Chapter 133 FW190 Test Flight
No matter what difficulties it encounters, the Navy will not stop advancing!
The Air Force doesn't give planes, then the Navy makes its own! The Air Force does not give pilots, then recruit themselves!
The German Navy, from all over the world, found some pilots who left Germany after the First World War, recruited some from home, and the first German naval aviation brigade was formed!
Among them, there is a very typical father and son soldiers, Alcatel father and son, who returned from the United States, and participated in the naval aviation together!
With the personnel, the aircraft carrier is also in the final outfitting stage, and for the Navy, what is most needed now is carrier-based aircraft!
Now, the entire Luftwaffe, almost all of them, is watching jokes and waiting to see what the Fokker company, with an air-cooled engine, will look like when it comes up with a carrier-based aircraft!
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Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the beginning of 36 years, and after intensive development, the first FW190 fighter has been trial-produced!
After getting the news, Ciric excitedly came to Fokker.
In later generations, it will take several years to develop a third-generation aircraft, among which the development of the engine is also the key to the key, but now, in the era of propeller aircraft, the speed of development is quite fast.
In particular, the problem with the engine has been satisfactorily solved!
Historically, the FW190 first used an 18-cylinder double-planetary air-cooled engine BMW 139, and then BMW developed a 14-cylinder double-planetary air-cooled engine BMW 801.
Comparing the two engines, it can be found that the original 18-cylinder engine is outdated, so the production of the BMW 139 was terminated, and all of them were put on the 801 engine.
This led to the redesign of Fokker's Fw190, in particular a large number of modifications to the fuselage.
But now, this situation no longer exists, and the current BMW 801 engine is already an incomparably mature engine! The engine has two rows of 14 cylinders and a displacement of 41.8 litres, producing 1,500 hp. It can be said that in terms of horsepower, the liquid-cooled engine of Mercedes-Benz is far away!
However, the current FW190 is not called this code, the current factory code is WL-FLOY.
Fokker was born from the Dutchman Anthony Fokker, and now, under the leadership of Kurt Tanker, is about to enter a new glory!
"It's a pleasure to meet you, General Ciric." Kurt said to Ciric.
Now, this aircraft has become an aircraft project funded by the Navy, so it has not received much attention, and only Ciric and Navy Commander Erich came to the important first flight ceremony.
"I'm also very happy and I have full confidence that Fokker can create brilliance again." "Our new plane looks beautiful," Ciric said. ”
A good aircraft must be a smooth-looking aircraft, and the current WL-FLOY is just that!
Due to the use of air-cooled engines, the nose looks a little large, but unlike other air-cooled aircraft, the bare engines are no longer visible.
After clever design, the engine is all in the hood of the nose, and the streamlined hood can reduce air resistance in the spot.
Cantilever lower wing, all-metal semi-monocoque structure, fully retractable landing gear, compared with this aircraft in history, the biggest feature is that it is larger!
Especially in terms of length, this aircraft in history was only more than 10 meters, and now, the length has been enlarged to more than 11 meters!
This is, of course, because of the idea put forward by Ciric that the range of the fighter should reach 3,000 kilometers and the combat radius should reach 1,000 kilometers!
Of course, the fighter will have to store more fuel!
This extra length is actually equivalent to increasing the volume of the fuel tank. At the same time, the corresponding wingspan has also been enlarged, so that the empty weight of this fighter has reached almost four tons!
Now, it was only the first test flight, so the fuel tank was filled with a small amount of No. 87 B2 fuel.
Hearing Ciric's praise of his own aircraft, Kurt was also quite excited: "Yes, our aircraft is confident that it will surpass the BF109 in all aspects of data!" ”
Airplanes, and the most important thing? Engine, of course! The engine of the BF109 has only just developed to 1,000 horsepower, and its own engine is already 1500 horsepower!
Moreover, this is still the initial model, a later model of such an aircraft engine, which can even exceed two thousand horsepower!
So, the potential for improvement of the aircraft is considerable!
Hans Sundel, a well-dressed test pilot, was already seated in the cockpit, and the engineer next to him came up to help him make sure that the canopy was covered and the safety device was in order, and then started the engine in front of him.
In a tremble, the 14-cylinder air-cooled engine in front was started, and a series of black smoke almost shrouded the position of the cockpit.
The propellers in front were also spinning rapidly, and the black smoke quickly disappeared.
Hans over the radio, shouting outside, "V1 asks to take off, V1 wants to take off." ”
"You can take off."
In everyone's eyes, this smooth fighter began to slide on the runway, and when the sound of the engine became louder, everyone's ears were buzzing.
"Inform Hans and put on his oxygen mask." Ciric said suddenly.
Kurt was stunned, this first test flight was flying at low altitude, that is, to test how well the aircraft was handled, and even the landing gear was not put down, and the oxygen mask was used when the air was thin at high altitude, at this time, what was the oxygen mask for?
However, he still honestly followed Ciric's orders and notified the test pilots above by radio.
This plane that flew into the sky looks quite agile! Although you can only do a few small movements, on the ground, you can see the doorway, especially for the insiders.
"It's a good plane!" Beside Ciric, the young naval aviation pilot Rick said that as a pilot of Hainan Airlines, he was fortunate to participate this time, and now, looking at that plane, he is extremely envious.
For example, if you look at the climb, you can see how strong it is, if you encounter other planes, then as long as you pull the operating lever, other planes will definitely not be able to keep up!
After testing the basic qualities of various flights in the air, three turns, this V1 prototype, landed smoothly.
It worked! The first flight was a success!
Everyone rushed to the plane, and Rick took the lead, climbing the gangway to welcome the test pilot inside.
However, when he opened the canopy, he was startled.