Chapter 232: Carrying People and Souls
"This thing...... Can you fly?"
Looking at this crude and outrageous thing in front of him, Alex Goodrich's cousin's classmate, who was an officer in the Air National Guard, had an expression that could be described as horror, and he looked at the thing in front of him with a worried expression: "Are you sure this thing won't kill people when it goes up to the sky?"
Also, anyone who knows anything about aircraft will scoff at this thing: this rudimentary and outrageous thing deserves to be called a flying machine?!
How rudimentary is the configuration of this power delta wing in front of you?
First of all, the cockpit is not a common enclosed cockpit, which means that this thing can only be used in good weather conditions; secondly, the instrument system only has a few basic instruments such as horizon, altimeter, fuel gauge, radio, etc., and the degree of simplicity is even worse than that of agricultural aircraft that specialize in pesticide spraying, and the engine is directly exposed @ behind, and there is not even a fairing......
It's that basic!
It's no wonder Benjamin's reaction was so big.
Chen Geng explained to him: "In fact, the safety of the gadgets is very good, among all the powered aircraft, the safety of the power delta wing is the best, when the plane takes off, you can even turn off the engine to experience the fun of gliding in the air, even if the plane cannot be started in the air, it can easily slide down......
You see, this thing is basically a large delta glider, and the unpowered delta glider is recognized as the safest aircraft in the world, and you should know this.
If you have any doubts about the safety of the trike wing, you can ask Professor Scott Chapman, a master of aeronautics supervisor at Caltech, who has received technical and theoretical guidance on this project. ”
Benjamin was immediately convinced.
Although he doesn't know if the safety of the power delta wing is really as good as Chen Geng said, he still knows the reputation of the aeronautical major of California Polytech, since this Fernandez dares to move out the master's tutor of the aeronautics major of Caltech, it means that he is not afraid to verify it himself, which means that the safety of this thing should still be guaranteed.
His expression suddenly looked much better, although he still had doubts about the safety of this thing: "Okay, maybe I underestimated this little guy, but in the next test flight session, I swear I won't go up to ......"
Although Chen Geng extravagantly equipped this power delta wing with a five-point seat belt, looking at this simple thing, Benjamin really couldn't find a sense of security in it.
Benjamin was reluctant to try, but Blanton, that is, Alex Goodrich's lieutenant colonel's cousin, Benjamin's military academy classmate, he had been playing with Chen Geng's power delta wing for the past few days, and the more he played, the more energetic he became, it was as if he had found a new toy, and now he heard that some people didn't like this thing, and immediately pouted in disdain: "Coward, you don't know how fun this thing is, when you drive this thing to the sky, you will find that you can't put down this baby...... I decided, even if your National Guard doesn't buy it, I'll buy one for myself to play. ”
For the words of his old classmates, Benjamin reported with two words: "Hehe......"
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But soon, listening to Blanton's happy shouting over the radio system like an eight-year-old child, Benjamin suddenly thought: This thing seems really funny?
At first, Benjamin thought that Blanton was exaggerating, but listening to Blanton's heartfelt happy shout, Blanton really couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, when the half-hour flight display was over, after Chen Geng and Blanton got off the power delta wing, Benjamin asked Chen Geng with some embarrassment: "Mr. Fernandez, it seems that you guys are having a good time......
Chen Geng suddenly knew what he meant, and asked with a smile: "Although this thing looks quite simple, it is really interesting to play, why don't I take you to try it?"
Benjamin immediately nodded: "OK, I'll try first." ”
He convinced himself with the excuse of "I'll help my brothers try this thing first", but the moment the power delta plane took to the sky, Benjamin fell in love with what he called the "simple" thing.
Although the almost open cockpit structure seems to give people a sense of simplicity, this sense of simplicity is not a kind of communication and exchange with the sky?
Why do men like motorcycles, not only the mouth of countless motorcycle enthusiasts say "four-wheeled people, two-wheeled souls", the key is that driving a car makes you have a sense of isolation from the surroundings, motorcycles are different, riding a motorcycle, there is a feeling that you are integrated into the surrounding environment, you are a part of the surrounding environment, and the motorcycle is a part of your body, this feeling is unstoppable, so countless may be in their thirties, People who came into contact with motorcycles for the first time in their forties, after having their first intimate contact with motorcycles, fell in love with this unsafe and "meat-iron" thing in the eyes of countless people - the dream of a teenager chasing the wind, and the moment he stepped on a motorcycle, he came back again.
The power delta wing is similar to that of a motorcycle, although it is very simple, but compared to those planes that have the pilot tightly fixed in the small cockpit, the sound of the wind whistling in your ears, reaching out and feeling the airflow, as if you have inserted a pair of wings and soaring in the air, is really amazing.
He even felt like he was back in his unrestrained teenage years, riding his beloved bicycle on the highway to his heart's content...... It's a nostalgic feeling that it's almost impossible to come back again.
So much so that when the half-hour flight ended and the power delta slowly stopped on the ground, Benjamin still didn't react, he smacked his lips, and his face was still unfinished: "This is the end?"
"Just now we only filled up enough gasoline to fly for half an hour," looking at Benjamin with a regretful look, Chen Geng was so happy in his heart: "How is it? It's not bad, right?"
"Not bad," Benjamin coughed lightly, "I take back what I just said, and I have to admit that this thing is a good thing, and it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the National Guard...... Well, I think we can talk about it in detail. ”
Hearing this, Chen Geng and Blanton looked at each other and smiled.
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PS: Brothers, I'm really sorry, I thought I could write 4000, but it only turned out to be 2000, let's make do with it first, let's start paying off tomorrow.