If you want to test an airplane, you have to test it, and test it on a large scale. The previous success is just the accumulation of basic technology. If you want to produce a real airplane, it is not that simple and requires a lot of rigorous testing.
From that day on, the sky above Anyang was no longer lonely. At first, everyone was very panicked. Could it be that the State of Cai was attacking? But in the following days, everyone gradually figured out what was going on.
Naturally, during this period, there would inevitably be people flying up to the sky to watch. Li Xian was very generous and allowed onlookers to watch; but anyone who dared to approach the plane within 500 meters would be immediately rewarded with a volley of bullets.
The newly born aircraft is fragile, and the current aircraft cannot be used on the battlefield, and cannot have a wider range of uses, because this is the fairyland, and many people can fly. But as a technological accumulation, this is a step that cannot be skipped.
Those who are interested will also find that the planes in the sky over Anyang seem to be different every day. Different designs, different speeds, different sizes, and... different wolf howls. There is no way, the test pilots are too excited.
Not to mention the test pilots, even Xia Qingqing couldn't help but test fly several times this time. The appearance of a real plane means that Anyang's basic science has accumulated enough.
The research on propeller aircraft has been successful, so Li Xian’s real first goal - supersonic fighter, is about to be launched!
Li Xian made a detailed investigation and test report. It was found that masters in the Jindan stage could fly with swords, but even if they used the best magic-level flying sword and talismans to accelerate, the flying speed would hardly exceed 800 kilometers per hour; and people would always get tired, and cultivators were also human beings.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a Jindan-stage expert to exceed 400 kilometers per hour using a magical weapon-level flying sword. This is why Li Xian set the first flight speed of the plane at 500 kilometers.
Xiao Yuquan, Anyang's only Yuanying stage expert, had to use magic weapons to fly at full speed and use spell bonuses such as "Wind Avoidance" to break the speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour, but he could only maintain it for a few minutes.
If they don't use spells like "Wind Avoidance", then a Yuanying-stage master can't break the speed of sound and can only fly at subsonic speeds, about 1,000 to 1,100 kilometers. And even if they fly at subsonic speeds, the consumption is very high. Xiao Yuquan, a Yuanying-stage master, can only support it for about an hour.
In fact, if no magic weapon is used, the maximum flying speed of the Nascent Soul stage is only about 800 kilometers.
Therefore, after the successful test flight of the aircraft, Li Xian immediately gave Yun Feihong two research directions: wind tunnel and jet engine.
Of course, before studying the jet engine, the propeller driven by the internal combustion engine must first be installed on the aircraft for testing. This is called technological accumulation and transition.
After the success of the aircraft research, the technology of the Brilliant Star Group was once again raised to a new level. Coupled with the birth of computer technology, the first technological transformation and metamorphosis began within the Brilliant Star Group.
At this time, Chang Lin returned to Anyang with three ironclad ships, accompanied by Liu's prime minister Han Yuanchang and Gongsun Wushang, just these two people!
When the ironclad ship approached the port, Han Yuanchang, the prime minister of the Liu Kingdom, widened his eyes. A huge transaction was going on at the port here. The 360 tridents ordered by the sea clan were completed ahead of schedule. Because of the advancement of technology and the expansion of the foundation, it took only eight months to complete the tridents with a total weight of 50 million kilograms.