frigatebird design team, "Frigatebird" completed the counterattack and finally won the first prize of the medium and large drone group and 100,000 yuan.
"Cloud Falcon" won the second prize and received a 50,000 yuan bonus.
Another drone with a small Doppler analyzer that could detect the design of radiation sources won the third prize.
Starting from April 8th, the works of small drones were displayed. Because there were more entries, the exhibition was held over two days. There would be one first prize, two second prize, and three third prize, for a total of six winners. The prizes were the same as the medium and large drones, 100,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan, and 10,000 yuan respectively.
When drawing lots, Zhou Li drew No. 27, and it would be displayed the next day. The three of them had been here for so long, and they had not released the drones they brought. They were very satisfied with the appearance of their three drones at the end of the exhibition.
After watching the show happily for a day, "The Observer" was temporarily in first place with a total score of 46 and 5.
Qu Sen had become familiar with several students from the Naval University of Engineering in the past two days. After the total score was announced, he went over and congratulated them.
The design team of The Observer was temporarily in first place. Although they were happy, they did not forget it. Because the drones that participated in the competition in the past two days had basically been shown off, everyone had an understanding of the performance of each other's works.
"Migrating Bird" and "Fatty" would be on the stage tomorrow. The team of the Naval University of Engineering was very clear that the two drones were strong competitors of "The Observer."
The other students had already seen from the list of entries that Qu Sen's team of the University of Information Engineering had three drones, "Swift," "Nightingale," and "Crossbow." But in the past two days, no one had seen them.
When asked, Qu Sen said that the drone's software was still adjusting the parameters. But the contestants were not fools. Lady Zhou and Li Ying often got together and laughed and whispered about other people's works. This made everyone understand that the University of Information Engineering was definitely going to make a big move this time.
No one knew if the teams of "Migrating Bird" and "Fatty" felt any pressure about the score of "The Observer," but Lady Zhou was very dissatisfied.
The reason was that she felt that the judges gave the scores too casually. A "broken toy" that wasn't even a semi-finished product was given such a high score. When the three drones were on the stage, how would they give the scores?
Even if they gave full marks, it wouldn't show the huge advantage of the three of their works.
In response to Lady Zhou's complaints, Qu Sen and Li Ying could only laugh and say that she was greedy.
The next morning, the small drone project selection continued. "Fatty" was on the stage and won.
In terms of completeness, functionality, technical parameters, and application prospects, the total score of the four scores exceeded "The Observer." However, "Fatty" didn't need the ability to fly at night. In the end, whether or not it could beat "The Observer" depended on the final technical bonus points.
The number 27 that Zhou Li had drawn was originally scheduled to be the last to appear in the morning. However, the organizing committee took into account that they had three competing designs and took into account the continuity of the demonstration, so the presentation of the number 28 group was adjusted to the morning.
The three from the University of Information Engineering would be the first to appear in the afternoon.
After a quick lunch, Qu Sen and the other two hurried back to the room and began to do the final inspection and functional testing of the three drones. After checking the drone and the laptop as the controller for the nth time, the functions were normal, the power was sufficient, and the operation was good. There was only a little more than an hour left before the start of the afternoon presentation.
The three took out the introduction of the three drones and practiced one by one.
The introduction of the entries in the selection required the members of the selection team to read simultaneously in public when the drone was displayed.
Zhou Li had also made an exquisite PowerPoint presentation for each of the three works, but the organizer had only prepared a set of projection equipment for everyone to see. The drone had a visual operation interface, so the text introduction could only be "read" on it.
Qu Sen originally planned to only do the drone control work and had no intention of standing on the podium to read any text. But Zhou Li thought that this was a rare opportunity to practice and insisted that the three of them each be responsible for one drone and take turns to do the control demonstration and introduce the design concept and technical parameters on stage.
It was a bit difficult for Qu Sen to read from the script on stage. It was not stage fright, but reading the text on the script was very different from speaking normally.
If Qu Sen told a large group of people in the form of an "audio novel", there would be no problem at all. But when reading the script, it was difficult. The speed, rhythm, and even breathing were all skillful. He tried twice the day before, but because he could not adjust his breathing, he often stopped breathing before he finished a sentence.
If this happened on stage, although it would not affect the content of the introduction itself, it was indeed a bit embarrassing. But there was no other way to solve it. He could only practice repeatedly. When he could roughly memorize the entire script, he would be able to speak fluently on stage.
When Zhou Li and Li Ying were in university, they had the experience of giving speeches and participating in debates on stage. Reading design documents was very easy for the two of them. After familiarizing themselves with it twice, they began to help Qu Sen together.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Ying thought of a way, which was to make a mark on Qu Sen's script where he needed to breathe. Needless to say, this method was quite useful. Qu Sen tried to read it once, and it became much smoother.
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