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The idea of extending the floating time is actually the same as the idea of extending the duration of the Fire Wall with the Magic Steam Engine. Sukhoi, the chief engineer of the Airship Company, is a mage and part-time mechanism warlock, who has been mentored by Alberton Weinstein, the richest mage and the legendary archmage of the International Magic Energy Company, and has made great achievements in the field of "magic constancy".

After years of research and countless experiments, he finally developed a solution that would make the "levitation technique" work for a long time. Compared with other constant levitation schemes used in the airship industry in various countries, Sukhoi's scheme is not the longest floating, but it is the most cost-effective, because its cost is relatively low.

For example, the International Airship Company, controlled by Alberton Weinstein, uses a special formula as the casting material, and with the help of levitation spells, the 200-ton airship "Trailblazer" can rise to a height of 10,000 feet, reaching a speed of 160 knots, three times faster than the fastest warship, and the endurance time is as long as a month.

The most well-known legend of the Trailblazer airship is the successful one-week flight around the Atlas continent last April, during which the 29-day voyage did not land for resupply, and the International Airship Company recently announced a new plan - the improved Trailblazer will make its first attempt to fly around the world, which is expected to take 80 days, during which the airship will never land. This means that the International Airship Company has mastered the technology of high-altitude endurance for at least 80 days, which is unique in the world.

However, ultra-long battery life inevitably comes with high operating costs. The formula of the Constant Levitation Technique of the International Airship Company is similar to the Constant Wall of Fire, which requires the use of a variety of expensive alchemy materials, including high-purity magic crystals, and the high cost hinders the promotion of the airship, and the two public voyages of the "Pioneer" have attracted a lot of attention, and the advertising has been earth-shattering, but the book income and expenditure of the International Airship Company are not so good-looking, and profit is always a "prospect", and even Alberton Weinstein has publicly lamented more than once: "The airship industry is still in the stage of burning money at a loss." ”

Alberton, an archmage and alchemist, often said that he relied on two crutches to solve puzzles, "one called arcane and one called materials".

As a student of Alberton, Sukhoi chose a different path than his teacher. He was also a mage, and later worked part-time as a mechanism warlock, so he did not completely follow the teacher's method when solving the constant problem of levitation, did not think too much about the material, but made his own way, gave full play to his expertise in mechanism magic, and achieved his goal by adjusting the specific process of enchantment and the structure of the container that carries the magic power.

To use a simple analogy: if both Alberton and Sukhoi were asked to improve an oil lamp, they would try to make it shine farther. Alberton's idea was to replace it with a more intense glow when burning, while Sukhoi would not change the lamp itself, but would simply add a reflective silver-plated shade to it.

This "trap-warlock" approach is also reflected in airships. Sukhoi carved a complex mana transmission circuit into a softer alloy plate, and then sealed the "levitation" in the loop, causing it to circulate and minimize loss, so that the magic of levitation could be stored on the enchanted plate for a long time, making it float in the air for up to 10 days.

Next, Sukhoi made 500 enchanted alloy plates of the same specification, which were inlaid on the inside of the airship's shell and encapsulated in a special arrangement to maximize the combined force of all the buoyancy plates, so as to lift the airship into the sky.

If you need to reduce the flight altitude, you only need to cut off the circuit of a part of the enchantment plate to temporarily lose its levitation characteristics, otherwise, if you want to increase the altitude of the flight, turn on the enchantment circuit again, and the buoyancy can be restored.

Sukhoi also designed an integrated control system that allows the pilot to easily control the airship to take off and land with just one knob.

The enchanted plate can only hold the airship up to the sky, and the horizontal movement still needs to be powered by the magic crystal steam engine, in the case of the "Dawn", the cruising speed can reach 100 knots, while the cruising speed of ordinary sea freighters is only about 15 knots.

In this way, it is not difficult to calculate that in good weather, the "Dawn" only needs to sail for a maximum of 5 days to cross the meteorite ocean to reach the New World, and a round trip does not exceed 10 days, which is exactly within the working life of the airship enchantment plate. Complete a voyage across both sides of the ocean, simply re-enchant the enchanted plate with levitation to complete the preparation and continue on to the next voyage.

In contrast, even if we do not consider the huge risks caused by maritime turmoil, it takes two months for a merchant ship to travel safely and securely, while a round-trip trip by airship only takes 10 days, which not only saves a lot of time, but more importantly, avoids the risk of capsizing at sea and piracy, and the business future is bright.

Roland also noticed that the belly of the magic airship is equipped with a pair of parallel sled-type landing gear, and the well-designed spring shock absorber can make the airship take off and land smoothly, folding and retracting during the voyage to reduce air resistance.

Another major feature of the "Aurora" is that it can be amphibious in the air and sea -- in the event of a breakdown during the flight, the airship can land at sea and continue sailing.

If you're not in a hurry, it's also an affordable option for the airship to land on the sea, turning off all the floats to save mana, after all, re-enchanting the levitation is the biggest expense of all the airship's operations.

After learning more about the construction and principle of the airship, Roland admired the master's ingenuity, and wanted to ask Jennifer to introduce him and visit the outstanding trick warlock in person, but Jennifer told him that the master was working overtime and refused to meet the guests.

"The Dawn has been completed, what is Master Sukhoi still busy with?" Helena asked, puzzled.

"The Dawn is just an experimental model, and Master Sukhoi has been commissioned by Ms. Lyubov to build a new airship that will be three times larger than the Dawn' carrying capacity, which we call the Dawn."

"Dawn...... Helena's eyes flashed, and she continued to ask Jennifer: "That big spaceship is also going to participate in the maiden voyage?" ”

Jennifer shook her head and said regretfully: "The 'Dawn' should be in time, and even if it does, it will not be publicized in front of the public." ”

Roland's heart moved, and he immediately asked her: "The 'Dawn' is a military airship?" ”

"I don't know." Jennifer's mouth was tight, but her cramped eyes betrayed what she really thought in her heart.

Roland stopped asking, and Helena was stunned, not knowing what she was thinking.

It is a pity that I did not meet Master Sukhoi, but fortunately, Roland already has a more comprehensive understanding of the situation of the airship. Outside the window, night fell, it was not early, and thinking that there was still a banquet at eight o'clock, Roland said goodbye to Jennifer and Helena, left the airship factory, and hurried to the Geert Palace for the banquet. (To be continued.) )