To be honest, it was a bit of a waste for Qu Sen and Liu Zhiquan to drink the legendary 80's Golden Wheel Maotai.
They felt like they were on fire from their tongues to their stomachs after drinking the 50 degree Baijiu. They had to keep stuffing food into their mouths to relieve some of the pain. After drinking two small cups, Qu Sen felt a bit dizzy. Liu Zhiquan couldn't catch up with Qu Sen, and his eyes were a bit red.
Liu Yuanchao and Deputy Director He, on the other hand, were enjoying the wine. Especially Deputy Director He, who was afraid of losing out. He immediately filled up his cup.
After drinking half of the bottle, the two "drunkards" on the table were full of energy. Qu Sen's head was very dizzy. Liu Zhiquan went to the bathroom to fill the tub, and when he came back, he laid on the table and started snoring.
Liu Yuanchao asked Qu Sen to help Liu Zhiquan to the small bedroom and asked, "Are you okay? Can you talk about something?"
"No problem, I'll go wash my face." Qu Sen said and went into the bathroom. He washed his face with cold water, but he didn't feel satisfied, so he washed his head as well.
The weather here wasn't like Huacheng. It was already very cold in November. With the stimulation of the cold tap water, Qu Sen instantly felt a lot more energetic. He shook the water off his short hair and walked out of the bathroom.
"Aiyo, this child, what day is it now? Why are you still washing your hair with cold water?" Aunty Fan complained and quickly pulled a dry towel for Qu Sen to wipe the water off his hair.
"It's okay aunty, I've been washing my hair with cold water to prevent catching a cold." Qu Sen used the towel to wipe his hair and said with a smile.
"Nonsense, if you get sick, you'll suffer when you get old and get migraines!" Aunty Fan raised her hand and slapped Qu Sen's back.
Qu Sen laughed and didn't say anything. After wiping his hair, he followed Liu Yuanchao and Deputy Director He into the study.
After asking Qu Sen to sit down, Liu Yuanchao went straight to the point. "Tell me, if you want to make a civilian drone, what is the production cost, and what are the patented technologies involved?"
Qu Sen had already guessed that Liu Yuanchao would be concerned about those issues, and he had a rough draft in his mind in the afternoon. After sitting down, he organized his words and said, "I don't know much about cost accounting, but one thing is certain. Purely in terms of production costs, it's not high.
Especially the most basic children's toys. To put it simply, it was a set of remote control, plus four motors and a circuit board. If the selling price was set at around 100 yuan, there would be several times the profit margin.
In terms of patents, the overall design did not involve any patented technology. In order to produce more professional models, components such as lenses and stabilizers should be required. However, these parts could be customized from the corresponding manufacturers, so the patent technology involved was also the part manufacturer.
Then there's the control platform. Simply put, it's the supporting drivers and software. These two aspects don't have high requirements, and we can write them ourselves. If the professional model has high requirements, I'm very familiar with the Wu-Yi Institute. I can ask them for help, and they should be able to help me negotiate the price. "
"Tell me the difference between the professional model and the toy model." Deputy Director He listened to Qu Sen's introduction and asked.
"For the civilian model, I can probably suggest three models. The first is a pure children's toy. This type has very low technical requirements.
It's the same as an ordinary remote control plane. It doesn't need to fly too high or too far, and it can be controlled by the naked eye. The only requirement is the toughness of the material. It can't be broken by a casual fall. "
Liu Yuanchao and Deputy Director He nodded at the same time, indicating that they understood. Qu Sen continued.
"The second model is a little more advanced. The control distance is increased, and with a lens of more than 300,000 pixels, it can be limited beyond the visual range, and it can also take pictures.
For this model, in addition to requiring more professional remote control components, the remote control needs to be equipped with an LCD screen, and there must be a memory transfer socket. There are also certain requirements for the lens anti-shake, but a two-axis one is fine, it doesn't need to be too professional. "
The anti-vibration components of the police drone were custom-made directly from a precision instrument factory in the military. Therefore, when the detailed parameters of the drone were introduced in the afternoon meeting, they only briefly mentioned the relevant functions and performance parameters, and did not talk much about the working principle.
Deputy Director He heard Qu Sen talk about the lens anti-shake, so he said, "Tell me more about the anti-shake."
"During the flight of the drone, the motor itself will produce a certain degree of vibration. Coupled with the interference of the natural wind and the technical reasons of the operator, it will cause the image captured by the camera to shake.
In this case, if you want to ensure the stability of the transmitted image and the quality of the shot, you need a stabilizing device to offset this interference.
To put it simply, the stabilizing device is a combination of a gyroscope and a brushless motor. The gyroscope senses the shaking angle of the image, and the brushless motor compensates according to the time variables to offset the shaking caused by motion and vibration. This method is used to obtain a stable image. "
Liu Yuanchao saw that Deputy Director He nodded, indicating that he understood, and signaled Qu Sen to continue.
"The last model is a professional model of a functional drone. For example, it can be used for aerial photography and mapping. This model of drone requires a lot of professional components. The design, from the body's shock absorption, to the wind resistance, to the controllable distance, all have high requirements.
In particular, it requires a professional level main control chip, and it also needs to be equipped with a professional level lens. In terms of anti-shake, it requires a minimum of three axis stabilizer.
Although three axis only has one more control motor compared to two axis, whether it is the arrangement or the calculation logic, the design difficulty increases exponentially.
But it doesn't matter, these professional components and related drivers can all be customized from hardware and software manufacturers.
Although the production cost is high, professional drones are also expensive. "Qu Sen ended the introduction with a smile.
"Brat!" Liu Yuanchao laughed and said, "Let's talk about the factory that is also eyeing civilian drones."
"Oh, it's the electrical appliance factory in Sichuan that was converted from the military. They already started to accumulate technology last year, but they didn't know the future of the domestic market, so they didn't dare to officially launch. But I think it should be soon. "
"There are other companies that want to do it?" Deputy Director He was a little worried when he heard this.
Liu Yuanchao didn't say anything and signaled Qu Sen to speak.
Qu Sen smiled and said, "Even if the two of you produce together, it is impossible to fill up all the market shares. Especially the low-tech models, they are children's toys. No matter how good the quality is, they are still consumables.
As long as our factory can make other people's products break after three drops, the quality will pass.
As long as there is a reputation and brand recognition, even if more manufacturers join in the future to increase the market share, our products can be sold at a relatively higher price.
I don't know much about doing business, but I think if our factory wants to do it, we must do it as soon as possible. While the market competition is not fierce, before the low-end products enter the price war, we should try to make as much profit as possible. While building a brand, we can also accumulate experience for the development of high-end products.
But I think in order to ensure profits, the two of you should communicate the price before the product is officially launched. After all, one is a military company and the other is a police force. It shouldn't be difficult to communicate. "
Liu Yuanchao waited for Qu Sen to finish and glanced at Deputy Director He. Seeing the other party nod slightly, he looked at Qu Sen again and asked seriously, "Let's not talk about the high-end products first. Can you design the toy model and the simple model with a camera?"
"No problem. If you can talk to the leader of our team and ask for some of the useless parts that our team bought early, I can even solder the prototypes for you." Qu Sen said confidently.
"Brat, did you drink some wine and come here to brag to me?" Liu Yuanchao heard Qu Sen say that he could solder the prototypes by hand and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
"Commander, you are underestimating me too much! In any case, I am the leader of the drone design team. This time, I brought four prototypes, which one of them wasn't handmade by us.
I'm not bragging to you, but don't even mention the prototypes, I can even design the control system for you. "Qu Sen said confidently under the influence of alcohol.
"You really aren't bragging to me?" Liu Yuanchao stood up excitedly.
"I know you owe the bank a loan! Don't worry, I definitely won't lie. I will make a military pledge! "
"Okay! Then it's settled. I don't have any money for the design fee for now, but I will give you a bonus when we make money! " Liu Yuanchao was so excited that he couldn't control his voice. Deputy Director He, who was sitting beside him, was shocked.
"Commander, according to the rules, we are not allowed to do private work. Please don't let me make a mistake! This can only be done out of friendship, it has nothing to do with money! "Qu Sen quickly added.
Liu Yuanchao's relationship with Qu Sen couldn't be measured by money. Otherwise, Qu Sen wouldn't have immediately started to think about the feasibility after guessing his idea. In half a day, he even finished the preliminary design draft.
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Actually, Liu Zhiquan alone was enough for the pilot production of the small police drone. Liu Yuanchao found an excuse to call Qu Sen over as well. It was all for the sake of turning the loss of the police communication factory into profit.
After all, the situation was already set. The advanced production line was also brought back to the factory. However, the small police drone was only a pilot production. The quantity would definitely not be large. In the short term, the profits might not even be enough to pay off the interest of the bank loan.
If the factory wanted to make money, it had to rely on civilian projects.
After waking up, Liu Zhiquan quickly immersed himself in the work of modeling and industrial drawing.
Especially when he saw the fully automated production line of the police communication factory, he was so fascinated by it that he didn't even have time to eat.
He didn't even need an invitation from the factory leader. He took the initiative to mix with a few young technicians who had just returned from training in the factory. They studied the equipment programming operation and the details of the process settings.
As for Qu Sen, while watching the testing progress, he began to draw the design of the small civilian drone that he promised Liu Yuanchao.
To be honest, for Qu Sen's current level, this simple design was not difficult at all. In just three days, he designed two versions of the remote control toy, one big and one small, and an advanced version with a simple camera function.
Then he referred to the toy that Zhou Li bought back then and designed the corresponding shell with a few decorative LEDs. The task that Liu Yuanchao gave him was basically done.
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