The Legend of Fatality

When the airship left, the crowd looked up in awe. Mackason turned the steering wheel and pulled the lever, slightly changing their course. They reluctantly avoided the spire of the Temple of Ulik and headed north.

Bai En relaxed on an armchair on the command deck. There is enough space here, and it even seems a bit empty. Most dwarves fell asleep in a hangover, leaving only one crew member on the bridge.

To tell the truth, Mackason himself looks a little haggard. His moaning from time to time, coupled with his squinting eyes looking at the horizon, were not reassuring. Bai En is not sure if he should fly the airship.

"Need help?" Bai En asked the chief engineer.

"What do you mean, young Bai En?"

"Maybe I can help you control it while you are resting." Bai En doesn't like the dwarf to call him the young Bai En after familiarization. Although he can understand that this is a kind of cordial greeting from the dwarves, considering how the dwarves themselves refer to the young dwarves, Bai En feels somewhat acceptable.

"Ah, that's not good. This is a very technical job."

"I can give it a try. In case you have something wrong, it may be useful to arrange another person on the airship who will pilot the airship. I mean you are an oath-saver, you pursue it-you know. "

"The other engineers are all saying the same thing-but, I think you still make sense. There is more to arrange a pilot, just in case."

"Does this mean you will do this?"

"Ah, it should be. But this is against the rules. Teach a person other than a dwarf to do these things, but then again, this whole **** thing is against the rules, so let them go to hell. ,how about it?"

Ma Kaisen motioned Bai En to come and stand where he stood. "Hold the steering wheel, Mr. Bai En."

Bai En must bend his knee to stand as tall as the dwarf, he feels very uncomfortable in this position. The roulette felt heavy in his hands. He tried his best to stabilize it, but it felt as if he had a life. He first exerted pressure here and then exerted pressure there, so Bai En had to constantly struggle to maintain his current position.

"That's the air flow," Ma Kaishen said. "They pull the rudder and ailerons. You need some time to get used to it. Do you understand?"

Bai En nodded nervously.

"Look at your lower left. You will see a gadget. This is a compass."

Bai En did so. He can see a compass, which swings on a complex balance ring, so the pointer in the center always points to the north.

"You will notice that we are now heading in the north-northeast direction. This is normal. If you turn the steering wheel a little, we can change the course. You now turn a little, and then bring the heading back to north-northeast."

Bai En did as he asked, turning the steering wheel as gently as possible. Outside the window, the horizon seemed to rotate slowly. He moved the steering wheel in the opposite direction, and they turned back to the right direction.

"Very good operation! You will find that this is nothing, right, eh?" Ma Kaisen said with a smile.

Bai En found that he also smiled at Ma Kaisen. It's exciting to be able to control something big and fast like an airship.

"Next?" Bai En asked.

"Did you see the row of levers next to your right hand?"

"Yes."

"Okay, the first lever is to control the speed. Before I let you do it, do nothing, but when you push it forward, the engine accelerates. When you pull it back, the engine loses speed. When you pull it back, the blade will reverse and the direction of the power will reverse. Can you keep up with me? "

Bai En nodded again.

"Now, there is a dial in front of you, the scale is increasing. You will see it is marked with a different color."

Bai En saw the meter beside the compass. At this time, the pointer is at the ninth increment and is in the green area. There are six increments away from the red area.

"As long as the pointer is still in the green area, you will be fine. This is the tolerance of the engine. Now, move forward-but keep the pointer in the green state."

Baien put his hand on the joystick. When he pushed it, it resisted his power, so he pushed harder than originally planned. When he did this, the pointer moved forward and the hum of the engine changed to a higher pitch. The ground seemed to spread faster under them, and clouds drifted faster on both sides of them. Bai En suddenly felt Mackason's hand pressed against his hand. With his fingers closed like a steel band, he found that the lever was pulled back.

"I said, don't let it run out of the green area, do you understand? Red is only for emergency situations. You run the engine in the red area, you will run faster, but you will burn it later , Or even make it explode. In such a high place, this is not a good thing. "

Bai En found that he accidentally got the pointer into the restricted area. He wanted to draw his hand back, but Mackason held his hand for a while. "Don't take your hand away from the remote control until I tell you. Put your hand on the gear stick, will you?"

Bei En nodded, the chief engineer let go of his hand. "Do n’t worry. You ’re not too bad. You just have to wait for the speed to stabilize before you can let go of your hand. So, the next lever on the right controls the fins. Try it, but do n’t confuse the two , May cause confusion! "

Bai En began to hope that he never mentioned that he would learn this. There seemed to be many possibilities of disaster that he had never imagined. "In what way?"

"Well, the fins control the height above the ground. When you pull the joystick back, the fins on the tail will change attitude, and we will be able to ascend. When you push it forward, we will descend. This That ’s all you really need. The actual reason is a bit technical, and I think you should understand it. "

"I believe what you say."

"In fact, the airship is just like the ship, the kind of ship at sea." Mackason began to explain. "Those ships rely on the rudder to change course. In fact, I think the efficiency is a bit low. Have you ever seen a whale?"

"Yes," Bai En nodded.

"They have fins, huge fins, and they will use it to change direction. Fins have a similar effect, and airflow is like water flow, except that it is not as heavy as water can hold. In fact, I also I have thought about why birds fly, but I have some problems with the aircraft designed by birds. The wings are too fragile and it is easy to break. And the balance is difficult to grasp. If the wings are made too large, they will be affected by the airflow. Especially in the face of turbulence, it is almost destined to crash. "

"Maybe it is a matter of proportion," Bai En said subconsciously.

"Maybe, maybe not, maybe people can't fly like birds." Mackason shrugged helplessly.

"But you still invented the rotorcraft, didn't you?"

"That's different. A gyroplane relies on a propeller. It only needs to tilt the propeller a little to change the direction. And birds are different. The wings provide power and lift. But we can't make wings like birds. "

"When you still build this airship, don't you? Maybe some point in the future ~ www.NovelMTL.com ~ You will make a flying machine that flies like a bird."

Ma Kaisen did not answer, just shrugged again.

"Okay, pull the joystick back. Be gentle! We don't want to wake anyone up. Now you will notice a gadget under the speedometer. This is your height. The higher the increment, the higher we are. For some reason, we entered the red zone. That could be fatal because we are flying too high. But try not to reset it to zero, because that means we will hit the ground. Now, slide the lever Go back to the middle position. When you do this, you will feel a slight click. This means we will remain stable. "

Bai En did as instructed. There was a strange buzz in his ears, but when he pulled the lever back to the middle, the buzz disappeared. He moved his hand away from the height control lever and pointed to a row of small and thick control levers, which were attached to the left-hand height panel. "What are these used for?"

"No one touches them. They control different functions such as ballasts, fuel and other things. I will tell you later. Now, you know, you need to drive this boat. Now, continue to the northeast Fly north. Have you seen the clock over there? Wake me up in two hours. I want to sleep for a while. I was drunk and drunk yesterday. "

"Now? What should I do if something goes wrong?" Bai En couldn't believe Mackason gave the pilot of the airship to himself.

"Just call me. I will sleep on this chair." Then, Makasson sat on the chair, and soon his grunt rang through the airship's bridge.