The Rise of the Empire

"I've seen your submissions and it seems like all aircraft are using liquid cooled engines, I wonder why not air cooled engines? The cylinders are arranged around a central axis and then dissipated by the oncoming cold air flow And the air-cooled engine is more resistant to damage.” The prince was very satisfied with Daimler’s performance, so he decided to take the opportunity to show off his aviation knowledge. \u003c/p\u003e"We have thought about this issue. First of all, the air-cooled heat dissipation has been proved to be insufficient, and the flight speed is still relatively slow, so the air volume on the windward side is limited, and the heat dissipation effect is also limited. And if we also use an 8-cylinder air-cooled For the engine, the frontal area will increase a lot, and the flight resistance will be greater. So we still prefer to use liquid-cooled engines.” Daimler’s integrity is still guaranteed, if it is said that it is for eyeballs and more support. Falsification can be tolerated, but technically, this master will not budge! \u003c/p\u003eLiquid-cooled engines have high heat dissipation efficiency and a small windward area, so lower power can have higher performance. Historically, the European aviation industry has generally tended to be liquid-cooled, especially as a Agile fighter jets are all powered by liquid-cooled engines. This situation continued until World War II, such as the British Spitfire, the German bf109, and the f190, which started to use air cooling and was forced to switch back to liquid cooling. \u003c/p\u003eAs for why Americans and Japanese use air cooling, Japan will not talk about it. They didn’t clean up a db601 neatly, and many automatic control parts were finally made manually.... The US mass-produced version of the liquid-cooled engine is not as good as Europe, not to mention the UK, the mass-produced version of the v1710 is not as good as the late German db603 and jumo213. (Of course, after the war ended, some of the last models still surpassed Germany.)\u003c/p\u003e "It seems that there is still a long way to go to develop an air-cooled engine." The prince sighed inwardly. \u003c/p\u003eIn any case, this time the prince is still very satisfied with the Aviator 1, the aircraft has a certain practicality, and the next step is to let people see the great role of the aircraft, so that the German government will promote it from top to bottom The development of the aircraft industry, instead of throwing all the energy on the airship, the airship is now easy to use, and has an overwhelming advantage in terms of time in the air, range, cargo capacity, and flight height, but the potential is limited! \u003c/p\u003eThe words are divided into two sides. The task assigned by the prince must be completed. Major General Schmidt quickly brought in a technical team and made improvements according to the requirements of Daimler and others. At the beginning, What the technician brought was a brand new mg1900 machine gun. This machine gun was fixed next to the left wing, and a ring rack was installed. The machine gun could slide on the gun rack and was fed with a saddle-shaped drum. . \u003c/p\u003eTo be honest, it is not easy for the pilot to control the aircraft under the current situation, and it is even more difficult to control the machine gun shooting on the wobbly aircraft. It is almost impossible to shoot the ground target on the unstable aircraft. The personnel improved, the fire switch was integrated on the operating handle, the machine gun was fixed on one side of the wing, and a simple sight was installed at the same time. Although it still doesn't have much effect, at least it's like that, giving people a feeling of being tall... \u003c/p\u003eAnd this shooting used the dynamic shooting method. Voyager 1 flew by at an altitude of 100 meters, and another car equipped with a camera was advancing parallel to it. When the plane flew by at a distance of 200 meters from the target, the pilot pulled the trigger. In a few seconds, all 200 rounds of incendiary bombs were fired! And the target cabin turned into a sea of ​​flames in the dense rain of bullets! \u003c/p\u003e"Wonderful,

very good. "The prince was very satisfied with the photos on the table. In the air, a huge figure flashed across and sprayed a deadly tongue of flame at a nearby room. In just a few seconds, the room turned into a torch. Of course, the help of flammable and explosive materials in the house is definitely indispensable...\u003c/p\u003e "Actually, even if no bullet hits, the house will still burn. "Afterwards, Baron Daimler wrote in his diary...\u003c/p\u003e As for the subsequent ground bombing, there were also many problems. "On a swinging plane, unless I am like a monkey Generally agile, otherwise you can only use your mouth to pull the ring of the grenade and throw it down. The technical team also tried to install a bomb pylon to solve the problem, which really freed my hands, but alas, too powerful bombs are a problem for the aircraft itself, I once dropped a 50kg at 150 meters The bomb, the violent impact after the explosion almost caused the plane to lose control! Afterwards, the first test pilot in Bavaria, Admiral Ryan, who was later known as the lion in the sky, recalled his bombing experience in this way.\u003c/p\u003eThis is definitely not a good experience. Incisively and vividly! The aircraft wing is too large, which directly reduces the structural strength. At the same time, it does not have a complete closed body, and there is no strong enough support inside. Throwing a grenade is fine, and a mortar shell is also enough. If the power If it is bigger, there will be problems. After all, the violent explosion and flying shrapnel can completely smash the "book shelf" flying slowly in the air.\u003c/p\u003eBut after the special effects photographer joined, everything in the shot Everything has changed. In the camera, the plane flies through a body of water in a straight line, and black things are thrown down one by one. Afterwards, water jets rise into the sky one by one, which is definitely refreshing. This is a cross-age achievement.\u003c/p\u003e Even when it was displayed statically on the ground, someone installed a set of radio communication equipment on the plane. Of course, due to weight and operability issues, this system It is almost impossible to use in the air, at least one person cannot send a report while flying the plane. And there are no two-seater planes yet... But you might as well see the huge role and development potential of the plane from it!\u003c/p \u003e A large number of photos were collected after screening. The prince also wrote a special letter of recommendation. This letter was not addressed to the Kaiser. After all, the Kaiser did not know much about military affairs, and he was not a front-line officer. It was a bit troublesome to do The prince needs to send these materials to a person who can really see the development of aviation and who has the ability to accomplish this! And this person is the famous German chief of staff Moltke, who is now the director of military supplies!\u003c/p \u003e There is a reason for the prince to give this information to Little Maoqi, not only because the two have a similar attitude towards the Schlieffen plan and win mutual favor, nor because this buddy is the future chief of staff, but because he He is one of the few people in the top German army who really saw the role of the aircraft!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e