In order to allow the glider to run, the Ministry of Construction, in accordance with Roland's requirements, built a track on the edge of the stone ridge that pointed straight to the sea, and the two ends of the road were upturned like a quarter moon.

Once the prototype is lifted into position, it releases the bindings and begins to glide under the force of gravity until it crashes off the track – the whole acceleration is a bit like a roller coaster in the future, but far less exciting.

Of course, this alone does not guarantee that the wing will get enough lift, so it is up to Wendy to create a slight upper hand on his own.

Once out of the rocky ridge, the difference in elevation from the sea is as high as 15 meters, and the driver and ambulance crew can be prepared to climb or crash into the sea at the speed of the glider.

This is also the reason why Roland put the prototype on a two-seater in the first place.

Now that Lightning and Maisie are fighting in the wilderness, the responsibility for saving them naturally falls into Tilly's hands.

And the latter readily agreed.

"Let's get on the plane," Roland said, estimating that the time was almost up, and turned to the two of them.

Wendy nodded, clenched her fists as if cheering herself on, and then walked towards the aircraft with Tilly.

......

When she climbed into the plane, Wendy realized that it was much more than she had imagined.

In particular, the two pairs of straight wings on the top of the head and under the feet cannot be compared to any flying bird, even Maisie after the dinosaur is a little bit shorter.

Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the tips of her slender wings could be seen shaking obviously, which made her feel a little uneasy, as if she could break it if she flew up, as long as a gust of wind blew casually.

Although Roland had mentioned that this was normal, the strength of the aluminum skeleton was more than enough to cope with all kinds of maneuvers in low-speed flight, and the toughness of the skin painted by Soroya was much stronger than that of ordinary leather and cloth, but these two wings were a bit thin, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were pieces of paper compared to their area.

"Sir, if you're ready, just let me know," the soldier's words brought Wendy back to her senses.

"I see, huh...... First things to do are ......"

"Confirm that each rudder face is normal. Tilly behind her reassured, "Don't be nervous, even if something goes wrong, I'll be watching you." ”

“...... Thank you. Hearing this, Wendy suddenly felt a lot more relieved, yes, she was not the only one who had heard the flight principles class taught by His Majesty, and if someone could correct her omissions in time, she would be able to make fewer mistakes.

"First there was the tail elevator, which was controlled by the main tie rod. ”

Wendy took a deep breath and wrenched one of the iron rods in front of her seat with both hands, and a creaking sound rang out from beneath her—she knew it was the sound of the wire pulling the tail fin at the bottom of the pole, which she had practiced hundreds of times on the simulator before the prototype was even built.

"The elevator is fine, next is ...... Well, the rudder. Tilly continued.

However, the parts of the simulator were much simpler, with two vertical rods, two pedals, and a few steel cables making up all of it, and Wendy could hardly believe that she could make His Majesty's glider fly like a bird, after all, it was not much more complicated to operate than a bicycle.

If the lifting lever is a rod that can only move back and forth, then the direction control lever can only move left and right, the card seat has fixed their trajectory, and the bicycle faucet can still turn in a circle.

"The rudder is also normal, and finally the ailerons. ”

According to His Majesty, most of the planes have three sets of wings, one in front and two in the back, and the three of them just form an "earth" symbol when viewed from the front. Erected is the rudder, which functions like a ship's rudder, and if you think of the wind as a stream of water, its deflection can change the direction of the nose.

The first shorter bar is the elevator, which can also be called the tail fin, which lifts the head when it is raised and falls with the head when it falls, like a lying rudder. Both are very easy to understand, and Wendy can use the chapter "Decomposition and Synthesis of Forces" in elementary physics to deduce how it works.

The last bar represents the aileron, and it wasn't until she saw the real thing that Wendy understood where the word "vice" came from—it was embedded behind the big wings, less than a tenth of the size of the former, and was connected to the pedals under her feet by a steel cable that passed through the skeleton, one on one side.

It is different from the first two, it must be raised and lowered at the same time to be effective, and the two diametrically opposed forces will cause the aircraft to deflect or even roll, and it is also the most important control component in flight.

Wendy once asked His Majesty why there was an extra pair of ailerons since the rudder could cause deflection, and His Majesty's explanation was that these three rudder surfaces did not take effect separately, and each action needed to be completed together, and if the rudder was only swung around, it was easy to cause the body to move laterally, and when turning sharply, the elevator needed to be lowered to stabilize the height.

Because of this, he needed a detailed test document to write a guideline Flight Manual—what actions needed to be taken to maneuver in different attitudes, or the effects of changes in wind direction on the aircraft, and the perceived shortcomings of the operation...... With this data, it is possible to achieve a truly reliable aircraft.

"The ailerons don't look like they're fine," Tilly patted her on the shoulder, "and I'll leave it to you after that." ”

Wendy felt her heart beat a little hard, she glanced at His Majesty the King in the distance, turned to the soldier and said, "I'm ready, open the binding." ”

"Yes, please pay attention!" the soldiers immediately got busy.

The runway has been emptied, the green light is on, Wendy muttered to herself. Although I don't understand the meaning of this phrase, since His Majesty said that it can bring luck, then he will do it well.

With a slight jolt, the glider 1 was pushed into orbit.

And then there's the whereabouts.

The wheels clattered against the track, and the whole fuselage shook with it, and she felt herself quickly sliding down the slope, and the sea at the end of the track was getting closer and closer to her.

A heart instantly raised to the throat.

What's next?

She thought to herself, a little flustered, that she was halfway through the track, but the thing showed no signs of flying.

"Give the wind!" Tilly shouted.

That's right, to give the wind - the speed of the gliding run is not enough to support the weight of two people, she needs to create a stable and gentle upwind, gently holding up the huge wings -

As soon as the thought came to her mind, her body acted, and the magic vortex spun into action, and an invisible air flow appeared out of thin air, lightly against the underside of the wing.

The cacophony of grinding suddenly lessened a lot, and the weight of the glider seemed to be gone, and before Wendy could understand the meaning of these changes, the plane had already rushed out of the edge of the rocky ridge.

A brief upturn caused her to experience a clear feeling of overweight, as if someone had reached out and pressed her against the seat.

At the same time, she couldn't help but pull off the main lever by leaning back.

The nose responded to her control, lifting more significantly.

The perspective also changed, the brown land covered with dead grass and fallen leaves disappeared without a trace, and even the wide swirling sea became a supporting role, and the blue sky filled most of her vision, and the blinding light spots made her eyes squint slightly.

For a moment, Wendy felt like a petrel rising into the sky, walking against the light.

This feeling was so free, and it also made her understand why His Majesty said that airplanes and hot air balloons are two very different things.

But after only a few seconds, Wendy noticed that the wind in her ears had subsided.

The nose of the glider was raised high, but it did not continue to climb, and time seemed to stand still. She tried to increase the force of the wind, but found that the wind blowing on the main wing not only did not reverse the dilemma, but instead turned the fuselage upside down.

"You've pulled your head!" exclaimed Tilly.

Before he could think about what had gone wrong, the plane had already fallen like a stone.