Chapter 1024： Howling Sea Eagle One (1/2)
Chapter 1024 Howling Sea Eagle 1
”I can assure you that in this era, there will never be a better aircraft than the aircraft you are about to see! This is the pride of the entire German nation! Whether it is the German Empire or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it will be for him. Impressed by the outstanding performance in the future! We have been fighting for this for 5 years! And today I can say responsibly that as long as you arrange a pilot for it, you can complete the combat mission excellently!”
On the way to the airport, Earl Daimler was chattering in Prince Ruprecht's ear. From his excitement and some exaggerated actions, the prince was also a little moved, and could not help but have higher expectations for this unmasked plane.
Finally, after passing through several levels, the prince’s convoy came to the front of a huge factory building. After the security personnel verified their identity, the huge iron door was opened. When the light entered the slightly dark factory building, A huge single-engine biplane full of German gray was presented to people!
”This aircraft seems to be larger than our usual single-engine aircraft, and it feels more beautiful.” An air force **** said.
”It is much longer than a normal monoplane, and the body of the aircraft is more sleek. The nose is also equipped with a large streamlined fairing, and the rear of the body is a hard-shelled spindle shape. Between the two wings of the aircraft. There are fewer supporting structures. It is indeed much more pleasing to the eye than those simple flying bookshelves. And these aircraft seem to use metal skins, and the structural strength should be good.” Another officer said.
”That's natural. We re-optimized the shape of the aircraft. We have to say that putting the engine directly in a square nose was a waste! This time we not only installed a fairing for the engine compartment, but also Try to simplify the wing as much as possible. There are only 4 support pillars between the two wings, and only the steel cables are left to maintain strength. Even at the joints where the plane is connected, we use putty to smooth it out. This is exactly one piece. artwork.”
”In order to meet the strict requirements of the Air Force, we have adopted a large number of metal structures to increase the strength. Now, the pylons on the abdomen of the aircraft can carry a weight of 500KG. In theory, more than 90% of the imperial arsenal Bombs can be mounted, even possible aerial torpedoes.”
”The last time His Royal Highness mentioned the issue of takeoff and storage under certain special conditions, and we also included it in the design requirements. The wings of this aircraft can be folded completely, turning back from the root of the wing. . It can save space greatly.” Earl Daimler introduced to the prince enthusiastically.
Approaching the aircraft, the prince was able to observe this rookie of German air power himself. The length of the entire aircraft is 9.2 meters, the wings of the aircraft are 13.5 meters, and the height of the aircraft is 3.2 meters. The empty weight is 1070KG. The estimated maximum take-off weight is 2000KG. Equipped with a 250-horsepower V12 DB1911 engine, it may be replaced with a 300-horsepower DB1911-B engine in the future. There were two crew members on the plane, a pilot, a bombardier and rearseat gunner.
The weaponry of this aircraft is almost the strongest of its kind in this era, with two 12.7MM machine guns in the upper part of the engine compartment. There are two parallel 7.92MM machine guns in the rear shooter position. Of course, it can also be replaced with a 12.7MM machine gun. Two types of pylons can be installed on the abdomen. One type of pylon is a heavy-duty pylon that can carry bombs up to 500KG or a torpedo of 450KG. Another way of carrying it is to install a series of pylons on the belly of the plane, with three 50KG bombs (or two 100KG bombs) mounted, and another two 50KG bombs mounted on the root of the wing. Such a mount is equivalent to many twin-engine bombers!