Chapter 578: Qin's plane

The fear of the commander of the Celestial Army is very necessary. In order to increase the ammunition capacity of their airships, all the defensive weapons installed were dismantled. This dismantling was deemed necessary.

First, in the sky, the State of Qin has not yet encountered an adversary. Second, these weapon systems take up a lot of space. For example, a medium-sized airship is equipped with a three-inch gun and two revolver machine guns. But now Qin will have to meet their first opponent in the sky.

In fact, the equipment of the Qi State Air Force is far from advanced as Qin State Airship thought. They barely mastered some techniques of hot air balloons after suffering heavy losses. For example, control the size of the flame and so on. Previously, the first pilots they experimented all died in air crashes. Either the airbag burns. Either the landing speed is too fast and it will directly fall to the ground and die. Not many people join the Air Force. And the material price is very expensive.

But after all, Qin had a rival in the sky. Qin Jun tried to communicate with the Yan Jun, hoping to use some weapons to install on the airship for defense, but the Yan Jun did not live or die. They don’t have many weapons. The number of artillery was destroyed by the Mohist school. He was often attacked by unidentified people in black and some swordsmen, and the number of artillery and shells decreased a lot.

Not only these, even their extremely trusted revolver guns were destroyed. There are only three in number. But Qin Jun wanted to equip two machine guns at once. This is something they cannot accept anyway. In desperation, the commander could only ask for help from the rear.

The information was sent back by telegram through Qin’s embassy in Xinzheng, South Korea. The General Staff convened a meeting with the officers of the Celestial Army to study this new subject.

The result of the meeting was the dispatch of Qin's new aircraft. The plane went to fight. There are only five in number.

At this time, Qin's aircraft developed relatively rapidly, and Qin solved various steel production problems, such as the distinction between hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel. In addition, some special steel materials, such as stainless steel, are manufactured in small quantities, mainly for the production of special machinery. There is tungsten steel, and special alloy aluminum. The appearance of these materials has accelerated Qin's engine production a lot.

At this time, Qin Guo engine appeared three different fuel models. Diesel engines, gasoline engines, and kerosene engines. The kerosene machine has some inherent shortcomings. It is easy to catch fire and become a very small number of engines. Diesel engines and gasoline engines have become the main models used.

Diesel engines are mainly used in crawler-type machinery vehicles, because diesel engines are still a bit bulky. And it's very difficult to start. Mainly used on tractors. Some small and medium-sized companies in Qin State are improving the production of agricultural machinery to replace those slaves in the fields.

The emergence of gasoline engines is mainly due to the appearance of spark plugs. If there is no spark plug, gasoline engines may not be developed. But now gasoline engines have come out. The advent of gasoline engines suddenly began to be widely used in various industries in Qin with his advantages.

Gasoline engines are lighter than diesel engines, and they are faster and lighter to start. And most importantly, there are many extended products for gasoline engines. Students from Xianyang Institute of Science and Technology used mechanical principles to manufacture Qin’s first five-cylinder star engine, which is powerful. Much more convenient than diesel engines.

A piston engine in which the cylinders are arranged in a star shape around the crankshaft, and the number of cylinders is odd. Prior to the advent of jet engines, piston aircraft engines mostly adopted star-shaped designs. They were widely used by carrier-based aircraft because of their strong survivability in the short battlefield of the crankshaft, and because of their compact structure, which occupies a small space in the aircraft. The researchers of Qin State do not know these design ideas. They only know that if they use a star engine, the plane can fly faster and higher.

After solving the most important engine of the aircraft. Qin's aircraft developed rapidly.

The aircraft, like the aircraft of World War I, used wood panels and skins, and some aircraft also used lighter, strong and durable mixed press panels. Also known as the three plywood. This kind of sheet is made of isomorphic peach glue or loose glue and some white glue mixed on a hydraulic press for strong punching. The sheet often has the characteristics of more than two kinds of wood. Therefore, it has become an important material for aircraft.

The aircraft's operating system is also more complete, and the pilot has an operating position, so there is no need to lie down on the aircraft. Most of the planes use straight wing, and the height is more than two layers. In this way, the wing can provide enough lift. However, the range of the aircraft is very limited. The aircraft is equipped with an instrument, an altimeter. The pilot has to wear a watch and a watch. Because the wings are solid, the fuel tank of the aircraft can only be placed in the skin in the belly of the aircraft, and because of this, the range of the aircraft is very limited. Pilots have to pay attention to the time. They can only fly for an hour. If there are too many, the plane will have to fall from the sky.

It is precisely because of this that many novice pilots often ignore this reason. A large number of new pilots fell down during training. They either broke their legs, arms, or broke their necks and died.

The height of the aircraft is also very limited. Fly to a position of about 1,500 steps at most, when it reaches this position. The gasoline starts to freeze, or other parts are malfunctioning.

Therefore, the altitude and range of the aircraft are still very limited. Not only these, but also when landing. Since there was no landing gear, Qin needed a flexible wheel. But the researchers of Qin State of this kind of wheel can't be satisfied. Therefore, an alternative wheel, a bicycle spoke wheel, is lined with some softer wood as the landing wheel, but this will still cause the pilot to panic when landing. Landing became a fatal blow for the pilot.

But such planes are still being supplied to Qin's heavenly army in batches. For this reason, Qin has set up a fast-flying brigade. Their planes are fast and flexible. Lightweight. Mainly carry out some reconnaissance, take photos and so on. As for the weapon system. Only the pilot’s gun.

The idea of ​​the high-level sending the plane is to let them drop bombs. Because they can throw stones at low altitudes. This senior has seen it. So they thought they could throw bombs. Sending planes can also test the power of this new aircraft.

In this way, a new weapon was put into use on the eastern front. aircraft. Airplanes and airships will dominate the sky together. The hot air balloon still used by the Qi State Air Force. The war was fought from the ground to the sky. The war became a two-dimensional space war. The scope of war can be extended to heaven.