Chapter 36: The Fury Fighter
In addition, the Zero fighter can also hang two 30-kilogram or 60-kilogram bombs.
So to deal with such a strong fighter, the Fury fighter must have a special move.
In appearance, it is similar to the Spitfire, but the size is smaller, the length of the aircraft is only eight meters, the wingspan is ten meters, the empty weight is 1,350 kilograms, the maximum take-off weight is 2,000 kilograms, and it is equipped with an aviation piston engine, with a maximum power of 1,000 horsepower, so that the thrust-to-weight ratio is much higher than that of the Zero type.
The overall thrust-to-weight ratio is comparable to that of the Spitfire, you must know that the maximum take-off weight of the Spitfire reaches 3,100 kilograms, and the engine power is 1,470 horsepower, so its maximum flight speed reaches 600 kilometers per hour, which is a lot faster than the Zero, so it must have an advantage in air combat.
The Fury fighter is designed to reach a maximum speed of 610 kilometers per hour, a faster rate of climb, a ceiling of 10,000 meters, a range of 1,300 kilometers with internal fuel, and a range of 2,100 kilometers from an external auxiliary fuel tank.
This seems to be much shorter than the Zero fighter, but it is more suitable for the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army Air Force does not need long-range combat, so more weight and space are used on firepower.
Duan Yunpeng equipped the Fury fighter with two 14.5mm Gatling machine guns, which used a four-barreled design, and the power of the shells was no less than the devil's 20mm cannon, and the most important thing was that the rate of fire far exceeded the devil's 20mm cannon, because its rate of fire would reach 2,000 rounds per minute, and the reserve ammunition would reach 300 rounds each.
You must know that the zero carrier-based fighter, each cannon has only 60 rounds of ammunition, and the weakness of the zero fighter is also obvious, it inherits the characteristics of the devil's combat aircraft with thin skin, because of the pursuit of light airframe, so the strength of the fuselage structure is not high, if you do a large overload maneuver, it is easy to disintegrate in the air, in addition, it has no armor protection, so after being hit by artillery fire, the survival rate is low.
Of course, at this stage, there is no possibility of encountering a zero-type carrier-based fighter, and now the devil is mainly equipped with a Type 96 carrier-based fighter, which has a maximum take-off weight of 1.8 tons, which is relatively close to the Fury fighter.
It's just that this kind of fighter of the devil is equipped with a 710-horsepower engine, so the maximum speed is only 440 kilometers per hour, and the range is only 1,200 kilometers, which is much slower.
In terms of airborne weapons, the rage is even more crushing the Type 96 carrier-based fighters, because the Type 96 is only equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns.
However, in China, the Fury is more likely to encounter the Devil's Army's Type 1 fighter jet, which has a maximum take-off weight of 2.6 tons, a 970-horsepower engine, a maximum speed of 490 kilometers per hour, and two 12.7 mm aviation machine guns.
Of course, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army did not understand the performance of the devil fighter, so they were very curious and had a lot of questions after seeing this design plan.
A leader asked, "Can we build such a big fighter?" ”
Duan Yunpeng said very seriously: "I guarantee that it can be built, and our Fury fighter will be a very advanced fighter, and it will have a great advantage over the current little devil's fighter." ”
Then, Duan Yunpeng gave a brief introduction to the leaders of the main fighter models currently equipped by various countries in the world.
First of all, of course, the Spitfire, which was designed and developed by Rolls-Royce, that is, Rolls-Royce.
The Spitfire uses a high-power engine, as well as a good aerodynamic shape, and its semi-spindle nose is different from the flat and coarse nose of most current aircraft, with good rectification effect and low resistance.
Therefore, the Fury fighter designed by Duan Yunpeng is also of this shape, which is very good-looking and has good aerodynamic characteristics, including the wing, which also adopts an elliptical plane shape of a cantilever lower wing, with a large lift-to-drag ratio.
Full metal skin, like the British Spitfire, a prototype built in 1935 and made its first test flight in early 1936.
It is equipped with 2 20mm Sispano cannons and 4 7.7mm Browning machine guns, and the firepower can be said to be very powerful, but now the Fury fighter is even more excessive, because the two 14.5mm Gatling machine guns have a high rate of fire and great power, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a machine gun.
In addition, the German BF109 fighter is also very advanced, Duan Yunpeng also made an introduction, but the focus is still on the devil's several types of fighters, when the leaders heard Duan Yunpeng say, the devil's fighter is not very good, or quite happy, if the Eighth Route Army has a Fury fighter in the future, then it can achieve complete air superiority, so that it is not afraid of the devil's bombing.
Duan Yunpeng is so talented, such an advanced fighter can be designed, and the leaders are very satisfied with him and like him very much.
The speed of the Fury fighter is so fast, whether it is a fighter or a bomber who fights devils, it will be like an eagle catching a chicken.
And its weapons are also so exciting, two Gatling guns, of course, it can also hang two 20-kilogram bombs, and even a more exciting weapon is the rocket launch nest, which can launch rockets to hit ground targets.
This is a new type of airborne weapon, and the leaders are very happy.
There were a few leaders here today, so in the end, the leaders made a decision on the spot, fully supporting Duan Yunpeng and the arsenal, striving to build the Fury fighter as soon as possible, equip the aviation team, and prepare for the next counteroffensive.
Of course, in addition to the development and production of airplanes, it is necessary to expand the plant, and the construction of an airfield, which is a big project, although it costs a lot of money, but now that it has won several battles, it has also robbed a lot of money from the devils, so this is not a big problem.
The aviation team also needs to recruit more flight cadets, and Duan Yunpeng will train them, so the entire Eighth Route Army must send out a message, and anyone who is willing to be a pilot can sign up, of course, pilots have high requirements for physical fitness and reaction ability, so there are not many people who are eligible.
Now the test flight of the rotorcraft is going very well, so the next step is to carry out mass production, and it has been preliminarily determined that twenty rotorcraft will be produced and assigned to several brigades for trial.
The Falcon rotorcraft is the most suitable for special combat team equipment, so basically each brigade will put it in the special combat team to carry out tasks.
The production work will be completed within half a year, and the twenty rotorcraft will be equipped as soon as possible, because there will be the development and production of the Fury fighter in the future.