Song Ren first moved his fingers. It was harder than he had imagined. He felt some resistance and needed to push it open with a little force.
"How is it?" Yu Guangli asked.
"It's a bit difficult." Song Ren replied.
"Is it a problem of flexibility?" Li Chunhua was anxious.
Song Ren's physique is better than his. If Song Ren finds it strenuous, then it goes without saying for him.
Song Ren took a while to adapt, and finally he became more flexible when stretching.
"It seems that it is not a mechanical problem, but the impact of the mecha's own weight on the driver." Yu Guangli pondered.
Although there are many power sensing devices designed inside, the weight of the mecha itself is also a burden to the driver.
Unit 1 weighs nearly half a ton. No matter how it is adjusted, the pilot will still have to bear a certain amount of gravity during operation. There is no way around it.
"Ke Wenbin, can the materials be adjusted further?" Yu Guangli asked. No matter how the internal structure was streamlined, there wouldn't be much adjustment, so it would be better to start with the materials.
"I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it can be implemented. I need to try again," Ke Wenbin replied.
"Okay." Yu Guangli didn't say much. Breakthroughs don't just happen overnight; they usually take time and can't be rushed. "Captain Song, try something else."
Song Ren moved his head again, feeling it was still relatively flexible. He then moved his legs and feet, feeling heavier than his hands.
He took a few steps and stretched his limbs, then felt his strength being rapidly depleted.
Song Ren's recent training intensity is on par with Li Chunhua's. He couldn't help but reflect on whether he had been slacking off for too long.
The 623 veterans who were watching clearly felt the difference between Unit 1 and Xingchen.
The most obvious difference is that every time Unit 1 moves, its joints make a mechanical sound, and its flexibility is clearly insufficient.
The first time on the plane, the main focus was on getting used to it. Song Ren tried some basic movements like walking and squatting, and once the activity started, he directly gave Xing Lan the order to get off the plane.
The Xinglan system can only be used on humanoid mechas, which is really convenient.
After all, the driver is inside such a mecha and cannot use buttons or joysticks to control it. Voice control is the most suitable method.
When Song Ren got off Unit 1, he felt as if he had become lighter and his feet seemed to be floating on the ground.
He took off his helmet, his face covered in sweat. Although Unit 1 had a temperature control system, the resistance during operation still made him feel a little tired.
Li Chunhua had been standing aside, eager to try.
Only those who have been on a plane can be considered a real pilot.
Seeing his excited face, Song Ren didn't say much and went to rest next to Lin Fan.
After watching Song Ren's experience, Li Chunhua quickly entered an adaptive state. He felt as if he were stuck in a quagmire, the resistance around him so heavy that he couldn't move.
I was so happy that I forgot about it.
Li Chunhua worked hard to mobilize her body and did some basic exercises. After getting off the plane, she was sweating profusely and looked like she was about to collapse.
This scene reminded everyone of Lin Fan's transformation long ago. However, after recent training, Lin Fan no longer showed any noticeable signs of weakness.
Lin Fan calmly accepted everyone's attention and looked at the embarrassed Little Leo with sympathy.
After this incident, Song Ren and Li Chunhua both felt a serious sense of crisis.
The mecha has been built, but how can it be used if it can’t be pulled?
The two of them began to exercise frantically, and even Lin Fan, who was standing beside them, felt a little overwhelmed and had to grit his teeth to persevere.
Strengthening training did have an effect. A week later, Song Ren boarded the plane again and felt that the control was much more flexible this time.
"Has it been adjusted?" Song Ren asked.
"Yes, we've made major adjustments," Yu Guangli said. "We've made new adjustments to the sensor structure. We've reduced some of the equipment. So, you'll feel less resistance."
"We also made some adjustments to the materials," Ke Wenbin said with a smile. With help, his experiment went very smoothly.
"We successfully melted the sample of 818. I didn't expect that it would have such good ductility despite being so small. After testing, we liquefied the sample and coated it on the surface of the shell. The data obtained were much higher than those of the original shell." Ke Wenbin was very excited.
"We tried making the original shell thinner and then coating it with 818 molten metal, and we found that it was still better than the original material. So the shell is now lighter than it was last week, and the entire mecha has been reduced by nearly 100 pounds."
818 is really a good thing. A small piece can cover the entire mecha shell, and a thin layer can have such a huge data bonus.
If it weren't for the need to upgrade the star, he really wanted to take out that big piece and melt it.
Unit 1's weight had been reduced, its structure had been significantly modified, and Song Ren's recent training had also shown some results. This time, during the test flight, he had become more agile in controlling Unit 1.
Not only can it walk freely, it can also run and jump. However, because of its heavy weight, when it runs, everyone can feel the floor shaking.
Because of the increased activity, Song Ren was sweating all over when he came down.
Operating the mecha was much more tiring than he had imagined.
Not to mention Li Chunhua, although she was not as exhausted as last time, she was still exhausted.
This result is worrying. In this state, it is hard to imagine what more complex movements will be like.
The mecha is a weapon, and this is not the result they want.
Researchers led by Yu Guangli began to study hard again, thinking about how to improve the details and make it easier to operate.
Lin Fan was also quite interested in Unit 1. Under everyone's hesitant gaze, she climbed up and tried it out.
When the driver was adapting, she was strangled so hard that she almost couldn't breathe.
Xia Jing quickly ordered Xing Lan to cancel the adaptation.
When the passage opened, Lin Fan seemed to have returned to her previous state of weakness and fell backwards. Fortunately, Song Ren caught her from behind.
She had thought her physique was already good after recent training, but the reality was that she was definitely not fit enough to pilot a mecha.
Fortunately, the Xingchen standby time has steadily increased to 7 minutes.
Compared to Song Ren and Li Chunhua, who were exhausted after every operation of Unit 1, Lin Fan, who could stroll around easily after transforming, even felt a strange sense of superiority.
After Xie Bisheng's coordination, all 800 power engineering experts participated in the debugging and improvement of Unit 1.
Ke Wenbin is also working on improving materials, constantly testing how thin the shell can be after being covered with a small sample of molten metal.
After half a month of improvements, Song Ren was finally able to flexibly control Unit 1 to move around and quickly perform various commands.
Although I felt tired after getting off the plane, the degree was similar to the fatigue after intensive training, and it was not as difficult to accept as at the beginning.
Li Chunhua was also much better. His physical fitness was worse than Song Ren's, so he was less flexible and relatively more tired.
At this time, Song Ren and Li Chunhua both felt the same feeling of exhaustion that Lin Fan had felt after his transformation.
It’s really not easy! they thought.
After Song Ren had been on the plane for several days and was able to skillfully operate the No. 1 machine, Xie Bisheng proposed a new training method for him.
Practice with Xingchen.
Captain Song's hard times are coming. When he abused Lin Fan, he probably didn't expect that his own day would be like this. Come on, vote for Captain Song's misery.