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The Third Empire - Chapter 1540

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:26:37 AM


Chapter 1540: 1540

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"Buzz, buzz." A mig-3 engine emitted black smoke. In everyone's attention, the mig-3 engine finally started successfully.

Test pilot beliyakov got on the plane, sat in the flight seat and closed the hatch. At this time, many people were watching him on the runway.

Gromov, President of the test flight academy, had a serious expression on his face: "although everything is OK during the interview flight on the ground, there may still be faults in the air."

"However, no matter what fault we encounter, we have to complete the modification." On his side, the famous Soviet designer Michael Yang said.

According to the plan, they should all retreat to Siberia, but they didn't go. The most important thing is to implement the plan of replacing gasoline with alcohol as soon as possible.

In today's Soviet, gasoline is very valuable. Although it is given priority to the army and the air force, it is still stretched. In contrast, alcohol shows more advantages.

As a country in cold regions, the Soviet Union never lacked wine, and there was no shortage of spirits, and alcohol could burn. So, is it OK to use alcohol instead of gasoline?

In the history of later generations, Germany is also plagued by fuel shortage. Germany adopts the method of coal to oil. Because Germany has rich coal resources, Germany adopts this method. Although the label is not high, it can be used. German tanks also use gasoline engines. For this reason, coal to oil can only be gasoline.

However, the Soviet Union did not have this technology. Even if the technology of coal to oil was introduced from the United States, it would take time. Moreover, the gasoline grade after coal to oil was low, only 87 fuel, which could not be used for high-altitude fighters.

There is no shortage of alcohol in the Soviet Union. There are many wineries in the Soviet Union, and even ordinary residents can brew alcohol at home.

What is more reliable is that their alcohol level is very high. Ordinary residents can brew more than 80 degrees, while common wines can reach more than 90% after distillation and before dilution.

Now, the mig-3 flying out, the tank is filled with undigested vodka, and the alcohol level is as high as 96. When refueling, there is a pungent smell of alcohol, which makes everyone swallow saliva constantly.

For old maozi who is addicted to alcohol, he has to restrain his desire to watch what goes into his mouth as fuel.

Now, the Soviets lack everything. After losing the land of Ukraine, the Soviets may not even have enough to eat. At this time, they also need to tighten their belts and contribute their rations to make alcohol.

There is no way.

Even if the Soviets starved to death for 30 million, they could recover from winning the war. If they lost, there would be no Soviets.

Everyone present was in the same complex mood, and at this time, beliyakov was flying seriously in the air.

Using alcohol instead of gasoline will be very dangerous. Now, he has to guard against the possibility that the engine will stop at any time.

"Climb to a kilometer, in good condition." He reported on the radio, "I will continue to climb."

Beliyakov pushed the throttle lever to the end and decided to increase power and continue to climb the plane.

Two thousand meters, three thousand meters, as he continued to rise, he had clearly felt the engine shaking.

This trembling means that the engine has begun to lack cylinders, and some cylinders cannot burn.

"At three thousand one, the engine began to shake." He continued to shout on the radio. Suddenly, the engine in front shook sharply two or three times. Then he saw the three blade propeller in front.

The engine stopped!

"Altitude 315. The engine stops. I'll restart the engine." Said beliyakov.

For any pilot, once the engine of a single engine fighter stalls, it is quite dangerous. Now, he can't parachute. He has to restart the engine and fly the plane back. This is the mission of the test pilot.

When they heard that the engine stopped, everyone became nervous. Some people picked up binoculars to look for the trace of the plane in the sky.

Beliyakov pushed the lever and the fighter began to dive.

It's terrible that the aircraft engine stalls in the air. If the aircraft is equipped with an electric starting device, you can try ignition again in the air. If not, it will be difficult to restart the aircraft engine.

Of course, this is not impossible.

For example, now, with beliyakov pushing the operating lever, the fighter began to dive downward. With the dive, the speed increased and increased. Finally, the wind blew the propeller in front and turned!

The start of the engine must rely on external force. Now, the external wind force is used to drive the propeller to rotate and drive the engine to rotate.

As the propeller rotates, the engine emits black smoke, and several familiar roars come. Finally, there is a regular vibration in front, which shows that the engine has been started successfully!

"Pull it up, come on, pull it up!" Just then, a cry came from the headset.

The height is too low.

When beliyakov dived, the height was more than 3000 meters, which seemed good, but when it dived to drive the propeller to rotate, it was only a few hundred meters. When the engine started, the black smoke blocked his sight. He didn't see the ground and didn't have time to look at the altimeter.

When the sound came from the earphone, beliyakov immediately pulled the lever to pull up the plane and fully open the throttle at the same time.

If the engine power is insufficient, the plane will stall when pulled up. The mig-3 is famous for its difficult operation.

When he pulled it up, he saw that his height was only tens of meters. Just relax, there was a shaking in front again. No, the engine stopped again!

Now, there's no chance to restart.

Beliyakov held the lever firmly and wanted to land in the field below. This was his last chance.

Keep the plane and let technicians study why it stalled in the air? This kind of fault cannot be found on the ground and must be taken to heaven.

It is the duty of test pilots to fly boldly knowing that there are risks and that they will fall.

Mig-3 was successfully leveled, the height was falling rapidly, and the field was in front of us.

No, there's a ridge ahead!

He pulled up the operating lever and wanted to fly again to avoid the ridge. Unfortunately, it was useless. The plane that lost power was a big brick. The main landing gear in front had touched the ridge!




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