Chapter 186: Paramotor (C)
After making up their minds, Jiang Chen and the research team of power paragliding began to organize the actual test flight of power paragliding. Although the tests on the ground have been successful, no one knows if this will be successful if it does not fly in the sky. In fact, everyone's hearts are very beating, what if they fail, what if they fall and injure someone or die directly. In fact, Jiang Chen's heart was also bottomless, but now that everyone was looking at him, he couldn't just retreat. If he was not confident, then the project team below would not be able to work, so he gritted his teeth and gave the order for a test flight after careful consideration.
For this test flight, Jiang Chen and the others worked hard. First of all, they specially recruited more than a dozen retired veterans from the airborne forces from the air force, and these soldiers have had many actual experience in parachuting, and some of them are instructors who specialize in parachuting training, so they have a lot of experience in parachuting. Of course, this alone is not enough, because they are all ordinary non-operable round umbrellas, and it is definitely not suitable for them to touch and operate the paraglider at this time. This paraglider differs not only in shape (the paraglider is a parafoil), but also in the way it operates (the paraglider is a parachute with maneuverability).
In this regard, Jiang Chenbian let them learn the basic knowledge of meteorology, so that they can fully grasp various meteorological conditions, such as wind speed, moderate, rising or falling air flow, etc. On the other hand, Jiang Chen and the others also let these people participate in the entire paraglider design and manufacturing process, so that they can understand the details of each component, which is conducive to these test pilots being able to deal with various emergencies in the air. Secondly, Jiang Chen also organized them to learn and fly those unpowered paragliders that Smith bought back from abroad, let them know and master this first, and then it would be much easier to master this powered paraglider.
Because this unpowered paraglider had to be on a high mountain to test fly, Jiang Chen specially took them to fly in the mountains when the weather conditions were good. These people are really elites, and they can master the use of this paraglider after not touching it a few times. But Jiang Chen didn't do it like that. Rather, they are required to continue to fly in different environments and weather conditions to allow them to adapt to various climatic conditions to cope with the test flight of the powered paraglider.
Because it was a test flight, Jiang Chen did not alarm many people, but the necessary preparations were still there. For example, Jiang Chen specially organized a dozen guards from the service company into a ground search team, and then equipped them with motorcycles or cross-212 jeeps and other vehicles. In order to facilitate the test pilots to arrive at the scene at the first time after landing or forced landing, or after a sudden accident. For another example, in order to improve the safety factor, Jiang Chen also specially seconded a medical team from the hospital to accompany him, in order to provide safety guarantees for the test pilots, and to be able to arrive at the scene in time to treat the test pilots when they were injured.
On a sunny day, Jiang Chen led the entire team to the open crop field in the river valley plain to carry out the first test flight experiment. After completing a series of preparations, Jiang Chen ordered the start of the test flight.
A test pilot, with the help of several crew members, put on test flight gear and then pumped the engine. The fan turns quickly. Blow the wind to the paraglider located in the back, and soon the whole paraglider is open. The test pilot took a few steps forward and lifted the entire paraglider into the sky, and then a jump test pilot flew. The onlookers and nearby farmers all applauded one by one. However, before they had flown a few tens of meters, and they had not risen to much height, the test pilot and the entire paramotor fell headlong.
The person who was applauding was caught all of a sudden, but Jiang Chen reacted quickly and roared: "Save people!"
Only then did everyone react. Then they swarmed towards the crash site, but they hadn't run over yet. The test pilot stood up on his own and patted the dirt on his body with his hand. Jiang Chenjian hurriedly shouted, "Feng Dahai, you have nothing to do." ”
"I'm fine. After saying that, Feng Dahai continued to do his business. This test pilot is called Feng Dahai, one of the airborne troops recruited by Jiang Chen before, and now he is the captain of the entire paragliding test pilot team, and this time he took the initiative to stand up and grab this task with the other team members. It's actually funny to say his name. His father should have been the first navy since the founding of our country. He has been in the navy all his life, and he hopes that his son can also be in the navy, so he gave Feng Dahai a name for the sea. But this kid doesn't like to be in the navy, quite in the air force. However, because of the low degree of cultural courses, no pilot was selected. But this kid was not reconciled. Directly signed up to become an airborne soldier. And this kid is very bold, and he will skydive at every opportunity. Until now, this kid's parachuting record still holds the most in their troops.
But it's not that he said that it's okay, it's okay, Jiang Chen also recruited a doctor to do a test for him, and found that he was really fine. Lucky for this kid, the powered paraglider hasn't been in the air for long, so the height is not high, and there is arable land below, so the soil is very soft, so there is not much of a problem.
Jiang Chen saw that there was nothing and asked, "What happened just now, why did you suddenly fall out of control." ”
Wang Dahai scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed and said: "The first time I mastered this power paraglider, I was a little uncomfortable, so I fell to the ground without paying attention." Give me another chance, I'll do it. ”
Jiang Chen looked at the dusty guy in front of him speechlessly and said, "Forget it, you better rest first, let others come first." ”
"I can do it, you just let me come. Wang Dahai said anxiously.
"Obey orders. Jiang Chen glared and said. He was not allowed to be given a chance, but this kid's heart had already fluctuated, if he was allowed to test the flight again, the possibility of an accident would be greatly increased, which was the last thing Jiang Chen wanted to see.
Changed a person and quickly took off. This test pilot took off very smoothly, and soon flew to a height of more than ten meters, and then kept hovering over Jiang Chen and them. The people on the ground did not have the loss of just falling, and they were cheering again at this moment. Jiang Chen looked at the power paraglider that was flying higher and higher and was a little worried, so he grabbed the radio radio and shouted: "Flying eagle, flying eagle, don't fly too high, don't fly too high, it's over." ”
After a while, the voice of the test pilot came from the radio: "Bird's Nest, I am Flying Eagle, everything is fine now, please delay the flight, over." ”
"The request is denied, please return on time and be safe. Complete. Jiang Chen immediately replied. He knew that the test pilot was in too much mood swing and was in the excitement of the stimulation at the moment. If he is allowed to continue like this, there will definitely be a problem, especially this is the initial stage of the test flight, which is very immature in all aspects, and it is easy to have a problem. (To be continued......)