69novels Chapter 317
Chapter 317
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“Yes, the performance of BF-108 is good, you did a good job!”
Mainz saw a large group of technicians and engineers in Messerschmitt looking at him eagerly, and felt that it would be inappropriate if he didn’t say a few words.
“The single-wing design and all-metal structure are very bold and avant-garde, but I think you are on the right track. The future development direction of fighter jets will definitely be towards high-speed, heavy fighter jets. The structure of biplanes is too fragile and cannot withstand excessive overloads, which limits its maneuverability. Therefore, it is an inevitable development trend for biplane fighters to be replaced by single-wing fighters!”
Although the people present were all well-known experts and engineers, they were very aggressive in using existing technology to develop the BF-108 fighter.
However, the current debate about biplane fighters and monoplane fighters has not yet been resolved. No one can say whether a monoplane fighter or a biplane fighter is better. From a technical difficulty point of view, the difficulty of a monoplane fighter is obviously much higher than that of a biplane fighter.
The high difficulty, coupled with the use of more expensive materials and engines, has increased the cost of a monoplane fighter by several times compared to a biplane fighter!
In this case, these experts from Messerschmitt did not know whether the fighter they had developed was in the right direction.
If it turns out that their research direction was wrong, then the millions of marks they had spent before would be wasted!
Not only that, they also wasted a lot of time and resources, which would have a bad impact on Hans’ development in the fighter field!
Therefore, this lecture in Mainz The words were very crucial. He dispelled the doubts in everyone’s hearts, strengthened their confidence, and made them believe that they were really on the right path.
In this way, these people will no longer work with a mentality of worrying about gains and losses and looking ahead and behind. They will continue to insist on developing single-wing fighters, comprehensively transforming and revitalizing existing fighters, and strive to develop a stronger blue sky guard for Hans!
Seeing that his words played a role and successfully boosted morale, Mainz was also very happy.
However, compared with the outstanding fighters of various countries during World War II, the performance of BF-108 is undoubtedly very backward.
Looking at it at the modern level, it can still be called advanced, but once all countries begin to enter the field of single-wing fighters and begin to develop their own all-metal structure single-wing fighters, the performance of this fighter will undoubtedly fall behind rapidly.
Therefore, now is not the time to relax and be complacent. In order to prevent these people from being too proud and inflated, Mainz decided to speak and knock them:
“However, this fighter is still far from what I want in my mind!” As soon as this sentence came out, the smiles on the faces of the people who were originally happy suddenly froze, as if they were frozen in time by a frozen screen.
“The potential of single-wing fighters is very large, and the main factor restricting this type of fighter is the engine. In order to obtain a more powerful fighter, we need to solve the problem of the engine, so that later fighters can have faster speeds, more powerful firepower and more sufficient combat radius!”
Faster, stronger, farther!
Mainz’s requirements are simple, which is also the general requirement of future fighters!
Even in the era of jet fighters, these requirements are not outdated!
“General, can you tell us what your ideal fighter looks like?”
Willy Messerschmitt looked at Mainz eagerly, wanting to get more precise indicators from him. If he couldn’t get Mainz’s bottom line requirements, he didn’t know how to improve it!
“The next generation fighter jet must have a maximum flight speed of at least 500 kilometers, a maximum flight distance of at least 1,500 kilometers, and a maximum take-off weight of more than 4,000 kilograms!”
Since the other party asked for specific indicators, Mainz was not polite and said what he wanted.
Hearing this request, everyone was immediately shocked.
“Five hundred kilometers per hour, how is this possible?”
“That’s right, in order to make our BF-108 fly over 300 kilometers, we have already used all our strength, and it is almost impossible to continue to increase the speed!”
“Moreover, the weight and speed of an airplane are in an opposing relationship. If you want to achieve a faster speed, you must find a way to reduce the weight. If you want to reduce the weight, you can only use the configuration of a biplane fighter to reduce the structural weight as much as possible. However, the wooden structure of a biplane fighter cannot withstand such a high speed, right?”
A group of people discussed back and forth, and finally walked into a dead end, as if they had circled back to the original starting point.
Mainz frowned when he heard their discussion.
He felt that these guys seemed to have made a mistake. Hadn’t he emphasized that the development of fighter jets depends on the advancement of engine technology? The reason why he dared to make such a request must be because he could provide them with a more powerful engine.
As a result, a group of people ignored the engine, the most important component, and all turned their attention elsewhere, which made Mainz very disappointed.
Fortunately, Willy Messerschmitt still kept a clear head.
“General, if we want the flight speed to exceed 500 kilometers and the take-off weight to exceed 4 according to your requirements, then we will need an engine with at least 1,200 horsepower. However, our current engine power is only 300 horsepower, which is 4 less than that. If you cannot provide me with a more powerful engine, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to meet your requirements!”
Willy Messerschmidt’s words sounded like he was contradicting Mainz, because he directly stated that they could not meet Mainz’s requirements, which made everyone else widen their eyes and look at him worriedly, fearing that Mainz would get angry.
As a result, to everyone’s surprise, Mainz not only did not get angry, but also smiled.
“I am glad that you noticed this, and your judgment is basically correct. To achieve a takeoff weight of 4, the engine power must exceed 1,000 horsepower!”
Seeing that Mainz had already considered the problem of the power system, Willy Messerschmidt suddenly became excited.
“General, have you been ready for this?”
After hearing what he said, the others looked at Mainz nervously and expectantly.
Mainz smiled and nodded, admitting this matter.
“If nothing goes wrong, BMW’s 1200 horsepower water-cooled engine should have been successfully developed. By next year at the latest, they will be able to complete the debugging of the engine, so you have about a year to design a new fighter jet with 1200 horsepower!”
The news announced by Mainz made everyone excited and nervous!
1200 horsepower engine!
This is really something that no one has ever heard of or seen before!
There are not many engines in various countries with a power of more than 300, and there are very few that exceed 400!
As for those that exceed 1000, except for the engines of large bombers, they have never heard of such an existence!
However, Mainz told them that Hans’ 1200-power engine has been successfully developed!
This news really surprised them and surprised them!
“General, is this true?”
Willy was very excited, but he was also worried that he might have heard it wrong, that he was hallucinating, and that his joy was in vain, so he kept asking, hoping to get a positive answer from Mainz.
“Of course it is true. If you don’t believe it, you can go to BMW and have a look. BMW is not far from you anyway!”
Mainz simply gave them a note and asked them to follow him to visit BMW!
After visiting the new aircraft engine developed by BMW, everyone believed what Mainz said!
So, everyone became excited again:”Prime Minister, let’s give our next fighter a name!”
“Yes, Prime Minister, this fighter was promoted by you, so you can give it a name!” It was hard to refuse such a kind offer, so Mainz did not refuse. He thought for a while and said,”The model of this fighter should be BF-109. It will be the eagle in the sky of Germany, so let’s call it the Eagle of Germany!”