After a few days of intense work, the eighth master was finally renovated on the third day of the Lunar New Year; This Eighth Master will challenge the ceiling of the anti-gravity system today.

Compared with the previous simple installation of anti-gravity circuit boards and some control circuits, this time the eighth master is fully armed.

After precise calculations, a full set of eight anti-gravity circuit boards were placed on the important load-bearing nodes of the aircraft one by one; The control system has also evolved, with independent, detailed control valves for each anti-gravity node. It's just that due to the short time, it has not been able to integrate the on-board computer to achieve fully automated work.

The flight capsule has also been improved, with a denser pressurized cockpit, similar to the anti-load suit of a spacesuit; Some sophisticated monitoring instruments are also crammed into the body, and they are no longer mounted with pods like the last time.

In order to monitor flight data more accurately, even the test flight site was moved from the capital to the rocket launch site in the northwest.

He wears a fully enclosed helmet that is much heavier than a normal pilot's helmet, and his fingers clumsily coil over the anti-gravity controller through thick gloves.

"Call the tower, the hole is ready, request to take off."

The tower did not reply immediately, and they were still asking the head of the command center far away under the rocket launch site; There, the chiefs can monitor the old master's every move through various observation and detection instruments when the rocket is launched.

It took a while for the test pilot to receive a message: "It is possible to take off." ”

After getting the instruction, the circuits of the four anti-gravity circuit boards were turned on, and the eighth master flew smoothly; It's just that the wind in the northwest region is a bit strong, and when it rises to an altitude of 100 meters, the body has been blown horizontally by the wind for thirty or forty meters, and it is shaking violently.

At this altitude, skydiving is no problem.

A command came from the headset: "Adjust the flight attitude and prepare for ignition." ”

According to the command, the test pilot increased the strength of the anti-gravity force in the nose part and weakened the power supply of the circuit board at the tail. Under the action of two phases, the aircraft quickly changed to a nose-up attitude. In order to ensure the amount of air intake, the body is not completely perpendicular to the ground, but maintains a certain angle.

"Attitude adjustment complete, ignition."

Orange flames erupted from the two **, and the plane accelerated sharply and flew away beyond the sky.

The underground command center, the horn kept shouting out the data: "Speed of Mach 2, height 2000, climb rate of 380 meters per second." The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

"The speed is Mach 2.4, the altitude is 6600, and the rate of climb is 400 meters per second. The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

As mentioned earlier, Cai Guoqing's maximum speed is only Mach 2.2, and what has not yet been said is that the climb rate is only 200 meters per second; today, these two figures are once again easily overwhelmed, and although they already know that this situation will definitely happen, the air force chiefs present here still can't help but talk for a while. Eagle sauce's famous Hayabusa fighter has a climb rate of 305 meters, and the clumsy and heavy Hachimaster can surpass the Hayabusa one day; Rejoice!

None of the space department staff who sat with them were surprised; In order to break through the earth's gravity, the rocket's degree must reach 7.2 kilometers per second before it falls off after not going to the sky; and if you want to go to the moon, you need a speed of more than 10,000 meters per second.

But the next scene was so shocked that my jaw dropped.

"The speed is Mach 2.8, the altitude is 22,000, and the rate of climb is 600 meters per second. The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

Some launch center cadres who worked in the Air Force were very puzzled: "I remember that the ceiling of the eighth child is 205, and today I am taking medicine." "Although a small area of personnel knows that this is an anti-gravity flight test, anti-gravity does not mean that the aircraft can break the limits, right?

However, no one cared about his doubts, and President Jiang, who had participated in Cai Guoqing's first anti-gravity test flight, said to the head of the Air Force sitting at the front: "You can't accelerate anymore, the strength of the old eight's body is there; If you add it any further, I'm afraid there is a possibility of falling apart. Just keep it up. ”

The chief nodded, this kind of thing has to be listened to by experts.

The order quickly reached the test pilot, who immediately turned off the two engines.

Losing the power of the engine, the speed of the aircraft immediately slowed down under the action of gravity.

"Speed of Mach 2, altitude 30000, climb rate of 300 meters per second. The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! "This time the rate of climb is vertical speed.

The Chief of the Air Force is happy, good fellow, this is already flying higher than that SR71 Blackbird of Eagle Sauce. If you had this technology back then, you were afraid that what kind of ghost blackbird would come to reconnoitre? Directly go to the eighth master and use an aerial cannon to beat the girl to death. This is the beautiful man in the air that the Air Force really wants! It's a pity that this anti-gravity device is a few years late.

A few more minutes passed. "Speed 80 meters per second, altitude 50,000; The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

At an altitude of fifty kilometers, no fighter can fly to this altitude except for the X-15, the former test aircraft of Eagle Sauce, so the head of the Air Force is not very interested in this data; On the contrary, several leaders of the launch base who came to fill the number temporarily next to them were excited.

An airplane, an old eighth master, flew at an altitude of fifty kilometers, and this altitude has reached the top of the stratosphere of the atmosphere and entered the atmosphere. What if this was a space shuttle? No, what if this is an aerospace plane?

It is completely possible to rise to an altitude of 50 kilometers first, and then use the rocket engine that ignites the aerospace aircraft, which is not only to save a lot of fuel and reduce the launch cost compared to launching a rocket on the ground; It can also greatly reduce the difficulty and improve the launch efficiency.

However, the surprise did not stop there, and the eighth child continued to fly upward.

"Speed 20 meters per second, height 70000; The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! "The ascent speed of 20 meters per second is undoubtedly very slow compared to the launch of a rocket, but this method of ascent without consuming any fuel is enough to overwhelm any rocket in terms of efficiency.

At this time, the head of the Air Force ordered: "Inform the test pilots that all anti-gravity devices are of maximum power." ”

After the order was given, the speed of the plane flew up again.

"Speed 33 meters per second, height 71400; The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

It went up a little, but it wasn't spectacular, and it quickly dropped again.

A few more minutes passed.

"Speed 13 meters per second, height 80,000; The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

After that, I waited for another ten minutes.

"Speed 8 meters per second, height 86000; The radar signal is normal, the communication is normal! ”

At this altitude, the Earth's gravitational pull changes slightly, so the rate of ascent changes.

When the fuselage flew to eighty-eight, the test pilot reported.

"Ice is in sight on the wings, cockpits, etc. of the aircraft. Multiple system failures. "More than 80 kilometers high is the lowest temperature in the atmosphere, which can reach minus 70 or 80 degrees. The visible places are frozen, and the invisible places are only afraid that the ice will be thicker. Fortunately, the anti-load suit is made with reference to the spacesuit, and the cockpit has been specially treated, so there is no problem in maintaining life for the time being.

By the time we got to this place, the ascent of the planes was getting slower and slower.

"Can you light a fire?" The Chief of the Air Force asked. If it could still ignite at this altitude, maybe the plane would be able to fly upwards.

The test pilot tried a bit and heard the engine move, but in the end it didn't catch fire.

Principal Jiang said: "The air in the sky is too thin, and I guess all the fuel is frozen. ”

The plane flew upwards for a few more kilometers, and its ascent speed fell below one meter per second; It's slower than the average elevator, and it's still decreasing.

Principal Jiang said: "It doesn't make much sense to measure it again, and the current climbing speed will take several hours for a thousand meters." Neither the pilot nor the plane will be able to hold up. ”

The head of the Air Force nodded: "You have a point, let's go back!" Try again next time you get a new machine. ”

At this time, the height of the eighth master was locked at 89,900 meters; It was only a little bit close to breaking through the air at an altitude of 90,000 meters.

The test pilot was instructed to start slowly lowering the power circuit circuit of the circuit board, and the plane slowly ascended for a pause, and then began to descend slowly, and then descended faster and faster.

The cadres of the launch base next to him went crazy and ran over and asked: "Comrade Chief, why didn't you rise again, and you almost reached an altitude of 90 kilometers." If it rises a little more, the temperature will rise rapidly, and it will freeze or something, it's all a trivial matter! ”

President Jiang said: "This comrade, the condition of the J-8's fuselage is there, and if it rises further, it is not responsible for our test pilots. We need more advanced, more robust aircraft. This test flight aircraft can only go so far. ”

The cadre thought about it, except for the special aerospace plane, I was afraid that no one could get this kind of high altitude. This eighth master has worked hard!

But the thought of being able to lift an airplane to an altitude of 90 kilometers and then ignite it makes him excited, because of how great it is for the space industry activities such as satellite launches, space exploration, and space station construction.

And he also saw that ninety kilometers did not seem to reach the so-called anti-gravity device and did not do it with all its might, only because the chiefs of the Air Force had to terminate the tests because of the aircraft itself. In addition, the speed of the plane's ascent is already very slow, just for the sake of ascending for one or two kilometers, let a pilot stay in the cramped cockpit and wait for a few or even ten hours; It's not really good.

If it were a space shuttle launch, there would be no such problem; First of all, the space shuttle will be larger and have more space to move around, so that the crew will not even have a place to dispose of excrement; Moreover, for space activities, the space shuttle has a certain degree of self-sustainability, and it is acceptable to spend a little longer in the process of liftoff.

If the shuttle can keep ascending to a low-earth orbit of 200 kilometers, it will be acceptable to spend even two or three days.

It's exciting to think about!

No, you must report to the leader as soon as possible. AVIC Technology must get the secret of this anti-gravity device! AVIC Technology must have an anti-gravity space shuttle!

At this time, the tracking radar reported: "The altitude is 60,000, the descent process is stable, the descent process is displaced, and it has entered the southwest of Xinjiang Province." It must be ignited in the air, otherwise at this rate of descent, the plane will land or crash in Kazakhstan. ”

Chief of the Air Force: ......?