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Chapter 15 Section 15

Midsummer's Formula 东野圭吾 1988Words 2018-03-22
With a puff, accompanied by a sound of ejection, the rocket flew far ahead.Gongping pouted.Once again he failed to see the moment of launch.The speed at which the rocket flew out was beyond what the naked eye could see, and its momentum far exceeded Gongping's expectations. Yukawa raised a small telescope.The rocket appeared to have hit the water. "How far away?" Gongping looked at the ruler of the electric winch fixed on the ground.There is a fishing line tied to the rocket, and the length of the pulled out line is roughly the flight distance of the rocket. "Well, about one hundred and thirty-five meters. A little closer than before."

"Okay, recycle." Tang Chuan sat cross-legged on the ground and tapped the keyboard of the laptop on the bag. Kyohei looked sideways at Yukawa while pulling the rocket back with an electric winch.Since just now, he has done the same thing six times.Yukawa kept firing rockets, showing himself no sign of the seabed at all.Kyohei couldn't figure out what was the point of Tang Chuan's doing so. Yu Chuan stared at the computer screen with both eyes, and folded his arms in front of his chest. "It seems that the conclusion has come out. The reason for the error with the simulation test results has also been clarified. In this way, it can be launched under the best conditions."

"Still firing? How many times do you want to play?" "If possible, it is best to launch countless times. Before the official launch, countless test launches are required. Whether it is a manned space rocket or a water rocket, it is the same at this point. However, the real rocket is limited by the budget. Funding is constrained. And our rocket is also constrained by time. Now that the sun is high, if we continue to grind, we will not be able to see the glass on the bottom of the sea. Well, let’s start now.” Yu Chuan stood up and threw the bucket beside him into the sea.A nylon rope is tied to the bucket.

While waiting for Gonghei to take the water rocket back with the electric winch, Yu Chuan nimbly manipulated the bucket tied with a nylon rope, and brought some seawater up.Tang Chuan had done this several times before. The water rocket made by Tang Chuan is not only larger in size, but also has a pair of strangely shaped wings on its body.According to him, this is Yukawa's original creation, but Kyohei can't see where there is any originality.In addition, another feature is that a heavy object the size of a cigarette pack is installed inside the rocket.Before each test, Yu Chuan would slightly adjust the position of the weight.It was a heavy piece weighing about a hundred grams.Kyohei felt that the reason why the rocket could not fly far was because of the heavy object inside, but Yukawa said that the heavy object was absolutely necessary.

Gongping couldn't help but start to speculate again, who is this scholar in front of him?Although I have said that I really want to see the glass sleeping on the bottom of the sea, but this desire is not very strong.But Tang Chuan has been obsessed with this, insisting on fulfilling this wish for himself.But he was unwilling to speak clearly.Gongping could only watch silently while doing what he was doing silently. But for some reason, Gongping didn't feel any resistance in his heart.He always felt that as long as he stayed with Tang Chuan, something interesting would definitely happen.

"Okay, let's get started." Yu Chuan picked up the rocket and took out the heavy objects inside.Gongping let out a "hey" and asked, "Didn't you say that the heavy object is very important?" At this moment, the phone's ringtone suddenly rang.Tang Chuan took out his mobile phone from his bag, looked at the screen, and answered the phone with a gloomy face: "Hi, I'm Tang Chuan." The other party seemed to say something, and Tang Chuan raised his eyebrows. "I'm sorry, I can't do it today. Let's talk about it tomorrow... I'm doing an experiment now. I'm doing a physics experiment, so I can't do it today. That's it." After finishing speaking, Yu Chuan hung up the phone.

Is it about work?Gong Ping asked. "People from DESMEC. They said they wanted to discuss something with me, but in fact they just wanted to invite me to have a chat and have a meal together, so as to get close. This kind of thing is not considered work at all." Yu Chuan loaded a certain amount of seawater into the rocket cabin.On the jet port, there is a special valve transformed from a water pipe valve.After installing the rocket in its entirety on the handmade launch pad, Yukawa began pumping air into the rocket cabin with a bicycle pump.The plastic bottle bulged visibly.The amount of seawater, the amount of air, and the angle of the launch pad have all been ascertained through previous experiments.The only difference is that the weight on the rocket has been removed.

it is good.Yukawa took the pump valve off the rocket.Immediately afterwards, he took out the mobile phone just now from his pocket.Tang Chuan quickly pressed his thumb on the phone for a while, and began to install the phone to the place where the heavy object was installed just now. "Huh? You're going to put the phone in the rocket?" Just when Gongping asked in surprise, his child's mobile phone rang.Gongping took out his mobile phone, ready to answer the call. "I'll answer the phone later." Tang Chuan called, "I'll count down to three. Three, two, one, launch."

Yu Chuan pressed the switch connected to the launch pad, and the rocket ejected a large amount of seawater from the tail.Gongping immediately moved his gaze to the front.Under the blue sky, a transparent rocket flew straight away.The rocket is bathed in sunlight and shines brightly. The rocket landed farther out to sea than before.Gongping looked at the ruler on the electric winch.Two hundred and twenty-five meters.This is the highest record ever.He shouted excitedly and told Tang Chuan the result. "Okay." The physicist responded calmly, "Go ahead and answer the phone."

Hearing what Yu Chuan said, Kyohei remembered that his cell phone was still ringing.He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked at it, only to realize that it was a video call.He stared at the LCD screen and connected the phone. "Wow." Gongping couldn't help but exclaimed. On the LCD screen, the colorful seabed is displayed.Red, blue, green.It feels like a huge piece of stained glass sinks under the sea.The sea water is clear and bright, and its color is constantly changing as the angle of incident light changes. "How is it?" Tang Chuan asked. Kyohei silently turned the LCD screen to Yukawa.The originally expressionless physicist also opened his eyes slightly.Tang Chuan nodded his head two or three times with satisfaction, and said in a voice without cadence: "The experiment was successful."

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