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Chapter 508 Sky Century: Floating Mountain Floating Ship

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"cheers!"

A cheerful atmosphere permeated a small studio. A group of Yiren researchers were congratulating each other on the approval of the previous application, but the black language researcher who is now the core of the A04 Pumice Theory Research Center just smiled and said quietly. Watching everyone quietly.

At this moment, an elderly researcher walked up to her, patted her on the shoulder lovingly, and said in an unconcealable happy tone, "Heiyu, thanks to you."

"No, team leader, if it weren't for everyone's joint efforts, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to come up with the original 'pumice operation formula', let alone the current A04 Pumice Theory Research Center, and the approval of the A04 independent transformation test application .”

The female winged person named Heiyu gave a faint smile. On the surface, she was completely honored and humiliated. This also gained her a lot of support among those small researchers.

(Who would have thought that the little girl burst into tears before A04 could be broken down?) Smiling with emotion, the winged man known as the team leader nodded, pouring the stimulating drink called wine into his hand. Drink it up in one gulp. Normally, everyone would not be allowed to drink this kind of thing, but now... happy.

Perhaps it is the ups and downs of so many years that have made Heiyu take the current results for granted. She did not show the excitement of other researchers. Even at this moment, what she was thinking in her mind was still the same. It is the next step in the transformation arrangement.

Recalling the reluctance at the time when A04 was ordered to disassemble; all the researchers worked together and finally came up with the "pumice operation formula", which saved the excitement when A04 was destroyed; Years, the pain of falling; finally until now, the joy of successfully applying for A04 transformation...

Scene after scene, Heiyu had already been honed to a level of honor and disgrace.

But when she came to the peak of A04, which is the Fukong Mountain, under the strong cold wind, she still shed tears of relief.

"Don't worry, A04, we will work together to make you an eternal monument of Friends."

The Floating Mountain at the foot seemed to feel the excitement of this moment, and made a whining sound.

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"Our first step is to modify the floating mountain to establish the approximate range of activities of the A04 floating mountain to ensure its basic stability. However, we have obtained the most detailed records on the A04, because the A04 The research team is excellent."

"Oh, it seems that you have great confidence in A04's research team."

Nodding in satisfaction, Kong Huan sat in the elders' meeting room, looked at the director of the Fukong Mountain Reconstruction Bureau who was reporting ahead, pointed at the model of Fukong Mountain in front of him, and motioned for the other party to continue.

Nodding slightly, the chief puffed out his chest proudly and continued to report.

"The research team of A04 is qualified to receive such an evaluation from us, because a single 'pumice operation formula' allows the existing pumice stones of our family to be used more effectively. It can be said that the current airship technology is in the It was born out of this formula."

Regarding this, the three elders on Kong Huan's side nodded in agreement.

"Now, A04 is going to carry out the second step, which is to equip A04 with a power system and a buoyancy control system. With the support of the existing circuit research and the technology of motors and generators, and with the vector technology of the airship, we have Confidence, transform A20 into a qualified powered floating island within 04 years."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Nodding his head, he was responsible for the emptiness of this technical hearing. After carefully checking the documents in his hand, he recalled what he had seen and heard when checking the situation at A04 before, and he had a conclusion in his mind.

"Since the renovation plan of A04 has been submitted to the Executive Yuan by the Technical Bureau and passed, our Presbyterian Court has no objections. However, the renovation must ensure safety, and this must be clearly remembered."

"Of course."

The chief nodded in agreement. (In terms of concern for A04, no one can compare to that group of researchers.)
After thinking about it, he stood there quietly, waiting for the elders to continue asking.

It can be said that the director in charge of floating research came to the Elder's House for consultation this time mainly for two purposes, one is to explain to the elders about the progress of the research on the floating island; the other is the progress of the manufacturing of the floating boat .

At this time, after talking about the floating island, Elder Mi Yue from the machinery manufacturing industry looked at Kong Huan, who was sitting in the main seat in the conference room, and then turned to look at the director and asked.

"Excuse me, how is the manufacturing progress of the floating ship 'Tianren'? Now, when will the first floating ship of our family be able to launch... Ah no, is it leaving the factory?"

It seemed that the corner of his mouth was twitching secretly, but the director was very clever not to laugh, but replied with a straight face.

"Reporting to Elder Miyo, the manufacturing progress of the airship is now in the late stage of the second phase of the single-ship manufacturing test after the first phase of theoretical verification such as hull design and wind tunnel tests.

The main structure of the first floating ship 'Tianren' has been completed, but details are being worked on, such as grinding water chestnuts and so on.

As the first airship, the nature of the experiment is very high, so Tianren adopts a semi-enclosed structure that can cope with the severe cold at high altitudes, and is designed with a cargo-type airship as the design direction. It is 70 meters long and 20 meters in diameter. , The sail width is 36.5 meters.

There are retractable sail structures on both sides of the spaceship, which are divided into masts that can be retracted to both sides like wings, and canvas that can be directly retracted into the interior of the hull; and on both sides of the stern and bow, four rotatable motor fans are set. , as attitude adjustment, and power in non-tailwind situations. "

After a pause, the director seemed to be recalling something, and after quietly closing his eyes for a while, he said apologetically.

"I'm sorry, elders. In order to ensure the safety and integrity of the 'Tianren', we have not set a mandatory delivery date, but I just asked the manufacturing engineer again, and the other party replied that it is estimated to be in October this year. airworthy."

"yes."

Kong Huan's fingers twitched for a while, carefully looked at the model of Tianren brought by the director in front of him, and then looked up at the other party.

"Can you talk about the principle of this floating ship, and estimate the scale that can be mass-produced when the 'Tianren' is successfully tested?"

"as you wish."

Bowing slightly, the director began to talk eloquently.

"The principle of the floating boat is basically the same as that of the floating island, both are floating objects made by the buoyancy generated by the pumice stone under energy stimulation.

However, while the pumice stone provides buoyancy, the floating island also relies on the unknown underground conditions to move like an orbit;

The movement of the floating boat depends entirely on the active power system we designed, and the buoyancy provided by the pumice also has a lot of changes. Of course, the impact is minimized.

Theoretically, the floating boat can have any shape, but for convenience, we adopted the shape of a boat running on a river. Of course, because of the cold wind at high altitude, the semi-enclosed shape makes the floating boat more like two boat buckles It looks like it's up.

In order to maximize the utilization of the buoyancy generated by the pumice, the floating boat is made of wood and steel, unlike floating islands, where most of the buoyancy of the pumice is occupied by rocks and soil.

In this way, the saved buoyancy can be used to carry goods and people.

As for the horizontal running power of the floating ship in the sky, it comes from two kinds: wind force and magnetic force;
These two forces are further divided into: sail power, fan power and magnetic field power.

However, due to the technical aspects of magnetic field power, our family's current reserves are not yet mature, so the design bureau adopted the power method of combining sails and fans.

When the wind is down, we use sail power; and in the case of turning and head wind, we use the fan power driven by the electric motor, which is the way used by Tianren now.

If the trial voyage of Tianren is successful, then the production of pumice will limit the production of our airships in the future, but..."

Speaking of this, the director scratched his forehead a little depressed, and nodded to another elder named Chang Zhang who had a certain authority in the mining industry, so the director felt that the pumice stone was still the elder's opinion. better.

But Elder Zhang Zhang just nodded, and then spoke lightly.

"So far, apart from a few floating islands, no other pumice mines have been found on Shuangyue Star; of course, the possibility of pumice mines in some places on Shuangyue Star cannot be ruled out. After all, our family only controls a small part of Shuangyue Star. In other places, mining exploration is only concentrated in the territory of friends."

"There are currently more than 50 floating islands with proven pumice reserves of [-] billion cubic meters. Without affecting the flight of the floating islands, relying on existing technology, only [-] million cubic meters of pumice can be collected."

After speaking, the elder looked back at the director in front of him.

Under the watchful eyes of the three elders, the director felt a lot of pressure, and the illusory eyes were even more fanatical, as if he was going to swallow him up.

As the main consultant, Kong Huan can be said to be the most concerned about this kind of fantasy-style floating ship.

In the eyes of ordinary elders, relying on the flying ability of the Pengzu Yiren, people don't need flying ships; and relying on the high-grade cement roads, canal lines, and even the rail lines that are currently being discussed, the transportation volume The airship doesn't look like much, it's more of an option for high-speed transfer.

Kong Huan himself couldn't explain clearly to people what the airship represents, so he could only say to himself, "Let's watch it after the airship develops."

Until now, the floating ship seems to be close at hand. After handing over the first experiment of the moon spirit farmers to Bai Nong and the observation of the main brainworm to the cold field, they have devoted themselves to this aspect of the situation.

After all, the Yueling farmers rely on the existing breeding base in Pengcheng, which is enough to support the first stage of small-scale experiments.

Feeling the gaze of the elder, the director calmed down, recalled the information about the pumice stone in the game, and said after sorting it out a bit: "According to our statistics, under the stimulation of the existing maximum energy output, one cubic meter of pumice stone , in the air of 1000 meters, it can support 170 tons.

However, in any case, the limit test is only a benchmark, not a routine situation. In the case of ensuring safety, stability, usage rate and other factors of pumice, the conclusion of the design bureau is: one cubic meter Pumice, in the air of 1000 meters, is designed to support a weight of 100-130 tons.

The Tianren-level airship uses 7 cubic meters of pumice stones, which are placed around the hull according to the balance setting; its design weight is 409 tons, so the actual load of the Tianren-class is 300 tons —— Between 500 tons, it can be said to be an ideal situation. "

Having said that, the director took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued.

"Once mass-produced, the Celestial-human class will obviously not be used as the actual mass-produced level, because its design purpose is to experiment, but here, we can use the Celestial-human class as an example."

With a smile, the director said: "Based on the design of a single thousand-ton shipyard with a scale of 7 cubic meters of pumice stones of Tianren class and 800 tons, and the mass production time is three months, our family has a total of 20 different places. The thousand-ton shipyard can start construction of 20 Tianren-class ships at the same time, and produce 80 ships per year."

"According to the total amount of pumice available at present is [-] million cubic meters, it doesn't make any sense to discuss how long we can use it, does it?"

This is just a math problem, and everyone nodded in agreement with the director's words.

Kong Huan smiled and nodded to the director. After the other party bowed and left, Kong Huan turned to look at the two elders, Mi Yue and Chang Zhang.

"How? Although the test flight has not been conducted, the final speed cannot be determined, but the cargo capacity of the Tianren class, the estimated speed of flying in the air, and the distance advantage brought by straight-line flight are enough to confirm that the floating ship practicality."

"That's what I said, but Elder Kong Huan..."

Gently tapping the desktop, a manager of the Executive Yuan who was also in the meeting room said: "Now our family is improving road transportation and canal transportation at the same time, and we are also discussing the rail transportation proposed by the Technology Bureau before. The manpower, financial resources, and resources are already huge, and now these floating ships..."

Opening the report in front of him, the manager shook his head and said.

"According to the report, the funds needed for a Tianren class ship are only 500 million copper coins. Even if the mass production design can reduce the cost, it is impossible to reduce too much in order to ensure stability and safety. Is it too expensive? gone."

"For the same load of 500 tons, roads, rails, and shipping seem to consume a lot less, don't they?"

The manager, who looked like an official from the Ministry of Finance, looked at Kong Hua without flinching after he finished talking about the data.

"That, Elder Void?"

"Ah, no, nothing."

Shaking his head, Kong Huan woke up from his daze, and was speechless for a while looking at the data in front of him.

(Could it be that the epoch-making airship should be canceled in this way because of money issues? How is this possible?)
"In fact," said the long stick beside him, "I think the main reason why the floating ship is expensive is the high price brought by our family's protection act for pumice, a precious ore, the maintenance of the electric motor, the consumption of the electric core, and The maintenance of the floating ship..."

"Ore price reduction is obviously not possible," Kong Huan directly denied the first point, and then thought for a while and said: "The power of the motor is not high now, and the research on the second-generation motor transferred to the Technical Bureau has not been long. I will go back to check the progress after a while;

As for the consumption of the electric core, in the final analysis, it is the electric core utilization rate of the electric motor, which is also the research core of the second-generation electric motor;
The final maintenance, which is essential, can only be started from the strict specifications of production..."

After knocking on his hand heavily, Kong Huan suddenly realized: "Actually, why do we let the airship completely compete with the ground transportation!"

"The meaning of the empty elder is..."

"Well, the tourism development of the floating mountain, the high-speed transportation of the floating boat, the commercialization trend... There are many things, in fact, we should first discuss the advantages of the floating boat, not the disadvantages, right?"

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Soon after, the three elders of the House of Elders passed a resolution,

After the airship is successfully tested, once it is confirmed to be practical, it will start mass production in small batches, and the airship will be sold and handed over to private businessmen for operation. The government will only retain a certain number of military airships.

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(End of this chapter)