Chapter 105： Axis-rotating star air-cooled engine

"These Italians still show their bad side."

Edel, holding the latest Italian-Turkish war report in his hand, commented.

He has reason to say that, perhaps because the Roman Empire has exhausted the blood of the men of the Apennines, in the days that followed, Italy has been the target of aggression by various nations. From the former Germanic barbarians to modern France and Austria, they all regard Italy as their back garden, and they can come and go as they please. After finally reunifying, the Ethiopians who faced Africa were all defeated and lost the face of European colonists.

Edel knows that in the future World War I and World War II, Italy's performance is also the worst among the countries participating in the war. This is certainly related to the characteristics of the Italians, and it is not the national power relationship that Italy has the bottom of the powers.

Putting down the Italian-Turkish war report in his hand, Edel picked up a message about the new army uprising in Wuchang in the Qing Dynasty.

is still familiar time, it seems that Edel has little influence on the far east. Although the previous speculation earned nearly 20 million taels of silver, this big empire in the East is still collapsing according to its own rules. It was the disaster caused by the recycling of the railway, which made him sigh. There are too many comments on this in later generations, and Edel will not comment on it.

What is interesting is that now Europe generally believes that this uprising will promote the Qing Dynasty and make him more civilized. Only Edel knows that this is the beginning of China's suffering, and then decades of warlords' melee, and the people's lives are miserable. It was not until the birth of a red government that this scene ended. Only then did this elder country stand and rebirth, leading this country to stand at the forefront of the world again.

"Da~Da~Da"

When Edel was making comments on Italy, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Come in."

Edel felt a little uncomfortable with the interrupting sound, but he still knew that these guards were fine and would not disturb him.

"His Royal Highness, General Puleshan, please." A guard came in to report.

"Invite him in." Edel would certainly welcome the Chief of Staff.

General Puleshan walked in step by step and told Edel his purpose. "His Royal Highness is now expressing concern about the new Italian equipment, especially the application of aircraft. Our Romanian army also needs the latest aircraft."

"This requires the efforts of the Coanda Aircraft Factory. After all, we are not aircraft manufacturing experts." After answering General Puleshan's inquiry, Edel continued. "Should the chief of staff approach me more than just the plane issue, right?"

"Yes, my lord," Puleshan replied.

After a pause, he continued. "I am here this time to invite the crown prince to inspect the training situation of the army this year. The performance of the newly formed divisions last year was too bad. This time I heard that they have redoubled their efforts in training, hoping to get back their honor in front of the crown prince."

After hearing the Chief of Staff, Edel felt it was time to go to the army to inspect. This year, because of a lot of things, we rarely inspected the army. Now the Balkans are surging, and the state of the army is very important.

"Yes."

Wanting to understand this, Edel agreed to General Puleshan’s request.

After hearing the promise from the crown prince, General Puleshan immediately told the time. "So how about our inspection of the army on November 3rd?"

Edel thought about it in a few days, "You arrange it."

"His Royal Highness, then I will arrange the schedule."

"Go ahead."

General Puleshan, who was promised by the crown prince, left contentedly. Edel thought about the Chief of Staff, maybe he should go to the Coanda Aircraft Factory to see their progress.

He called a guard and ordered it. "Prepare the vehicle. I'm going to inspect the Coanda Aircraft Factory."

"Good lord."

When the Edel motorcade arrived at the Coanda Aircraft Factory in the suburbs, Henri Coanda and his assistant Firaicu took a group of employees to greet the crown prince at the door.

After seeing the crown prince getting out of the car, Henry Coanda and Firaicu came forward to meet him for inspection. "Welcome to your Highness."

Edel looked at Henry Coanda and Firaicou in their greasy clothes. It seemed that they had just received the news.

"I'm here this time to see how your new aircraft is developing."

Hearing the crown prince’s question, the two looked at each other a little embarrassingly. It was Henry Coanda who answered the questions of the crown prince. "His Royal Highness has almost manufactured the new aircraft now, but there is still a small problem to be solved before it can be tested."

After hearing Henri Coanda’s answer, Edel gave him a little surprised. In Edel's impression, this new aircraft is probably still under development, because his requirements are exactly the main aircraft of various countries at the outbreak of World War I, but they were all about to be successfully developed.

"Is there any small problem that has not been solved?" Edel asked with a smile, and immediately he knew that this small problem was not small at all.

"We intend to change the French land **** rotating cylinder star air-cooled engine to a shaft-rotating type, but now we have a little trouble." Henry Coanda was a little afraid to see the trouble that the crown prince said there was.

Actually, this is not a trivial trouble. This is because the structure of the engine is involved in the change of the rotating cylinder to the shaft. Edel looked at Henry Coanda's expression, it was obvious that the two of them were still at a loss. However, Edel knew that there was no rotary engine in later generations, and the two people were right in thinking, so there was not much discussion.

Seeing that the crown prince didn't say much, Henry Coanda didn't know what to say. Felaycu came forward to save the field. "His Royal Highness, let's go and see this new plane."

"Alright." Edel didn't want everyone to stand here awkwardly, and agreed.

Henry Coanda hurriedly directed the crown prince to the aircraft manufacturing workshop to see the new aircraft lacking an engine. He gave him a grateful look when he passed by his friend Felayku. A group of people came to the aircraft manufacturing workshop. Edel has been here several times, and of course he is not unfamiliar with it. At a glance, Edel saw a new airplane in the middle of the workshop with a different shape than the one he had seen before.

"Your Highness, this is the new aircraft we have developed." Henry Coanda pointed to the aircraft Edel saw.

The biggest difference seen before for this new aircraft is that the nose is equipped with a protective cover, which makes it look more pleasing to the eye than its predecessors with bare engines. Moreover, about fifty centimeters of windshield is installed on the machine.

"This plane looks good."

Edel was quite satisfied with this post-war-style airplane, and praised Henry Coanda and Firaicu beside him.

"This is the result of your Highness's support, otherwise there will not be enough funds to complete our vision." Henry Coanda flattered and said, and Felaikku also practiced a bit of approval next to him.

Edel didn't answer when he heard their flattery. Now he is immune to flattery.

"Now the demand for aircraft in the army is increasing, you have to speed up your progress, and you can't let the army wait." Edel had to sound the alarm for these two Romanian aircraft manufacturing pioneers, otherwise they would not know what moth would come out next time.

The two who were beaten by the crown prince felt a little embarrassed, knowing that this was spurring them to stay high.

"His Royal Highness, let me introduce you to this new plane now." Felaikku stepped forward and changed the subject.

Now most of the work at the Coanda Aircraft Factory is done by Firaicu so that the employees now privately say that he is the boss and Henry Coanda is the aircraft designer. However, both of them didn't ask about this statement. It seems that they don't care much about who owns the aircraft factory.

"Then tell me about this aircraft."

"His Royal Highness." Felaiku started to explain after signaling to the crown prince. "We named this brand-new aircraft Navigator. It is made of iron wood and skin. It is 12.4 meters long, 10.1 meters wingspan, 0.9 meters wide, and the biplane spacing is 1.1 meters. The total weight is 641 kilograms. We It is estimated that the transformation of the land **** engine as the new power is still close to progress. If the military is pressing for time, we can use the latest 80 horsepower land **** engine in France as the power. After we calculate the approximate flight distance of this aircraft is within 90-110 kilometers, the elevation is about 2500 meters, which is still a little bit short of the requirements of the crown prince."

After listening to Felaikku’s explanation, Edel’s senses for the two of them are much better. This at least proves that both of them are working hard, but they have a higher vision.

"You are doing very well. I am quite satisfied. I hope you can get this pilot to fly as soon as possible. I will let the military come to check and accept it. It is estimated that another purchase list is waiting for you."

The two people who were approved by the crown prince breathed a sigh of relief. Regarding the crown prince who is now the big money owner and the boss, neither of them wants to go back and raise funds to build the airplane.

Edel returned to the palace after inspecting the two semi-finished new aircraft. He must be prepared to see what he is most concerned about with the army.

(I heard that the number of rewards is over 100, and the starting point is to change the data. Mantou is a bit cheeky and ask for it. It doesn’t need to be too interesting. Let me open my eyes.)