Starry Sky of the Magic Tower

Checking again and again that everything is ready, Lin made some changes to Fen’s airship control procedures, because what was to be done next was an unconventional tactical maneuver.

When the airship descended to an altitude of 9,000 meters, it no longer continued to decrease, but the speed was still about 350 kilometers per hour. At this speed, letting the Sid land directly will only be the end of the plane’s crash.

So Lin suddenly pulled the rudder back, and the nose of the aircraft was quickly raised. Everyone sitting in it felt like they were being thrown behind their heads. The elevation angle of the final lift was as high as One hundred and ten degrees. Although there is no similar experience, everyone has the same feeling, maybe sitting on a trebuchet and being thrown away, that’s how it feels.

Under the action of inertia, without other external forces, the Sid stood upright and flew forward with its belly. This is the classic flight action of the Earth fighter, the Pugachev Cobra maneuver.

If you want to reduce the speed of the aircraft, what is more efficient than using the largest area of ​​the body to increase the wind resistance.

even more how In Earth, some fighters cannot do this kind of maneuver because they are afraid that the plane will stall and then fall. This trouble is not a problem for the Sid, because the airship’s source of buoyancy is different from that of Earth’s aircraft, and it is not afraid of stalling and falling.

Using a sitting position is actually lying down, moving towards the ass. This kind of weird experience is unprecedented. In fact, there have been countless first occurrences since getting into this airship. So even though it feels weird, everyone has been trained to be ridiculous.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone held their breath in a weird posture. During this period, only Kaya reported once every ten kilometers per hour, and this period seemed to be as long as a lifetime. But when the data was reported at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, there was no movement for a long time.

Sitting in the driver’s seat, Lin, who can directly see the dashboard data, has the most intuitive feeling for the speed drop. When the hull stands upright, the wind resistance area increases and the speed drops sharply. But when the speed is lower, the amplitude of the deceleration will be slower. Until it maintains a speed of 17 kilometers per hour, it does not decrease, and this is also the wind speed outside.

It seems unlikely that it will drop to zero. Lin tried to regain a level flight attitude, but no matter how the rudder was turned, the hull did not respond. There was even a situation where the elevation angle increased, and it seemed to be about to turn back.

Until someone pushed the throttle valve one step forward and the Sid regained some power, she recovered smoothly, returned to the hull, and resumed level flight. Lin immediately pulled back the throttle, kept the engine idling, and moved forward slowly. At the same time, adjust the direction and move towards Abadan City and fly straight. This action further reduces the airship’s speed to a speed of just over ten kilometers per hour.

Such a situation is actually not difficult to understand, because the direction facing Abadan is not downwind, it can only rely on the propeller driven by the engine idling to get the forward power, so the speed Will not increase but decrease. At the same time, there was only two minutes left, but it also stretched to nearly an hour. This is because the speed drops too low.

Return the first throttle valve again, and reduce the height of the Sid to the height range that an ordinary airship can fly, which is about 800 to 7,000 meters. Lin chose to sail steadily at a height of 5,000 meters, and everyone also loosened themselves from their seats and got up and moved casually. Totocani stepped forward and asked: “Do you want to increase your speed? It seems like a waste of time.”

Fix the rudder, Lin said with a smile: “No, slow down too much. Trouble. If you accelerate now, you will have to worry about deceleration when you arrive at Abadan. At this speed, when the time comes, it’s good to find the position and land directly. An hour’s time is fine.”

Totocani was shrugged indifferent expression. For him, the journey should have been two to three days, shortening it to about two hours, which is already an incredible speed. that many wait this hour, it is not at the worst problem. That is to say, looking at the speed that is no different from Piao, I just asked more.

Since I have made up my mind to float over, there will be no trouble next, just take some time. During this extra time, Lin asked everyone to check the airship’s condition again. Look at the maneuvering movement of the cobra and see if there is any damage to the airship. In Earth, only some fighters can do this kind of action, but it’s not without reason.

The other thing is to summarize the problems found during the flight and consider the deceleration device. One is to install a gearbox for the engine to realize the probability of reversing; another one that Lin thought of was to imitate the parachute that some Earth fighters would use with short runways. Another major project is the integration of thrust and buoyancy equipment in order to obtain more flexible maneuvering methods.

The current Sid, leveling and returning to leveling, rising and returning to rising, the control of the two is separated. As a result, there will be many tactical flight maneuvers that cannot be used. It’s like Inmaman’s maneuver, barrel roll maneuver, etc.

Although the Sid’s positioning is for civilian use, rather than a military fighter that requires dogfighting performance. But after experiencing the experience of being chased by a thunderfalcon, who knows if he can escape from the strange skills of the demonic beast next time only by speed. If you don’t plan to install additional weapons and equipment for the Sid, then the method of escape must be as perfect as possible.

However, for the time being, we can only make plans, and the required materials need to be purchased separately.

Previously repairing the Sid in the Jura mountain range almost ran out of magic materials that someone brought around. There are some parts in it that don’t even need to be of such a good level, but there are no other alternative materials around. In order to survive, we can’t worry about wasting it. What can be left is only a few rare and rare materials.

During this period when the Sid floated towards Abadan City, the entire group also saw many airships flying by the Sid. A group of sailors pointed on the deck of an airship with an ordinary ship-shaped structure and saw the weird-looking Sid. Even if they can’t receive the sound, they can still feel their jokes from their body movements and expressions.

Looking at a group of people with mocking expressions, they walked away, Lin and the entire group surprisingly did not react with any discomfort. That kind of feeling is like expert loneliness, why bother with the underhand. Even when the Thunder Falcon is chasing, the taillights of the car can no longer be seen. It is really meaningless to care about the speed with other people.

In the discussion of modifying the defects of the Sid, the figure of a city rose from the other side of the horizon. The scale is not large, but its sky is quite busy. All kinds of airships float in the air around the city, like an expo. It is far more lively than the town where the entire group departed before, Waikato on the other side of the Jura mountain range.

The special feature is that the city looks very vibrant under the background of every airship that enters and exits. And because the time someone arrived in Abadan was only close to noon, many airships were just taking off and were just about to leave. The number of airships preparing to leave is also more than that of arriving.

Because there are so many airships coming and going, Abadan’s sky is in a chaotic and orderly condition. There was no channel, no tower to issue orders, everyone came as they wanted, and went as they wanted. In this chaos, there was no airship collided.

For those who are accustomed to accepting the command of traffic lights, this kind of traffic rules that rely on mood and tacit understanding can’t adapt. So Lin got up from the driver’s seat and gave it to Totocani. For free communication, leave it to experienced people.

The goblin did not disappoint. In a seemingly chaotic scene, but without any guidance, he found a place to stay. The Sid, with its landing gear down, also steadily stopped at this mooring place. Although the goblin’s method of landing was a bit rude, he finally settled on the ground safely, and no one was injured.

A safe landing, a group of people planned to leave the airship and enter the city. Only the two goblins, father and daughter, were so anxious that they didn’t dare to say anything. Someone who passed through the crowd had also flew abroad in Earth. After stopping the crowd, he asked about Totocani. “Is there any procedure we should do next?”

“Your Excellency, we should open the hatch, stay in the airship, and wait for the administrator to collect taxes. After the tax has been collected, we Only then can you enter the city.” The goblin said in a panic.

Well, it should be no surprise at all. Based on the principle of entering the country as the people do, Lin did not intend to act wilfully, but let everyone stay in the airship and wait. At the same time, I asked Kaya to take out a few bags of money first, including big bags, small bags, and change, depending on the situation, which one to take out to take out coins and pay taxes. This is also to avoid opening the cash box, which is too eye-catching. This can be regarded as a nobody’s way of self-protection, something an unconscious man thought so.

At the same time, Totocani also asked his daughter Polly to find a guide for Abadan City. Although the thing is broken, as long as the writing on it can be seen clearly, it can be used as proof.

But the point that someone thinks is that it didn’t take long for the administrator in charge of tax collection to board the Sid. I remember that when he descended, Lin had confirmed the landing location, which was some distance away from the management office cabin that the goblin said. They can show up so quickly, only to say that those responsible for tax collection are really very active.

Only two people appeared, one standing outside the cabin door. Another human fatty, who was slightly rich, walked in with a big belly. He saw the goblin approaching at a glance, and said: “Aiya, it’s actually you, Totocani. How did your original airship change to the current Sid?”

“Master Hassan, these things are a long story.” The goblin said, rubbing his hands trivially.