Chapter 133： FW One hundred and ninety test flight

Regardless of any difficulties, the Navy will never stop its advancement!

The air force does not give the plane, the navy builds it itself! The Air Force does not give pilots, so recruit yourself!

The German Navy, from all over the world, found some pilots who left Germany after the First World War, and recruited some from the country. Germany's first naval aviation group was established!

Among them, there is a pair of very typical father and son soldiers. The Alcatel father and son returned from the United States joined the naval aviation together!

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

Now, the entire Luftwaffe is watching jokes, waiting to see what a carrier-based aircraft that Fokker uses with an air-cooled engine looks like!

Cyric also takes this seriously.

Time flies quickly. In a blink of an eye, it is already the beginning of 36 years. After intensive development, the first FW190 fighter has been trial-produced!

After getting the news, Cyric came to Fokker with excitement.

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

Especially, the engine problem has been successfully solved!

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

Comparing the two engines, it can be found that the original 18-cylinder engine is out of date. Therefore, the production of BMW139 was terminated and all of them were put on the 801 engine.

This led to the redesign of Fokker’s Fw190, especially the extensive modification of the airframe.

But now, this situation no longer exists. The current BMW 801 engine is already an extremely mature engine! This engine has two rows of 14 cylinders and a 41.8 liter displacement, 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 yet called this code name. The current factory code is WL-FLOY.

Fokker was born in the Dutchman Anthony Fokker, and now, under the leadership of Kurt Tanke, it is about to enter a new glory!

"It is a pleasure 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 Cyrik and the Navy Commander Erich came.

"I am also very happy. I fully believe that Fokker can create brilliance again." Cyric said: "Our new aircraft looks very beautiful."

A good airplane must be a smooth-looking airplane, and the current WL-FLOY is so!

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

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

cantilevered lower wing, full metal semi-hard shell 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 aircraft in history was only more than 10 meters long, 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 plane should reach 3,000 kilometers, and the combat radius should reach 1,000 kilometers!

Then of course you have to store more fuel in the fighter!

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 only the first test flight, so a small amount of No. 87 B2 fuel is filled in the fuel tank.

Kurt was also very excited when he heard Cyric praise his plane: "Yes, our plane is confident that it will surpass the BF109 in all aspects of data!"

Aircraft, what is the most important thing? Of course the engine! The BF109 engine has just developed to 1,000 horsepower, and our own engine is already 1,500 horsepower!

Moreover, this is the initial model, and the later model of this aircraft engine can even exceed two thousand horsepower!

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

The well-dressed test pilot Hans Sandel was already seated in the cockpit. 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 engine in front.

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

The propeller in front is also spinning fast The black smoke disappears soon.

Hans shouted to the outside via radio: "V1 asks to take off, V1 asks to take off."

"You can take off."

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

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

Kurt was taken aback. This first test flight was conducted at a low altitude. It was to test the controllability of the aircraft. The landing gear was not even placed. The oxygen mask was used when the air was thin at high altitude. Yes, at this time, what do you wear an oxygen mask for?

However, he honestly followed Cyric's orders and notified the test pilot above by radio.

This plane flying to the sky 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 really a good plane!" Next to Cyric, the young naval aviation pilot Rick said. As a HNA pilot, he was fortunate to be involved this time. Now, looking at the plane, he is very envious.

For example, by watching the climb, you can see how tough it is. If you encounter other airplanes, just pull the joystick, and the other airplanes will definitely not be able to keep up!

After testing the basic qualities of various flying in the air, after three turns, this V1 prototype landed smoothly.

succeeded! Successful first flight!

All the people rushed to the plane, and Rick took the lead and climbed up the gangway to welcome the test pilot inside.

But when he opened the canopy, he was taken aback.