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Chapter 361 Plane and Plane and Plane
The military people have their own stands, perhaps because of the presence of the military people, every inventor of the aircraft seems very excited.

In the past, the military allocated funds to some inventors in the field of hot air balloons to allow them to continue to deepen their inventions. To be honest, these practices made the inventors of non-hot air balloon aircraft drool with envy, and now their opportunity has come.

After Mr. Truman and Lynch spoke a few words, they went to the corner of the military to have a quiet conversation. They were discussing some ideas of several inventors who had attracted their attention.

In fact, since the submarine was invented, the military did not take it out immediately, but has been thinking about how to counter the submarine.

Not only the Federation has submarines, but other countries with relatively advanced science and technology, such as Gefra, also have submarines.

It's just that the Federation may be the first country to turn underwater equipment, which has always been used for civilian use, into a weapon of war. Once these submarines start to show their ferocious and sharp minions in the Eastern Ocean, other countries will soon follow. Enter.

Sometimes times change, technology advances, what is lacking is an idea, an aura.

After many tests, I observed the sea surface from the angle of standing on the ship. Under the influence of light and other influences, the submarine hidden in the water could not be seen at all, but if it was at a higher angle, the visual difference caused by the refraction and reflection of light on the sea surface would be reduced. , people can find the submarine under the sea surface only with the naked eye.

Therefore, in the past two years, the military has allocated a lot of money to inventors of hot air balloons that they think are not necessarily valuable, but can be pulled into the battlefield anytime, anywhere, and they have created a hot air balloon that can be loaded on ships and can be used anytime, anywhere. The "rapid ascent observation hot air balloon" project for rapid ascension observation.

But the military always believes that hot air balloons cannot solve these problems well. First of all, hot air balloons are easy to be shot down, even if they already have armored hot air balloons, they are still easy to be shot down.

Secondly, once the hot air balloon cannot stay in the air for a long time and becomes a consumable, more hot air balloon equipment will have to be installed to occupy more space on the ship. Once the hot air balloon is exhausted, the submarine will become a big killer .

So the military has turned its attention to non-hot air balloon aircraft, maybe they can solve this problem.

After talking with the military personnel for a while, Mr. Truman sat back next to Lynch, and at this time the aircraft exhibition also started.

First up is a pretty standard fixed-wing aircraft, at least as close to the ones Lynch remembers.

The designer of this fixed-wing aircraft is a well-known inventor in the field of aircraft invention. First, he asked his assistant to drag the aircraft around the scene, while he himself stood on the edge of the stand to give everyone Introduce yourself to a new design.

"...I used more aluminum alloy in this design. Mitro Industries innovated their aluminum alloy formula last year, allowing the new aluminum alloy to decrease in weight while slightly increasing its strength..."

"...Referring to some of the problems we had in the previous design, we made some modifications. We expanded the wingspan and wrapped the wings with sheepskin..."

Wrapping the wings of an airplane with real leather is... really amazing. Lynch found it funny when he heard it, and some people even laughed out loud.

Of course, some people are not so happy, not referring to this inventor, but other inventors who have not had time to show their work.

Everyone knows the value of "golden ideas" in inventions and creations, but its greater value is reflected in the process of fooling laymen and investors. The inventor who named the hot air balloon and put on armor just proposed this idea. He got a lot of money for him to realize it.

This shows how important "I have an idea" is to them.

Wrapping the wings of airplanes in real leather isn't a quaint idea, and some people have even feathered airplane wings before, and the reason for this must be that it works.

There is no perfect aerodynamics suitable for promotion. People are still exploring this aspect, but some folk inventors have found through continuous experiments that the stability of some animal leather is higher than that of leather in the specific use process. A wooden airplane wing without any coating or outer covering.

They may not know how it works, but they know the benefits of doing it.

The inventor continued to explain why he had to wrap a layer of sheepskin on the wings of the plane. After introducing a lot of data, Lynch roughly understood part of the content.

To put it plainly, this design is now lighter than before, and it is more stable when flying in the air. After the redesign and adjustment of the center of gravity, there is less chance of accidents during the landing process of the aircraft.

He also listed some hypotheses, such as replacing the more advanced engine to make the aircraft fly faster, such as if he can get more funds, he can completely replace the wooden mechanism in the aircraft design with aluminum alloy...

In short, in his opinion, this aircraft is almost perfect!

Immediately afterwards, the inventor and his assistants began to test the flight. They were ready before the exhibition started. When the plane was parked by them at the end of the runway, people in the stands gradually stood up.

This is an exciting time, and the desire and dream of human beings to conquer the sky has existed since the birth of human society.

People in ancient times always imagined that humans could fly like birds. Now, the inventors of the Federation are constantly advancing on the road to conquer the sky every year.

The plane successfully flew up after accelerating, Lynch was a little surprised, "It flew!"

Mr. Truman was very calm, "Yes, it flew. People could do it ten years ago, but until now, all we can do is fly."

He didn't act as excited as others, he was very calm, and even gave people a feeling of disappointment.

Aircraft have existed for a long time, and they can fly, but the only thing they can do is to be able to fly.

After flying for a few kilometers, he fell headlong. If he is lucky, the pilot can survive to design the next aircraft. If he is unlucky, he will be destroyed together with his work. At one time, some people thought that these aircraft inventors were liars, defrauding investors of their funds. , The things produced are useless, and there are still terrible dangers.

These conditions still exist until now, take off is easy, landing is always a big problem, and so is the flight distance.

In order to make it easier to take off and fly farther, it is very important to ensure the total weight of the aircraft. In addition to its own structure, the current aircraft with the largest load can only carry two thin pilots into the sky.

So so far, this may indeed be an industry full of potential, but people still can't see the future in a short time.

Compared with a fast-rising hot air balloon that costs thousands of dollars, this kind of aircraft that costs tens of thousands of dollars and takes a life seems to be even less suitable for use in war.

This is also the reason why Lynch subconsciously described Mr. Truman as "dangerous" in the field of aircraft at the beginning, and mistakenly believed that these inventions were for war, but Mr. Truman did not agree.

There is probably no use for these planes other than suicide.

Military evaluators are still evaluating, evaluating the shortest acceleration distance for take-off, evaluating the speed of take-off, evaluating the angle of take-off, and evaluating how stable it is when flying in the air.

In the past two years, an aircraft trembled violently while flying in the air, which eventually led to an accident of direct disintegration. Stability has also become one of the criteria for the quality of an aircraft.

The spectators cheered, but the inventor in the sky began to sweat. He had shown everything he needed to show, and he should land next.

There are two ways to land an airplane now. If you are confident in your airplane design, you can land on the runway. This is one of the reasons why the flying wing of a fixed-wing airplane is still made of wood. People need its toughness and stretch when gliding Performance comes with some convenience.

Another way is to land in a grain pile and gamble that you won't be crushed by the engine or killed by the collapsing propeller.

In the end, the inventor chose to land on the runway. If he wants to get the military appropriation, he must land on the runway.

The plane adjusted its angle and altitude and began to slow down, and the people in the stands were all nervously pumping their fists.

The moment the front wheels of the plane came into contact with the ground, the sound of a flat tire spread throughout the stands, and the soldier in charge of evaluating the aircraft directly gave the plane a big "X".

But fortunately, there was no big problem in the rear. After the front tire blew out, it deformed rapidly, the landing gear broke, and the fuselage fell directly to the ground heavily after the collapse.

The balance of the plane was well done, if any of the flying wings on either side touched the ground, it was very likely to be another crash accident, although from the current point of view, this is also an accident.

The inventor stood in front of the stands as if he had just been fished out of the bathtub, and he squeezed out a smile, "It is... safe, I proved it!"

Mr. Truman shook his head. He was very disappointed, and at the same time, he was not too delusional about the ones behind.

Lynch suddenly interjected at this time, "Maybe it's because of the runway, it's not smooth enough."

Mr. Truman looked at him curiously, "You know this too?"

Lynch smiled and said nothing, neither of them took this matter to heart.

In some later aircraft demonstrations, everyone showed the same content, nothing more than making some articles on the wings of the aircraft, until Lynch saw a spiral-wing aircraft appear.

It was a flight pod that looked like a large egg. The pilot sat on the engine and used the transmission rod to rotate the propeller directly above the aircraft in an attempt to use lift to lift the flight pod.

Mr. Truman looked very carefully, which is also the purpose of his coming here. This may not be the first screw-wing aircraft in history, but its degree of completion is already very close to the helicopter in Lynch's impression.

But in the end everyone was disappointed. Although it and its designers had worked hard, it still didn't fly.

(End of this chapter)