Chapter 1025: Howling Seahawk II

Chapter 1025 Howling Sea Eagle 2

Of course, the prince just gave a name equivalent to "nickname", for example, FW190 is also called a shrike. As for the number used by the army, Earl Daimler has already applied for it. Because the aircraft was developed by the scientific research team under the Bavarian Aviation Design Bureau, the number will naturally contain the two letters BF, and because it is intended for the Navy It was used as a torpedo aircraft, so this aircraft was numbered BFFG-1 bomber, where FL means the Coast Air Force (after all, there is no aircraft carrier yet). (In World War II, the abbreviation of the German Coast Air Force was FL.GR) and later to simplify the title, it was also called the BFG-1 bomber. And the nickname is Sea Eagle,

The purely static display of the airplane is for laymen. Ruprecht didn't come here to simply look at an extra-large 1:1 model. That depends on the rehearsal of the aircraft. Including but not limited to aircraft maintenance, preparation, takeoff and simulated attack. Despite the dark circles under the eyes that didn't sleep well last night, the prince still insisted on seeing the actual situation of the plane today.

And the Earl of Daimler did show everyone the results of his labor, so he decisively agreed to the prince’s request, and arranged a team of professional ground crew and two test pilots to operate, and he was on the sidelines. Full-time commentary.

First of all, during the demonstration of the aircraft folding and unfolding, a total of 8 ground crews helped to complete the whole process. Because it is a biplane, the folding wing naturally cannot be folded up like some later carrier-based aircraft, but adopted Similar to birds shrinking their wings and generally folding backwards, historically excellent carrier-based aircraft or prepared carrier-based aircraft with true folding wings are like this, such as the F6F Hellcat, and the FW109T that is ready to board the ship... ...

And now the ground crew is divided into two groups and opened the connecting body at the base of the wing, and then a shaft at the rear is the center of the circle, and the two huge wings start to move horizontally backwards and are fixed to the hooks of the fuselage through steel wires. It took 5 minutes to make a big change. The width of the aircraft with the original wings of 13.5 meters long after the folded wings is only 5.5 meters, and this kind of "deformation" makes the aircraft the first to see The people who folded wings were shocked and interesting. Even though the prince who is a traverser had to give a thumbs up, Daimler did a good job of completing the task he set.

After the folding wing is over, the wing is opened and fixed again. According to the situation of this exercise, the folding wing of the aircraft takes about 5 to 7 minutes in the world, and it takes about 10 minutes to open. A group of 8 people It can be done easily.

Then load ammunition and fuel. The engine layout adopts an inverted V-shaped layout, so two 12.7MM machine guns are placed in the upper part of the engine compartment and later in the back position. The ammunition box of the machine gun is located at the rear of the engine, and the capacity of each ammunition box is 250 rounds. When actually changing the ammunition, you can open the opening on the side of the ammunition bay, take out the whole ammunition box and replace it with a new one. The ammunition is generally based on explosive incendiary bombs, and every 9 rounds will have a tracer to indicate the target.

The rear-seat machine gun is easier to shoot. If you are using a twin 7.92MM machine gun, then just hang two drums on both sides of the machine gun. You can change it manually when you are done. The drum is next to it. .... There is nothing to say about simply refueling under the feet and the rear of the pilot in the rear of the fuel tank of the aircraft.

Mounting bombs is also very easy. Subsequently, the ground crew simulated 250KG bombs, 100KG bombs, multiple 50KG bombs, and special flares for the Prince and others. He also asked the prince to enter the cabin to take a look at the bombing sight on the floor. In addition to a simple sight, there was a pointer next to the plane showing the plane's dive angle. Then according to the dive angle, the bomber pilot looked at the sight The scale is bombed.

The real trouble is to install the torpedo. The 450KG torpedo is more than 2 meters long, so it needs to be replaced with a new special rack when mounting, and a special transport vehicle for the torpedo. Place the torpedo on the vehicle and arrive. After the bottom of the aircraft, lift the torpedo with a jack, and then connect it to the pylon on the belly of the aircraft. The whole process will be relatively long. According to the current exercise, a torpedo will be debugged and it will take about half an hour to complete the mounting.

Then came the aircraft's take-off and landing test. Not far from the hangar, there was a runway paved with concrete. The runway was 200 meters long and 25 meters wide. Because the simulation is taking off at sea, in order to counteract the absence of deck wind, the takeoff runway is allowed to be longer. Ten minutes later, a fully equipped BFG-1 attack aircraft with counterweights was towed to the end of the runway. With the roar of the engine, the aircraft began to move slowly. When the engine power of the aircraft was adjusted to the maximum, the pilot The brakes were released, and the aircraft, which had almost reached its maximum take-off weight, rose into the air after rolling 160 meters.

"If we take into account the deck wind of 25 knots, then our actual take-off distance can be reduced to less than 120 meters! Even within 100 meters." Said Earl Daimler on the side.

"It's mainly about landing." The prince nodded and said. In fact, the take-off problem of the 1st Fighter aircraft is not big. Although the engine power of the aircraft in this era is small, the take-off weight is also small. The torpedo with a maximum take-off weight of 2 tons... You must know that the empty weight of the FW190 is higher than this, and I think it is a biplane, so the wing load is very small. 1 During the war, some planes can take off and even put a plank on the battleship turret~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It does not matter if the wind direction is wrong. Anyway, turn the turret a little bit to make it headwind.

In fact, the aircraft carrier prepared by the prince for these aircraft can run 25 knots after being improved, and there is no wind on the surface of the sea. It is easier for the combined wind speed to reach 25 knots or more, so takeoff is really not a problem. (In addition, the take-off distance of the roadbed aircraft seems to be very large. That is because the height of obstacles on the ground must be considered. The so-called take-off distance considers the entire distance after the aircraft flies from 15 to 20 meters, and does not need to be considered at sea. As long as the plane doesn’t fall down...)

In order to allow the aircraft to land safely, arresting cables have been developed in this era. In order to ensure that the aircraft can catch the arresting cables, a total of 6 arresting cables have been deployed at the end of the simulated runway. After flying a simulated bomb from a low altitude of 150 meters and hitting the target circle, the machine gun shot a number of targets. The BFG-1 attack aircraft began to land, a landing hook ejected from the tail, and the tail slightly Down, the pilot turned on the air brake, and the speed of the aircraft dropped further. According to visual observation, the current speed should not exceed 80 kilometers.

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