The vector generation device from the ultra-ancient lander, after a long period of research, its operation was redesigned to adapt to the Flying Fortress.
A fortress is not an airplane. It is impossible to leave a glass window for the driver when fighting as a fortress. The periphery of the fortress is the main combat surface. Even if the driver's cab is placed here and covered with armor, there is still a considerable risk of malfunction and it will be blocked. The soldier's movement path and field of view, so it must be placed near the middle.
In the area near the center, the probe can only be probed from up and down directions. After some twists and turns, it was finally decided to only use the downward lifting type, which can save some equipment space.
The cabin can be quite eccentric.
On the aircraft, in order to take into account both strength and aerodynamic efficiency, the cab is made of as large a piece of curved glass as possible, while the cockpit of the Flying Fortress looks more like a fish tank. Several sides are not joined by glass, but are directly attached to the alloy frame.
Air Force Chief Feng Jun sat in personally. Wang Qi and Li Xiang almost laughed out loud, and several others covered their mouths with smiles in their eyes.
With people sitting on it, it looks more like a fish tank!
This cockpit is completely different from the traditional structure. It is very empty inside. There is only one seat. It is not as complicated as a flight seat. It is the same as a car chair and has no other equipment.
The driving panel is above and in front of the person, that is, near the top edge of the "fish tank". It is said that this operation method is to ensure that the cockpit release structure does not affect the operation of the fortress and at the same time reduce the probability of signal wire harness entanglement.
Next to the driving area is the electrical signal console, which can manage most of the equipment in the fortress.
Starting from the concept of "fortress", it does not require any equipment. Once it lands, its function is to be used as a building.
However, the improvement of personnel's lives cannot be separated from electricity, especially temperature control equipment and catering heating functions.
In terms of temperature control, the kingdom has not come up with air conditioners and mainly uses magic refrigeration. Its advantage is that it has a stable structure and no moving parts, so there is basically no possibility of self-damage. The shortcomings are common. When magic is used as a signal source, the structural reliability is not as good as that of cables, and the amount of information that can be accommodated per unit time is also relatively poor.
Electric stoves are used to heat food and beverages. There is no microwave oven. All electrical equipment and energy come from the magic reserve center next to the central control room and are distributed using magic electricity conversion technology.
Wang Qi and others moved out of the living area and arrived at the second floor of the combat area.
The floor slab on the second floor uses punched steel plates with a gap size of 14.5 mm to ensure that projectiles with a caliber above 15 mm will not fall.
Using the punched version as the floor slab can allow the two floors to see each other more intuitively while ensuring strength and lightweight.
The combat area has a total of three floors. The first floor is a specialized horizontal combat area, the second floor is a comprehensive area, and the third floor is a professional air combat area. There are also several lifting platforms for machine guns on the third floor.
The special thing about the second floor is that it has a battle window that can be opened and a platform expansion function.
Army Chief Bai Yu asked the soldiers participating in the test to demonstrate how to expand operations.
The so-called expansion is based on the complexity of the outer wall of the fortress. In order to ensure the survivability of the fortress in fierce battles, the outer wall integrates a large number of achievements including magic, metallurgy, and manufacturing, and the technical content is quite high.
The on-site demonstration showed soldiers going to the wall and pulling the switch. A device on the top corner of the wall gave thrust and pushed a wall outward. The noose structure moved, pulling the wall outward and falling slowly, turning it into a floor.
There are a few more actions to follow. Through the handle structure on the "ground", the guard board is pulled out and stuck vertically on the ground, forming a combat balcony with a total area of more than ten square meters.
The specifications of the guard plates are the same, which are 12 mm manganese steel plates. In addition to the part outside the balcony, the original wall also has a one-meter-high guard plate. In addition, there is an area of less than four square meters in the central area that is also protected. If the board blocks it, the ammunition box will be temporarily placed here, or a few more soldiers will be stuffed in.
After all the protective panels are up, there is an interface on the ground that can be inserted with corresponding equipment to individually control the magic array structure under the floor. And this so-called device is also very simple, it is a magic start-stop with a special connector.
There are 16 such openable areas on the entire second floor, which can expand almost 200 square meters of outdoor space to deal with situations that do not require high defense but require stronger firepower, such as when there are a huge number of little devils.
When the balcony is not opened, the total number of shooting positions on the second floor is 32, which is also a variation of the sixteen movable walls.
Although the machine gun can theoretically be used in the combat shooting position, the shooting angle of the machine gun's firing port is too small, which is not conducive to observation and aiming. It can only shoot randomly, so it is mainly used by personnel to shoot directly.
Wang Qi and his party went to the third floor for a walk and came out of the fortress.
The door that goes out and goes in is not the same kind of door. It is the door on the first floor facing the horizontal plane. It is staggered from the balcony on the second floor. There are four doors.
Landing on the special supporting platform for the fortress, these four doors are just on the supporting platform, and then walk down the cement slope for a while.
Nestled together with the researcher responsible for recording in the observation area, waiting for the test to begin.
There was nothing surprising about the test process. After the fortress was activated, it hovered at a height of only 2 meters away from the supporting platform for a few minutes. Then it would rise for a while and fly outside the city wall. Without doing anything, it would immediately come back and continue to hover on the supporting platform. .
The repositioning after deviating from the original position has a lot of technical content, but it seems too smooth from the viewing angle. After all, all preparations are very sufficient, and there is even a bright columnar light during the day to assist those sitting in the "fish tank" Fortress driver to perform positioning.
The military people talked to the researchers.
"Can the acceptance inspection be faster?" The staff department was more anxious.
"If nothing happens today, there shouldn't be any serious problems later. It will be ready for emergency use in a month, but it will take at least half a year for full acceptance."
It's not that we can't fight without a fortress. It only exists as a support method to facilitate temporary deployment. It won't be a big problem to wait.
Wang Qi asked about other things: "Is it possible for the vector generation device to replace the existing inter-floating island transportation platform?"
"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is relatively difficult. Although the vector generation equipment has a higher magic utilization rate than [floating] and [flying], the production difficulty is too high, and the existing capabilities of the manufacturing bureau cannot be mass-produced. And with all due respect, The cost is very high, and even if it is made, the ferry authorities may not be willing to purchase it.”
Wang Qi nodded: "Yes."
Mass production... is indeed troublesome.
The vector generation device has a special structure. It has four magic generating components. This thing has its own direction and is not four identical things.
In addition, when the four components form a tetrahedral structure, there must be no foreign matter other than gas in the space, otherwise the output will be reduced or the flameout will suddenly stall. Therefore, it is best to work in a closed space. This determines that it has additional assembly costs in addition to equipment compared to the existing buoyancy platform.
Higher production complexity and additional costs brought by confined spaces. If it is actually implemented, the core unit of a conventional buoyancy platform including energy storage, magic array, and operating functions will cost 120,000 yuan. Even a unit with a vector generation core can achieve If mass-produced, it will probably be sold for more than 300,000 yuan.
As for the issue of magic power utilization, most people don't care. Magic power is taken from nature at zero cost. If it cannot be charged, prepare a few more ferry platforms so that each platform has more time to store energy.
The improved efficiency of vector generation can reduce the total equipment procurement cost to a certain extent. The problem is that it is a new thing, and each ferry has already had transportation equipment. Even if it needs to be updated, the ferry will still prefer to consider issues such as personnel training and material management. Use the old system.
The demand for a vector generation device is not necessary at this stage. There is no need to worry about its mass production. After the engine is released, let the aviation production chain solve it according to the effect and demand.
