Chapter 520 Still Not Working
“Are you awake?”
As soon as Hannah opened her eyes, she heard a familiar voice coming from next to her.
"Zobel?" Hannah turned her head and saw the person she met at the shipyard before, "Why are you here...oh, I seem to have landed at the military camp?"
Her mind was still a little confused, and she quickly remembered that the powered delta wing was about to make an emergency landing, but there was no suitable place around. The only suitable military camp was where a group of people were lying on the ground, and she could only throw a shoe down to provide it.
Zobel said to her: "There is something wrong with that powered delta wing, so you landed here."
"Alas..." Hannah looked very depressed, "It seems that the wing bones are made of wood. The strength is still not enough. We encountered a strong wind today, and the wings suffered a lot of force, and finally broke.”
At the beginning, some people thought that although wood was not strong enough, it was low-cost, so in the end, it was used first. Try wood.
The power delta wing with a wooden frame is fine in the spring and summer when the wind is not strong, but in the winter when the wind is howling, the problem of insufficient strength arises.
Zobel continued: "The spring strength of the seat belt is not strong enough. I looked just now and the springs were stretched straight."
Hannah said: "There has never been such a serious crash before, and those few words were enough."
The two kept chatting about the powered delta wing until the military doctor came and knocked Zobel on the head. melon.
"Have you forgotten what I just told you?" the military doctor said as he knocked, "When the wounded wake up, please notify me in time. What are you doing?"
Zobel could only shrink his neck.
The military doctor asked Hannah to move her fingers and toes. It seemed that her nerves were fine. He asked her where she was feeling pain and felt her pulse.
Hannah said her shoulder hurt where the seat belt had just strangled her, and the military doctor asked her to take off her clothes and check.
"What are you still doing here?" The military doctor kicked Zobel away, "Are you his husband?"
When Zobel left the ward with a red face, he saw outside It was very lively. The division commander wanted to pull the power delta wing away. The regiment commander held the cockpit and refused to let go. Then the guard company and the gang lifted him and the delta wing together and left. At this time, the chief of staff ran over waving a telegram. Said that the high command had called to leave the machine here, Erwin immediately asked Metzger to bring someone to pull the delta wing back to the auditorium.
But Erwin was not happy for long. Early the next morning, a group of vans came to the military camp. In addition to a few air force officers, there were also more related personnel from the Wesson Science Society, Psyche. Coming.
Hannah recounted what happened yesterday in the auditorium. Zobel, who was supposed to be on vacation, was caught dismantling the power delta wing.
After the wing skin was removed, a group of experts discovered that the problem was more serious than expected.
The right front wing bone of the "A" shaped skeleton was broken. At the connection between the left front wing bone and the horizontal middle bone, the middle bone was delaminated and almost broke.
The skin is not very good either. The skin made of spider silk is out of line in many places.
"It seems that it still won't work." Psyche finally shook his head and concluded, "It is inherently insufficient in strength. It can only be used for civilian purposes, not military purposes."
Watching from the sidelines The lively Erwin immediately said: "Master Psyche, why not leave it to us for reconnaissance."
Psyche shook his head and said: "If it encounters a fire dragon or a hippogriff, it will become an almost fixed target." "Forget it, let's use this to cheat money, and use better things for myself."
Erwin's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "What is the better thing?"
Psyche did not answer, just said: "It should be ready for test flight next spring. "
Zobel listened a little depressed. He was proud of having participated in the development of a powered delta wing, but now it cannot be used for military purposes but for civilian use. He suddenly felt very disappointed.
There is now a strong admiration for Weisen's army in society, and there is a huge difference in prestige between military products and civilian products.
For example, the canned duck is included in the army’s purchase list and sold to the army at a price of 20% off the cost price. Therefore, this product can be printed with the military supply mark, and the part of the money that is discounted to the army is early. I earned it back on the private market.
For Zobel, participating in the development of military weapons and participating in the development of civilian equipment are two different things.
It’s just that he doesn’t know yet. In recent tests, the power delta wing’s speed, maximum ceiling, load and other data were not good, and it was not enough to undertake air and ground combat missions.
The forced landing of the powered delta wing was just a small episode in the military camp, there were bigger things waiting for them.
The next day, the powered delta flight report was on Psyche's desk.
Now Psyche lives in a three-story villa. The ballroom has been directly converted into an office. Behind the desk is a floor-to-ceiling glass window. The surrounding walls are full of bookshelves. In front of the bookshelves are several secretaries. There is a desk with a sofa in the middle for guests.
There is a large blackboard next to her desk, which shows the progress of important work, including glucose, iodine, photography, torpedoes, electrolytic aluminum, antibiotics, fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, etc., power triangle Draw the frozen symbol on the last row of the wing.
If Frederick were to do these things by himself, he would be too busy. Fortunately, there is the Wesson Scientific Society, where many smart minds gather. Psyche assigns the work and receives monthly orders. After the report, provide some general guidance.
Nowadays, there has been a breakthrough in the development of aircraft wings. The first-generation aircraft using a 30-horsepower implosion machine as power, a wooden frame fuselage and wings covered with canvas has already been tested. It was only made of wood when landing. The nose landing gear could not withstand the impact and fell apart, almost killing the pilot.
In addition, the aircraft faces competition from flying animals such as fire dragons, hippogriffs, and winged unicorns. The speed and flying height must be greater than them, which means that the structural strength of the aircraft cannot be too low.
Electrolytic aluminum still has a long way to go now, let alone Dura aluminum. The fuselage can only use a steel tube frame and canvas skin. However, due to insufficient development of mathematics and mechanics, the weight of the aircraft is too large. .
The excessive weight of the aircraft can be alleviated with anti-gravity magic. The maximum speed also requires sufficient horsepower and a light engine, which also requires further research.
To increase the maximum ceiling, a compressed air bottle is needed to provide the pilot with enough oxygen, and an air compressor must be produced.
Psyche breaks down these tasks and assigns them to experts in different fields for research.
She is also working on a rotorcraft called the "Three-Bouncer," but the bearings, clutches and engines still need further improvement.
In contrast, the research progress on rocket launch nests is very fast, and it has been installed on a small truck at the Springfield Arsenal.
When Eugene was upset because the power delta wing was towed away, a piece of exciting news arrived for him. The new one produced jointly by Springfield Arsenal and Benz Automobile Factory arrived.
(End of this chapter)