Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1151 Advanced Aircraft
"The flight altitude of the test aircraft once reached 100 meters, and the flight distance was about 800 meters. However, after the aircraft landed, the engine temperature was too high and serious damage occurred. Fortunately, there was no problem during the flight, otherwise the wooden aircraft would catch fire and burn. You will fall from the sky and die. Don’t do such a dangerous thing, we can hire some people to test the aircraft.” The person from the aircraft factory said to Feng Ru after Feng Ru conducted a flight test.

The biplane standing outside the aircraft factory was smoking, and the workers of the aircraft factory didn't know how to cool down the hot engine.If it is cooled with cold water, the hot engine may be completely destroyed at this time.

"Every aircraft is our painstaking effort. If we hire other people to operate the aircraft, if the psychological quality is not good enough, then the plane will crash and people will die. After all, it is still the problem of aero engines. The internal combustion engine technology of this era is not as advanced as ours. , Even the internal combustion engines used in cars are not mature, and it is normal for aero engines to not keep up... We should design a suitable aero engine with the internal combustion engine research group. At least 30 horsepower, and the propeller can reach 1200 RPM. "Feng Ru said with emotion when he saw the engine emitting white smoke.

It is currently in the 17s, and he is from the beginning of the 30th century. There is a gap of more than 20 years in the middle, which is a blank area of ​​technology. Even if Chu Yun has the industrial revolution system, he cannot make up for the 200 years of technology accumulation by himself.

Just as Feng Ru said, even the internal combustion engine of a car is not yet mature at this time, let alone a more powerful and special aero engine.

"We can discuss with the internal combustion engine research group to produce an aero engine with greater horsepower and more reliable performance, while improving the structure of the biplane... Your lord has proposed a single-wing propeller aircraft. We can imagine it when we have time The feasibility of a single-wing propeller aircraft." Feng Ru was persuaded by the first group of Chinese flight designers who were summoned to this era together with Feng Ru.

The design concept of the first group of Chinese flight designers still stayed in the era of biplane propeller aircraft, but even if it was backward compared with monoplane propeller aircraft and jet aircraft, it was something unimaginable 200 years ago.The biggest problem they face is the supporting technology for aircraft, especially aero engines.In Feng Ru's era, there were already companies specializing in the production of aero engines, and the subsequent World War I greatly promoted the development of propeller aircraft.

"I think we should not be so impatient. In the past, we had to research and develop new aircraft day and night in order to catch up with Western aircraft technology and support domestic businesses. But in this era, there is no concept of aircraft at all. Our research is already very advanced. If the problem of the engine is not solved, we can only conceive at the theoretical level. We also need to go to the Physics Department of the Imperial University to learn about aerodynamics and material science. I personally think that the monoplane will be the future aircraft According to the direction of development, the airflow between the upper and lower wings of the biplane will affect each other, and the efficiency is lower." Feng Ru said.

"However, the current material technology and low-horsepower engines cannot allow monoplanes to succeed, can they? Only metal can be used for the monoplane structure. Ordinary steel is not suitable for the production of monoplanes. The density of steel is too high... Higher horsepower The aero-engine will affect the speed, and the speed will affect the lift, and the current aero-engine cannot provide the speed required by the monoplane."

The aircraft designers summoned from the era of aircraft prototypes are very optimistic about the more advanced metal single-wing propeller aircraft, and Chu Yun pointed out a feasible development direction for them.Similarly, what they are facing is the lack of relevant materials and technical support.

The emergence of metal aircraft requires the application of aluminum alloy technology and the horsepower enhancement of aero-engines.

Clearly seeing the development direction of future aircraft, the aircraft designers who were the first to study aircraft could only look at the ocean and sigh.The biplane they are researching now is only a little bit better than a glider. The flight distance of 800 meters is not practical at all. It is more like a huge toy, not to mention the more advanced all-metal aircraft.

"Today we can manufacture an aircraft that can fly a distance of 800 meters. In the future, we will be able to manufacture an aircraft with a range of 8 kilometers, 80 kilometers, or even 800 kilometers. At that time, the aircraft will be really useful. Let's take it step by step. It is estimated that there will be It will take ten years to manufacture a truly practical aircraft, and 30 years to build an airport in a big city." Feng Ru encouraged everyone.

They have enough time in this era to develop aircraft technology freely without worrying about the West being far ahead.

"Gentlemen, the nearby villagers have reported that there are strange birds infesting, which has caused a lot of panic among the villagers. The strange birds they talk about should be the aircraft of our aircraft factory." Xiang Fengru, the guard of the aircraft factory, and others manage the aircraft factory people report.

Feng Ru and others looked at each other in blank dismay. They made several test flights of the manufactured biplane in the field, but they did not expect that the test aircraft was seen by the residents of the surrounding villages, and the huge aircraft was regarded as a strange bird.

"Aircraft technology is far beyond this era. It should not have appeared in the first place, and it is also a project that the government keeps strictly confidential... How can we get past it?" Feng Ru looked worried.

"Do you need to ask the government to relocate the nearby villagers?" a person suggested.

"It's probably useless to relocate the villagers who saw the aircraft. In the future, the flight distance of the aircraft will be farther and farther. At that time, we can't move all the villagers within a radius of a hundred miles, right? Unless it's on the prairie, there There is enough space for us to experiment...but there is no industrial base there, transporting materials is troublesome, and it is far away from the technology research and development center," Feng Ru said.

"Then how do we explain to them the fact that the aircraft exists?" the guard asked.

"I think it is enough to explain to them that the strange bird will not cause any harm to the village. There is no need to elaborate on what it is. Let the aircraft become a folk legend in their eyes. When the aircraft is put into use in the future, they will soon I will understand what the strange bird I saw before will be." Feng Ru said, "Otherwise, even if I explain it to them, it will be difficult for them to understand, and they will leak the secret."

Feng Ru's decision made the legend of the strange bird on the outskirts of the capital begin to spread, and at one time it really became a folk legend. The villagers firmly believed that the government had raised a big bird.It wasn't until the first batch of biplanes were officially put into use that everyone suddenly realized that the legendary strange bird was an aircraft.

(End of this chapter)