Chapter 161 Aviation Advances
Yang Feng's super battleship plan is not difficult, although there are many places where he does not understand this light cruiser, or the large destroyer that Yang Yuan said is not very clear, but this year, the employer is God, and the employer's requirements must be met, and a group of engineers who designed battleships in the past quickly came up with a preliminary plan for him.
The full load displacement is 6,000 tons, two twin 130 mm front guns, the position of the No. 2 main gun is as long as possible, the internal bomb supply system is set up as a vertical module, which can be easily dismantled if necessary, and two Styx anti-ship missile launch tubes are installed in the middle.
This thing is too big to fit too much, so let's make do with it for a few years and see if the time is ripe to get on the quadruple harpoon.
Tail...
"In this case, the space in the rear is too large, and we can install at least two more main guns, and even two more sets of anti-ship missile launch tubes."
His chief designer, Schiller, said that this guy was said to be one of the main designers of the Bismarck, and that he was obviously still full of things like the cannon of a giant ship.
"Let's put that aside for a moment."
Yang Feng said.
He had to go back to Messerschmitt first to ask about the development progress of the helicopter, if it could be manufactured within two or three years, then simply go directly to the hangar, this kind of thing is very useful for both search and rescue and anti-submarine, even if it is not a real anti-submarine helicopter, it is fatal to fly to the top of the submarine with a deep bomb and throw it down.
In addition, the weapons of this battleship also include four AK630, the four corners are arranged to form a basic coverage without dead angles, as for torpedoes or something, there is no need to say more, the power system is naturally a steam turbine, and it is still too scary to use a gas turbine, this can be purchased directly, whether it is British or American. They are very willing to provide him with the latest steam turbine systems.
After making a preliminary plan, he immediately returned to Yingtian and went straight to his Kunpeng aircraft manufacturing company.
There are currently three types of aircraft development projects that he is working on.
One is helicopters.
He had already settled the patent issue with Sikorsky, and at this time the helicopter was at best a novel toy, and it was not in the eyes of the top level of the American government, and Sikorsky was not going to hold a tail rotor in his arms. Besides, Yang Feng asked him to buy the right to use the patent to give him face, and it was useless to use him directly without giving face, and there was no diplomatic relationship between Mi and Daming, and of course his patent right was not recognized in Daming.
Messerschmitt came forward and found more than a dozen Mi Ying from the original Focke-Wolf company to pick the remaining scum, all of whom had participated in the design and manufacture of helicopters, and set up a separate design team to use Yang Feng to build the turboprop engines they used to manufacture small passenger aircraft. It was converted into a turboshaft engine and used to develop a general-purpose helicopter for which Yang Feng gave a rough design.
That is...
UH1, Huey.
Turboprop and turboshaft engines are actually one thing, the latter is nothing more than a variant of the former, and as for how to modify it, this is carried out by those Prussian engineers and students of the Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
"It is expected that a prototype will be built next year, the engine has been rebuilt, and the gearbox will be produced by the gear factory in Friedrichshafen. What has not yet been solved, the main one is the main rotor. Because the weight of this helicopter is much larger than the one previously developed by Focke-Wolff, the main rotor they designed before was not strong enough and needed to be redesigned, and there was no equivalent level in the United States. ”
Messerschmitt said.
In front of him was already a full-scale model of Yang Feng's helicopter.
"Rotary, you don't have to worry about the rotary, I will provide it directly. And the strength is guaranteed to meet your requirements. ”
Yang Feng said with satisfaction.
The rotor is indeed high-tech, with extremely high technology content, even if it is modern, it is extremely high-end, don't think that a few propellers are not worth mentioning, in fact, this thing is no worse than the engine. Huey's rotors are honeycomb aluminum alloy and stainless steel, as for modern times, it must be composite materials, then it is good to go directly to composite materials, even if you take it out, others can't imitate it, go back and build a production line yourself, and the rotors of the Ming Empire will directly dominate the world.
It is estimated that after this helicopter comes out, Sikorsky and Bell will cry, and in front of it, the Bell 47 is like a piece of, and it is a piece of that has been stepped on.
The second project is passenger aircraft.
This small passenger plane named Hongyan by Yang Feng has entered the prototype manufacturing, for which the Kunpeng company specially purchased a variety of large-scale equipment indispensable for aircraft manufacturing, including 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses, and almost all of these equipment were provided by the Prussian company, so that a large number of Prussian companies on the verge of despair came back to life.
Not only the equipment, but also some parts and components were also purchased from Prussia, anyway, they are all familiar with the way, which surviving Prussian companies, what spare parts are capable of producing, Messerschmitt These people know very well that a direct telegram can solve the problem.
Of course, the test flight will take some time, at least a few months later.
"Your Excellency, you have to think about the order, we have a lot of competitive pressure, our aircraft, except for the cheap oil, a wide range of applications, long engine life, low noise, simple maintenance, there is almost no competitive advantage at all. Countries are retiring military transport aircraft in large numbers, those large aircraft manufacturers have almost no military orders, and now they are desperately trying to pull civilian orders at low prices, and civil airliners are also developing to large jets, and our aircraft are almost completely against the trend. ”
Messerschmitt said very sincerely.
"Well, isn't that enough?"
Yang Feng said indifferently.
He never considered this problem, this aircraft is to cultivate talents, Kunpeng company does have a large number of Prussians, but more than two-thirds are still Chinese, and even some people with good minds can already participate in important positions and design, with such a project driven, his aviation industry foundation is laid.
Besides, just one oil is cheap, because of his appearance, the consumption of crude oil far exceeded the original history, and the output is no different from the original history, so it easily broke through the three dollar mark, it is said that it is expected to break through the three dollars in two years, and countless crude oil importing countries are miserable.
Since he didn't care, Messerschmitt didn't have much to say.
Then came the final project, his carrier-based jet fighter, which was developed by another god.
Heinkel.
It's not Henschel, it's Hinkel, the one in front of him, the pioneer of jet fighters, who was also tried after the war, but he was also released on medical parole under the behind-the-scenes operation of Yang Feng, and then went to the Ming Empire to preside over the design of jet fighters for him.
"Your Excellency, you must first determine the engine."
Heinkel said sincerely.
"Engine, this problem..."
Yang Feng is also very difficult, not very easy to operate! The main thing is that the restrictions are too big to toss around, this thing is too eye-catching, and the Americans are like looking at ants with a magnifying glass, lying there staring at the jet engine research and development of countries around the world!
After he struggled for a while, he still asked someone to invite Johnson over for him, and then said straight to the point: "George, in the naval battle in the Atlantic, I lost eight of the latest carrier-based aircraft, which shows that the propeller fighter has come to an end, so I am ready to develop a jet carrier-based aircraft myself, do you have a good engine recommendation?" ”
"Your Excellency, there is no need, is it? Your demand is very small, such an investment is not cost-effective, a fighter jet design, manufacturing, test flight, etc. requires a lot of money, maybe hundreds of millions, if it is just to make dozens of them, it is meaningless, if you need it, I can contact the country, directly sell you jet carrier-based aircraft, for example, how about Fury? FJ1 fighter, the latest jet carrier-based aircraft. ”
Johnson said with exaggeration.
"A broken plane that was discontinued after thirty units were built, and you are embarrassed to sell it to me?"
Yang Feng deeply despised him.
In fact, at this time, there are many jet carrier-based aircraft in the United States, or it can also be said that jet garbage, the country's aviation industry because of the war, has swelled to a terrifying point, after the end of the war in order to compete for limited orders, it is even more flesh and blood, F3 Devil when the initial bidding, a full eleven fighter manufacturers participated in the bidding
And any of these aircraft manufacturers have people in Congress, so in order to balance the interests of all parties, the US government simply cast a wide net and set up multiple projects, resulting in a crazy era in the history of jet fighter development.
"Huh?"
Johnson sweated for a moment, he didn't expect this guy to be so well-informed, and Fury was known as soon as he stopped production.
"And what about the F9F Panther?"
He asked again.
"The maximum speed is not more than 1,000, and you are embarrassed to call it a jet fighter? What's more, that thing hasn't been put into service yet, has it? I might as well buy the Venom of the Britons as the Panthers, at least my pilots used to it. ”
Yang Feng continued to despise.
"What about the FH1 goblin?"
Johnson said cautiously.
"That's even more, a jet fighter doesn't fly as fast as a propeller fighter, James. MacDonald just drove it headlong and died.
George, don't waste your time, including your ongoing projects, none of them are pleasing to my eyes, but in the land-based fighters, if you are willing to sell them, you might as well sell me a batch of Sabres after the service. As for the carrier-based aircraft, forget it, I developed it myself, if you are interested, you may as well help me contact Westinghouse to see if they can sell me the J40 engine, but I must have the right to produce. ”
Yang Feng said.
"Your Excellency, that engine is still being tested, and it is said that it will be difficult to deliver it in the short term."
Johnson hurriedly said. (To be continued......)