Chapter 140: Fake fall

Downing took the Queen's family to visit the airship test site, and even the prince, who had been in a bad mental state, clamored to go with him, and as many as a dozen mini convoys drove off the beaten track in the outskirts of London. The airship base will also be a development base for various large flying vehicles, covering a considerable area, which shows that Downing attaches great importance to this project.

Brunel hurriedly received the queen and her entourage, but as soon as they met Downing, he severely criticized him, because Brunel still couldn't change his smoking problem, he chatted about his pipe all the time, and he also disliked the pollution-free e-cigarette invented by Downing The taste was not right. What to do with the queen of smoke? Doesn't smoking the sick prince make the condition worse? Also, the flower-like princes and princesses are even more delicate! Princess Louise even pretended to cough dryly, which made Brunel even more ashamed, and forgot the words that had been memorized several times to welcome the queen.

Brunel is really a big engineer with no aesthetics at all, the "prototype" is full of handwriting required for engineering, and the ugly appearance is really scary, and he still looks complacent. Brunel also recklessly, saying: "Anyway, it's a prototype, and it will be used for crash tests in the future, and it's a waste of money to make it look so good." ”

Downing's original design of using hydrogen to deal with the problem of weight loss due to fuel consumption during flight was solved by another engineer in a better way, building a moderately sized enclosed hot air chamber, heating to make the air lighter, and no heat loss after closure, this scheme is safer than hydrogen release scheme, and the engineer was commended.

The number obtained by using a different airship than the final product to do the crash test is not so accurate, Downing instructed: "Use the finished product to do the crash test." "Local tyrants, it's really a money-burner.

Either way, the ugly prototype will fly for the queen to see.

This day is full of sky, just suitable for human beings to soar in the blue sky in the dream, Sissi is also by Tang Ning's side, she asked: "Can you sit on someone's side?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head: "Don't worry, the crash test that hasn't been done yet, first used to load goods, operate for a period of time, accumulate flight numbers, take passengers, slow down, the safer the better, 300 meters high is not a joke." ”

Although it could not be used by ordinary passengers, the stability of the ugly prototype that resembled the Zeppelin was already able to be used by test pilots when the weather conditions were good, and they initially used remote radio control to make their first flight, however, due to the thorough preparation, there have been no major flight failures so far.

Prince: "How fast can this cargo fly?" ”

Brunel: "A full load of cargo can only fly as fast as a train, 50 kilometers per hour, unloaded, it can reach 80 kilometers, and in the future, after doubling the horsepower, it can reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and the era of human flight is about to begin." ”

Queen: "Can you fly across the Atlantic?" ”

Brunel: "...... This, not for the time being, the weather conditions are complicated, in case of a storm, it will be suspended. ”

Downing: "Yes, an airship flying across the ocean needs more power, flying into the stratosphere, about 20,000 meters, and can cross the bad weather zone. ”

The princesses and princes couldn't be more excited: "I really want to see what the earth looks like at an altitude of 20,000 meters!" ”

For today's crash test, Brunel specially installed a man-made leakage hole on one side of the airship, and will simulate the safety table of the airship under extreme conditions such as domineering side leakage.

Helium is a gas that has not yet been discovered by scientists all over the world, let alone deep cooling from the air to extract, which is the core secret of the airship, and even Brunel, the chief engineer, does not know what this gas is determined by Downing, only that even Downing's powerful gas separation plant can only take two months to save enough helium for a 5,000 cubic meter airship. A lot of helium would be wasted in the crash test, and even though he knew it was inevitable, Brunel still shouted "It's a pity".

In fact, as long as the hydrogen content is mixed with helium, no more than 15% of the mixed gas will not burn, which will greatly reduce the cost of the airship and also increase the lift, because hydrogen is lighter than helium. But for the sake of ultimate safety, Downing still intends to use pure inert gas, so that the ratio of air pressure inside and outside the airbag is lower, 1:200, even if a helium leak occurs, it will be quite slow, generally speaking, the airship has a few hours to deal with the leak, fly close or land immediately for repairs. During World War II, American airships were often pierced by enemy forces with dozens of holes, and then Shi Shiran continued to operate or returned to the maintenance base.

It is impossible for the hydrogen deflagration of the Hindenburg to happen on Downing's airship, and the large-scale domineering side leakage event that will occur later is unlikely to happen in reality, just to demonstrate the ultimate safety, even in the case of a man-made large-scale leak, it is necessary to keep the crash of the airship to happen slowly. Not to mention Downing's low-flying, good-weather, near-road flight specifications for conventional airships.

The tethered cord was untied, and the air heating device allowed the airship's lift to reach a critical point in three minutes, and it was lifted off! Everyone was excited, and the queen asked a question: "So, someone has already taken an airship high in the sky?" Isn't this a piece of history? There should be a name, right? ”

Brunel said: "His Majesty was like this, several test pilots argued, and finally decided to let them get on the airship together, and their names were to be kept secret, it was the company's decision. It doesn't matter who the first person is, the important thing is that we build practical flying tools that push the things that human beings can do to a new level, and that's the same in the literal sense, haha! ”

The playful 18-year-old Prince of Wales said: "I can travel around the world in it!" ”

Prince Albert glared at him, "It's a risky thing to do. ”

The Prince of Wales was dissatisfied: "Don't you feel at ease about what Downing invented?" Tang Ning, do you dare to take an airship? ”

Tang Ning smiled: "Of course I dare, but not now, I estimate that after a year of airship freight, there are no safety hazards at all, and then I will start large-scale passenger transportation, and then I will get on the airship and travel around the world?" Good idea. ”

The Queen's Captain of the Guard said, "Can you fly freely?" This is so convenient for dropping bombs. ”

As soon as the captain of the guard reminded everyone, everyone felt the great military value of the airship, and the prince decided to immediately notify the prime minister to take a look, and the British Empire had an "air force", which was the icing on the cake, and since the wireless telegraphy, Downing had invented a terrible strategic-class product, this time more obvious, and could throw bombs directly.

Unbeknownst to those present, Downing had already regarded airships as non-sale, and the military of the British Empire could not buy them, and he was even planning the world's airship center, Port Windsor. Port of Windsor is the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, to the northwest to Europe, to the west to North Africa, North America, to the southwest to South America, to the south to South Africa, to the southeast to Australia, to the east to India, China, to the north of Eastern Europe and Russia, the real center of the world, and to hold the Suez Canal this strategic place, when the sea and air transport are developed together, the Port of Windsor will be amazingly prosperous, worthy of the "Windsor" this large number.

With the Port of Windsor as a large base, the Arabian Peninsula is the monopoly of the big cake, now no one can predict that the desolate, barren desert has the world's most amazing oil resources, which is the most precious wealth of paleontology in hundreds of millions of years ago, the Port of Windsor is not only a shipping center, an air transportation center, but also a chemical center, an energy center. （http：／／.）。

It is true that the port of Windsor is surrounded by Arabs, but this is not enough to pose any threat to its security, the Arabs are too backward in military technology, and it is simply a dream to attack the port of Windsor, not that the well-educated rational, civilized and open Arabs are not allowed to join the army and police of the port of Windsor at all.

"Please pay attention, the crash test has begun, and now that a hole has been opened in the airship, the air pressure has begun to change slowly, but the airship is still strong in the air, and there is hardly any change in altitude." The head of the test center shouted over a loudspeaker.

Even after opening ten big holes, the airship's air position remained the same, and the princes and princesses were almost asleep when they saw it, so boring.

Finally, the most exaggerated airbag rupture of the design was simulated, and the airship could be seen falling with the naked eye, and the children excitedly shouted: "It's falling!" ”

Haha, that's what you want, the airship took dozens of seconds to fall down, look at Na Sven's crash posture, even if someone is on it, it won't be too much injured, and the safety test is considered a complete merit.