338 Mustang prototype test flight begins
After talking about Alabasta, Li Yan followed Levin to the manufacturing room.
At this moment, in the huge manufacturing room, the three prototypes have been mostly completed, or at least they look like they have been produced.
Moreover, for some reason, Li Yan always felt that this fighter plane felt inexplicably familiar.
"Levin, introduce me to him!"
"Okay, General!"
Nodding, Levin immediately led Li Yan to one of the prototypes.
"This is the first piston fighter we designed after fully absorbing the corresponding technologies and upgrading some of them."
"The overall length of the fighter aircraft is 9.92 meters, the wingspan is 11.37 meters, the fuselage height is 4.11 meters, the air volume is 3518 kilograms, and the maximum take-off weight is 6800 kilograms."
"Although it has not been tested, the range should not be less than 2,800 kilometers, and the ceiling should not be less than 15,000 meters. As for the flight speed, it should be between 750-800 kilometers per hour. The detailed data will not be known until the test flight.
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blah blah blah...
Levin kept talking, but unfortunately Li Yan could only understand a small part of it.
In short, when Li Yan heard that the ceiling would not be less than 15,000 meters, a big stone fell in his heart.
After all, the air force base was built by himself at an altitude of 10,000 meters. He was really afraid that the first fighter plane designed by Levine and others had a ceiling of only a few thousand meters, which would be really nonsense.
A few minutes later, when Lai finished his brief introduction and told the code name of the plane, Li Yan finally knew...
Why does this fighter plane look so familiar to me?
"The current prototype is temporarily codenamed Mustang. After the prototype is finalized, the general can rename it."
"No, the Mustang is just fine, no need to change it!"
Li Yan shook his head and said, with a hint of bad humor on his face.
Mustang...
How could it not look familiar to me?
After all, it was a very famous piston fighter in its previous life.
Moreover, the data Levin mentioned, whether it is ceiling, range, flight speed, effective take-off weight, etc...
It was even stronger than the wild horse Li Yan knew in his previous life.
No wonder he said that after thoroughly understanding the technology, he also upgraded some of it.
Sure enough, scientists in this world, as long as you give them an idea, they will definitely come up with something that will stun you.
"How long will it take for the prototype to be completed?"
"At most half a month, General!"
"Well, we shouldn't expose this thing. After the prototype is completed, we will send it to other places for test flights and even actual combat inspections. Then you can arrange for a few people to go with you."
"Yes, General!"
Levine was excited when he heard that it could be tested in actual combat.
Is there any better way to test a fighter plane than in actual combat?
In this way, I can complete the styling work of the Mustang better and faster.
"That's it for now on the Mustang fighter plane. I have two more documents for you. Please take a look."
As he spoke, Li Yan took out the development history of electric power technology and the history of Blue Star fighter aircraft from his body, and handed them to Levin.
Levin has long been accustomed to Li Yan's ability to come up with some technical ideas or even complete technical information from time to time.
As a result, the information was viewed directly.
But after seeing this, it was immediately out of control.
Of course, Li Yan had seen this situation many times before, so he didn't call Levin, but smiled and left directly.
Because he knew that Levin, who had fallen into this state, would never come back to his senses in just half a day.
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After walking around the Science Department, Li Yan also contacted Morgans.
After all, the mobile phone he and Morgans collaborated on was also a very important part.
As a result, after talking to Morgans, the biggest problem turned out to be electricity.
After all, the power system of the pirate world...
Almost zero!
Although Levine developed a wind power generation device, it was destined to be unable to be used as a personal item because of its large size. Instead, it could only be used as a charging facility and built on some islands.
This means that everyone who uses a mobile phone must go to a designated location to complete charging when the power is low.
The most important thing is that at the current speed, when the mobile phone is released, only the construction of power facilities in some major kingdoms and islands can be completed. There is still a long way to go before it can be popularized in the entire pirate world.
And these cannot be solved in a short time.
This is quite troublesome and will restrict the development of mobile phones to a great extent.
However, even so, the two are still preparing to promote mobile phones, a cross-generation product, as planned.
To put it bluntly, the first generation of products is just to make everyone familiar with and accept this new thing.
Waiting until the second generation is the time to resolve the existing problems and completely dominate the entire market.
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Half a month later, Baldigo, the White Earth Island.
Looking at the two big guys running up in front of him, Dorag was in a daze.
This was secretly transported here via a cargo ship yesterday and assembled overnight by several scientific researchers who came with them. It was finally completed just now.
But what is this?
I can’t understand it at all!
"This is the fighter plane your general is talking about? The kind that can fight in the air?"
Seeing that several people had finally finished their work, Dorag also stepped forward and asked.
"Yes, Mr. Dorag!"
"Then try it quickly and tell me how to use it. I will do it myself!"
Although Dorag doesn't know much about airplanes, he is still very interested.
after all...
Li Yan said that this thing could give him more asymmetric advantages over Mary Joa.
"Mr. Dorag, I'm sorry, but you need to undergo at least one month of training to fly a fighter plane."
"Furthermore, test flights are very dangerous and must be done by professionals."
"The two people who came with us are the test pilots this time. They have completed the necessary training in the East China Sea!"
As the researcher spoke, he pointed at the other two sailors who came together and were changing their clothes.
"It takes a month of training to drive this thing?"
"Yes, this is still a short period of time. If you learn slowly, it is possible in two or three months."
"The general often said that in the future, the most valuable thing will not be fighter planes, but pilots!"
...
Good guy, Dorag was completely dumbfounded.
Is this thing so difficult?
Although he didn't believe it in his heart, he didn't say anything, but stood around and watched.
Soon, the two test pilots also changed their clothes and entered the cockpit of the fighter jet.
In fact, if you really want to say it, they are definitely not professionals. After all, no one in this world has ever flown a plane, right?
And these two sailors were just selected from the eighteen branches and received a month of instruction from Levine and the others.
Although I have learned all the technical essentials, I have never really tried it.
Therefore, at this moment they...
Chapter completed!