Chapter 595 (1/2)
The impatient stone bear took a group of people out of the engine room. At the back of the engine room, they saw the propeller shaft that was seeping in.
The Carlos is propelled by two shafts and two propellers. Two steam boilers correspond to one propeller shaft.
It is the No.1 propeller shaft that seeps in, and the No.2 propeller shaft does not seep in, which is very normal.
However, the water seepage of No. 1 propeller shaft is not serious, which makes stone bear feel relieved.
In fact, this is a very normal situation. After all, this is a new ship, and it is also the first steel warship in the world. The technologies used are technologies that have never been used before. It is normal if there is a problem, and abnormal if there is no problem.
It's just that Shi Xiong has paid too much on this ship. That's why he was worried just now when he heard that something was wrong.
Now seeing that this situation is not serious, Shi Xiong's mentality soon recovered.
”Adele, stop the test for the time being. First dock the ship at the dock of the shipyard. Let's discuss how to solve the problem of propeller shaft seepage, and then start the test.” The stone bear made a decision soon.
Adrian Carlos nodded: ”chief, that's what I think. In fact, I can guess the reason for this, because we don't have better lubricants. ”
The stone bear nodded. Why didn't he know the problem?
If you want to say that other machinery and equipment can be manufactured and researched by the R & D team with golden fingers, you can't just make lubricants. Even the most primitive mineral oil engine oil, you have to first make petroleum fractionation equipment.
As for calcium based lubricants, which are commonly known as ”butter” in later generations, they are more difficult to handle than mineral oil
”Well, let's use the present method for the time being. I'm arranging someone to research and develop better lubricants, but this can't be urgent. I need you to see how to make our propeller shaft stay watertight for a longer time on the basis of the existing ones. ”
Stone bear can't help it. Although he knows a little about the principle and knowledge of petroleum fractionation, he only has a general idea. All kinds of experiments need to be done, which takes time.
Fortunately, it's 1776, and there are still several years to go before the stone bear plan starts to attack the Europeans and Americans. Taking advantage of this period of time, it is proper to get what should be done.
Now Bill Gates has taken his team to the northeast of Pennsylvania in search of oil.
It's not hard to find oil. The oil stream is not in vain. There, oil comes out by itself.
If we find oil and do all kinds of experiments, we will be able to get things out sooner or later, such as firewood, gasoline, engine oil, kerosene and so on.
Although we met such a little unpleasant in the final stage of the test, today's test is still very good.
The happiest thing is undoubtedly the speed of the ship.
Although the Carlos was designed on the basis of the Caldwell class destroyer, because of its thicker steel plate, even though its size is similar to that of the Caldwell class destroyer, its displacement is nearly double that of the Caldwell class destroyer.
I can't help it. The weight of the steel plate used by Carlos is much more than that of the Caldwell class destroyer. In addition to the weight of keel, deck, bridge and artillery, it is inevitable that the displacement of Carlos will exceed that of Caldwell class destroyer.
But even if overweight so much, Carlos can still run the speed of the 13th and 4th quarter, which is absolutely a big surprise.