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The Third Empire - Chapter 581

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:50:20 AM


Chapter 581: 581

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In the propeller age, aircraft engines are gasoline engines with high speed and high horsepower, but they don't need much torque. On the ground, diesel engine is the king.

The gasoline engine needs to mix gasoline and air into the cylinder. This mixing process needs the carburetor to distribute gasoline evenly into the air. What the cylinder sucks in is the mixture.

The carburetor is realized under the action of gravity, that is to say, it can only be used directly, not put reversely. When it is reversed, it does not work.

From the perspective of acceleration, it can't fall into the state of negative g. otherwise, if the carburetor stops working, the engine will cut off oil and stop running!

Although the Merlin engine has come to an end, the current air-cooled engine in Britain is also a carburetor!

Why are German planes not afraid?

Because German engines have begun to use electronic injection. In the late 1930s, Germany has realized direct fuel injection on aircraft engines and eliminated carburetors. Naturally, there is no need to worry about negative g fuel cut-off!

(in terms of automobiles, it was almost in the 1990s that China began to eliminate carburetor engines and adopt EFI technology.)

This kind of jet mode does not need to be affected by gravity, so the aircraft can be in any state, as long as it does not disintegrate!

The current flamethrower is not aware of this problem. The British will solve the main problem affecting air combat and eliminate the carburetor in the later improvement.

But now, in front of the fire, as long as the BF109 can make a negative g maneuver, it can get rid of the other party. If the other party doesn't follow up, it can only watch the prey escape. If it follows up, it is that the engine is out of oil.

The flamethrower wingman was caught and made an absolutely wrong action. The engine stopped and the propeller in front of him stopped.

If the engine suddenly cuts off fuel during normal training, it is not terrible. Just change back to level flight and restart the engine. Even if it fails to start in the air, it can also be used as a glider and land.

Although the technology of aircraft has made great progress, it is still the era of propeller aircraft. The takeoff and landing distance is short. As long as there is a flat land, it can land.

But now, in the battle, every mistake will cost him his life.

When he finished this action, Vic only felt the blood surging up and his eyes were going to turn red. However, relying on his youth and excellent physical quality, he soon recovered. When he continued to look back, he saw a fire jet chasing him, falling down.

This is certainly a good opportunity! He immediately shouted on the radio, "Kerry, a fat sheep is coming. I'm going up!"

With that, he pushed the lever, rolled at a large angle and climbed up.

At this time, Kerry in front also took the operating lever. The positions of the two sides have been exchanged. Kerry is the wingman and Vic is the captain.

This is also the advantage of the two aircraft formation. Generally speaking, the long aircraft attack and the wingman takes the cover task. However, once the shooting angle is more appropriate, the wingman will turn to attack and the long opportunity will protect in turn.

Such operations are quite flexible and flexible.

When Vick turned to climb, he could see that the flameout jet was trying to start.

On the ground, with the help of ground service, while in the air, it is entirely on its own.

It's not so easy to start the engine with more than a dozen cylinders. Now, you can see that the fire jet is constantly emitting black smoke. Only a few cylinders have been successfully started, but the rest can't be started.

The mechanical carburetor continues to release gasoline mixture inward. When the internal concentration is too high and it is not started, another terrible phenomenon will appear.

Flooded cylinder.

When there is too much gasoline in the cylinder, it will block the normal ignition of the spark plug, that is, the gasoline "flooded" the cylinder, which is called "flooded cylinder".

The solution is to remove the spark plug, clean it and suck out the remaining oil in the cylinder.

In short, it can only move on the ground. Now, in the sky, when the engine is flooded, it will completely rest.

Vick is not such a gentleman, waiting for the other party to launch a new air battle. At this time, Vick has approached the other party's nine o'clock direction, and the other party's fuselage is well displayed in Vick's field of vision.

At this time, the wingman's pilot also noticed Vic. He pushed the joystick to avoid Vic's attack. Unfortunately, the plane that lost power has no mobility!

"Bang, bang!" The 20mm axis gun has limited ammunition. Therefore, after Vic aimed, it was only a short shot. He fired five shells and accurately hit the other party's fuselage!

"Boom!" Armor piercing incendiary bomb directly hit the fuel tank behind the other party, even if there is self closing technology. The attached effect of incendiary bomb makes the rear fuselage of this fighter burn!

One shot down!

Vic won the victory. He is no longer a rookie. Only after shooting down the enemy plane can he become an old bird!

"Come on, roll away!" Just then, the voice of Kerry came from the radio.

Just as they shot down the Spitfire, the other two fighters of the Spitfire formation had rushed up fiercely.

There was a fire in Henry's eyes. He was very angry when he saw his wingman shot down.

Here, it is no longer land, but sea. At sea, even parachuting is not easy to survive. Moreover, looking at the wingman, I'm afraid he doesn't even have a chance to parachute.

"Dada dada." Four 7.7mm machine guns and dense bullets flew towards Vic's fighter. It seemed that Vic's fighter was surrounded by this barrage, but the BF109 got rid of it calmly.

In air combat, although the machine gun has fast firing speed and many bullets, the power of bullets is not enough. Therefore, if you want to shoot down the other party, you must go on the air gun with a caliber of more than 20mm!

This is the lesson learned by the German air force when fighting over Spain. They often find that they hit their opponents, but they can't shoot them down, because the machine gun is not powerful enough!

That's why they improved the aerial gun, which is still the easiest axis gun to aim at.

However, the British air force has no experience in this field. In this air battle, they are restricted almost everywhere.

Theoretically speaking, the performance of fire breathing fighters is not backward. Although the cockpit is a little flustered, the aircraft flies quite fluently and the climbing performance is first-class, but now they can't get a bargain in front of the Germans!

When they catch up with German fighters, the other side will get rid of them. They can't keep up. Sometimes they even have the opportunity to fire. The most is to hurt the other side. However, each attack of the other side can explode them!




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