Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1570
At this moment, Chu Yun was in a secret factory on the outskirts of the capital. He seemed to have sensed it and looked towards the west.

"My lord, is there something wrong with this newly developed aircraft?"

Feng Ru and the others had brought Chu Yun over to inspect their factory, but found that Chu Yun was suddenly absent-minded, thinking that there was something wrong with the results of their research.

"No, it's just that I was distracted for a while." Chu Yun muttered in his heart, always feeling that something happened.

"This is a new type of monoplane researched by our aircraft factory. It adopts the inspiration obtained from pigeons. Its aerodynamic shape is very similar to that of flying birds. It has a wooden frame with a layer of cloth on the outside. It is pulled by wires, and its steel pipes are connected with the frame of the fuselage, which is very firm. Here, twisted wingtips are used instead of ailerons. The current standard is two seats, which can accommodate two pilots." Feng Ru introduced the front of the aircraft to Chu Yun. Huge "monster bird".

Chu Yun walked around this strange plane. What can I say about this plane... The captain is about 10 meters long and has a wingspan of 14 meters. It looks a little weird, like a huge pigeon.

The pigeon plane is about 3 meters high, much higher than Chu Yun.However, Chu Yun, who had seen the jumbo aircraft of later generations, did not feel how big the aircraft was. On the contrary, the aircraft with only two seats looked more like a big toy to Chu Yun.

This is very different from the real monoplane in Chu Yun's impression. It is like a black-tech aircraft that is still in the exploration stage. It has a unique shape but is not perfect.

"Will it go to the sky smoothly?" Chu Yun couldn't help asking.

"There is no problem at all. Its performance is far beyond our imagination. This guy weighs 650 kilograms empty, plus two pilots and even explosives. The weight is less than 900 kilograms. Its wing area is 32 square meters, The ceiling can reach 2000 meters." Feng Ru introduced.

"You mean an altitude of 2000 meters? With this kind of pigeon-like structure?" Chu Yun couldn't believe it.

In his opinion, although the aircraft in front of him also has the unique structure of aircraft such as propellers, engines, wings, and empennages, the wings and empennages designed by imitating pigeons are also somewhat primitive, and the skin is made of linen without variegation. Cheng, appears flimsy.

"Don't adults believe it? This is indeed very different from our previous biplanes. When we were researching biplanes, we were also studying monoplanes. The performance of this monoplane is still good. We are working with the engine factory to study aviation. The engine used is an 86-horsepower 4-cylinder water-cooled piston engine, which provides enough power." Feng Ru and his team are very confident and proud of their design.

Seeing that Chu Yun still didn't quite believe it, Feng Ru and the others made eye contact and offered to perform an air show.

In order to verify that this kind of pigeon-type aircraft is really useful, Chu Yun naturally agreed.

The aircraft factory is carried out in a vast area on the outskirts of the capital. In order to ensure that the aircraft, a secret weapon that has crossed the era, will not be exposed so quickly, almost all the villagers around the factory have been relocated, and soldiers are patrolling nearby to expel those who want to get close. only.

A little further away, some villagers reported to the government that strange big birds appeared in this area, but when the government tracked down the location of the aircraft manufacturing factory, they would be notified that this was a research site of the military department, and entry into the investigation was strictly prohibited.Over time, the government ignored this matter, but the legend of "strange bird" became popular nearby.

As the governor of the empire, Chu Yun would certainly not take the risk of flying the plane himself. The accident rate of planes in this era is too high, and the cost is very high.He and several senior officials in charge of this project came to inspect this project, and Ella from the intelligence department was also by Chu Yun's side. She had heard Chu Yun describe many future scenes in private, and she was full of enthusiasm for the human conquest of the sky. Looking forward to it, seeing Feng Ru and others about to start the air show at this time, they seemed a little excited.

"Feng Ru, do you want to fly the plane yourself?" A designer of the aircraft factory asked Feng Ru when he saw that Feng Ru was going to operate the pigeon plane himself.

"If you don't feel at ease with the plane you participated in designing, why bother other pilots?" Feng Ru and another pilot climbed into the two-seat pigeon plane.

This experimental pigeon-type aircraft has only two seats and basically has no weapons. One pilot is mainly responsible for manipulating the plane's lift, while the other pilot is responsible for observing and using a musket to shoot or even ignite the fuse of the explosive package, and then the explosives will be released. The bag is thrown below.

Don't look at such a crude attack method, but the fear that ruling the sky brings to the civilian soldiers of this era is tantamount to the manifestation of miracles.

When he first came to this era, Chu Yun had the idea of ​​developing an aircraft, but until now, after Chu Yun continued to develop various technologies to pave the way for aircraft technology, especially engine technology and petroleum technology, the aircraft was finally developed. Looks good-although the original pigeon-type plane in front of him is still far from the plane in Chu Yun's impression.

"My lord, can they really fly up to 2000 meters in the sky? That's 2000 meters, which is higher than ordinary hills. It's not a problem at all to climb mountains and ridges." Aila stood beside Chu Yun, her eyes full of expected.

Even at the beginning of the 19th century, when steam engines became popular, who would have thought that one day human beings would be able to conquer the sky that they look up to every day?

"A height of a few hundred meters is definitely not a problem, and 2000 meters should be the limit." Seeing Feng Ru and others swearing that the pigeon plane can fly to an altitude of 2000 meters, Chu Yun must have conducted many experiments And testing, will come to such a conclusion.It is impossible to lie about such industrial products as seeing is believing.

Feng Ru and another pilot put on simple goggles, stretched out their thumbs towards Chu Yun and the others, and prepared to take off.

In this era, there is no control tower, no concrete runway, no complex communication system, no ejection chairs and parachutes, and even the weight of the aircraft plus the weight of the two pilots is less than one ton. Conquer the sky step by step.

Chu Yun used to think that the intertwined scenes of propeller planes, pilots taking off with goggles, and farewell gestures were a bit cool, but he didn't expect to see them here.

After the later aircraft became fully enclosed, although it was more advanced, it always felt a little less.In contrast, propeller planes are more primitive and bloody.

(End of this chapter)