The materials for the Peace Arms energy center are available, but construction is not underway for the time being. The reason Lin gave is also very simple. The atmosphere in Abadan City is now weird. Jermaine plans to directly start the repair of the Peace Arms in such an environment.
Homework, or should you find a quieter, peaceful environment and start studying again?
Although the Silverbeard dwarves are anxious, they accept this reason. Compared with repairing the peaceful armed forces as soon as possible, it is more important to keep it secret from outsiders. Maybe it is a last resort to let the human magician and the lich join the repair operation. But
If more people have the opportunity to spy on the secrets of peaceful armed forces, they will probably want to hang themselves.
Therefore, in the officially designated workshop in Abadan City, everyone's work still focused on the modification of the Sid.
The original plan was just to add a transmission gearbox to the engine and at least add a reverse gear. However, because there were a lot more materials delivered, Lin planned to add a reverse gear in addition to the original one-to-one gear.
For high gear, an additional file position must be designed that can use magic power to drive the propeller blades. This prevents the airship from drifting when there is no fuel.
If there is no magical power, it cannot even float. In addition, the appearance design of the Sid cannot provide buoyancy for flight at all. Therefore, the reverse situation, that is, there is fuel but no power reserve, can be ignored. Anyway, that is
Unable to leave the ground.
Another item is to cancel the throttle valve that controls buoyancy and integrate this function into the rudder. This does not require any major structural changes. The main work is still on Fen, which is to modify the program.
.Just a few days ago, in addition to helping Kaya organize the forum data, Fen was also integrating the rudder function.
In the past few days, the Sid was being renovated, and Fen also boarded the airship to implement the program and conduct simulation tests.
But such corrections are not smooth sailing. During the simulation test of the program Fen integrated, there will always be some strange errors. For this reason, Lin re-examined the operation of the Sid.
First of all, this airship is becoming less and less like an airplane on Earth. A normal propeller airplane has no reversing design. In order to maintain buoyancy, the propeller can only rotate continuously. If it stops, the engine will be broken, or it will stop.
When landing and stopping.
But the Sid's current propeller blades are not only designed to change speed, but also reverse. In addition, the airship's ascent and descent are not determined by the elevator, but by the floating magic circle.
Rather than controlling a propeller plane, it's more like operating a submarine. It's just that this submarine is not submerged in the water, but floating in the air, and can perform some maneuvers like a fighter jet, and it's very fast.
After discovering this difference, we discussed with the Lich who was mainly responsible for the program and revised many of the errors in the original idea. Only then did the work of integrating the rudder make progress.
Among the planned new equipment, the most important one is of course the speed parachute. The engine reversing function cannot completely replace the function of the speed parachute. Both types have their own application opportunities, so it is difficult to choose one to install and discard it.
Another kind.
The design of the parachute is the simplest and most difficult part of this modification operation. Simplicity means simple materials, simple structure, and simple control methods. The difficulty lies in how to fold the parachute so that it can be opened.
The umbrella opened smoothly and completely. Someone had no clue about this, so he irresponsibly left it to others to study.
The two apprentices, plus the silver-bearded dwarves Marit, Freya, Riley and the goblin Polly, the six people's research really allowed them to come up with some tricks. So the deceleration parachute device placed at the stern of the ship is
I made three pairs and installed them all. These parachute devices can be recycled and discarded in the air to adapt to various situations and be used flexibly.
In addition, because I learned from Totokani that the fuel that can be found in Midland is like the unrefined crude oil used by the Hindenburg before. But the engine of the Sid used
Fuel is the product of fractionation and removal of impurities. If crude oil is poured in and used, the engine will have to be overhauled immediately or even scrapped.
Originally, I wanted to use the refining technology to capture the goblins, but later I realized that doing so would only get me into trouble. At the scene of the accident in the Jura Mountains, the two girls just refined the crude oil on the airship and almost
Everything was completed just before leaving. Is it possible that something like this will have to be repeated in the future?
To save trouble and improve efficiency, industrial-grade refining equipment is inevitably needed. So the question is, where should it be installed?
Now the group of people are still in a state of no fixed place. Even if they try to fit the oil refining equipment into the carriage, there will be a lot of inconvenience in moving the carriage because the center of gravity of the equipment is too high. Not to mention refining crude oil while traveling.
Already.
Considering the weight of the equipment, the weight of the airship increases the energy consumption for the floating magic array. The refined heavy oil is used for the generator and then converted into energy for storage, as well as the consumption required by the fractionation tower itself.
The size of the refining equipment with optimal economic efficiency is enough to fill the cabin originally used as a warehouse.
Of course, the pursuit of the best economic benefits is to build a refinery. Unfortunately, the old problem is still there, where to build it? It is too difficult for a homeless person to build a factory. Before that, you have to settle down first.
Because there was nothing else to do, and because we wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, the repair work on the Sid was carried out in full swing. It only took six days to complete all the aforementioned work. But standing at sunset
At the airport below, looking at the airships against the dim sunlight from the outside, someone always feels that there is something imperfect about it?
Everything that can be thought of has been installed on the Sid. All the problems discovered during the first flight have been improved. What is left should be to continue to verify the reliability of each equipment during the flight.
But...it seems like there's something missing?
Someone tilted his head and thought.
The other participants stood side by side next to Lin, most of them with a satisfied mood, watching this unprecedented airship being completed bit by bit in their hands.
But two people looked at everything in the past few days in disbelief as if they were in a dream. They were Hassan Bakhsh, the administrator of the Abadan Airport and responsible for collecting taxes, and the most trusted general of General Javed Poole.
His young lieutenant─Rashid.
The former is the official person who is most familiar with airship-related matters and coordinates many matters. The latter is the liaison between the two parties and the military representative responsible for requisitioning materials needed by magicians.
They naturally joined the airship transformation project, but they did not contribute labor, but were responsible for supervising and secretly recording the various parameters, advantages and disadvantages of this new ship. Regarding these ulterior behaviors, a certain
People didn't shy away from it and let others watch. Anyway, judging from the dumbfounded expressions on the other side, most of them probably couldn't understand.
Even the officially designated workshop owners and craftsmen who assisted in the transformation work, who have decades of experience in manufacturing and repairing airships, were at the same loss during these six days. Originally, they wanted to learn from this person who seemed to have a very famous reputation.
The former tower master of the Great Sage's Tower is trying to see if he can inspire some creativity in them.
Who knew that there were so many new gadgets that their eyes were dazzled, and they didn’t know where to start. From the design drawings of parts, to the manufacturing process technology, and some equipment with unknown purposes, although every step of these things was
People can see it clearly. But no one understands how it is done, and it is impossible to copy it even if you want to.
Just like someone's self-confidence, there is no solid foundation. You can't tell the reason just by looking at it. But where does this awkward feeling that something is missing come from? Lin felt in his heart
Confuse.
When he came to someone's side, Lich also looked at the airship, feeling a faint sense of pride in his heart. Whenever he completed a work that satisfied him, he always had this feeling. It was like creating something in the past.
There are skeletons in the extraordinary realm, or death knights with coordinated attack skills. Thinking about how these creations can help her defeat the old gods, she feels an indescribable sense of joy in her heart.
It was just that someone had a flat mouth and looked at the newly completed Sid with dissatisfied eyes, which made her feel puzzled and asked: "What's wrong?"
"There's always a feeling that it's not finished yet."
A certain lich casually asked and someone answered smoothly, which allowed him to catch a glimmer of inspiration and think of what he lacked. Lin smiled obscenely, rubbed his hands, walked towards Rashid, and said: "Adjutant, Sir
, you see the airship is so ugly, why don’t you sponsor us with some more paint to beautify its appearance.”
The young general's adjutant wrinkled his beautiful eyebrows, appropriately expressing some dissatisfaction. This was only after he became familiar with this man's character and knew that the other person was a person who could negotiate, so he dared to do such an action.
To put it bluntly, the other party is not suitable to be a robber.
From the standpoint of the Gwana Empire, Rashid certainly could not let the magician ask for anything. Especially such a request was not mentioned in the original agreement and was purely an additional request.
If the opponent is too weak, there is no way he can care about such a thing. He will directly reject the vote.
Unfortunately, the opponent can't afford to offend him. So Rashid's frown is just a way to express his opinion. But he will still cooperate with someone's request and ask: "Sir, I don't know how much paint you need. Is there a designated color?
"
Before the rise of the chemical industry, paint and pigments were expensive materials with high unit prices, and not everyone could afford them. So when faced with the magician's additional requirements, Rashid had to ask carefully.
But this time, someone really opened his mouth and said: "I want an amount that can paint the entire appearance of the airship. As for the color, Haloumi--" Someone called over his
Apprentice, and searched for something from his own picture database, and displayed it in front of everyone, "──Look at how much material it takes to paint such a pattern on the outside of the Sid."
It doesn’t matter if you don’t see it. After seeing it, everyone looked with disdain at a certain magician who was immersed in his own world and was complacent. The picture displayed was a very classic beach, palm trees, and side view.