Li Zhen didn't care what others said.
But to be honest, hearing the comments from the onlookers still made me laugh.
Liu Jinghong was laughing so hard: "You're so serious about showing off. The hydrogen tanks are in the wings, hahaha, I'm laughing so hard."
Xu Xiufeng's face was calm, and he said: "Dean Liu doesn't have to veto others like this. In science, who doesn't cross the river by feeling the stones? Just make bold assumptions and be careful to verify. Every scientific progress is not just a whim. The crystallization of it? Maybe thousands of years later, our descendants will laugh at us like we are fools when they see this period of our history."
Liu Jinghong was confused: "What do you mean? Why will future generations laugh at us like we are fools?"
Xu Xiufeng chuckled: "The scientific level is not equal, but the concepts are not equal. It's just like when we laughed at Xun Jiayuan's whims and tried to invent a spaceship."
Liu Jinghong laughed and said, "I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. That old man Xun is indeed ridiculous..."
Xu Xiufeng said seriously: "That's not what I meant. Let's not care about Xun Jiayuan's identity for the moment. From a scientific point of view, it is not impossible for the spacecraft to be realized. Hey, the more you describe, the darker it becomes. For example, it is like A long time ago, they all laughed at us for trying to invent paragliding, and everyone thought we were ridiculous. But in the end we succeeded."
Xu Xiufeng's ability to express himself was not clear enough.
But Li Zhen still heard the smell and couldn't help but look at Xu Xiufeng with admiration. I had never noticed before that Xu Xiufeng actually had such a state of mind.
I couldn't help but recall that before he joined the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, he was a senior teacher at Imperial College transferred by the imperial court. Didn't he ridicule the Kyushu Academy of Sciences at that time
Liu Jinghong and Xu Xiufeng started chatting. And Li Zhen looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside through the car window, and couldn't help but think of that sentence again:
When the wind blows, we have to work hard to survive.
He now remembered who told him this sentence. It was Zhang Zhi who told him.
A sentence that is difficult to understand needs to be chewed slowly, tasted carefully, and tasted again after repeated swallowing.
In every different situation, the meaning of this sentence will appear slightly different.
The original words are: The wind is blowing, the only way is to survive.
Li Zhen lay comfortably on the soft sofa, blowing in the majestic breeze under the blue sky and white clouds coming from the car window, reaching out to lift the hair covering his eyes, and murmured in a satisfied and firm tone:
"Everyone is involuntarily caught up in a hurricane that I know is a delusion. What I can do is no longer bury my dreams and face the reality. Instead, I can only try to live, live, live, and never die again. , looking for persistence in the wind that cannot be seen and cannot be resisted."
“…”
An hour later, we arrived at a spacious and flat sandy ground at Gale Tower.
Li Zhen and others jumped off the steam car and saw that the onlookers had consciously stood behind and made room for them. While the staff was untying the tow on the plane.
Liu Jinghong was very nervous, not just Liu Jinghong. Everyone in the entire aviation academy was nervous. Because this is their true test flight.
It was an experiment with absolutely no certainty, no practical support, and even very weak theoretical support.
Li Zhen didn't intend to enlighten them.
Maybe their growth was too smooth, success, success, success every time. Didn't suffer any blow. Every progress is made by providing a large amount of basic theory.
This time, even I had no way to provide them with anything. It's completely necessary to cross the river by feeling for the stones.
If successful, they will do so from the heart.
If they fail, they will become more determined.
Li Zhen personally went to inspect everything from the aircraft's triangular landing gear, to the balance of the wings, to the safety hazards of the fuselage's stability. Not missing a beat from beginning to end.
If the experiment fails, it may not fly at all. There is no safety risk.
If the experiment succeeds, it is fraught with certain dangers.
Li Zhen asked: "Which one should I try first?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Liu Jinghong shouted: "Then let's try the single-wing one first?"
Li Zhen waved his hand, and the staff immediately took off the single-wing plane and hung it on the tails of the two steam cars with ropes.
It is impractical to use horses to pull it, and one steam car is obviously not powerful enough, so use two.
Of course, if two cars pull, the force will be dispersed.
It just starts with two cars. When it starts running completely, it will cut off the rope traction of one of the cars.
When everything was ready, Liu Jinghong volunteered and jumped on, laughing loudly: "This is the aircraft I designed. I must personally conduct the test, its first test."
Li Zhen frowned and wanted to say something, but he changed his tone and said, "Fasten your seat belt and wear your helmet. Don't get thrown out."
Liu Jinghong nodded while working on the safety facilities: "No. I am very confident in it. I said, single wing is the king, and the single wing must be the king. There is my soul here, and I am very familiar with it. .”
Li Zhen rolled his eyes and pointed to the vast beach ahead: "The straight-line distance is five kilometers. If it cannot fly within five kilometers, it will prove to be a failure."
Liu Jinghong took a deep breath: "I guarantee it will take off within five kilometers."
“…”
After making arrangements, the steam car was driven by two students from the aviation academy. After they discussed it, they started to start the vehicle without any nonsense.
At this time, the onlookers had all run to the front and stood on both sides of the road.
Many people from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences also ran to the front, always ready to record data. On the five-kilometer flat road, distances were also drawn with white lime, one every two hundred meters. In this way, you can know the data at what speed and how many kilometers the aircraft can take off.
After everything was ready, the steam car roared. 'Woo-woo's are heard all the time.
Li Zhen waved his hand.
They got the signal and the two steam cars started immediately.
It was at maximum speed from the beginning, but the aircraft weighing several hundred kilograms was moving slowly and heavily.
Seeing the speed of movement, Li Zhen couldn't help but frowned and murmured: "Is it still too heavy?"
The crowd of people watching from a distance were also talking a lot:
"How can this fly?"
"Is this an aircraft? Isn't this a kite?"
"Does their new aircraft have to be pulled by a car? But what's the point?"
"Alas, this is really a failed science. It actually needs external force to fly."
"Do you use a car to pull it up, and then cut the rope? The main thing is to complete the gliding? This doesn't make much sense."
“…”
Outsiders don't understand.
They had no idea what the significance of this unpowered test flight was.
'Woooooo'
Steam roared.
In the white smoke, two steam cars dragged the monoplane from slow to fast, and finally started running at a speed of twenty kilometers per hour.
(End of chapter)