Chapter 28 Black Pearl
In the rented dock, the blacksmith sent someone to lay the huge keel of the whole ship, and the construction of the new ship began on that day.
The construction seemed to be unsmooth from the beginning. The originally planned 30 meters long hull was increased to 40 meters long due to the requirements of the power cabin.
The project continued after the length was increased. First of all, several powerful blacksmith apprentices and four sailors hired by McVlon used levers and pulleys to scatter thousands of iron plates around the keel.
Akado carved something on one end of several iron bars, and then punched holes in it.
"Acaddo, what are you carving on the top of these iron sticks?" McVlon came over and asked breathlessly.
"Those are equal output magic arrays, magic arrays designed by myself." Arcado did not raise his head and continued to be busy carving those arrays. These arrays are the arrays he left to Arcado at the beginning. If in Arcado's world, these things that can provide constant energy have another name, called power system.
"What's the use of this magic array?" McVaron is a little curious.
"It can stimulate the energy of crystals and release these energies in a balanced manner." Arcado continued.
"What's the use of this?" Meadow also asked curiously.
"Look here, there is also a magic array. This magic array is called an equal exchange magic array. It is a first-level magic array, which can convert crystal energy into elements with attributes. Now what I portray is a magic array converted into flames." Arcado began to explain the role of these magic arrays to the two brothers and sisters, then picked up an iron bar and said to Meadow, "These iron sticks now have a special name. I call them welding guns."
He happily appreciated his design and welded these iron plates directly to the keel of the ship with the flame that would not go out at high temperature and what other nails.
"Are you crazy, Arcado, don't you need wood?" McVlon asked in surprise. Meadow also looked at Arcado with a worried face.
"Wood? No, no, no, McVallon, this is a ship made of steel. Arcado said proudly, "It will be the first all-metal ship in the world."
"This is impossible." Mei Duo covered her mouth and said in surprise.
"Of course it is possible." Arcado said with a smile.
"Acado, if you insist on making such a boat, you will sink into the sea with this ship." McVlon said worriedly.
"I want to show you a miracle." Arcado still has a smile on his face.
Acardo looked at the 4 sailors and 7 workers borrowed from the blacksmith's shop,
"Guys, I don't need you to be surprised. Just do what I said and weld according to the drawings I provided to you. If there is anything you don't understand, come and ask me, Meadow, to make food." Arcado gave a round and went straight back to the corner, where there was a table with a thick pile of drawings.
Acardo thought for a moment and said, "I also need to accurately calculate the weight, water and center of gravity of this ship."
He was crazy to recall some relevant knowledge for fear of missing something. Arcado felt desperate from the bottom of his heart that it was too difficult to build a modern ship. It was a set of systematic knowledge. He only had the appearance of these ships and the outline of some cabins in his mind. Probably, probably, probably, these things are all roughly calculated. This ship is very unsafe. Arcado thought that if its designed speed can reach 30 knots, he only dares to let the ship drive 10 knots, or even 5 knots.
Finally, he had to find a designer who was idle at home to design a wooden sailboat as his technical consultant. As a result, the donkey's lips did not discuss the horse's mouth for a long time, and basically relied on speculation to build the iron ship.
At the rear of the ship, the power room is welded first. The whole power room is much smaller than that of the ship in the previous life. There are four large power tanks with large magic arrays. These large beautifully drawn equal conversion magic arrays will convert the crystal magic energy provided in the fuel chamber without any The simple power of the attribute, the constant huge power directly twists the wheel behind the magic array, the wheel rotates the gear behind, and the gear adjusts the speed to drive the huge circular axis behind, so that the circular axis through the sealing chamber keeps rotating, driving the propeller of the stern, providing the power of the whole ship to move forward, and the excess crystal energy , converted into wind magic and will make full use of it. Relying on these magical powers, Arcado made a lot of small pumping equipment based on the principle of siphon to exclude the seawater poured into the gap and the top from the hull. The only disadvantage of this magic device is that it is very noisy, just like the boiler cabin in a ship, which can be flooded. No voice.
The whole ship is from the bottom three floors, and each compartment has ventilation equipment extending to the deck. The wind magic provided by the crystal also effectively adjusts the air circulation on the ship.
The chimney on the ship is no longer used for smoke exhaust, but is a device for dissipating heat dissipation for the power module, called the heat dissipation tube. There is a small chimney next to the heat dissipation tube, which is the smoke exhaust equipment for the ship's kitchen.
Important cabins have fine pipes linked to the cockpit, which are used to issue the captain's secret orders, similar to a telephone.
Most of the ballast at the bottom of the ship is water, and there are many scraps of remaining steel. For the convenience of adjustment, you can rely on the magic array inside to remove excess water at any time.
The mast became something dispensable for the first time, but it was still preserved and used as a lookout, which can also cover up the truth of crystal power. The rear mast is designed as a large crane, which is started with crystal power, and its direction is controlled by manpower. There is no mast shielding, and there is also an advanced crane, so the loading and unloading speed of the whole ship is at least 4 times that of other ships.
There are 17 main cabins and 5 channels on the ship with small equal exchange magic arrays, which can be illuminated with the unquenchable balanced output of flame magic. The whole ship is a composite of modern industrial and magic crystals.
Due to design errors, slow heat dissipation, and hull strength problems, the four cabins cannot be used together, and only three can be used at a time to let the other rest. There are also problems in calculating the weight of the ship. The center of gravity is unstable, and the weight of the ballast has to be welded to the keel, which affects the stability of the whole ship. Finally, it is made up by sacrificing the effective load, so that the design load is 200 tons, and finally it can only reach the limit load of 120 tons.
It is expected that a crystal of 5 gold coins will allow the ship to travel 1,000 nautical miles at a speed of 12 knots. If it advances at full speed, it will start 3 power cabins at the same time. In addition to the crystal consumption of lamps and pumping equipment, the driving cost per 1,000 nautical miles is 7 gold coins. When the speed exceeds 15 knots, this cost needs to be calculated separately.
Because the whole ship uses a lot of metal, it is dark when seen from afar.
"It's called Black Pearl." Arcado proudly looked at his design, remembered the exciting Pirates of the Caribbean movie in his previous life, and announced loudly.
Day by, on November 11th, the year of the creation of the gods and 1572, the construction of the black pearls was completed.
In general, this is a failed design that can barely drive, but even so, its overall performance exceeds that of ordinary civilian ships, even more than most naval warships. It is far ahead in terms of speed and robustness, and its performance is slightly stronger against wind and waves.
It cost more than 2,000 gold coins to build the ship, almost all of which were paid by blacksmiths.