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Chapter 54 Flying Through the Mountains! Gunfire...

"This photo is good...this one isn't, the focus failed...this one is perfect..."

Three hours later, at 10:40 a.m.

On the way to the picnic, Xu Qingling sat in the passenger seat and looked through the photos. Finally, she chose a group photo of everyone, an adorable photo of a panda, a photo of herself with Lin Dong, and a solo photo of Lin Dong.

I sent four photos to my phone, uploaded them to my QQ space to make a four-grid layout, and posted a status update on my QQ space.

[On an ordinary Saturday, Ms. Xu Qingling saw pandas with her classmates for the first time!]

"..."

Lin Dong was playing on his phone when he saw the suddenly refreshed status update and clicked on Xu Qingling's profile picture.

[Lin Dong]: Ms. Xu Qingling, are you sure there won't be any problems if you post on your social media and forget about Uncle Xu?

[Xu Qingling]: Really? When I used to go out with Qingyao, my dad would drive me, and he never left the country.

The message received a reply in less than three seconds.

Xu Qingling looked up from the passenger seat and glanced somewhat guiltily at Xu Ziming, who was focused on driving.

[Lin Dong]: Girl, be more alert, don't look up like you're feeling guilty.

[Xu Qingling]: Then I'll change it!

The next moment, the post was deleted.

After waiting a while, Xu Qingling re-edited and posted the status update.

[On an ordinary Saturday, the world's greatest dad drove Ms. Xu Qingling and her classmates to see the pandas!]

The four-photo grid has now been expanded to six photos, including a group photo with Xu Ziming and a solo photo of Xu Ziming watching pandas.

[Lin Dong]: That's right, posting it like that is very eye-catching.

Lin Dong gave Xu Qingling's post a like, then turned off his phone and looked out the window.

By this time, the vehicle had already driven east out of the city. The high-rise concrete buildings outside the window had noticeably decreased, replaced by green hills that exuded the breath of spring.

As the vehicle moved forward, the road surface gradually changed from asphalt to cement, and then to gravel.

Finally, an hour later, the vehicle traversed a stretch of dirt road and arrived at an open area of ​​river valleys, meadows, and shrubs.

"I came here to fish a few times last year. There is a tributary of the Sancha Reservoir down the roadside. There are plenty of fish and shrimp. There is also a grassy area where you can camp and picnic. You can also see the entire Longquan Mountain range directly from here."

"It's about two kilometers from the nearest village or town. People come here to farm during the busy farming season in two months. It's not too remote and not too noisy."

Xu Ziming led the way and parked the car in a patch of gravel and weeds by the roadside. He rolled down the window and introduced the situation to Huang Xinhua.

"Okay, let's leave it here and let the children experience what it's like in the mountains."

Huang Xinhua peeked out and looked around before agreeing to Xu Ziming's choice of location.

"it is good."

Xu Ziming nodded, opened the car door and called to Lin Dong, "Xiao Dong, turn on the drone and fly it around to find the flattest spot with the best view, then set up camp and have a picnic."

However, be careful not to camp too low, as mountain camping requires avoiding areas prone to flash floods caused by sudden heavy rains upstream.

"Uncle Xu, received."

Lin Dong responded, got out of the car, walked to the trunk, and took out his suitcase.

Drones?

Upon hearing Xu Ziming's words, Li Tao, Zhang Zihua, Huang Qingyao, Su Yue, and others in the car got out of the car out of curiosity and surrounded Lin Dong.

click-

Lin Dong dialed the combination lock on the suitcase, unlocked it, opened the zipper, and lifted the lid, revealing a drone with three retractable arms underneath the fuselage.

The drone was taped to the bottom of the suitcase and surrounded by a large number of bubble wrap bags to ensure stability throughout the transportation process.

"Multi-rotor drones!"

When everyone saw the three drones, their expressions changed visibly, and they clearly recognized them. Huang Qingyao even couldn't help but shout out.

"Lin Dong, where did you get your drone from?"

At this moment, Su Yue, who had a cute double ponytail, asked in surprise, "I remember there's a company called DJI that seems to be doing this."

My uncle used to work at Harbin Aircraft Industry Group. Two years ago, they poached him to do R&D, but the molding machine still hasn't come out. Apparently, it's because multi-axis stable control is too difficult.

As soon as Su Yue said this, Li Tao, Huang Qingyao, Jiang Caiping, and Zhang Xuebin, who had been following Huang Qingyao without saying much, all looked at Lin Dong.

"Um……"

Lin Dong paused for a moment, then said seriously, "My dad gave this to me to play with, I don't know the specifics."

Without lingering on the topic, Lin Dong tore off the tape, took out a drone, extended its arm, turned on the power switch, and then took the remote control to start the drone.

hum-

The drone's four propellers wobbled for a moment, then quickly and steadily began to rotate, stirring the air and producing a buzzing whistling sound.

"Make way, we're setting off."

Lin Dong gestured for his friends to scatter, then flicked the joystick with his right hand, and the drone on the ground shot into the sky with a whoosh, whipping up a gust of wind.

A screen connected to the remote control also displays footage captured by the drone's camera.

"So stable!"

Su Yue looked up at the drone's flight path and subconsciously muttered, "Isn't it said that balancing and controlling multi-rotor drones is difficult? How come it's so simple?"

the other side.

Huang Xinhua, who was moving things, heard the sound, looked up at the drone flying towards the valley, and said in surprise, "Engineer Xu, what is this...?"

"This...."

Xu Ziming also glanced at the drone in the sky with surprise, and then explained, "Lin Gong made these drones, paid for them himself, and made a few for Xiao Dong as toys, and also to do some flight tests."

"Lin Weiliang, Deputy Chief Engineer?"

Huang Xinhua paused, glancing at Lin Dong not far away and the two remaining drones in the suitcase. His expression twitched involuntarily: "...PEEK material, we really paid for this ourselves. The government wouldn't use such lavish materials."

As an employee in the R&D and manufacturing department, Huang Xinhua could tell at a glance that these drones were made entirely of top-grade PEEK engineering plastics.

If it's manufactured by the government, it needs to go through an audit.

Although it also uses engineering plastics, it can only be ordinary materials that meet the requirements; it's impossible to use the highest-grade materials from the start.

Only when you play with it yourself and make it yourself can you use such ruthless materials.

As for Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) paying for its own manufacturing, this matter is strict in some ways, but not so strict in others.

For employees within Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC), as long as they are willing to pay for materials, parts, and equipment usage themselves, the quantity is not large, the manufactured items are not resold, and they do not involve confidential materials and technologies within CAC, and the accounts can be reconciled by the auditors, no one will investigate.

After all, these days it's common for people to use public vehicles for private purposes and move public property into their own homes.

They pay for it themselves, only borrowing the equipment to make a few things, and they even pay a full usage fee for the equipment. They can hold their heads high anywhere.

"Uncle Xu, we've found the place."

"There's a flat area about 300 meters to your two o'clock position where you can set up camp, and it's not far from where you're fishing..."

At this moment, Lin Dong controlled the drone to fly around, discussed it with Xu Qingling, Huang Qingyao, Zhang Zihua and others, and finally determined the most suitable location.

"Three hundred meters at two o'clock? Okay, let's go down now. It's almost noon, we need to set up camp as soon as possible."

Xu Ziming responded, then slung his fishing gear over his shoulder and picked up a backpack.

"Let me check the area again to see if there are any wild boars, and rule out any danger."

Lin Dong didn't rush to shut down the drone. Instead, he turned on the infrared sensor and remotely controlled the drone to scan the nearby hills.

"Lin Dong, wait!"

Suddenly, Xu Qingling noticed something and pointed to the upper left corner of the screen: "There seems to be a group of infrared heat sources in the forest of that mountain!"

"Let me see..."

Lin Dong controlled the drone, pointing the infrared sensor at the mountain on the left. A red spot with an indistinct shape appeared on the screen.

In the early spring, the temperature in the mountains and forests is still very low, and these heat sources are very noticeable.

"There is a heat source, but it's too far away to tell the shape of the heat source."

Without hesitation, Lin Dong rubbed the joystick with his left hand, and the drone tilted and instantly shot towards the mountaintop.

Due to limitations in payload and size, multi-rotor drones are equipped with infrared sensors with relatively low performance. Beyond 100 meters, they can only detect the presence of heat sources but cannot distinguish their shape.

"We're almost there..."

The drone flew for a few minutes and arrived at a diagonal position above the opposite mountain.

The red spots that were originally hidden in the mountains and forests and whose shapes were indistinguishable have now turned into two waves of vaguely human-shaped red spots, totaling eight.

"It's human, ignore it..."

Upon seeing the shape of these red spots, Lin Dong said something and began to control the drone to prepare for its return.

But at that moment, a reddish-purple heat source exploded on the screen, quickly spreading into a red patch, and a faint red trail flew straight toward the drone.