Chapter 294 Flying Knight
After arranging many matters at hand, Perfectcott finally had some time to himself.
But this so-called "me time" does not mean that she can relax and rest, or stop doing anything serious.
During this period, she just didn't have that many things to do, so she could spare some of her free time to complete some of her own things.
For example, the development of the Flying Sky Stone, which she had put on hold for several months, was related to the unlocking of the Jade Record, which was an extremely important thing for Purficott.
It's just that all the affairs in the north were piled on his face before, and Purficott had to deal with various matters at hand first, so he could only temporarily postpone the development of the Flying Stone.
Now, the specific affairs of the North are handled by a system of civil officials and the pioneer knights she canonized. Several important scientific research projects have also been assigned to the corresponding research groups.
Every situation can be said to be making steady progress, and only then can Purficott return his energy and attention to the matter of the Flying Stone.
The characteristics of the flying stone itself are still very clear. Once activated, it can form an anti-gravity field centered on it, making people or objects enveloped in the gravity field lose gravity, and then under the action of external forces Get the effect of floating or even flying.
According to this characteristic, there are actually a lot of things that Perficott can create.
For example, if the flying stone is installed on the steam knight armor, and then a propeller is installed on the steam knight armor, it can transform from a knight walking on the ground into a flying knight and become a powerful aerial combat weapon.
You must know that Perficott has completed the design and manufacture of portable recoilless rifles, and has also created a series of powerful automatic weapons such as rapid-fire cannons. Coupled with the defense power of the Steam Knight itself, flying Once the Knight is manufactured, its power will never be less than that of the propeller aircraft during World War II.
After all, during World War II, aircraft, as a weapon of war, relied more on air superiority to attack the ground.
As for the battle between aircraft, generally speaking, only machine guns or cannons can be used.
In the history of war in the original world, it was not until after World War II that humans installed rockets on aircraft as another air attack weapon.
Therefore, as long as Purficott can build a suitable engine, the combat effectiveness of the Flying Knight will be able to blast those famous World War II aircraft even in World War II.
After all, in terms of combat effectiveness, what aircraft can withstand a heavily loaded iron can and ride directly on your fuselage to tear off the wings?
Or is there any aircraft that can survive in the sky and eat a 75mm high-explosive bomb? Or was shot by a 12.7mm heavy machine gun?
An important factor that restricts the air combat effectiveness of a flying unit is the bomb load. After all, the output of the aircraft engine is so large, and the fuselage itself is already heavy enough. Plus fuel and pilots, the load left for ammunition There are only so many.
Coupled with the limitations of the small space inside the aircraft fuselage, there is a limit to how much ammunition an aircraft can carry.
But flying knights are relatively different, because they have flying stones.
This special prop that can deploy an anti-gravity field is enough to make a half-ton Steam Knight armor become as light as a feather. Even Purficott can lift it with one hand. Just imagine. I wonder how much stuff a flying knight equipped with this thing can carry.
And this has a very terrifying impact, that is, the flying knight does not need to consider the load.
As long as the anti-gravity field can be enveloped, then even a modern warship weighing tens of thousands of tons can be turned into a space battleship and fly directly. Therefore, for a flying knight, how much ammunition it can carry only depends on how much ammunition carrying space the designer can design for it, regardless of how heavy the ammunition is.
With this kind of design idea, Purficott could even build a flying Gundam if he wanted to.
Of course, the actual combat effectiveness of a large humanoid body like the Gundam is a matter of opinion. Purficott does not intend to waste so many resources to build such a decisive battle weapon that has no use at all.
With the resources to build a Gundam, Purficott can build a regiment of Steam Knights.
So in the end, Purficott only installed the flying stone on a set of steam knight armor, and made some adjustments to the armor, adding a 220-horsepower machine with two Horsepower steam turbine jetpack.
The Steam Knight Armor itself can only be equipped with one steam turbine, which is a low-power model with 120 horsepower. Although this is already a very exaggerated power output, it can be used with Perfection regardless of the price and cost. Compared with the flight backpack with two 220-horsepower steam turbines made by Zhejiang, it is really far behind.
The flight backpack developed by Purficott is no less powerful than some World War II aircraft.
After all, the maximum take-off power of the famous Zero fighter during World War II was only 780 horsepower. The Flying Knight's flight backpack has 440 horsepower. Counting the Flying Knight's own 120 horsepower, this adds up to 560 horsepower, which is comparable to some early World War II aircraft.
And the scary thing is that all the 440 horsepower of the Flying Knight can be used for propulsion, and there is no need to consider the take-off weight.
This would be considered a ghost story even in the later era of jet aircraft, let alone this era where there is nothing in the sky except airships?
There are indeed some magicians in various countries who can fly, but due to the influence of the magic environment, they can fly, but they can only fly a little.
Usually when traveling, you have to consider whether your magic power is enough to last, let alone use it for fighting.
So in every sense, the Flying Knight is truly invincible.
Of course, Purficott also has to consider the fuel issue of the Flying Knight. After all, the Steam Knight armor now uses steam engines, and they all burn coal. The battery life is also quite embarrassing.
Ground combat doesn’t matter. The worst thing is to add water and coal at any time. Anyway, the steam knight is a crushing force for the army of this era. A steam knight paired with a specialized logistics team is also effective in combat. Nothing wrong with it at all.
But if you are fighting in the sky, this is an issue that must be considered.
You can't say that the Flying Knight needs to land, add water and coal for repairs after flying for a while, right? Although they are not expected to fight in the sky for a long time, they have to persist for a while anyway.
Although Purficott can increase the endurance of the flying knight by enlarging the fuel tank, it still feels strange to her from any angle.
(End of this chapter)