Free Web NovelChapter 1490: Chapter 706: The Flying Car Exposed!_2
The newly designed micro-turbine engine was different; its combustion chamber received high heat from solar power transmitted via two small space transmission receivers. Shutting them off naturally would rapidly reduce the engine power, and could even make the engine a hindrance to flight.
Soon.
The test preparation began.
Qiu Chengwen, Edward Witten, and others arrived early at the spacious test site, initially thinking it was an actual test flight, both of them clamoring to get on and try it out themselves.
Of course, they knew that test flights were risky, but because of yesterday’s basic tests showing all data to be very normal, they felt that there would be no problems with a test flight.
That was, of course, impossible.
"I’d also like to give it a try," Zhao Yi said, tugging at the corner of his mouth, "but look, our test pilots all have to wear thick safety gear." freewebnovel.cσ๓
"—right."
Qiu Chengwen felt somewhat disappointed but continued, "Zhao Yi, what we are seeing now is my childhood dream. I remember when I was seven years old, standing by the roadside with my father and seeing a very beautiful car drive by."
"I was envious of the people in the car and told my father that one day I would drive an even cooler car."
"My father asked me, ’What is a cooler car?’"
"Guess what my answer was?"
"A flying car?" Zhao Yi said directly, giving out the answer and making Qiu Chengwen even more frustrated. He stifled his words for a good while before pressing out, "You’re right, but at the time, I said I would make the car fly, and then, I will take you on a trip around the world."
"Back then, my father was happy, not because of the dream I voiced, but because he felt that I finally showed the innocence of a child like others my age."
The others listened in silence.
Initially thinking Qiu Chengwen was recounting an amusing childhood tale, as they listened, the feeling seemed to change.
Zhao Yi understood it as boasting, interpreting the story as, "Since childhood, I’ve been different from other kids my age, a super genius, never having the innocence of a child."
The reason he saw it this way was probably that he had no similar experiences.
During his younger years, he was incredibly mediocre. freёwebnovel.com
To be precise, in his previous life, he had always been incredibly mediocre.
Edward Witten, on the other hand, felt a strong empathy for Qiu Chengwen’s sentiments, as they were both considered prodigies from a young age, and now being around the same age, they would sometimes look back on the past with great emotion.
However, no matter what kind of thoughts they had, flying cars were indeed something many people had fantasized about.
Now, the world’s first flying car was about to be tested right before their eyes, and everyone was filled with anticipation.
Under everyone’s gaze, the car slowly lifted off the ground, then gradually began to accelerate. After about fifteen seconds, reaching a speed of around fifty miles per hour, it circled the sky and returned to the ground.
During the car’s flight, the Miniature Turbocharged Engine was not activated; it flew solely on its ability to convert its wheel mechanism to flight, and its operating power was not fast.
It was a speed setting.
The Turbocharged Engine would only be ignited when the speed exceeded a certain threshold.
After the technician disembarked the plane, a report was made, "Throughout the entire test, there were no problems with balance, but the acceleration was slower than expected."
Soon, a technician came over with specific data.
Zhao Yi carefully examined it and saw that the data fell within the acceptable deviation range, basically causing no significant impact.
The acceleration test was scheduled for the next day.
Once again, Qiu Chengwen was very eager to experience it himself, causing Zhao Yi quite a headache, but he managed to talk him out of it, saying, "If this test goes well, afterwards, I’ll go up with you, but we must wear safety gear and fly at a slow speed."
"—alright!"
Qiu Chengwen thought it over and agreed, after all, safety was the most important thing.
The second test was much riskier than the first because the car needed to accelerate to a hundred kilometers per hour to take off with the anti-gravity system, and the maximum speed would reach two hundred and fifty kilometers per hour.
That speed was incredibly fast.
If something went wrong midway, causing the car to suddenly stop functioning, it would definitely be a major accident, and the technicians onboard could sustain serious injuries or even face the danger of death.
Many people were very nervous.
But the test process went very smoothly. After the flying car accelerated to a hundred kilometers per hour, the anti-gravity system was activated for immediate ascent, and then the car’s Micro-turbine Engine was started, continuing to accelerate and making a large circle. At the furthest point, it was almost out of sight before it slowly returned and decelerated to the ground.
"This test went very well."
The technician reported, "The maximum flight speed was 263 kilometers per hour, at an altitude of five hundred and ten meters, and the whole process was very stable."
"All data are normal."
After the second test, everyone else felt relieved.
Zhao Yi, too, was somewhat eager to give it a try, actually more so than Qiu Chengwen, because it was a flying car he had designed himself, and it looked very cool from the outside.
Another very important point was his conclusion that there was nothing wrong with the flying car, which meant there were no technical safety hazards. A slow, low-altitude flight would not pose any safety issues.
