Madman's masterpiece: Musk puts a rocket into a car

Abstract:

The world's first flying car was born! Musk’s promise 8 years ago has finally been fulfilled. At the SpaceX rocket test base in Texas, a supercar that looks like a stealth fighter was unveiled. Here comes the shocking scene: as the airflow like a rocket ignites spurts out, it jumps directly into the air!

Then, it rolled sideways, accurately passed over the "Tesla family bucket" composed of Cybertruck and Semi heavy trucks, and landed with a crash.

The whole world is boiling.

Ultraman exclaimed: That’s so cool.

Technology bloggers dropped their jaws in shock: "This guy weighing over 4,000 pounds can somersault, run half the speed of sound, and still needs to be mass-produced? Is this a prank?"

It’s not a prank – Tesla’s second-generation Roadster is here.

For the first time in human history, a space rocket propulsion system has been welded into a mass-produced supercar.

Who would have thought that what Musk boasted 8 years ago would actually come true.

It actually worked!

Midnight in Texas: Musk’s masterpiece

Amidst the cheers at the press conference, Musk took the stage.

"You're going to see something crazy tonight, and it's not AI, it's not special effects!"

"When I first proposed this plan, I asked myself: Am I crazy? The answer is: maybe a little bit crazy. The success rate cannot be guaranteed, but the level of stimulation is 100% satisfactory."

Then, the countdown started: "7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1——"

In the center of the test field is a completely upside-down vertical dome.

The following demonstration instantly shattered the outlook of all automotive engineers.

The Roadster roared out without falling. It was like being attracted by a magnet, hanging upside down at the top of the bend and speeding past.

The screams tore off the roof.

"Flying cars are real!" Musk explained excitedly. "A high-power fan downforce suction system is installed at the bottom of the car, which can instantly squeeze out

more than 2 G of vertical downforce."

Tesla Vice President added:

Its suction power can pull chrome off a trailer hitch and suck tennis balls out of fire hoses. It breaks through the 1.26G grip limit of traditional tires, and cornering is like tearing apart the laws of physics. Any track record will be crushed.

But this is just an appetizer.

Flip in the air and jump over the family bucket! The rocket miracle is coming

In the venue, Tesla's "family bucket" - Cybercab, Cybertruck, Semi heavy truck, Model Y, Model 3, five behemoths are neatly arranged.

The white Roadster started with a bang and slid by at high speed.

"Boom!!!"

The explosion of high-pressure gas tore through the night sky, and the four main propulsion nozzles at the rear of the vehicle sprayed out white shock waves.

This is a Mach ring that can only be ejected by supersonic airflow.

The thrust of more than 80 kilonewtons exploded instantly!

The nearly two-ton sports car was pushed into the sky like a cruise missile. After completing a complete flip in the air, he climbed steadily over the family bucket.

Just milliseconds before touching the ground, the sinking thrusters powerfully buffered the jets, and the entire vehicle landed like a feather.

The whole audience was excited - science fiction has come true!

Subsequently, the Vice President of Engineering at SpaceX announced the terrifying parameters behind the Roadster.

Hidden throughout the vehicle

Two ultra-high-pressure carbon fiber wound pressure vessels with a total volume of 600 liters

250 ​​kilograms of ultra-high-pressure air

10 rocket-level air-conditioning thrust nozzles

Musk said: "We use an advanced vehicle-mounted high-pressure self-inflation system. The car can be recharged with compressed air while driving, and no special propellant is required."

You can let Roadster take off on the road anytime, anywhere.

Zero to zero acceleration is 0.81 seconds! "Just don't shake off the driver's retina"

Being able to fly has already made traditional supercars despair. The subsequent accelerated test directly sentenced the traditional automobile industry to a "physical death sentence".

Next, Musk will test on site how fast the Roadster can accelerate from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers.

Previously, the zero-hundred-hour limit for human mass-produced cars was stuck at close to 2 seconds.

But this time, Musk directly used the underlying logic of physics:

F=ma

When a car relies on tire friction to move forward, you are subject to the friction coefficient μ; but if you have a rocket thruster behind you, your acceleration depends entirely on thrust divided by mass!

After a loud noise, the Roadster almost teleported to the end of the runway!

It can't be seen clearly with the naked eye, only an afterimage.

The numbers on the big screen jumped wildly, and finally settled at - 0.81 seconds!

Even at one point, the sensor failed to respond quickly enough and flashed for 0.17 seconds, causing laughter in the audience.

Break 100 in 0.81 seconds, which has exceeded the acceleration of gravity of free fall! The driver will endure an instantaneous acceleration of more than 3 G, which has reached the physiological limit of astronauts taking off and fighter jets ejecting.

Not only that, it was officially announced that the Roadster’s top speed will exceed 370 kilometers per hour, and its comprehensive range will remain more than 300 miles.

Musk even announced on the spot: In the future, they will challenge the unfinished record of car god Evel Knievel - flying across the Snake River Grand Canyon in the United States.

"Even, break through half the speed of sound!"

The ultimate rocket car, put into production in 2028

Subsequently, people finally saw the true appearance of the new generation Roadster.

It is entirely made of cold white, with sharp lines and densely folded corners, like a scalpel, ready to cut the airflow at any time.

The Vice President of Engineering said:

We drew inspiration from some of the coolest flying machines in the history of human industry. Its design combines the

SR-71 "Blackbird" strategic reconnaissance aircraft

F-35 stealth stealth fighter

Lotus Esprit submarine car

The aerodynamic kit behind the car is even more amazing: the rear of the car is equipped with an adaptive dynamic angle rear spoiler, which can adjust the angle of attack in milliseconds according to the track algorithm.

The lower diffuser precisely integrates the rocket nozzle and the air intake fan, taking into account both the low wind resistance extreme speed mode and the high downforce ground-hugging mode.

At the scene, Tesla announced the specifications of three versions.

1.Performance (road version)

2.Thrust (thrust version)

3.Rocket (ultimate rocket flight version)

Musk personally announced:

"The new car will be officially put into production in 2028."

"This time, it's true."

Mankind’s last manually driven car:

The romance of technology geeks

The emergence of Roadster is the first cross-dimensional jump in the automobile industry.

It blurs the boundaries between cars and spacecraft.

For the first time, humans drove civilian machines and performed three-dimensional stunts in a gravity field that could only be accomplished by fighter jets and rockets.

The underlying engineering technologies of Tesla and SpaceX are integrated for the first time on an epic scale.

Moreover, this is mankind’s last temple to manual driving.

Musk said——

The future world belongs to driverless autonomous driving, and most of Tesla’s models will become Robotaxi without steering wheels.

But this Roadster will be the last car in the history of Tesla, and even in the history of human civilization, that is purely designed for human manual driving.

The reason why human beings are great is that there are always a few lunatics who want to tie rockets to cars and shoot into the stars!