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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 665 (1) Wang Geng¡¯s Philosophy

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    The Sopwith factory was founded in 1912 by 24-year-old T.O.M Sopwith with the prize money he received from flying competitions.  The "Camel" is the most famous of a series of fighter aircraft designed by Sopwith during the First World War. It is equipped with a very ordinary double-layer wing and a "Cragette" air-cooled star with a rotating cylinder at the nose.  The piston engine is covered with a bright metal thin-shell fairing to reduce drag.  Because there is a gap in the center of the trailing edge of the upper wing, it is easier for the pilot to see upward.

    "Camel" aircraft has two machine guns installed side by side on the upper part of its engine. Of course, all aircraft at this time have adopted shooting coordinators.  Because there is a raised bulge on each cover above the machine gun, which looks like two humps, the aircraft was named "Camel".

    The "Camel" fighter jet has achieved numerous results, mainly due to its unique flight characteristics, that is, its extremely sensitive maneuverability.  This feature is loved by flying experts, but also keeps some pilots away from it.  Because of a little careless maneuvering, it is easy to enter a dangerous tail spin (also called a spiral) state and cannot recover.

    It is precisely for the purpose of pursuing combat performance that designers have to sacrifice some stability to increase the aircraft's response sensitivity.  The designer deliberately placed heavy loads such as engines, pilots, fuel tanks, weapons and ammunition near the center of gravity of the entire aircraft in the short fuselage. In addition, the vertical tail was made smaller, and the elevators and ailerons increased the response sensitivity.  , Therefore, it is not easy to control these "fierce horses".

    Of course, the rotor (referring to the rotation of the cylinder axis) engine has a strong gyroscopic effect, which is also beneficial to improving the flight maneuverability of the aircraft.  But at the same time, different additional moments are produced for left and right turns, making the maneuvering more complicated.  Generally speaking, when the enemy aircraft has just completed two weeks of circling, the "Camel" can fly three weeks, indicating that it has a greater angular speed.  This performance is extremely beneficial for biting the target.  In today's air combat, it is still a very important move.  This is also the reason why "Camel" easily has the upper hand in fighting.  In addition, the "Camel" fighter also has the advantages of high speed and excellent high-altitude comprehensive performance.

    The German ace pilot Red Baron von Richthofen was nominally shot down by a Camel flown by a Canadian pilot.  "Camel" f.1 is the land-based version of "Camel" (referring to the model used by the Air Force to take off from land), and the Navy's carrier-based version is called "Camel" 2f1 (which takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier).

    The latter was tested in March 1917. It has an engine power of 150 horsepower and a speed of up to 200 kilometers per hour. It has a machine gun on the upper surface of its upper wing. It can hang four small bombs of 11.3 kg or 22.6 kg under the belly.  Two bombs are used to attack ground (sea surface) targets. They are currently in service on the aircraft carriers "Hundred Eyes", "Eagle" and "Fury".

    In Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, after World War I, the Sopwith company closed for some reason and was merged into Hawker Aviation. Sopwith continued to engage in aircraft design, and his designs included the "Hurricane" and "Harrier".

    Due to the limitations of engine technology, Wang Geng has that ambition. At the moment, he cannot produce a Mercedes M109 or a Zero fighter. He has no choice but to eat the food he wants. Because of the China Aircraft Manufacturing Factory  The engine project team has made a major breakthrough in the domestic Eagle ix aluminum alloy engine. The new domestic Eagle ix engine is improved with aluminum alloy components, increasing the compression ratio to increase power and reduce its own weight. This newly designed domestic Eagle ix aircraft engine will  It became Wang Geng¡¯s first choice engine for designing new fighter jets.

    The specific parameters of the Rolls-Royce Eagle viii engine imported from the UK are quite superior.

    The domestic engine project team of China Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, led by chief engineer Wang Zhu and deputy chief engineer Bayama Zao, completed the domestic production of two classic Rolls-Royce engines, Eagle vii/eagle viii, within half a year.  In the second quarter of 1918, they made a breakthrough in the use of high-strength aluminum alloy casting engine parts refined and produced by China Aluminum Company. By the end of July 1918, they had completed the China Eagle ix-v8 engine and the China Eagle x-v12 engine.  The design and finalization work of these two engines uses a large number of aluminum alloy parts.

    The reason why the China Eagle ix-v8 engine is reduced from the original 12 cylinders to 8 cylinders is to increase the power by increasing the compression ratio, even if aluminum alloy is used, it can further reduce the weight of the aircraft engine, because Rolle  Royce-Royce's Eagle vii and viii are both large and powerful V12 engines, with original net weights as high as 396 and 408 kilograms.

    Of course, there is no problem in installing it on a two-seat fighter-bomber and a heavy bomber. However, if it is installed on a single-engine, single-seat fighter, it will obviously be too large and heavy. This will turn the maneuverability and control of the fighter into a big horse-drawn cart.  Sex brings unpredictable results.

    In fact, the SE5 single-engine single-seat biplane fighter produced by the Royal Aircraft Factory uses a wolseleyviperwatercooledv8 engine that weighs only 445lb (236kg) and has a power of 200hp (150kw).

    The size and w of the China Eagle ix-v8 engine designed and finalized by the China Aircraft Manufacturing Factory engine project teamIt is comparable to the olseleyviperwatercooledv8engine and weighs only 202 kilograms. However, a single China Eagle ix-v8 engine can output 360hp (268kw), making it the lightest and most powerful aircraft engine in the world.

    This Chinese Eagle ix-v8 engine is designed based on the introduction of the British Rolls-Royce Eagle series engine and is improved using aluminum alloy technology and a series of new technologies. It is the latest design of the new fighter jet of the Chinese Air Force.  important part.  This is also the reason why Wang Geng has never relented in mass-producing se5 and dh4 at the China Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. Although designing a brand new fighter jet is ranked third in terms of priority, it is Wang Geng who created China Aviation  The most important part of the team's air power process.

    Wang Geng¡¯s principles for building China¡¯s aviation manufacturing industry and the design and production of automobiles, armored vehicles and tanks are to introduce, digest, absorb, improve, optimize and enhance, and follow the design and development concepts of step-by-step, from simplicity to complexity and return to simplicity.
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