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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 665 (2) AT Predator

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    This is true when we chose to introduce the easy-to-control SE5 instead of the overly flexible Camel F.1. The same is true when we introduced the powerful Eagle series of Rolls-Royce instead of the lightweight series of Wolseley Viper engines. The Chinese aviation fleet will not be used in Asia.  When encountering an opponent like the Luftwaffe, reconnaissance and ground attack were the preferred tasks of the Allied Air Force during its westward march against Soviet Russia.

    Therefore, the first two aircraft domestically developed by the China Aircraft Manufacturing Factory are the fr-18 reconnaissance/fighter/bomber and the BC-18 attack bomber, which focus on ground/ship attacks. Of course, ship attacks are not mentioned at this time.  , deep in Wang Geng¡¯s heart, the probability of fighting the German Navy in the future may be lower than the probability of fighting the Royal Navy of the British Empire or the Japanese Navy. Of course, such precautions are a bit too forward-looking, but this is what this guy thought at the beginning.  of.

    As for the China Eagle x-v12 aerospace engine, which was designed and finalized together with the China Eagle ix-v8, it further developed the surging power of the Rolls-Royce Eagle viii engine, optimized the processing accuracy by increasing the compression ratio, and is widely used  It is also an advanced multi-label and various high-strength aluminum alloy casting process in the world. The new 12-cylinder China Eagle x-v12 engine is 25% smaller and 45% lighter than the original Eagle viii, while the power  It is increased to an astonishing 420hp (308kw).

    For Wang Geng, the China Eagle ix-v8 engine is mainly used to meet the shooting needs of new fighter jets, while the China Eagle  After mass production, the China Eagle ix and X engines will replace the Rolls-Royce Eagle vii and viii engines used on these two aircraft.

    At this time, due to the limitations of engine power and material technology, Wang Geng was unable to help the engineers of the China Aircraft Manufacturing Company design World War II classics such as the me109, Zero, Spitfire, Mustang, and Hurricane.  When it comes to fighter jets, the model Wang Geng originally wanted to refer to was indeed the famous Zero fighter jet in the future. This aircraft was once a nightmare for all Allied pilots over the Pacific.

    However, considering that although the Zero is a very excellent single-engine, single-seat, single-wing fighter, its excellent air combat performance is also insufficient in high-altitude performance and ground attack capabilities. Wang Geng decided to design a new fighter for the air force.  The requirements and starting points are always consciously or unconsciously taken into consideration. The FR-18 is designed to be a single-engine, two-seat, single-wing reconnaissance/fighter/bomber, which makes the size of the aircraft larger than that of a fighter jet.  Production and maintenance costs are higher than single-seat fighter jets.

    As early as early July, after the BC-18 was finalized and produced, Wang Geng's design requirements for the new fighter proposed by Wang Zhu and Bayama Zao were: This is a single-seat, single-engine, single-wing, all-metal skinned air superiority fighter used to compete for air supremacy.  A fighter jet with excellent climb rate, small turning radius, high speed, high ceiling, powerful firepower, and better low-altitude hovering capability. In addition to competing for air supremacy, this fighter jet will also have extremely strong ground attacks.  ability.

    The reference design drawings Wang Geng drew for Wang Zhu and Bayama Zao were sketches of the future German Messerschmitt Me-109 and Japanese Zero fighter jets respectively. As for the P39 Flying Snake and Locke designed by the American Bell Company during Wang Geng's previous life during World War II,  The P-38 Lightning designed and produced by Sid, including the British Hurricane and Spitfire, are not among Wang Geng's choices at this moment.

    There are many reasons. For example, the British Spitfire and Hurricane are too ugly, while the American P39 has a mid-engine technology. Not to mention the ugliness, in 1918, the technical staff led by Wang Zhuba Tamamo were asked to design a  This mid-engine fighter jet is too groundbreaking to come out.

    The classic ones may not be the most perfect, but they must be the most effective weapons. The Messerschmitt m109 and the Japanese Zero are such aircraft. Someone has studied it in the past life. If the Japanese Zero uses a high-power Venus engine, it will become  As for the heavy-duty Zero, until the end of World War II, no fighter jet could surpass the Zero in performance. However, the German Me-109 has extremely strong controllability, firepower, armor and ground attack capabilities.  This was a very classic fighter aircraft in the early days of World War II. It was used until the end of the war and was still able to compete with advanced aircraft from the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and Russia that appeared in the later period.

    As for Lao Maozi's la-5 and la-7, although Wang Geng also drew sketches, he did not expect Bayama Zao and Wang Zhu to select these two sketches as design references. Of course, la-7 was an advanced aircraft in World War II.  It is a fighter/attack aircraft, but its short range, small bomb load, and the use of leading edge flaps were too technically difficult and risky in 1918, and the la-7 was originally a wooden structure.  fighter plane.

    As for Wang Zhu and Bayusao, the chief and deputy directors of the Aviation Department of the Chinese Participating Army, after seeing Wang Geng's ability to draw sketches of imaginary aircraft, especially the two fr-  After the 18 and BC-18 met the design requirements, were finalized and produced, and showed their talents in the aviation fleet, these two people no longer bothered to figure out where the Chinese King came up with the design sketch, and could only be classified as Wang Geng's design.  Genius is always different and one step aheadBu's perspective and ideas are installed in the mind of the Chinese king.

    What Wang Zhu and Bayuzao, the two founders of China's aviation industry and the chief and deputy chief engineers of the China Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, have to do is use the materials and techniques of this era to realize the sketches and designs of the aircraft that the Chinese kings patted their heads on.  performance requirements.

    Wang Zhu was interested in the design sketch and appearance of the me-109, while Bayama was interested in the Zero. Due to the use of high-strength and high-toughness aluminum alloy materials, it has already been used in the previous two domestically produced fr-18 and bc-18.  It has gained a lot of practical experience in the design, development and production of aircraft and China Eagle ix-v8 and x-v12 engines. The appearance and performance indicators of the Zero aircraft seem to be more attractive to Bayama Zao, the vice president in charge of engine localization.  engineer.

    Perhaps this is also because the prototype of the BC-18 itself, which was previously designed and finalized based on the sketch drawn by Wang Geng, has the shape and layout of Japan's Type One Land Attack, so the Type Zero sketch and the BC-18 have a bit of the same temperament in it.

    However, in the end, after debate and comprehensive consideration between Wang Zhu, Bayama Zao and the project team's engineers from the United States, Britain, France and China, the newly designed single-engine, single-seat, low-wing fighter was finally decided upon using more Messerschmitt me  The aerodynamic layout of the -109, or in other words, the fighter named af-18 has the strong, light, reliable, and flexible characteristics of the me-109, with powerful attack capabilities, while also possessing the climbing speed and excellent maneuverability of the zero.  Cornering ability.

    Because in Wang Geng's previous life, whether it was the me-109 or the Zero, the engine horsepower exceeded 1,000 horsepower, and at this moment, the latest China Eagle ix-v8 newly developed by China only has a horsepower of 360hp, which makes af-  The size and weight of the 18 are smaller than those of the me-109 and zero.

    The af-18 has completed the design plan at the end of July. The planned performance indicators and parameters are as follows:
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