Chapter Twenty-Eight: Inform Shangshu and the Emperor
Looking at the rudimentary plane in the sky, Zhu Jingyuan sighed lightly in his heart, and sure enough, he flew directly.
In the early days, due to the incorrect wing shape, the lift obtained by itself was very limited, and the wing could only be enlarged as much as possible.
Zhu Jingyuan directly gave the correct wing shape, and it was changed from the existing wing size, and the lift was very rich.
In addition, the engine is also relatively powerful, and the control structure is relatively reasonable.
Therefore, the world's first flight test was directly able to fly stably.
At least it has achieved the effect of the Wright Brothers' third test machine, and even if you simply calculate the hard parameters, it will actually be better.
The invention patent for the aircraft has basically arrived.
These officials of the Ministry of Industry should not be able to pull down their faces, and they should not have the courage to plagiarize their own ideas as the emperor's grandson.
Zhu Jingyuan was slightly excited for a few seconds, and then looked at the plane that was getting taller and higher, and began to worry a little.
The success of the test is supposed to be a comedy, don't let everyone get too excited and end up being a tragedy.
So Zhu Jingyuan patted Li Rui who was in a daze:
"Be careful, shout with a horn, don't let him fly too high!"
Li Rui was distracted, but he was more excited and excited, and when he heard Zhu Jingyuan's shout, he came to his senses a little, and at the same time subconsciously asked:
"Why?"
Zhu Jingyuan explained:
"After all, it is the first test, in case the operator can't control it, the person who falls down may be gone, first test at low altitude, first familiar with the aircraft control."
Li Rui immediately understood, and immediately raised his horn and shouted to the sky, telling the world's first pilot to fly carefully and not continue to pull up.
Zhu Jingyuan also reminded beside him:
"Don't be in a hurry to land, just fly slowly, try to adjust the direction a little to adapt to the control......"
Li Rui nodded and continued to shout and remind.
In fact, both of them were a little too careful.
Early airplanes were slow enough, much slower than later cars, and the first military aircraft were only sixty kilometers per hour.
With a total of more than thirty horsepower, how fast does it want to fly?
At the same time, the wings are huge and well-shaped, and they are standard gliders in their own right, so as long as they don't encounter a sudden large cyclone, there will be no problems.
The craftsman in charge of operating the plane has also flown hundreds or thousands of gliders, and although his spirit is very excited, his body instinctively knows what to do.
Coupled with the reminders of Zhu Jingyuan and Li Rui, there were no major problems during the flight.
The plane slowly lowered its altitude, stabilized at a level of about three floors, and slowly circled several large circles over the test site.
Then, at Li Rui's request, he began to carefully reduce the altitude, and slowly landed at one end of the runway according to Zhu Jingyuan's reminder.
The plane shook a little as it approached the ground, but eventually landed on the ground normally, taxied down the runway for dozens of meters and then stopped.
The craftsmen who had been watching for a long time immediately swarmed up and surrounded the plane that had just landed.
The pilot of the test plane was obviously very excited, and squatted in the middle of the plane for a while before standing up, and the whole person was still swinging on the way down.
Seeing this, the two anti-crank handles next to them immediately ran over to support the pilot.
The pilot was held up by his companions, and after standing firmly, he finally couldn't hold back his emotions, and suddenly raised his hand and shouted:
"We made it!"
This voice shouted, and the crowd around him, which had just quieted down, immediately became noisy again, and lasted for a long time before it retreated slightly.
In the end, Li Rui came to Zhu Jingyuan with the test pilot and the assistance of two anti-crank handles.
Li Rui, as the host of the test, is still a little excited, with an uncomplicated and excited report:
"I would like to inform Your Highness that the fixed-wing flying machine has been successfully tested, with a flight time of more than twenty minutes and a flight altitude of more than ten meters, which can be stable and hovering around ten meters."
"Thank you to Director Li and thank you craftsmen for your cooperation."
Zhu Jingyuan took a deep breath and solemnly expressed his gratitude, while not forgetting to remind himself of things:
"Now that the experiment has been successful, please sign with Director Li and you, and we will apply for an aircraft patent!"
Li Rui didn't expect the patent, but he immediately reacted, this patent can indeed be applied for, and it is indeed significant enough, so he immediately agreed:
"No problem, I'll go and prepare the confirmation documents, all the craftsmen on the site are certifiers, you are the inventor of the aircraft!"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded solemnly:
"I'm sorry for you."
Li Rui was about to leave, but Zhu Jianyan next to Zhu Jingyuan seemed to have finally reacted, and hurriedly reminded:
"Remember to inform Zou Shangshu...... I have to tell Your Majesty, I'll call this, there should be a phone here, right? ”
Some of the top Li Rui reacted again, and hurriedly thanked Zhu Jianyan:
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for reminding me that there is a telephone at the test site, please come with me."
Both of them knew that at this time period, Zou Shangshu and the emperor should have started eating, but the success of the plane was definitely worth disturbing them to eat.
Zou Shangshu was indeed eating.
In the morning, Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan's father and son left together, and Zou Laoshangshu finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately returned to the office to continue to be busy.
I answered more than 30 phone calls and signed dozens of documents in one morning, but there is still no end in sight to the work.
At noon, Zou Shangshu simply did not leave the office, and asked someone to bring over the lunch box, and continued to read the documents while eating.
When Li Rui's phone was transferred by the operator, Zou Shangshu put down his chopsticks helplessly.
"Why is there still someone working at this time?"
Zou Shangshu muttered a sentence in his mouth, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and picked up the microphone on the table.
Li Rui's somewhat excited voice immediately came out.
"Da Sikong, I'm Li Rui, this is the outdoor test site in the west of the city, and His Highness Jingyuan's fixed-wing aircraft test has been successful!"
"What?"
Zou Shangshu was obviously stunned for a moment, and his brain didn't immediately react to what Li Rui meant.
Li Rui once again repeated his report and briefly explained the situation of the flight test.
Zou Shangshu finally didn't come over at all, and then stood up suddenly, and the chopsticks in his hand fell directly to the ground:
"Succeeded? Really successful? How is this possible? You're not lying to the old man, are you? Do you have a photo? ”
Li Rui was also stunned:
"I didn't shoot it, everyone was so excited at the time that they forgot to take a photo, but you can fly again at any time, and you can take it again when you fly again."
Zou Shangshu finally reluctantly accepted the reality, and slowly sat back with the microphone in both hands:
"I ...... I'll go over in a moment, and you ask the craftsmen to continue the inspection, to be ready to test again, and to continue testing in the afternoon. ”
Zou Shangshu hung up the phone, didn't eat the rest of the meal, took the phone and continued to dial, to call the number of the political secretary, ready to contact the emperor.
As a result, the Secretary of General Affairs responded that the emperor was on the phone and asked Zou Shangshu to wait for a while.
Zou Shangshu was stunned for a moment, and soon understood that this should be Zhu Jianyan's father and son, and reported directly to the emperor.
But Zhu Jianyan's father and son's report is a matter for their father and son, and they still have to fulfill their duties and report through their own channels.
Zou Bingtai waited patiently for a few minutes, and the General Administration Department called the phone directly, and then connected to the emperor's side.
After a brief greeting, Zou Bingtai directly explained the situation, that is, the following officials reported that the aircraft had been successfully tested, and he was ready to go over to verify it himself.
Sure enough, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang smiled very happily and said:
"I already know, Jian Yan just told me, I am also preparing to go over, let's go together, I will let the driver pick you up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty......"
Zou Bingtai subconsciously agreed, and he was quite helpless in his heart.
Being able to ride in a car with the emperor is, of course, a sign of trust.
But the old emperor was different from other old people, he liked to ride in a car when he went there, and I don't know if he was promoting the Royal Automobile Factory.
The young courtiers are okay, they think they are quite fresh and fashionable, but the old people are a little uncomfortable, and they can't just shirk it.
After the emperor hung up the phone, Zou Bingtai sighed with mixed feelings.