Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2232, the first plane

The campus of Imperial College of Technology covers a very large area. When the university was built, Liu Jinna generously assigned a large piece of land to Imperial College of Technology.

In other respects, Liu Jin can always be said to be quite picky. For example, in terms of his own basic necessities of life, Liu Jin is casual after all, and he is not like other rich and powerful, who deliberately pursues some delicacies from mountains and seas.

Liu Jin, who came to the next generation, knows very well that eating too much delicacies from mountains and seas is not necessarily a good thing. What is important to eat is nutritional balance, and ordinary vegetables and fruits are enough.

In terms of living and clothing, Liu Jin has always been relatively casual, and he didn't deliberately talk about building a luxurious mansion or wearing good clothes.

For Liu Jin, comfortable living and comfortable clothing are more important than anything else.

In the eyes of the rich and powerful, Liu Jin like this is naturally a representative of stinginess and stinginess, but Liu Jin is very willing to invest in education and is very willing to spend money.

Now the land in the southern district of the capital is extremely expensive, and it can be said that every inch of land is very expensive, but in the new city of the southern district, Liu Jin has allocated a large amount of land to build a large number of colleges and universities. The land is vast.

If these lands are used to develop real estate, let alone a few hundred million taels of silver, there is no problem at all, but Liu Jin is using it to run a school, and he has no intention of being reluctant.

The huge Imperial College of Technology can be roughly divided into the front yard and the back yard. The front yard is the area where teaching buildings, dormitories, courts, cafeterias, libraries, etc. are located.

The backyard is the experimental site of Imperial College of Technology. There are various laboratories and test sites here, which are specially used for various experiments, so that the teachers and students of Imperial College can toss desperately.

At this moment, in the backyard, the school specially built a long concrete runway. At one end of the runway, many teachers and students gathered around a plane and continued to have lively discussions.

Liu Jin's arrival did not attract anyone's attention, and everyone's eyes were on the plane in front of them.

Liu Jin also fixed his eyes on this plane in the first time.

Compared with the aircraft of later generations, this aircraft is naturally very primitive. It uses a front propeller-powered aircraft, and it also has double-layer wings, which is obviously for the stability and safety of the wings.

There are a total of three wheels on the front and the back, and the overall length is about six to seven meters. The long and narrow body looks a bit like a dragonfly as a whole.

According to the seat settings, this aircraft can carry two pilots at a time, and the front and rear settings are adopted. However, there is no glass cover of later aircraft, but it is directly exposed, which is in line with the design of early aircraft.

"It looks pretty good!"

Seeing such a plane, Liu Jin laughed, and then knocked on the parts on the plane, only to find that many parts of the plane were made of wood.

This also made Liu Jin couldn't help but feel slightly apprehensive. How dare such a wooden plane fly into the sky?

is this safe

Will it fall apart by then?
I am used to the jets and iron planes of the later generations. To be honest, Liu Jin is a little afraid of this kind of screw machine and wooden structure planes, and feels that it is not safe.

"Feng Dan, Feng Shuang, can the plane you made fly into the sky?"

Liu Jin felt unsafe, but the other teachers and students next to him doubted whether the plane could fly.

To be honest, for people in this period, everyone would doubt whether the plane in front of them could fly into the sky. If you want to fly into the sky, you must have a light weight to be able to fly up.

"Of course, there is absolutely no problem. I will fly to show you later."

"It can not only fly into the sky, but also fly very fast and very high."

Feng Dan said very confidently.

The Feng brothers, who are obsessed with flying into the sky, put all their energy into researching the aircraft. They have experimented with the aircraft in front of them many times. They have also been tested in flight and have flown in the sky once.

"Fly quickly, this thing doesn't look like it can fly into the sky!"

"That's right, what a heavy guy, how did it fly into the sky?"

The others asked suspiciously.

"hey-hey!"

"Did you see the propeller in front? We used a diesel engine to turn this propeller. Through the rotation of the propeller, it can generate a thrust. When its thrust is strong enough, it can fly into the sky. "

Feng Shuang pointed to the propeller in front and said.

"Then why did you build such a concrete road?"

At this time, someone pointed to the runway in front of him and asked.

"This runway is called an airplane. The airplane needs a certain buffer when it takes off and lands. It is safe to increase or reduce the speed, otherwise the airplane will fall directly."

Feng Dan quickly explained.

"I see!"

Everyone immediately nodded. At this time, someone discovered Liu Jin and quickly saluted respectfully. When others saw it, they also hurriedly saluted.

"it is good!"

"Hello everyone!"

Liu Jin also greeted everyone with a smile, and then came to Feng Dan and Feng Shuang brothers, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, it looks very good, a bit like a dragonfly."

"Liu Gong, when we first designed it, we did refer to the structure of the dragonfly. We found that the dragonfly is the most powerful pilot in nature."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, brothers Feng Dan and Feng Shuang also nodded repeatedly.

"Even though the dragonfly is very small, it doesn't seem to fly very high, but the flying ability of the dragonfly is definitely a miracle in nature. It can not only hover in the air, but also fly backwards, and even fly 360 degrees. It can fly at a high speed, and it can fly in all directions, front, back, left, and right very easily.”

"And according to our tests, the little dragonfly can also have a high-speed flight capability of up to 50 kilometers per hour, and can continue to fly for several hours at a time."

"Such a powerful flying ability is simply not possessed by other natural animals."

"So we thought about whether we could design the aircraft with reference to the structure of the dragonfly, but now we can only simulate the shape and structure of the aircraft, and there is no way to design the flexible flight of the dragonfly's multiple wings."

"So far, we have not been able to develop a wing that is as light, efficient, and flexible as a dragonfly's wing, and there is no engine that can do this. We can only use a screw engine to power it."

Feng Dan explained his design inspiration in detail. His design inspiration came from dragonflies, an insect in nature. After carefully observing the flying ability and structure of dragonflies, he finally designed the aircraft in front of him.

"I see. It seems that everything in nature is our best teacher."

After Liu Jin listened, he also nodded with a smile.

This is actually a bit similar to the bionic biology of later generations. In fact, most of the jet fighters of later generations have the appearance of imitating powerful raptors when they fly at high speed.

The application of bionics in later generations is still very wide. Many of the equipment worn in the diving field are manufactured by bionics research.

"Yes, nature is full of countless mysteries, worthy of our serious research and study."

Feng Dan nodded solemnly.

"With our current technology, we still can't do many things. Compared with the creatures in nature, we still have a long way to go."

"Well, the reason why we humans can become stronger and stronger is that we are good at learning, imitating, and researching, constantly studying, discovering, and exploring new things, exploring the truths and laws of nature, and then Utilizing it will eventually allow us humans to master more and more powerful power and make life better and better."

"If we are afraid of failure, afraid of exploring, afraid of new things, and our thinking is bound and limited, then we will never make any progress."

Liu Jin nodded with a smile, affirming Feng Dan and Feng Shuang.

In fact, science and technology itself comes from nature. It is the result of long-term understanding and summary of nature, continuous exploration of some of its laws, and then utilization, continuous accumulation and progress.

When everyone listened to Liu Jin's words, they kept nodding their heads.

Compared with the old learning, the biggest point of the new learning is that the new learning is constantly researching and new things, and all kinds of new content, new knowledge, and new technologies are constantly emerging.

As for the old learning, thousands of years have passed, and the people of the old learning still hold those broken books and memorize them by rote, and they have to keep reading the mountain-like annotations, generation after generation. People are stuck on a few broken books, generation after generation, writing annotations and so on that the predecessors have already written badly.

The road became narrower and narrower, more pointed, and gradually entered a dead end, like a pool of stagnant water that became more and more stinky, lifeless, and there was no progress for thousands of years, just repeating the past. People are repeating things, thoughts and concepts are tightly bound, and they have already become things that hinder social progress and development.

New learning is different. There are many things to learn, and you are constantly exploring and researching new fields, and new things are constantly emerging, making continuous progress and continuous development.

PS: runny nose, sore throat, stuffy nose~~ but no fever!

(End of this chapter)