Chapter 1025: Howling Sea Eagle 2
Chapter 1025 Screaming Sea Eagle 2
Of course, the prince just gave it a name that is equivalent to a "nickname". For example, FW190 is also called the Shrike. As for the serial number used within the army, Count Daimler has already applied for it. Because the aircraft was developed by a scientific research team under the Bavarian Aviation Design Bureau, the two letters BF will naturally be included in the serial number, and because it is intended for the Navy It is used as a torpedo plane, so this aircraft is numbered BFFG-1 bomber, where FL means Coastal Air Force (after all, there is no aircraft carrier yet). (The abbreviation of the German Coast Air Force in World War II was FL.GR.) Later, in order to simplify the name, it was also called the BFG-1 bomber. And the nickname is Sea Eagle,
The simple static display of the aircraft is for laymen to see. Ruprecht did not come here just to see an extra-large 1:1 model. That depends on the aircraft drill. Including but not limited to aircraft maintenance, preparation, takeoff and simulated attack. Although he had dark circles under his eyes from not sleeping well last night, the prince still insisted on seeing the actual condition of the plane today.
And Count Daimler did show everyone the fruits of his labor, so he decisively agreed to the prince's request and arranged a team of professional ground crew and two test pilots to operate, while he served as Full-time commentary.
First of all, the demonstration of folding and unfolding the wings of the aircraft was carried out. A total of 8 ground crew members helped complete the whole process. Because it was a biplane, the folding wings naturally could not be folded upward like some later carrier-based aircraft. Instead, a Similar to birds contracting their wings, they fold backwards. All the carrier-based aircraft or pre-carrier-based aircraft with truly folding wings in history are like this, such as the F6F Hellcat, and the FW109T that is ready to be put on the ship... ..
Now the ground crew was divided into two groups and opened the connector at the base of the wing. Then, with an axis at the rear as the center of the circle, the two huge wings began to move backward horizontally and were fixed on the hooks of the fuselage through steel wires. , the major transformation took 5 minutes. After the original wingspan of the aircraft was 13.5 meters long, after the wings were folded, the width of the aircraft was only 5.5 meters. This kind of "deformation" made the aircraft the first person to see it. Broken Wings was shocked and amused. And even the prince who is a time traveler has to give a thumbs up. Daimler has completed the tasks he set very well.
After the wings are folded, the wings are opened again and fixed. According to the situation of this exercise, it takes about 5 to 7 minutes to fold the wings of the aircraft, and about ten minutes to open them. A group of 8 people can It can be done easily.
Then load ammunition and fuel. The engine layout adopts an inverted V-shaped layout, so two 12.7MM machine guns are placed at the upper part of the engine compartment and slightly behind. The machine gun ammunition boxes are located at the rear of the engine. Each ammunition box has a capacity of 250 rounds. When actually changing ammunition, you can open the opening on the side of the ammunition compartment, take out the entire ammunition box and replace it with a new one. Ammunition is generally based on explosive and incendiary bombs, and one tracer bullet is used to indicate the target every 9 rounds.
It's easier to fire a rear-firing machine gun in the back seat.
If you are using a twin 7.92MM machine gun, then you only need to hang two drum drums on both sides of the machine gun. After shooting, you can change it manually. The drum drums are right next to it... The aircraft's fuel tanks are at the rear of the pilot's feet and behind, and there's not much to say about simply refueling.
It was also easy to mount bombs. Subsequently, the ground team simulated mounting 250KG bombs, 100KG bombs, mounting multiple 50KG bombs, and mounting special illumination bombs for the prince and others. He also asked the prince to enter the cabin specifically to take a look at the bomb sight located on the floor. In addition to a simple sight, there was also a pointer next to them that showed the dive angle of the aircraft. Then based on the dive angle, the bomber pilot adjusted the sight in the sight. The scale is bombed.
The real trouble is to install the torpedo. The 450KG torpedo is more than 2 meters long, so when mounting it, you need to replace it with a new special pylon and build a special transport vehicle for the torpedo. Place the torpedo on the vehicle and then arrive. After reaching the bottom of the aircraft, use a jack to lift the torpedo, and then connect it to the pylon on the belly of the aircraft. The whole process will be relatively long. According to the current exercises, it will take about half an hour to debug a torpedo and complete the mounting.
Then came the takeoff and landing test of the aircraft. Not far outside the hangar, there was a runway paved with concrete. This runway was 200 meters long and 25 meters wide. Because the simulation is taking off from the sea, in order to offset the absence of deck wind, the take-off runway is allowed to be longer. Ten minutes later, a BFG-1 attack aircraft that was fully equipped and equipped with counterweights was towed to the end of the runway. With the roar of the engine, the aircraft began to move slowly. When the engine power of the aircraft was adjusted to the maximum, the pilot After releasing the brakes, the aircraft, which had almost reached its maximum take-off weight, took off after taxiing for 160 meters.
"If we take into account the 25-knot deck wind, then our actual take-off distance can be reduced to less than 120 meters! It can even be within 100 meters." Count Daimler said on the side.
"The main thing is to watch the landing." The prince nodded and said. In fact, the problem of aircraft taking off in World War I was not big. Although the engine power of aircraft in this era was small, the take-off weight was also small. A torpedo aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 2 tons... You must know that the empty weight of the FW190 is higher than this weight, and it is thought to be a biplane, so the wing load is very small. 1 During the war, some aircraft took off and even put a wooden plank directly on the battleship turret... It doesn’t matter if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. Anyway, just rotate the turret to create a headwind.
In fact, the aircraft carrier that the prince prepared for these aircraft can run at 25 knots after improvements. In addition, there is no wind on the sea surface, and it is easier to achieve a combined wind speed of more than 25 knots, so taking off is really not a problem. (In addition, the take-off distance of a road-based aircraft seems to be very long because the height of obstacles on the ground must be taken into consideration. The so-called take-off distance considers the entire distance after the aircraft takes off from 15 to 20 meters, and there is no need to consider it at sea. As long as the plane doesn't fall...
In order to allow the aircraft to land safely, arresting cables have also been developed in this era. In order to ensure that the aircraft can catch the arresting cables, a total of 6 arresting cables were deployed at the end of the simulated runway. After using simulated bombs to fly from a low altitude of 150 meters and then hitting the target circle, and then shooting several targets with machine guns, the BFG-1 attack aircraft began to land. A landing hook popped out from the tail, and at the same time the tail slightly Downward, the pilot opened the speed brake, and the aircraft's speed dropped further. According to visual inspection, the current speed should not exceed 80 kilometers.
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