Chapter 80: Test Flight
Research on fixed-wing aircraft is progressing well, and under Vivien's cover, the Bell and Wright brothers have successfully obtained enchanted skins from the "friendly merchants", and with the help of parts purchased from Scarpa, the technical demonstrator is finally ready for test flight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There aren't many good test locations around here, and you may have to go to the mine to find a spacious enough test site.
The road surface of the Scapa mine was terrible, and Lorraine felt the scorching and turbid air as soon as he stepped into the mine, and the presence of blast furnaces could be seen near the road, constantly spreading black smoke into the air.
Everything around us, mountains, water, land, plants, weeds, animals, houses, and people, seemed to have only one color, all the color of soot.
This kind of filthy place is definitely a test for Lorraine and Vivian, and the brothers Bell and Wright have no regard for hygiene at all, and take care of themselves to pull the verification machine in front, but the clothes of the two girls will inevitably be stained with a little stain.
The arrival of two delicate beauties in this place made the people around them feel very strange, although the mining area often had strangers coming, but these people were either poor people who came to look for work, or they were to deal with some shady things, and it was clear that these two ladies were definitely not these two people.
Although the miners did not have much knowledge and did not dare to ask Lorraine and Vivien without permission, there was always someone who knew the Wright brothers, "I said Lorian! What are you doing here? ”
"Go experiment! What's the matter? Lorian, who had recovered from his wounds, replied loudly that his brother, who had just recovered, could not do heavy work, and that he was leaving the negotiation or something to him.
It's common to do experiments, after all, the Wright brothers have lived here for a long time, and they've been fiddling with airplanes for a long time, but the miners who know about this really don't understand, so what are the two noble girls doing here?
Curiosity is the common denominator of the melon-eating masses, and soon more and more miners put down their work and followed Lorraine and his party forward.
Not all of them were workers, there were several overseers and guards or thugs, who had long been accustomed to the slackness of the miners, and would have given them a two-minute break and then driven away, but it was strange that nobles were here now.
Lorraine and the others came to a headland with a large crowd of people trailing, where there was enough drop for the demonstrator to carry out experiments, where there was plenty of wind and there were no obstructive buildings and mines, where the children of the miners usually played, and no one was here now.
Lorraine and Vivien stood behind Bell as he and the Wright brothers nervously went through one last adjustment, today was an absolute serious day for mortals, as they would be testing to see if they could fly in the sky on their own with their hands.
"The skin check is fine, the lever is ...... Refine! ”
"The gears are fine, the wheels are fine!"
"The wing inspection is complete, and the test can begin!"
Seriously, looking at the toys fiddled with by the three mad young men, Lorraine felt a little emotional—although this was just a rudimentary fixed-wing, this was the first step that had to be taken in the development of the fixed-wing tech tree.
Lorraine could indeed provide more ideas and experimental conditions, and could give them all kinds of information about the development of the rotorcraft, but the wind tunnel experiments on the wings could only be carried out on their own, and better wing cross-sectional shapes and data needed to be continuously experimented.
However, in this experiment, Lorraine did not just invest money, the Bell and Wright brothers lacked a butt, phew, an engine, although the engine is the most important source of power for airplanes, no less important than the human ass, phew, human heart.
In this dwarf, who lacks madness and relative sanity (sort of), it's hard to find a good enough mechanic to build an engine.
But Lorraine will, from the design drawings obtained from the underground works of Elcalloen, there is an engine, although it does not meet the requirements at all in terms of output and weight.
Once again, but for a while, Lorraine is a woman with the sage system, phew, a front-line commander under the sage system who can independently build a base, phew, a man!
Although the magic is a little lacking, the body is a little wrong, the brain is not very good, and people are greedy for money......
"That Vivian, can you not use the conduction circuit at this time...... Is psychic communication really used to complain? ”
"I'm sorry...... I couldn't hold back for a while. ”
Well, it seems that Vivian, an innocent girl, seems to have become complaining in life, which is gratifying.
That's not the point!
The point is that Lorraine tried all kinds of methods (in fact, the author didn't expect it) to come up with a magic engine as the power source of the aircraft, although after using this thing, it is not considered to use the power of mortals to go to the sky, but people, you have to learn to have a good mind.
On this day, the naval fleet of Scapa Bay was still resting, the slave owners were doing business, and the work in the mines was somewhat inefficient due to the experiments of the Bell and Wright brothers.
Half of the empty scene looked deserted, but a large group of miners stayed behind the aristocratic girl to watch, and when everything was ready, Llorian of the three unfortunately withdrew from the test pilot competition as an observer, and after Bell and Wright won through rock-paper-scissors, Wright won.
"It's a shame, I thought I could be the first mortal to fly into the sky without relying on spells."
"Trust me, it's just a small step, we'll be able to ......"
Lorraine was impatient, and stepped forward and whispered: "Can you hurry up, mortals who do not rely on spells to ascend to heaven have already appeared in the south, when will you start?" ”
Helplessly, Wright and Bell could only give up the argument and start the test with a depressed face, under the action of the engine and the control stick at the same time, the plane first vibrated violently for a few seconds, and then began to slowly slide down the high slope under the impetus of its own power.
After the plane reached a certain speed, Lyle let go of his hand, and the plane left the ground like a bird and flew towards the sky, although with the help of magic, Lorraine saw that it was not flying smoothly, and even stumbled a little, but Wright set two records after all: the birth of the first fixed-wing aircraft and the first fixed-wing mortal pilot!
The miners looked at the objects in the sky with a look of surprise, without the dazzling magic effects of the mages, the Wright Boy would have been able to ascend to the sky with a pile of skins, brackets, and sudden clatters of iron?
Seeing this, several miners and overseers quietly withdrew from the crowd and ran towards the mining area. (To be continued.) )