Chapter 236 Test Flight

"Well, with this plan...every performance is up to standard perfectly."

Zhongyan held up the draft paper and placed the final blueprint that they had obtained after a whole day's discussion in front of the rune lamp, allowing the dim light to penetrate the paper and reveal all the traces on the paper clearly.

If we talk about the body, it is a bone that is very similar to a bone, but this bone is smaller and flatter, and at the same time extends outwards to form a solid frame structure.

Each bone/frame is a separate power source, but is only connected to the system to provide the ability to levitate the objects carried by the frame. The forward speed and direction are provided by the nose and tail, and the multiple frames in the middle are directly connected using auxiliary brackets.

It's not pretty, but it's simple enough.

The structure of each section is like turning a train over, with pods or combat units hanging directly under the keel with protective armor visible on the top.

75% increase in carrying weight.

The new framed configuration provides a load capacity of five tons, and the structural units are not stored in the cargo warehouse, but parked directly on individual frames.

These steel creations have rough skin and thick flesh, and can be hung from the outside without any problem.

An aerospace craft capable of transporting troops and armored units has been designed - it can even be used to transport cargo in the territory.

Although the appearance is far from that of a conventional aerostat, this solution can maximize the performance of the aerostat engine.

Of course, they only had the initial design ideas, and today's burst of inspiration just pushed him to complete the design work. We still need to actually build a few to see if they are practical, and then spend several days perfecting and calculating them.

Is it possible to make progress based on this situation...

Such an air freight train is limited by the strength of the existing material structure in the territory. How many frames is the optimal value for installation? Will installing too many frames cause the support structure to suffer excessive stress and break?

But at least they have direction.

As the design plan of the aerostat was handed over to the dean of the college, the factory responsible for production operations in the territory immediately suspended all work and devoted all resources to serving the aerostat project.

Only the factory attached to the academy has the ability to produce the nose, tail and frame of the aerostat. Unfortunately, the territory has not yet developed the technology of large shipyards, nor has it completed the production of steam engines in the steam era.

All structural production capacity comes from the small factory in the college.

Without mechanical assistance and relying solely on human labor, the speed can only be evaluated as excruciatingly slow. Cranes made of wood and iron and heavy cranes driven by steam engines are incomparable in terms of stability and carrying weight.

"We are ready to conduct experiments..."

The dean looked at the report in his hand and couldn't put it down. Zhong said that the 90% performance improvement originally made for the floating stone engine was enough to surprise him. At this time, the aerospace craft plan handed over by Zhong Yan was far more excellent than he expected. It was a structure with practical value.

"This experimental project is to mount a steam spider in the air, but because the frame does not have a propulsion system. Therefore, the purpose of the experiment is to activate the suspension device and mount a steam spider and heavy objects, totaling 4.5 tons. At a height of 10m The 24-hour mounting experiment was carried out in the air, and the experiment was carried out on the sea surface.”

To verify the feasibility of the frame scheme and the feasibility of the body suspension scheme.

This experiment does not require someone to climb up and control the floating stone engine frame. The energy inside it is enough to maintain the suspension for 48 hours... After the energy is exhausted, it will slowly lower to the ground.

A thick rope was also needed to tie the engine to prevent it from being blown away by the wind. It would be better not to have such a shameful thing like the territory's first aerostat being blown away by the wind during the experiment...

The dean of the college looked at the floating stone engine that was dragged to the sea by a large raft not far away. He watched it rise and float steadily in the air ten meters high.

No slipping, no breaking, no accidents. It floats steadily above the deep blue sea.

Just like a lighthouse guiding the way for those who come, it floats smoothly on the sea.

He realized a very serious problem.

The floating stone engine only has a manual emergency switch. In its design, it does not retain a set of sensing runes that can interact remotely. Instead, it is planned to be uniformly controlled by the front of the car.

Then the floating stone engine with manual switch needs to be switched manually... If it breaks down, no one in the territory will be able to fly!

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"The feeling of flying in the sky! It's so great!"

Sif's voice trembled as she pressed her hands on the aerospace craft. She didn't know whether it was because she was excited about flying for the first time or because she was afraid of heights.

"Of course, this is what it feels like to be in the sky."

Zhongyan stretched out his hand and touched the sky nearby. Although he could not fly as freely as a bird, he could still rely on the floating stone to rise into the sky.

Riding on a miniature aerospace boat made of a small amount of aerospace stones that can accommodate two people, their current height is already 500 meters above the ground.

This is a height that has never been reached in the territory.

Here you can see the residential areas planned like long square blocks below. The houses made of wood and stone structures look surprisingly small in the air. Three stone roads stretched toward the continuous green fields, and the beasts of burden on them all looked like ants.

He wanted to shout his excitement loudly to the clouds.

"I have never looked down on this land from high in the air."

Year 2, January 20, the main structure of the airborne carrier was tested.

Year 2, January 25, the three-day trial of the airborne carrier in the territory ended.

Year 2, January 27, it was officially put into mass production, sharing the production capacity of the affiliated factory in the academy with the steam spider.

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