RB-753 had not yet flown to an altitude of 220. When it only reached 20,000 feet, Bei Haiyang and Yin Teng realized something was wrong!
There is nothing wrong with the aircraft itself, the problem comes from the external environment!
"There is strong electromagnetic interference! The instrument begins to become unstable! There are still instrument failures happening now, but I am not sure whether it will happen in the future? How long will such electromagnetic interference last? Is it deliberately targeted or is it the overall external environment?
Variety?"
Bei Haiyang was calm and composed, "I'll slow down the climb! Contact East Pacific Aviation Control!"
Yin Teng did not hesitate and adjusted the channel to 134.3.
"East China Sea Space Navigation Control, this is flight RB-753. We are currently experiencing strong electromagnetic interference. The source is unknown and the situation is unclear. What do you think?"
East Pacific Aviation Control, "RB-753, electromagnetic interference comes from the abnormal movement of sunspots! All flights flying in the sky now, including ordinary flights, are affected to some extent by it! But we cannot decide for you whether to continue flying?
Or come down first?"
The average activity cycle of sunspots is 11.2 years. Some astronomers began to number and count sunspot activities in 1755. The year with the fewest sunspots is the beginning of a cycle and is called a "solar quiet year"; the year with the most sunspots is called
"Peak year of activity"
In other words, sunspots are always active, but they can be either frequent or sparse, strong or weak. Not only airplanes, but all electronic devices in the human world will be affected by it, regardless of type!
Therefore, for any machine with electronic components, it is necessary and indispensable to retain a certain degree of electromagnetic redundancy in the design; even military weapons have to consider the problem of active interference by the enemy.
The same is true for airplanes. All their electronic components have enough redundancy to withstand such impacts, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of the airplane falling from the sky if there are sunspot activity.
I am really worried about this thing, then there will be no airplanes! And from the perspective of aviation history, I have never heard of any plane crash being caused by sunspots! After all, the distance is too far, no matter how surging energy fluctuations are transmitted to the earth
It has also declined to a level that can be ignored.
In this sense, East Pacific Aviation Control would not suggest that they land directly, but...
Yin Teng was very worried, "What East Pacific Aviation Control means is that after we start using mental power as the main power source of the aircraft, they are not sure whether sunspots still have little impact on us?"
This is the crux of the matter!
If it were an ordinary passenger plane, they wouldn't care about the electromagnetic interference and would just keep flying! But they are not ordinary passenger planes, they are space-roaming passenger planes! Who can guarantee that their mental control will still not be enough after they reach the stratosphere?
Affected by sunspots? To what extent? Can the pilot withstand it? Can the interference of these electromagnetic fields be eliminated in the spiritual field?
This is a purely technical field, there is no accurate answer, everything is still being explored, and they are the first group of people to cross the river by feeling the stones!
"Flaps 3, let's continue climbing."
Bei Haiyang has made a decision. There is no reason to back down now. Sunspots will never stop. Why is the space exploration still aborted because of its influence?
Seeing Yin Teng operate silently without making a sound, knowing that he still had doubts, he suggested:
"You can ask Eastern Pacific Aviation Control to see what options are available for other flights?"
Yin Teng also had this intention, but he must first respect the captain's decision, and then refer to other flight options. This is the necessary order.
"Donghai Aviation Control, I would like to know about other flight options?"
East Pacific Aviation Control, "The American AM-1314, DE-611, SW-73, Aeroflot MSK-9, Qantas and British Airways that took off before you all chose to continue the route, among which AM-1314 has reached the stratosphere.
Layer upon layer.”
Yin Teng put down the phone and murmured: "No one flinches."
Bei Haiyang smiled and said: "Why, if it were you, would you choose to look back?"
Yin Teng hesitated, "I don't know! With my mental strength, I shouldn't persist! But I'm not at your level yet. I don't know if I try rashly, will it be a good thing or a bad thing?"
Bei Haiyang nodded, "That's right! Yin Teng, you are very stable! Don't worry about what others think, just choose the method that is most suitable for you!"
Yin Teng sighed, "But you will still try until you can't persist, right?"
Bei Haiyang said, "Of course! Space odyssey is about trying, and there will be many similar weird situations, emerging one after another. If you don't try, space odyssey will always be an unreachable dream!"
This is our responsibility! The responsibility of the pioneers!”
It is difficult to define and find a suitable balance between safety and exploration; for the sake of safety alone, an aerospace passenger plane will never fly! What they can do is to find this point through exploration, and then slowly promote the experience
!
"Climbing, full power!"
Yin Teng's mechanical answer was, "Go all the way to the throttle!"
RB-753 has been flying upward at a high elevation angle, even if it becomes more and more difficult at full power, it will not waver; at this stage, the wing's steering effect begins to decrease, which is because the air gradually becomes thinner.
The pilot must carefully control the attitude of the aircraft, and there must be no signs of roll deflection, because it is really difficult to change back at high speed.
Donghai Space Navigation Control is still reporting the specific situation of other flights.
"According to Denver Air Traffic Control, just 3 minutes ago, American Airlines AM-1314 was unable to maintain reasonable acceleration after crossing the ozone layer at an altitude of 30 kilometers. It is now accelerating horizontally in the stratosphere, looking for the next opportunity to impact the stratosphere...
"
Speed is key!
If it cannot successfully reach the first cosmic speed, it will never be able to escape the gravity of the earth's center, and it will be inevitable to fall back to the ground after exhausting its fuel and mental power.
According to the speed gradient determined by altitude, the speed of the aircraft in the middle layer between 50 and 85 kilometers should be infinitely close to the first cosmic speed, so that it is possible to finally reach the first cosmic speed in low-Earth orbit;
Under such a gradient, in the stratosphere of 20 to 50 kilometers, the speed of the aircraft must reach at least two-thirds of the first cosmic speed when leaving the stratosphere!
Space pilots usually activate their mental power to mobilize planetary energy to help accelerate after exiting the ozone layer at an altitude of 30 kilometers, but apparently AM-1314 did not increase enough speed, or the pilot felt that he lost the engine after reaching 50 kilometers.
If mental strength alone is not enough motivation to persist, it will resolutely accelerate horizontally in the stratosphere.
At least, there is still a certain degree of rudder effect here, and the engine can still rotate anyway. If he feels that the speed is not enough when he reaches the middle level, he will have no chance to accelerate horizontally.
The air in the middle layer has become so thin that it is equal to nothing!
This is a very experienced space pilot, he is speeding up in the stratosphere to look for possible opportunities!