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The Third Empire - Chapter 97

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:01:29 PM


Chapter 97: 97

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"Come on, have a drink." Howard's room is more spacious, with Suites inside and outside, and even on the second floor!

He came to the wine cabinet and opened a glass of champagne. Howard poured a glass of champagne for Chirac: "I admire president Adolf and the Chirac brothers very much. You are all great men in Germany. "

"Born in troubled times, there is no way." "We just want world peace and people to live and work in peace and contentment. Like Mr. Howard, we can do what we love to do, isn't it better?"

After drinking the wine, Howard was in high spirits: "what's the matter with you going to the United States this time? I still have some relations in the United States. If you need any help, please tell me. "

Sheerick hesitated for a moment, but decided to say it directly: "in fact, I want to see Mr. Howard this time when I go to the United States."

See yourself? Howard was stunned: "what can I do for you?"

"The journey across the ocean is too long. For many people, this journey is a journey, but many people hope to reach their destination faster." "What do you think, Mr. Howard, if you can have a large passenger plane that can cross the ocean?"

Aircraft! Across the ocean!

Nowadays, the number of civil airliners is quite small, and everything is being explored. So far, more than 100 passenger routes have been established all over the world, but the average life of these routes is only about one year. The reason is that there is no applicable aircraft.

The passenger capacity of aircraft is very small and the transportation cost is high. The companies that only operate passenger transport suffer serious losses. The European and American governments provide financial subsidies to the civil aviation industry.

At the same time, the aircraft of various airlines are still mainly wooden aircraft. Although the price is cheap, the safety performance is very poor, and air disasters occur from time to time. Therefore, the new all metal, large passenger capacity, high speed and more comfortable passenger plane is the development direction.

Now, Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-1 aircraft in the United States have completed test flights. These two aircraft mark the birth of modern transport aircraft, and their structure, performance and ride comfort have been greatly improved.

At the same time, Germany is not willing to fall behind. The ju-52 transport aircraft produced by Junker company is also quite representative, durable and known as "aunt Junker".

But now, there is still no intercontinental aircraft. The longest range of these aircraft can not exceed 2000 kilometers! Now, if you want to realize intercontinental flight, the farthest voyage is more than 4000 kilometers! If you want to fly back and forth, the maximum range will be tens of thousands of kilometers!

In this era, that is unthinkable!

However, if you have a dream, you will have the motivation to realize it!

For Howard, higher and faster challenges are his goal in life. Now, another one is added, that is, further challenges!

If we talk about bombers, it will certainly arouse the vigilance of senior US officials, but now we are talking about ordinary airliners, which are completely civilian!

After hearing what Herrick said, Howard immediately became interested: "you mean to fly across the ocean? If so, the size of the aircraft must be quite large, and I'm afraid the dual engine is not enough. "

Now, Douglas's DC-1 is almost the industry standard. The lower single wing can make the landing gear shorter and put it back directly. The engine is on both sides of the wing. This layout is the most suitable layout for the passenger plane.

But now, obviously, it is not enough.

"Yes, if you want to make a passenger plane across the ocean, dual engines are not enough. My suggestion is to use four engines." "There are some drawings in my room. I drew them myself. Now, I'll let my hand down and take them," said Shrek

When Shrek came, Graf was at the door, waiting all the time. After receiving Shrek's instructions, Graf soon brought Shrek's drawings.

It's just a sketch. After all, Shrek is not a professional aircraft designer.

"Shrek, I didn't expect you to be proficient in this. It's very beautiful!" Howard said.

"It's just my idea." "This kind of aircraft needs to be tens of meters long and take-off weight is more than 50 tons. I think it can carry passengers of about 100 meters for intercontinental flight," said Shrek. What about? Are you interested? "

Holding hilrick's sketch and looking at the four powerful engines above, Howard finally spit out a word in his mouth: "dry!"

"Then we can jointly develop." "There is also a strong demand in our country. We can design and test fly together," said Shrek

"No problem." "We can invest in R & D," Howard said

Now, Howard has been designing the fastest plane. If he develops a large passenger plane, he may not have so much energy. Now, it's a good way to develop it together!

I didn't expect that everything went well and the main things were done on the ship!

In history, Germany has not planned large bombers, such as Junker ju390, Fokker Wolff ta400 and Messer Schmidt me264b.

In particular, the last one is abnormal, because it uses six engines!

Unfortunately, for various reasons, the German strategic bomber project ended without success!

How can there be a threat to the United States? Strategic bombers are necessary! Now, all aspects of Germany are developing, and many places need funds and technology. If only Germany develops its own research and development, it will undoubtedly be very slow. Now, it will be different if it pulls in Hughes company!

More importantly, in this R & D process, German engineers will also learn a lot of American technologies, such as stress skin. Even if they fail in the end, it is very useful!

"Unfortunately, the horsepower of our engine is not enough. If we want to develop this large aircraft, we need at least an engine with more than 1000 horsepower." Howard said.

Now, the mainstream power of aeroengine is only about 600 horsepower. It is obviously insufficient to promote this large aircraft!

Hearing this, hilrick said: "don't worry, the engine is not a problem. Our domestic BMW company is already developing a new high-power engine, and the power may exceed 1500 horsepower. However, there are some problems in BMW's capital turnover, and this engine is still on paper."

What are you doing in America? Win sympathy and sponsorship! So many domestic projects need a lot of funds!




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