The farmers in Dafengtai quickly found four cows.
This plane had to be pulled by oxen to the proving grounds.
Every aircraft is relatively heavy, so it is definitely not possible to pull it with a steam car. The torque of the steam car is too small and the strength is not strong.
The entire Kyushu Academy of Sciences was in a sensation, and everyone came out to watch these two big guys.
Many people followed and talked about it:
"It's so big...can it fly?"
"This is not like an airship. Hydrogen is added to the airship. The bigger it is, the more lift it has. These two guys are actually made of wood and steel pipes. Why do I look so unreliable?"
"Yeah, look at that... it's still made of steel wire. It doesn't look strong."
"Can this thing fly? Are you kidding? It doesn't mean you can fly with wings."
"I think it can definitely fly."
"What basis do you have?"
"Because it has wings, and these wings are quite big."
"Hahaha, I don't think it can fly."
"Why?"
"Because its dead weight is too heavy. Its principle must be correct. According to this principle, there is no problem in flying in theory. But it is too heavy. This kind of dead weight... requires several tons of thrust to make it take off, right?"
“…”
Some people in the Kyushu Academy of Sciences recognize it, and some do not.
But no matter what, they are all scientific intellectuals, and their opinions are well-founded.
But when four cows pulled two big guys out of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, Laoshan County exploded in Gale Peak.
Countless residents, foreign tourists, foreign scientists, foreign scientists, and foreign tourists flocked here. The road was blocked tightly, and everyone stared with wide eyes.
Their comments don’t have that much scientific perspective.
"They said this is an aircraft? Is this capable of flying? Isn't that right... It's made entirely of wood. Where does the hydrogen come from?"
"It can fly without hydrogen. Just look at a hot air balloon. But... does it have a blowtorch inside? Does it need to be set on fire?"
"This shape... it definitely doesn't look like it can fly."
"Although there is something that looks like wings, I think it's too unreliable. Look at that one, it's even more weird and has two layers of wings, hahaha."
"This should be an imitation of a bird. But I've never seen a bird with two wings."
"Could it be that... a bird with two wings can fly higher?"
"I understand. I finally understand. It can definitely fly."
"Why are you so sure?"
"You see there are seats there, and you see there are gaps at the joints of the wings, which means the wings can move. I suspect this is a mocking bird. After a person gets in, he can flap the two wings and fly into the sky." "
"That makes sense."
"Tsk, tsk, how much strength does it take to flap these two wings?"
“…”
Liu Jinghong looked at the people talking around him with some worry, and said, "Master Li, do you want to cover them with canvas? Then go to a deserted place to conduct secret experiments? After all, this is considered a secret of our Kyushu Academy of Sciences."
Li Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "No need. If they want to see it, let them see it. This is the right path for everyone to develop together."
"But... there are many foreign scientists among them. They may be able to figure out the way."
Li Zhen couldn't help laughing and looked at the foreigners around him with a look of disdain in his eyes: "If you want to reach our current level, let's enter an industrialized society first. You can't build an aircraft just by looking at a shape. What comes out, just the structure and materials of the wings, is enough for them to study for a long time. By the time they figure these things out, we may have successfully entered the blue sky, or even developed the second or third generation."
After finishing speaking, Li Zhen said seriously:
"Jinghong. Don't always think about grabbing. Don't always think about taking all the benefits. When you eat meat, you have to leave a mouthful of soup for others. This is the right way. One step or two steps ahead of the world is okay and great. But if you are too far ahead of the world, everyone will regard you as an enemy, because by that time you will already stand out from the crowd.”
Liu Jinghong glanced at Li Zhen strangely. It was difficult to understand the meaning of Li Zhen's words at the moment.
Li Zhen and others walked forward in a steam car, while the villagers behind them drove cattle and towed two airplanes behind.
Behind them, there were dense crowds of nearby residents, foreigners, tourists, scientists, etc. who came to watch the excitement.
They all wanted to see if this weird guy could really fly into the sky.
Before the advent of hot air balloons, everyone thought that if humans wanted to fly into the sky, they needed to make wings like birds and flap them constantly.
But after the hot air balloon came out, the concept was subverted, everyone felt. Oh, it turns out that if you want to fly into the sky, you need heat. No wings required, but a blowtorch is required.
After paragliding. It suddenly dawned on everyone that they could fly into the sky without a blowtorch. But you need to jump from high to low, and you can only glide.
But after the emergence of two-stroke powered paragliders, everyone saw them taking off from flat ground. Everyone realized that if they wanted to fly into the sky, they needed an aircraft overhead to hang people up.
After the appearance of airships, everyone believed that hydrogen was necessary to fly into the sky.
As the Kyushu Academy of Sciences continues to refresh everyone's ideas, no one thinks that wings can fly into the sky anymore.
At this time, people think that flying in the sky does not require wings. Flying machines don't need to have wings either.
Now, after the most traditional aircraft, the glider structure appears. On the contrary, no one believed it could fly.
Because everyone has thought before that: wings are not needed to fly. It is impossible for human beings to flap their wings and fly to the sky.
And airplanes have wings. With wings, everyone took it for granted that it must flap and fly upward.
I know it, but I don’t know why. Blind obedience, superstition.
This is the most popular and normal concept in the world.
They are not scientists, and Li Zhen will not think their ideas are pedantic. But in fact, many intellectuals and scientists from New Kyushu who followed the crowd to watch the excitement had even more suspicious faces.
A said: "Is a person standing inside and flapping those two big wings? How can they flap like this? Who has such strength?"
B said: "It should be because the lever principle is used internally. It doesn't take much effort to flap the two wings. The mechanics of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences are very advanced."
A added: "Look, the wings don't seem to be solid. They seem to be a frame covered with a layer of canvas."
Yi patted his head: "Ah, I understand. The two wings are filled with hydrogen, haha, that must be the case. In fact, the principle is still an airship, but it has changed its shape. They filled the two wings with hydrogen. .”
Jiajiajie praised: "You are simply a genius!"
“…”
(End of chapter)