Chapter 133 FW190 Test Flight

No matter what difficulties are encountered, the Navy will not stop moving forward!

If the Air Force doesn't give planes, the navy will make them themselves! The Air Force does not give pilots, so recruit them yourself!

The German Navy, from all over the world, found some pilots who left Germany after the First World War, and recruited some from China. The first German naval aviation brigade was established in this way!

Among them, there is a very typical pair of father and son soldiers, Alcatel and his son who returned from the United States, participated in the naval aviation together!

The personnel are available, and the aircraft carrier is also in the final outfitting stage. For the Navy, what is most needed now is the carrier-based aircraft!

Now, the entire Luftwaffe is almost watching jokes, waiting to see what the Fokker company, using an air-cooled engine, fiddled with, what it would look like!

Cyric also took this seriously.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of the 36th year. After the intensive development, the first FW190 fighter has been trial-produced!

After getting the news, Cyric came to Fokker excitedly.

In later generations, it will take several years to develop a third-generation aircraft. Among them, the development of engines is also the key to the key, but now, in the era of propeller aircraft, the speed of development is quite fast.

In particular, the problem of the engine has been satisfactorily resolved!

The FW190 in history first used the 18-cylinder dual-planetary air-cooled engine BMW139, and then BMW developed a 14-cylinder dual-planetary air-cooled engine BMW801.

Comparing the two engines, it can be found that the original 18-cylinder engine is outdated. Therefore, the production of BMW 139 was terminated, and all of them were put on the 801 engine.

This led to a redesign of Fokker's Fw190, notably extensive modifications to the airframe.

But now, this situation no longer exists, and the current BMW 801 engine is already a very mature engine! This engine has two banks of 14 cylinders and a displacement of 41.8 liters, capable of outputting 1,500 horsepower. It can be said that in terms of horsepower, the liquid-cooled engine of Mercedes-Benz is far away!

However, the current FW190 is not called this code, the current factory code is WL-FLOY.

The Fokker Company was born from the Dutchman Anthony Fokker, and now, under the leadership of Kurt Tanker, it is about to enter a new glory!

"Nice to meet you, General Cyric," Kurt said to Cyric.

Now, this aircraft has become an aircraft project funded by the Navy, so it has not received much attention. For the important first flight ceremony, only Cyric and Navy Commander Erich came.

"I'm also very happy, and I have every confidence that Fokker can make it great again," Cyric said. "Our new aircraft looks beautiful."

A good plane must be a smooth-looking plane, and the current WL-FLOY is just like that!

Due to the use of an air-cooled engine, the nose looks a bit huge, but, unlike other air-cooled aircraft, the exposed engine is no longer visible.

After ingenious design, the engine all enters the hood of the nose, and the streamlined hood can reduce air resistance instantly.

Cantilever type lower monoplane, all-metal semi-monocoque structure, fully retractable landing gear, compared with this aircraft in history, the biggest feature is that it is larger!

Especially in terms of length, this plane in history was only more than 10 meters, but now, the length has been enlarged to more than 11 meters!

This is of course because of a point raised by Cyric, that the range of the fighter jets should reach 3,000 kilometers, and the combat radius should reach 1,000 kilometers!

Of course, the fighter jets have to store more fuel!

This extra length is actually equivalent to increasing the volume of the fuel tank. At the same time, the corresponding wingspan has also been enlarged, so that the empty weight of this fighter has reached nearly four tons!

Now, it's just the first test flight, so a small amount of No. 87 B2 fuel is added to the fuel tank.

Hearing Cyric complimenting his own aircraft, Kurt was also quite excited: "Yes, our aircraft is confident that it will surpass BF109 in all aspects of data!"

Airplane, what's the most important thing? Of course the engine! The engine of BF109 has just developed to 1,000 horsepower, and its own engine is already 1500 horsepower!

Moreover, this is still the initial model, the later model of this aircraft engine, can even exceed 2,000 horsepower!

Therefore, the improvement potential of the aircraft is quite large!

The well-dressed test pilot Hans Sandel had already sat in the cockpit, and the engineer on the side came up to help him make sure that the cockpit cover was closed and the safety device was normal, and then started the front engine.

In a tremor, the front 14-cylinder air-cooled engine was started, and a series of black smoke almost shrouded the position of the cockpit.

The propellers in front were also spinning rapidly, and the black smoke soon disappeared.

Hans shouted outside over the radio: "V1 is asking for takeoff, V1 is asking for takeoff."

"You can take off."

In the eyes of everyone, this smooth fighter began to roll on the runway. When the sound of the engine became louder, everyone's ears were buzzing.

"Inform Hans, put on the oxygen mask." Cyric said suddenly.

Kurt was stunned for a moment. This first test flight was at a low altitude. It was to check the controllability of the aircraft, not even the landing gear. The oxygen mask was only used when the air at high altitude was thin. Yes, what are you wearing an oxygen mask for at this time?

However, he dutifully followed Cyric's orders and radioed the test pilots above.

This flying plane looks quite agile! Although you can only do a few small movements, you can see the doorway on the ground, especially for experts.

"This is a really good plane!" said Rick, a young naval aviation pilot next to Cyric. As a pilot of Hainan Airlines, he was fortunate to participate this time. Now, looking at that plane, he is extremely envious.

For example, if you look at the climb, you can see how powerful it is. If you encounter other planes, just pull the joystick, and other planes will definitely not be able to keep up!

After testing the basic qualities of various flights in the air, and three turns, the V1 prototype landed smoothly.

It worked! The first flight is complete!

All the people rushed to the plane, and Rick took the lead, climbing up the gangway, to meet the test pilots inside.

However, when he opened the canopy, he was shocked.