After repeatedly confirming that everything was ready, Lin made some slight changes to Fen's airship control program, because the next step was an unconventional tactical maneuver.
When the airship dropped to an altitude of 9,000 meters, it no longer continued to decrease, but its speed was still about 350 kilometers per hour. At this speed, allowing the Sid to land directly would only result in a crash and death.
So Lin suddenly pulled the rudder back, and the nose of the plane was raised quickly. Everyone sitting inside felt like they were being thrown behind their heads. The final elevation angle was as high as 110 degrees. Although they don't have similar experiences, everyone has the same feeling. Maybe it feels like sitting on a trebuchet and being thrown out.
Under the influence of inertia and without the intervention of other external forces, the Sid stood upright and flew forward with its belly. This is the classic flight maneuver of the Earth fighter, the Pugachev Cobra maneuver.
If you want to drastically reduce the speed of an aircraft, what can be more efficient than using the largest area of the aircraft body to increase wind resistance.
What's more, on Earth, some fighter jets cannot perform such actions because they are afraid that the aircraft will stall and then crash. This problem is not a problem for the Sid, because the source of buoyancy of this airship is different from that of Earth's aircraft, and it is not afraid of stalling and falling at all.
The sitting position is actually lying down, moving towards the butt. This weird experience is something that no one has ever had. In fact, there have been countless firsts since I got on this airship. So even though it feels weird, everyone has been trained to get used to it.
Time passed by minute by second, and everyone kept their weird postures and waited with bated breath. During this period, only Kaya reported once every ten kilometers per hour the speed dropped, and this period of time seemed to be as long as a lifetime. But after the speed data of 20 kilometers per hour was reported, there was no movement for a long time.
Lin, who was sitting in the driver's seat and could directly see the dashboard data, had the most intuitive feeling for the decrease in speed. When the hull is upright, the wind resistance area increases and the speed drops sharply. But when the speed is lower, the deceleration becomes slower. It stopped falling until it maintained a speed of seventeen kilometers per hour, and this was also the wind speed outside.
It seems that it is impossible to expect it to drop to zero. Lin tried to return to a level flying attitude, but no matter how much he turned the rudder, the ship's hull showed no response, and the elevation angle even increased, making it seem like it was about to roll over backwards.
It wasn't until someone pushed the throttle forward one notch, and the Sid regained some power, that it successfully recovered, straightened the hull, and resumed level flight. Lin immediately turned back the throttle and kept the engine at idle speed, moving forward slowly. At the same time, he adjusted his direction and flew straight towards Abadan City. This action further reduced the speed of the airship to just over ten kilometers per hour.
This situation is actually not difficult to understand. Because the direction facing Abadan is not downwind, the forward momentum can only be obtained by relying on the propellers driven by the engine at idle speed, so the speed does not increase but decreases. At the same time, the journey that was originally only two minutes stretched to nearly an hour. This is because the speed drops too low.
Turn back the first throttle again and lower the altitude of the Sid to the altitude range that ordinary airships can fly, which is about 800 to 7,000 meters. Lin chose to sail steadily at an altitude of 5,000 meters, and everyone loosened themselves from their seats and stood up to move around casually. Totokani stepped forward and asked: "Do you want to increase the speed? It seems like a waste of time to float over like this now."
After fixing the rudder, Lin smiled and said: "No, slowing down is too troublesome. If we speed up now, we will have to worry about slowing down when we get to Abadan. At this speed, we can just find the position and land directly. It will take an hour. fine."
Totokani shrugged noncommittally. For him, the journey that was supposed to take two to three days was shortened to about two hours, which was an incredible speed. Waiting for an hour is not a big deal. That is to say, looking at the current speed which is no different from floating, I just asked too much.
Now that I have made up my mind to drift over there, there is no need to worry about it, I just need to spend some time. During this extra time, Lin asked everyone to check the status of the airship again. Look at the Cobra's maneuvering flight to see if it left any damage to the airship. There is a reason why only some fighter jets on Earth can do this.
In addition, we will summarize the problems discovered during this flight and consider the deceleration device. One of the possibilities is to install a gearbox on the engine to achieve reverse. Another thing Lin thought of was to imitate the deceleration parachute used by some fighter jets on short runways. Another major project is to integrate thrust and buoyancy equipment to achieve a more flexible maneuvering method.
Now, the Sid flies level and returns to level flight, and rises and falls again, and the control of the two is separated. As a result, many tactical flight actions will be unavailable. Such as Immelman maneuvers, barrel roll maneuvers, etc. Love books
Although the Sid is positioned as a civilian rather than a military fighter that requires dogfighting performance. But after experiencing the experience of being chased by a Thunder Falcon, who knows if I can escape from the weird skills of the Warcraft next time just by relying on speed. If you don't plan to add weapons and equipment to the Sid, then the method of escape must be perfected as much as possible.
But for the time being, we can only make plans, and the required materials need to be purchased separately.
The previous repair of the Sid in the Jura Mountains almost consumed all the magic materials that someone had brought with him. There are some parts inside that don't even need to be of such a high grade, but there are no other substitute materials around. In order to survive, there is no need to worry about waste. What can still be left is only a very small amount of rare materials.
While the Sid was drifting towards Abadan City, the group also saw many airships flying past the Sid. An airship with an ordinary ship-shaped structure, saw the strange-looking Sid, and a group of sailors pointing on the deck. Even if you can't hear the sound, you can still feel their banter from their body movements and expressions.
Just watching a group of people walk away with mocking expressions, Lin and the others surprisingly didn't show any displeasure. It feels like the master is lonely, why bother with the inferior. Even when the Thunder Falcon was chasing, it was so far away that the taillights of the car could no longer be seen. It was really pointless to argue with other people about speed.
During the discussion of modifying the defects of the Sid, the figure of a city rose from the other side of the horizon. It's not huge, but its sky is pretty busy. All kinds of airships float in the sky around the city, like an expo. It was far more lively than the town the group set out from before, Waikato on the other side of the Jura Mountains.
In terms of characteristics, the city looks quite dynamic with every airship coming in and out. And because the time someone arrived in Abadan was only close to noon, many airships were just taking off and were about to leave. There are more airships preparing to leave than arriving.
Also because there were so many airships coming and going, the sky in Abadan was in a state of chaos and order. There was no channel, no tower to give orders, everyone could come and go as they wanted, and in this chaos, no airships collided with each other.
For those who are accustomed to accepting the command of traffic lights, they cannot adapt to this kind of traffic rules that rely on mood and tacit understanding. So Lin got up from the driver's seat and gave way to Totokani. For free transportation, it is better to leave it to experienced people.
The goblin lived up to expectations and found a parking place in a seemingly chaotic scene without any guidance. The Sid, with its landing gear lowered, was also stationary at this berth. Although the goblin's landing method was a bit rough, it finally landed safely and no one was injured.
After landing safely, a group of people planned to leave the airship and enter the city. Only the goblin father and daughter seemed anxious about something, but they didn't dare to say anything. A certain traveler who had traveled abroad by plane on Earth had stopped everyone first and then asked about Totokani. "Is there any next step we should take?"
"Your Excellency, we should open the hatch, stay in the airship, and wait for the administrator to collect the tax. Only after collecting the tax can we enter the city." The goblin said with a slight panic.
Well, it should be said that it is not surprising at all. In line with the principle of following the Romans when entering the country, Lin did not intend to do whatever he wanted, but asked everyone to stay in the airship and wait. At the same time, Kaya was asked to take out a few bags of money first. There were big bags, small bags and small changes. Depending on the situation, which bag should be taken out to take out coins and pay taxes. This also avoids opening the cash box, which is too conspicuous. This is a way for little people to protect themselves, a certain unconscious man thought.
At the same time, Totokani also asked his daughter Polly to find the compass of Abadan City. Although the item is broken, as long as the handwriting on it can still be seen clearly, it can be used as a certificate.
But what someone thought was important was that not long after, the administrator in charge of tax collection had already boarded the Sid. I remember that when descending, Lin had confirmed the landing location, which was quite far away from the management office hut mentioned by the goblin. For them to show up so quickly, it can only be said that those responsible for tax collection are very active.
Only two people appeared, one standing outside the hatch. Another fat human who looked slightly rich walked in with a big belly. He saw the goblin approaching at a glance and said: "Oh, it's you, Totokani. How did your original airship change to the current one, the Sid?"
"Master Hassan, these things are a long story." The goblin rubbed his hands obscenely and said.
