Chapter 455: The prince's guidance

"Baron Lilienthal, Baron Daimler, in recognition of your contribution to the aviation industry, from now on, your salary will increase by 30%. The grant you will receive will increase by 50%. Of course, I will ask you to come and Not only to notify you of the salary increase, but more importantly, we need to discuss aviation technology. The Flyer One only solves the problems of lift-off and basic operations. It is not a mature product. What we need is a A more efficient and stable aircraft." Prince Ruprecht's words made the two barons on the opposite side sit in jeopardy, not even daring to come out.

"Aviator One is too big and too cystic. I mean it's big in shape. I can hardly imagine a single-seater airplane being so huge. The huge wing area and volume greatly increase the resistance of flight. I think Baron Lilienthal will know this better."

"Next, I hope that our aircraft will be smaller and more compact. The airframe is more aerodynamic. And can have a relatively closed airframe. Also, to improve the maneuverability of the aircraft. The most important point is It is to increase the load. My requirements are not high, at least it can hold a machine gun and a certain amount of ammunition?" The prince said his request.

"Aviator 1 is a test product. When we designed it, this aircraft was more like an aircraft. In the next stage, we will work hard to improve the design of this aircraft. We plan to use some metal parts inside the aircraft to increase its strength. , Pure steel will definitely not work, because it will increase weight. We plan to use aluminum products, or aluminum alloys and composite wood materials." Baron Lilintal said.

"The real trouble is to carry weapons. If it is in actual combat, pilots cannot use machine guns while operating the aircraft. People only have two hands instead of eight wrists like an octopus... There will be overload during flight, and two hands are required to pull the joystick together. At this time, it is impossible to shoot. Unless the machine gun is fixed and the excitation system is integrated on the joystick, as we are doing now, but that will be huge Limit the shooting angle of aircraft machine guns." Daimler said, in addition to the shortcomings of a single person, it also put forward another opinion.

"We have an idea, and that is to shoot a twin-engine aircraft. The pilot in the front is responsible for operating the aircraft, and the observer at the back is also the machine gun shooter, responsible for shooting. This makes collaboration easier. But the only problem is that such an aircraft will be very It’s big and heavy, and the requirements for the engine are high.

During the First World War, the aircraft was completely in the era of a hundred schools of thought, especially fighter jets. The fighter jets of this era can be described as Hyakki Yexing. There are trendy monoplanes, the largest number of biplanes, and giants in the number of wings. Dominate the Hamburg-like triplane. There are single-engine fighters and twin-engine fighters, single-seater fighters and two-seater fighters. There are many types of aircraft. It constitutes the unique scenery of the sky in this era.

In this era, the single-wing single-seater aircraft that is most in line with the development direction of advanced productivity did not have the advantage at the beginning, because the engine was generally not good at that time, and the difference in speed and climb was small. Fighter fighting was all forms of ground dog fighting. The horizontal maneuverability requirements of the aircraft are very high. The biplane has advantages in this regard. (Can the egg rotate? You can try it with a biplane.) And if an aircraft can have a machine gun that can have a larger range of strikes, then it will have more advantages...

It is also for this reason that the early two-seater aircraft had certain advantages. Some even operated one machine gun by the pilot in front and the other by the pilot in the back. For example, the German aegg2 twin-engine aircraft. Of course, with the advancement of technology, after the horsepower of the aircraft engine reached more than 250 horsepower in the late World War I, the improvement of engine performance brought the improvement of aircraft performance, and the heavy two-seater fighter gradually showed a decline. It has gradually returned to the situation of single-seater single-seater aircraft. After all, two people mean the weight of the fighter aircraft.

"We can fix the machine gun above the aircraft engine, or feel the machine gun through the engine's central axis. In this way, as long as the nose of the machine can be pointed at the target, it can hit the target. I know, you want to say that the shots may be Hitting the propeller, I think the problem is not that complicated. The army is working on a device called a coordinator, when the propeller blades block the muzzle, the machine gun will automatically stop shooting." The prince made a suggestion.

"Since the military is responsible for solving the problem of the coordinator, we will naturally cooperate fully." Li Lintal said that the prince is still very confident about this coordinator, because this thing was first made by the Germans, and the engine The upper part of the machine gun or axis cannon was also developed by the Germans first, and it has been passed on to the 2nd fighter aircraft.

Most models of bf109 have shaft guns. The f190 is also equipped with 2 machine guns above the engine. In addition, the US and British fighter weapons are all installed on the wings~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Is there any benefit to the deployment of the aircraft's central axis? Naturally, the bullets shot out are a line, and the distribution is better. And airplanes like P51 and Spitfire generally adjust a focal point at which the bullets are the densest, and the other places are worse. Of course, the layout of the axle gun also has a disadvantage, that is, it occupies the position of the supercharger, but the aircraft of World War I still don't need such a tall thing, let alone mention it.

The fighter research plan that the prince gave the designers can be simplified to the following points: the use of metal parts to increase strength, the application of fixed machine guns and coordinators, and a single-pilot fighter with high power-to-weight ratio. At the same time, the prince has a bomber plan. After all, the ultimate meaning of the air force is to fall on bombs, and the most fundamental means of air-to-land control is bombers.

"You should develop a larger and more robust twin-engine ground attack aircraft within your ability. I am not satisfied with using the aircraft to perform reconnaissance and ground-fire missions. The German army needs to use bombs that can carry hundreds of kilograms. Fly over the front line to strike at key nodes such as ground transportation lines, the opponent’s artillery positions, and ports. Perhaps one day, we will even fly over the English Channel to attack the British mainland." The prince said with a smile.

"The bomber you mentioned must be two-person and carry several hundred kilograms of bombs. This seems to be a bit demanding at the moment. The take-off weight of such an aircraft may even reach 2 to 3 tons. All our current designs, even Even the designs on the drawings cannot meet this requirement. This weight will be very high for the structural strength and engine requirements of the aircraft. And the flight speed is definitely not fast." Li Lintal said.