Master of Thermodynamics

Chapter 559: Metal biplane

Pearl Island.

The total area of ​​Pearl Island is no more than 25 square kilometers, and it is about 30 kilometers away from Odin Island. The topography of this island is quite complex, with mountains, hills, plains, forests, and a seasonal river.

Since Hai Chao Ling began to develop the magic delta wing "paper airplane", it has been set as a military restricted area, and fishermen and other unrelated people are prohibited from approaching.

Miss Archon directly dispatched 2,000 quasi-protection team members who were undergoing training, and used the method of pulling a net to clean up the beasts on Pearl Island. All beasts that threatened humans were slaughtered.

Subsequently, the Government Affairs Office invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build two 30-meter-wide high-standard cement roads and a 4-storey building on a plain sandwiched between two rocky mountains. It also built a row of tall buildings along the runway. Warehouse.

In the eyes of others, is it necessary to build a concrete road with a length of more than 1,000 meters and a warehouse with a height of 15 meters for "paper airplanes" with a length of 5 or 6 meters?

This is too exaggerated, and there is a suspicion of serious waste.

Everyone, including the consul lady, said it was difficult to understand, but since this was an order from Renault, Angela still faithfully implemented it and urged the Government Affairs Office to strictly follow the drawings.

However, in the eyes of any traverser, Renault's ambitions are simply obvious.

Isn’t the cement road just the runway?

Isn’t a tall building a tower?

Isn’t the warehouse a hangar?

This is so clearly a standard airport!

That's right.

According to Renault's plan, this is the Pearl Island Airport, and all aircraft manufactured in the territory will be tested here.

The "Paper Plane" was the first type of aircraft to fly. Since last week, the second type of aircraft-the "Silver Kite", appeared at Pearl Island Airport.

At this time, in an open hangar at the end of the runway, a metal biplane with a length of more than 8 meters and a wingspan close to 10 meters was quietly parked in the center of the spacious hangar.

It is "Silver Kite".

80% of Yinyuan's parts are made of strong and lightweight aluminum-lithium magic alloy, mainly including exposed parts such as the outer shell, wings, and rudder, as well as key load-bearing components such as the body frame and landing gear.

Because the aluminum-lithium magic alloy is silver-white, the metal biplane made of it looks silvery and extremely beautiful, which is why Renault named it "Silver Kite".

It is very necessary to use metal instead of wood to make the silver kite.

Because the sky in another world is not just human beings, there are countless predators among birds, and most of them are huge in size. During the test flight of the paper airplane, they were attacked by large birds more than once.

In terms of flight speed and flexibility, paper airplanes are simply not as capable of flying as birds. Once they are targeted by predators, it is almost impossible to get rid of them. The only thing a pilot can do is to return home as soon as possible.

On several occasions, the canvas of the paper airplane was ripped out by the sharp claws of the big bird. If it weren't for the genius boy who had been promoted to the extraordinary wind, and Al was rescued in time, these hapless pilots would almost never return.

The remaining parts of Yinyuan, such as seats, floors and other interior parts, are mainly processed from a kind of balsa wood called "floating boat wood".

The pontoon wood is derived from the "pontoon tree". It is not a tree native to the Haichao Islands, but from the inland areas of the Thousand Lake Kingdom thousands of miles away.

The pontoon wood is incredibly light, and its density is only 1/3 that of water.

The reason why this kind of wood is so light is that during the growth of the pontoon tree, numerous small holes are naturally formed in the trunk. The small holes are filled with a peculiar sponge-like gum, which is slightly toxic.

This is actually a means to prevent insects.

Once the insects burrow into the tree trunk, they are either firmly trapped by the gum or poisoned to death by the gum.

The extremely unique structure also created the extremely unique wood of pontoon wood.

However, the form of this gum is not stable. In the case of high-temperature cooking, the gum will decompose into gas. By this means, the gum can be completely removed and the weight of the pontoon wood will be minimized.

On the other hand, although there are many small holes in the pontoon wood, it does not mean that its strength is low.

This is due to another structure inside the wood.

In order to compete for the sun, the pontoon tree has evolved an extremely rigid network to support the trunk and ensure that it can grow high enough.

In many parts of the Thousand Lake Kingdom, the indigenous people especially like to use pontoon wood to build ships. The more pontoon wood used, the greater the load of the ship, which is extremely beneficial for freight transportation.

Therefore, the pontoon tree is a very popular shipbuilding wood, which has also caused its price to rise steadily, which is three times more expensive than ordinary ship wood.

In order to reduce the total weight of the silver kite as much as possible, the Haichao Chamber of Commerce deliberately purchased a large quantity of pontoon wood and transported it back to Odin Island for the manufacture of the silver kite.

In general, the structure of this silver kite is quite simple, not much more complicated than the earliest biplane on the planet, and only has the most basic functions.

The only thing worth mentioning is the engine.

It uses two latest jet engines with a single thrust of more than 320 kilograms and a total of more than 650 kilograms, which is more than 6 times that of the "paper airplane".

This makes the silver kite's maximum load exceed 400 kilograms in one fell swoop, which makes it truly worthy of actual combat. It is no longer like a paper airplane and can only be used as a large toy.

In addition, since this is only the first aircraft in the history of another world, it inevitably has a large number of defects, especially the control system. At present, even the lifting and steering cannot be accurately controlled. All operations depend on the pilot's hand.

In fact, if Renault deliberately adopted a bi-wing structure with extremely high flight stability, I am afraid that the silver kite would crash when it encountered turbulence.

This is so, the test flight of Yinyuan is also quite dangerous.

In order to speed up the progress of the test flight and provide more information for subsequent improvements, Renault did not intend to bring Al, this precious extraordinary combat power, to the Kingdom of Thousand Lakes, and instead chose to let him serve as the chief test pilot.

In this way, Yin Kite can test flight unscrupulously, even if there is an accident during the test flight, as an extraordinary wind type who can fly freely, Al can completely save his life.

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Al quickly flew to the side of Yin Yuan, pulled up the canopy hard, and Le Dian burrowed into it, and sat down on the pilot's seat.

"Boom..."

A hand suddenly appeared outside the cockpit, knocking **** the cockpit glass, and then a complaining voice rang:

"Hey, Sir Al, your movements are a little too fast... Can you wait for me to check this silver kite before you climb into the cockpit?"

This is the voice of Hamad, the rune magician.

According to regulations, before each test flight, a dedicated person must conduct a comprehensive inspection of the silver kite to eliminate faults as much as possible to avoid flight accidents.

Of course, only during the flight test stage, a rune magician who participated in the research and development will be arranged to take charge of this work. After the test flight is completed, the Rune Research Institute will train a group of professional mechanics.

Al waved to Hamad and the two apprentices behind him, and said happily:

"Hi, Mr. Hamad, Andre, Brilia, good morning! I just want to give your check..."

Seeing Al's motionlessness, Hamad shook his head helplessly, and the two apprentices returned with big smiles.

"Well, Sir Al, please cooperate later."

After leaving this sentence, Hamad got busy with two apprentices.

Among all the transcendents in the world, in terms of the age of promotion, the transcendent Al who was successfully promoted to less than 15 years old can definitely be ranked among the top ten in human history.

What's interesting is that this young man who emerged from the small mountain village always looks stupid. He has no pretensions to anyone and has no consciousness of being extraordinary.

Take the greeting just now as an example. If you are a transcendent, you will only talk with Hamad the magician at most, and will not pay attention to the two apprentices at all.

But Al did just that, and he did it very naturally, as if it were a matter of course.

Obviously, the deep-rooted concept of class in other people's minds is something that is incomprehensible to this almost blank boy, and it shouldn't exist.

Because of this, Al's popularity in Haichao is incredible. From the lady consul to the low-level civilians, they all love him very much.

Even once, this guy and a group of children on the streets of Redstone Town yelled and played for a long time at the beach.

A civil servant who knew Al was instantly messed up in the sea breeze after seeing this scene.

Is there a mistake? An extraordinary person of the wind system that everyone looks up to, is it okay to play with children?

Is this world swollen?

When this strange event reached the ears of the consul lady, the girl had a rather dumbfounding feeling.

This is probably the world's most low-ranking, but also the most self-contained "degenerate" transcendent...

none of them!

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"Your Excellency Al, please control the ailerons..."

Hamad exclaimed.

Al grabbed the control handle and activated a square rune plate on the right. A pair of long metal pieces at the rear end of the wing immediately swung up and down three times in a row.

"Very good!" Hamad shouted again, "Now control the rudder..."

At the rear end of the raised tail, another piece of metal swung left and right three times.

"Elevator!"

...

"Front wheel!"

A pair of Nima rubber tires under the nose gear quickly spun.

In the end, Hamad beat and beat around the silver kite again to check whether the key load-bearing parts were damaged, and finally Yu shouted out the long-awaited sentence of Al:

"After checking, Yin Yuan can take off!"

Al cheered, quickly put on his flying helmet, and started the jet engine without hesitation.

"Huh..."

A strong air stream ejected from the tail engine nozzle, causing a strong wind in the hangar.

Under the gaze of Hamad and the two apprentices, Yin Yuan slowly drove out of the hangar and drove all the way onto the airport runway.

But Al did not take off immediately, but turned his head and waved to the tower, waiting for the next instruction.

This is the standard take-off procedure at Pearl Island Airport. Any aircraft taking off or landing must be approved by the tower.

"Om..."

There was a buzzing sound from the loudspeaker at the top of the tower, and then a loud sound spread throughout the area.

"No. 001, permission to take off!"

Al strained his face, released the brakes, and at the same time increased the engine power to the limit.

"His..."

The harsh air current screamed, Yin Yu seemed to be pushed hard, and slid forward quickly, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

When the speed approached 100 m/s, Al decisively lowered the elevator and ailerons, and the oncoming air hit the metal plate. The silver kite was lifted up by a giant hand, and the huge fuselage was lightly touched. The front tires left the ground due to the quake.

When the elevator and aileron moved to the maximum position, the lift generated by the airflow finally exceeded the weight of the silver kite, which caused the pair of rear wheels to leave the runway.

The next moment, this silver kite dashed into the sky like a giant silver bird.

Seeing the island below getting smaller and smaller, Al couldn't help but grinned, his face blooming with a smile.

At the door of the hangar, Hamad, who had witnessed the takeoff process, patted his hands vigorously.

"This time the take-off is very smooth, it seems that Your Excellency Al's control level is getting higher and higher..." Andre, the apprentice of the magician, whispered.

Brilia, another apprentice, said with a smile:

"I still remember that during the first test flight of Your Excellency Al, he hit the elevator and ailerons to the limit. Yin Yuan almost turned over to somersault. Your Excellency Seth was so scared that he covered his eyes, and Miss Archon was also scared. I screamed loudly..."

Andrey nodded and sighed:

"Yeah, if it were not for the quick response of your Excellency, the extraordinary power of the wind system was used to stabilize the silver kite at the first time, I am afraid that test flight would definitely become a disaster, in front of so many government affairs office officials, and the high-level guards of the island team. The face, Lord Seth and Lord Murphy will definitely lose face."

Brilia suddenly rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice:

"Andrey, did you see the two senior clerk ladies that day? I heard that they have been watching the test flight on the tower."

He smacked his mouth and added regretfully:

"It's a pity that I am not qualified to go to the tower. I can only stay around the runway. I can't see them..."

"I didn't see either." Andre shook his head and said in an inexplicable tone: "These two beautiful ladies look so alike. Every time I see them, I can't tell who is in love. Miss Sha, who is Miss Rachel."

Brilia chuckled softly:

"Hey, I think you think the two young ladies are so beautiful, you can't get your eyes out..."

Andrey pouted his lips in disdain:

"Aren't you?"

Hamad turned around abruptly, glared at the two men, and shouted sharply:

"Two idiots, take care of your own mouth, and don't talk about the two high-ranking officials behind your back in the future. They are the people around the lord. Remember your identity. They are not what you can think of."

"I can tell you clearly, if these words just reach your Excellency Seth or Murphy, you will wait to be expelled from the Rune Institute..."

He stretched out his right hand to point to the hangar, and said angrily:

"Now, you two immediately roll in and recite Yinyuan's "Maintenance Regulations" for me. After half an hour, I will personally check. If anyone can't memorize it, this month's performance bonus will be halved..."

Andrey and Brilia were so scared that they scrambled with their heads.

A minute later, the two looked at the "Maintenance Regulations" filled with 6 sheets of paper, and they felt bitter in their hearts.

Fuck, there are at least 3,000 words in the Regulations. Who can memorize it in half an hour?

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At this time, Sister Aisha, who was secretly worried about, was watching another demonstration in the Weapon Research Institute hosted by the Rune Mage.