8mi Chapter 419 Special power structure? A big ship that is twice as heavy!
Chapter 419 Special power structure? A big ship that is twice as heavy!
"Crash..."
On the banks of the Weishui River, the turbulent currents beat the trestle of the wharf incessantly.
However, this pier was recently completed, and it is as solid as a rock.
No matter how the water waves beat, I will stand still.
On the pier, there was a lot of people talking.
Lao Zhao and Su Yu, who was wearing an airtight black robe, were surrounded by the crowd and came to the freight platform of the dock.
What is a cargo platform, Su Yu has never heard of it.
However, the specific function is similar to that of modern loading and unloading platforms.
It is mainly set up in the deep water area where large ships will not run aground, and is used to prepare for its loading and unloading.
The "Seven Six Seven" where Su Yu and Lao Zhao and others were there was one of the many cargo platforms in this terminal.
has been put into use.
This pier outside Xianyang City is very large in scale.
It took more than three months to complete less than half of it.
Subsequent projects will be gradually improved after the cargo ship opens.
On the other side of the wharf, there was a large building ship, moored in the slipway used for building ships.
This is the first steam-powered ship that will be launched for the first time today.
In history, the first steam-powered ship that could be navigable was the "Clement" invented by Fulton.
The power structure of paddle wheel propulsion is used, which is the earliest ship.
In this piece of land, it is also known as a vehicle and a ship.
The paddle wheel is to use the huge wheel-like structure on the hull to rotate the water to generate propulsion.
Combined with steam engines and sails, it was a very advanced technology at that time.
However... at this time, the Daqin ship used paddle wheels as its power structure.
Moreover, there are no human-powered paddles or sails on its hull.
This made everyone standing on the pier at this time, and couldn't help but feel a little doubtful in their hearts.
What does this ship... have to move?
As for the structural designer of this big ship, the Mohist giant Qiyu, and the craftsmen of the Mechanical Young Mansion, at this moment, their hearts were even more sweaty.
In fact, at the very beginning, when Qiyu received the task of designing the mechanical transmission structure of the ship, the first thing that came to mind was the paddle wheel structure.
But before he could draw the real blueprint, Su Yu came to the Mechanical Young Mansion in person.
Up to now, Qiyu still remembers the scene at that time.
When Xianren Su saw his sketch, his face was full of surprise.
However, what happened next was a bit unexpected.
The praise did come, and even the immortals called him a genius.
But it turned out that this plan was not adopted!
"This paddle wheel propulsion method is indeed very advanced compared to the current one, but I have a better plan."
Qiyu remembered that Su Xianren said so at the time.
When they saw the drawings that Su Yu had drawn in advance, Qi Yu and all the craftsmen were dumbfounded.
The same thought appeared in everyone's mind.
How can such a ship run so fast?
But there is no way, since the immortals have their lives, they can only do so.
In desperation, they began to carry out the secondary improvement of the professional mechanical structure based on the basic map Su Yu took out.
Until today, the whole ship has been built according to the drawings.
Qiyu and the others do not have much hope for this ship now.
Don't even ask how fast it can run.
Just be able to move.
Anyway, they have already done the drawings of the power structure transformation of this ship...
The big deal is to spend half a month changing it.
It can still be transformed into the original paddle wheel structure.
"Su Yu, this ship... I'm afraid it's far more than two or three thousand stone. Are there two steam engines?" Lao Zhao looked at the giant ship in the slipway on the other side and asked in confusion.
Su Yu nodded: "The ship is already loaded with 4,000 stone boulders at this time, plus the hull, there are about 5,800 stone in total.
"It's just...it's still only powered by a steam engine."
"What!?" Lao Zhao's eyes widened.
Such a weight, but it was more than twice what they expected at first.
"Is it possible that the steam engine can be made bigger?"
Facing Lao Zhao's question, Su Yu smiled and shook his head: "No, Daqin's metallurgical technology has not developed so fast.
"That's sacrificing sailing speed?" Lao Zhao asked again.
Su Yu still shook her head.
"This ship may be sailing faster than we thought. 35
Now Lao Zhao was dumbfounded.
Neither has changed the steam engine to improve efficiency.
Without sacrificing sailing speed.
5.0 Then why is this unprecedented large ship able to increase the sailing speed even when the weight is doubled?
And...the boat has neither oars nor sails.
How to sail?
Facing the doubts of Lao Zhao and the doubts in Qiyu and the craftsmen of the mechanical young mansion, Su Yu just responded with a mysterious smile.
ps: In fact, it was the Eagle Symington who first invented the paddle wheel boat powered by a steam engine.
He built the world's first steam paddle steamer, the Charlotte Dundas, in 1802, but was turned back by the river steward...