This time flies so fast, it's winter again in a blink of an eye, Duan Yunpeng's second aircraft factory is almost completed now, for this reason Duan Yunpeng is ready to develop and produce the first military transport aircraft of the Eighth Route Army in the second aircraft factory, which is the Giant Bird No. 1.

Today Li Yunlong came again, Duan Yunpeng took out the design drawings, and the two discussed together.

I saw this giant bird No. 1 transport plane, it looks very beautiful, it really looks like a giant bird, its maximum take-off weight has reached sixty tons, which is larger than all large transport aircraft in the world, and its maximum carrying capacity is twenty tons!

You must know that the most famous transport aircraft of the Allied Forces, the C47 transport aircraft, has a maximum take-off weight of only 14 tons and a load of 3 tons.

Moreover, the C47 has not yet been mass-produced and equipped, and its prototype is the DC3 passenger aircraft, which the military is preparing to use to improve into the C47 military transport aircraft.

Of course, the Giant Bird No. 1 can also be used as a passenger aircraft, it depends on the customer's use, it can be said that this transport aircraft is actually specially designed for the Allies, as for the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely be equipped with a small number of vehicles in the future, after all, such a large transport aircraft is a bit of a luxury for the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong said excitedly: "Xiao Duan, can we really build such a big transport plane?" ”

Duan Yunpeng smiled: "Regiment leader, you underestimated our aircraft factory again, didn't you?" We can build a long-range bomber of more than 50 tons, and of course this transport plane can be built. Our Giant Bird No. 1 transport aircraft uses the most advanced turboprop engine! Each of the four turboprop engines has an output of 3,000 kilowatts, which is the same power as our Kunpeng No. 2! ”

Duan Yunpeng remembered that in his previous life, the largest military transport aircraft in World War II was the ME323 transport aircraft developed by the German Messerschmitt company, which was known as a giant at that time.

It was the largest land transport aircraft of its time, an improved version of the ME321 military glider, when the German Ministry of Aviation tasked both Juncker and Messerschmitt with developing a large military glider for the invasion of Britain.

It requires the ability to carry a 75-millimeter tank, or more than a hundred soldiers.

The wooden glider developed by Junkers was codenamed Ju322, with a wingspan of 62 meters and a maximum carrying capacity of 16 tons, which did not meet the requirements, and the strength of the wooden material was poor, and the fuselage was broken many times during the test flight, and finally this model could only be terminated.

Messerschmitt was responsible for the development of the ME321, which has a maximum carrying capacity of 22 tons and can transport 200 heavily armed soldiers.

But such a large body, but is facing the problem of power, this glider, is towed by another aircraft, mainly the JU90 transport aircraft, it only has four BMW piston engines with an output of 820 horsepower, so the maximum take-off weight is only more than 30 tons, it is very difficult to tow such a large aircraft, so Messerschmidt can only increase the rocket booster for a period of time, but the effect is not ideal.

So the Ministry of Aviation decided to add engines to the Me-321, which formed the ME323, after research designers added six engines to the ME323, so that the body weight increased to 27.5 points, so the corresponding maximum load capacity also dropped to 12 tons, full load range of 750 kilometers, can carry 120 fully armed soldiers, unarmed personnel can transport more than 200.

More than two hundred such aircraft were later produced.

However, now Duan Yunpeng's design of the World Bird No. 1 transport aircraft far surpasses it, because the maximum take-off weight of ME323 is only 40 tons, while the Giant Bird 1 is 60 tons.

As for speed, not to mention the range, the powerful Giant Bird 1 transport aircraft can reach a maximum flight speed of 550 kilometers per hour and a range of more than 5,000 kilometers.

When Duan Yunpeng was in his previous life, this kind of transport aircraft would not appear until the fifties.

But now Duan Yunpeng is going to build it, and the Allies will definitely purchase a large number of them at that time, so that the Eighth Route Army will make a lot of money, and using this money will greatly accelerate China's economic development after the war, and let the people live a good life as soon as possible, which is what an aircraft designer of the Eighth Route Army should do.

After all, what the war is for, it is all for survival, for better survival.

Soon the leaders of the Eighth Route Army also got these materials, and they were so happy that Duan Yunpeng personally introduced them to the leaders.

Duan Yunpeng happily pointed to the design plan and said: "Leaders, our Giant Bird No. 1 transport aircraft uses four turboprop engines, with a total output of 12,000 kilowatts, that is, 16,300 horsepower, so that it still has a speed of 550 kilometers per hour with a maximum take-off weight of 60 tons, and it will become the world's largest transport aircraft, far exceeding the current largest transport aircraft in the world, so I think it can make the allies order a large number of them, so that we can make more money!" ”

The leaders are very happy, a giant bird No. 1 transport plane, how can you earn tens of thousands of dollars, of course, this is not much, if you are ruthless, you can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The 5,000-kilometer voyage is even more amazing, just imagine being able to directly transport a tank more than 3,000 kilometers away, because the 5,000-kilometer voyage is a transition, and the load can reach 3,200 kilometers.

This is equivalent to flying directly from China to the homeland of the little devil, and if it hits the nest of the little devil in the future, it can be used.

Duan Yunpeng continued, "Our giant bird, with a large cargo compartment size, a width of 3.2 meters, a height of 2.7 meters, and a length of 20 meters, can easily fit two light tanks or armored vehicles, or one hundred and fifty fully armed soldiers. ”

The leaders' eyes lit up, this transport plane also has a trolley-style main landing gear, which looks strong, so that it can take off and land on the dirt runway.

After all, most airports around the world are dirt runways.

The Giant Bird No. 1 transport aircraft resembles the C130 Hercules, so the leaders like it very much, Duan Yunpeng finally said, "Our Giant Bird No. 1 transport aircraft can also become an air tanker in the future, we want to engage in an air refueling technology to refuel combat aircraft in the air, so that they can increase their range." ”

The leaders all gave warm applause, this design is really excellent, it is impossible for the Allies not to be attracted, and when the time comes, it will make a lot of money by selling a few thousand planes.

Next, Duan Yunpeng is about to start trial production of prototypes, and the leaders are also very supportive, asking people to give people money.