Chapter 98 1500 HP Engine

If you want to have an excellent aircraft, you must first have an excellent engine. There is a saying in later generations that as long as the engine is powerful, the bricks can fly into the sky!

The whole process of World War II was also a period of great development of military science and technology, especially for aero-engines.

Germany's industrial technology is quite advanced. Although Germany does not have high-grade fuel, it still produces high-power engines.

In aircraft engines, there are air cooling and liquid cooling. As the name suggests, it is the difference in cooling method.

Among them, the DB601 series created by Mercedes-Benz is perfect. The liquid-cooled engine reduces the windward area, and there is no need to worry about the overheating of the engine. Therefore, this engine has always been the main power of German aircraft, and has been used in Me-109, Me -110, Ju-87, Ju-88 and He-111.

It can be said that the Luftwaffe prefers liquid-cooled engines.

The last time I went to the UK and brought down Rolls-Royce, two companies, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, pretended to compete, and finally bought Rolls-Royce. The company was divided into two parts, responsible for the aero engine. , was acquired by Mercedes-Benz, and was responsible for part of the car, which was acquired by BMW.

Although it was in the name of Volkswagen, Volkswagen did not get anything. After all, Rolls-Royce is arrogant, and they will not produce national cars!

At that time, the Merlin engine of Rolls-Royce was already in the initial stage of trial production, and now Mercedes-Benz has obtained all the technologies to facilitate subsequent development. Therefore, the DB601 engine of Mercedes-Benz has been used earlier than in history. Entered the comprehensive development stage.

In contrast, the development process of BMW's aero-engine has been slow.

Although the Luftwaffe clocked cold engines, air-cooled engines were not useless in World War II.

Although Mercedes-Benz and Junkers are going all out to produce engines, they cannot meet the engine needs of existing models. Therefore, if the follow-up fighter continues to use liquid-cooled engines, it will inevitably diversify the already stretched engine production.

This led to a result. The Fw-190 fighter jet used BMW's BMW-139 series air-cooled engine. This engine with a rated power of 1,550 horsepower not only did not support the rear legs produced by other models, but instead gave the Fw -190 A strong heart has created a generation of famous machines.

Moreover, after the invasion of the Soviet Union, the disadvantages of liquid-cooled engines were revealed in cold regions. For fear of freezing the engine, the coolant had to be drained every day. The logistics brought considerable trouble.

On the contrary, there is no problem with the air-cooled engine, and it can be started at any time. As a result, the air-cooled aircraft is five times more efficient than liquid-cooled aircraft!

Whether it is air-cooled or liquid-cooled, as long as it can build an advanced aircraft, it is a good engine!

But now, because the main funds are invested in Mercedes-Benz's new liquid-cooled engine, the investment in BMW is quite small. BMW has to raise funds by itself to develop air-cooled engines, which will take a long time.

This is also the case in history. BMW's engine was fiddled with in 39 years. The BMW13918-cylinder dual-row new air-cooled engine was installed on the prototype Fw190V1. Later, BMW improved this engine. The number was reduced to 14 cylinders, and in the later period, the power even exceeded 2000 horsepower!

But now, as in history, the re-established Air Force is in love with liquid-cooled engines, so air-cooled engines are only in the model demonstration stage.

If you get external investment, you can definitely get this engine out as soon as possible!

When Cyric proposed a 1,500-horsepower engine, sure enough, Howard's eyes lit up!

Fifteen hundred horsepower! That means that the new aircraft in my plan can have greater development!

Now, Howard has set up the Hughes Aircraft Company, because the purchased planes are not suitable, Howard has always wanted to build his own planes to break the world record.

But now, his plane is still limited by various technical problems, of which the biggest problem is of course the engine!

If you want the speed of the plane to be fast, you need a more advanced engine! In the plan, Howard intends to get Pratt Whitney's engine, which they say can provide a thousand horsepower engine, so that Howard's new plane will have a surging heart.

And now, Cyric's proposal is even more tempting, 1,500 horsepower! If you install such an engine on your own aircraft, it will definitely break the record!

Cyric was very satisfied, just by looking at Howard's expression, Howard was very concerned about this 1,500-horsepower engine! This guy is a big money lord. As long as he is interested, he can invest a lot of money!

In this way, BMW's air-cooled engine will appear earlier than in history. Maybe more FW190 fighters will fly in the German sky?

"This engine will be very adaptable in the future. In addition to being able to be installed on our four-engine large passenger aircraft for intercontinental flight, it can also be loaded into racing aircraft, and it will definitely break the world record!"

"Okay, I will send a telegram to Odyk and Pammer immediately, and ask them to contact BMW to discuss the issue of this engine," Hughes said.

Odike and Pamel, engineers of Hughes Aircraft Company who are thinking of Howard now, are quite talented. Now, they are designing the H1 aircraft. At this time, there are bigger engines, of course they can't give up!

"Well, I think we can develop two models at the same time. I really can't wait!" Howard remembered the current project and was very interested in developing racing aircraft and large long-range passenger aircraft. These will all be Progress across the ages!

Cyric is also quite satisfied. Through this cooperation, BMW will also gain a lot of American technology! And it's also possible to tinker with the air-cooled engine earlier!

This is just the beginning, there will be other cooperations in the future, waiting for Cyric to promote!

The chat with Howard lasted for three or four hours. Although Cyric was a layman in aircraft design, he was too familiar with World War II research. The two were able to communicate with each other about some details, and the conversation was quite pleasant.

When I came out, it was already late at night.