The Rise of the Empire

"Baron Lilienthal, Baron Daimler, in recognition of your contribution to the aviation industry, from now on, your salary will be increased by 30%. And the allocation will be increased by 50%. Of course, I will let you come, and It’s not just to inform you that your salary has been raised, but more importantly, we need to discuss aviation technology. Aviator 1 only solves the problem of lift-off and basic operation, and 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 upright, not even daring to breathe. \u003c/p\u003e"Aviator 1 is too big, too cystic, I mean big in shape, I can hardly imagine that a single-person aircraft will be so huge, the huge wing area and volume greatly increase the flying Resistance, I think Baron Lilienthal will be more aware of this."\u003c/p\u003e"Next, I hope that our aircraft will be smaller and more compact. The airframe will be more aerodynamic. And there will be a relatively Closed airframe. Also, improve the maneuverability of the aircraft. The most important thing is to increase the load. My requirements are not high, at least it can accommodate a machine gun and certain ammunition?" The prince said his requirements . \u003c/p\u003e"Aviator One is an experimental product. When we designed this aircraft, it was more like an airplane. In the next stage, we will work hard to perfect the design of this aircraft. We We plan to use some metal parts inside the aircraft to increase strength, pure steel will definitely not work, because that will increase the weight. We plan to use aluminum products, or aluminum alloy and composite wood materials." Baron Lilienthal said. \u003c/p\u003e"The real trouble is carrying weapons. In actual combat, the pilot can't use the machine gun to shoot while operating the aircraft. People only have two hands, not 8 wrists like an octopus..... ..and there will be an overload during flight, requiring both hands to pull the operating lever together, and it is impossible to shoot at this time. Unless the machine gun is fixed and the firing system is integrated on the operating lever, as we do now, but that It will greatly limit the shooting angle of aircraft machine guns." Daimler said, in addition to the lack of single-person expenditures, he also raised another opinion. \u003c/p\u003e"We have an idea, that is to shoot a twin-engine aircraft, the pilot in the front is responsible for operating the aircraft, and the observer in the back is also a machine gun shooter, responsible for shooting, so that cooperation is more convenient. But the only problem is this The aircraft will be very large and heavy, and have high requirements on the engine.”\u003c/p\u003eDuring World War I, aircraft were completely contentious, especially fighter jets. In terms of the number of wings, there are trendy monoplanes, the largest number of biplanes, and triplanes like the Big Mac. There are single-engine fighters and twin-engine fighters, single-seater fighters and two-seater fighters. These types of aircraft have a great variety. It constitutes the unique scenery of the sky in this era. \u003c/p\u003eIn this era, the single-wing single-person aircraft that is most in line with the development direction of advanced productivity did not have an advantage at the beginning, because the engines were generally not good at that time, and the difference between speed and climb was not big. To grind the dog fight, the horizontal maneuverability of the aircraft is very demanding. The biplane has an advantage in this regard. (Can the egg turn? You can let it rotate with the biplane.) And if an aircraft can have a special machine gun with a larger strike range, then it will be more advantageous.... \u003c/p\u003eIt is precisely for this reason that the early two-seater aircraft had certain advantages, and some even had the front driver operate one machine gun, and the rear driver operated the other. For example, the German aegg2 twin-engine aircraft. Of course, with the advancement of technology, after the horsepower of aircraft engines reached more than 250 horsepower in the late World War I,

The improvement of engine performance brought about the improvement of aircraft performance, and the cumbersome two-seater fighter gradually showed its decline. Only then gradually returned to the situation of single-seat and single-person aircraft. After all, two people mean that the weight of the fighter jet increases. \u003c/p\u003e "We can fix the machine gun on the top of the aircraft engine, or feel that the machine gun passes through the center shaft of the engine. In this way, as long as the nose of the aircraft can be aimed at the target, it can be hit. I know, you want to say shoot The bullet may hit the propeller, I think this problem is not that complicated. The army is working on a device called a coordinator. When the propeller blade blocks the muzzle, the machine gun will automatically stop firing." The prince made a suggestion. \u003c/p\u003e"Since the military is responsible for solving the problem of the coordinator, we will naturally cooperate fully." Lilienthal said that the prince is still very confident about this coordinator, because this thing was first made by the Germans , and the placement of machine guns or shaft guns on the upper part of the engine was also invented by the Germans first, and it has been passed down to World War II aircraft. \u003c/p\u003eMost models of bf109 have shaft guns. The f190 also installed 2 machine guns above the engine. In addition, the fighter jet weapons of the United States and Britain are all mounted on the wings. Do you want to say that the deployment of the central axis of the aircraft is beneficial? Of course there is, the bullets shot out are in a line, and the distribution is better. Aircraft like the p51 and Spitfire generally adjust a focus point, where the bullets are the densest, and other places are worse. Of course, the layout of the axle gun also has disadvantages, that is, it occupies the position of the supercharger, but the World War I aircraft did not use such a tall thing, so let’s not mention it for now. \u003c/p\u003eThe fighter research plan that the prince gave to the designers can be simplified into the following points: the use of metal parts to increase strength, the application of fixed machine guns and coordinators, and a single-piloted fighter with a high power-to-weight ratio. At the same time, the prince also has a bomber plan. After all, the ultimate meaning of the air force is still to fall on bombs, and the most fundamental means of using air to control land is bombers. \u003c/p\u003e"You should develop a larger and stronger twin-engine ground attack aircraft within your ability. Hundreds of kilograms of bombs fly over the front line to attack key nodes such as ground transportation lines, artillery positions, and ports. Maybe one day, we will even use planes to fly across the English Channel to attack the British mainland." The prince said with a smile. \u003c/p\u003e"The bomber you mentioned must be two-person, and it must also carry a bomb of several hundred kilograms. This seems to be a bit high at the moment. The take-off weight of such an aircraft may even reach 2 to 3 tons. All we currently have The design, even the designs on the drawings, cannot meet this requirement, and this weight will have very high requirements for the structural strength and engine of the aircraft. And the flight speed will definitely not be fast." Lilienthal said. \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e