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September 29, 1917, 2758 AD, Xi'an Aircraft Company.
Xi'an Aircraft Company is currently one of the fourteen most powerful companies among Chinese aviation companies.
These fourteen aviation companies are also nicknamed the "Fourteen Flying Insurance Company".
These aviation companies have been carefully planned and have plans for their major projects.
The basic principle is that there are at least two different companies in each major category.
This is to maintain the vitality of healthy competition.
Among them, Chengdu Aircraft Company Chengdu, Hubei Aircraft Company Efei, and Guangzhou Aircraft Company Guangfei mainly produce fighter jets and attack aircraft.
Xiangyin Aircraft Company Xiangfei and Bohai Aviation Equipment Company Bohang, whose factory is located in Longkou, mainly operate seaplanes.
Beijing Aviation Equipment Company Beihang, Nanchang Aviation Equipment Company China Southern, and Shenyang Aircraft Company Shenyang Aircraft Company mainly produce light transport aircraft, liaison aircraft, trainer aircraft, and special aircraft.
Xingke Aircraft Company Xingfei and Zhengzhou Aircraft Company Zhengfei are mainly large and medium-sized airships.
The main products of Xi'an Aircraft Company XAC, Jinling Aircraft Company Jinfei, and Shanghai Aircraft Company Shangfei are large and medium-sized aircraft such as bombers and transport aircraft.
The only exception is Changhe Aircraft Company Changfei, which mainly produces rotorcraft and helicopters.
Because it is a new product, it is currently the only one.
However, this kind of independent business will not last long, because Harbin Aircraft Company, which also mainly focuses on helicopters, will start production early next year at the latest.
Of course, these fourteen aviation companies are not the only ones in China.
They are just the fourteen most powerful state-owned enterprises.
In addition to them, there are dozens of private or joint-stock aviation companies.
Compared with the "Fourteen Flying Taibo", these enterprises are much weaker in terms of productivity and R&D strength.
Most of them are complete aircraft with low technical content such as light civil aircraft, light airships, gliders, paramotors and balloons, and The main parts are aircraft parts subcontracted by the "flying Taibo".
Among the three companies that mainly produce large and medium-sized bombers and transport aircraft, XAC is the oldest and the strongest.
The H-2 "Egret" heavy bomber and the H-3 "Warshipbird" torpedo bomber are their masterpieces.
We have to admit that war is the strongest catalyst for technology.
After the outbreak of the European War, the aviation technology of countries around the world has advanced by leaps and bounds.
Coupled with the reference of various Chinese products, the aviation technology in this plane far exceeds the original time and space, at least equivalent to the level of the 1920s in the original time and space, and some sub-projects have even reached the level of the 1930s.
In this environment, China, which is considered the number one air force power, will naturally not relax the development of new technologies, let alone sit back and wait for everyone to catch up.
Although China did not participate in the war, its investment in aviation technology was no worse than those of the countries that participated in the war.
In the past few years, various Chinese aviation companies have completed trial production and test flights of dozens of new aircraft models.
Although there are not many officially finalized products, they have also accumulated a lot of valuable experience.
At this time, two large aircraft were parked on the test field of Xi'an Aircraft.
Judging from their appearance, they were the latest models that had not been seen before.
They were obviously prototypes of new products that had just been completed.
Both aircraft are unprecedentedly large aircraft.
The smaller one on the left is a two-wing, four-engine aircraft.
The one on the right is simply a behemoth, but it is a large high-wing aircraft with six engines installed on the wings.
Lieutenant General Li Mishi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, surrounded by a group of military officers and senior officials of XAC, was observing the two aircraft at close range.
Li Mishi stood under the plane and raised his head, looking at the six-engine heavy-duty aircraft with joy.
This kind of plane is as high as three stories high, and his height of 1.75 meters is about the same height as the wheels of the plane.
"It's really big.
This is probably the largest airplane in the world."
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Li Mishi patted the large wheel next to him.
As a senior airplane enthusiast, Li Mishi really loves airplanes.
Probably because he has been fighting against Lin Shenhe, the "airship controller" for a long time, he prefers large airplanes.
For Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li, the bigger the aircraft, the better.
But an airplane is an airplane after all, and it is impossible to compare its size with an airship.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li is already very satisfied that it can reach this level, so take your time.
"It's true Mr.
Li, this is the largest aircraft ever manufactured in the world so far.
The Y-3 has a total length of 30 meters, a wingspan of 55 meters, a total height of 9.8 meters, an empty weight of 25 tons, and a maximum take-off weight of 47 tons.
It can carry With 14 tons of cargo, it is undoubtedly the largest aircraft," General Manager Song of XAC introduced next to him.
"Well, not bad."
Li Mishi looked at the plane again and asked, "I heard that it uses a lot of non-metallic materials, is that true?"
General Manager Song replied: "Yes, Mr.
Li.
In order to reduce the weight and cost and reduce the use of aluminum alloy, the aircraft uses a large amount of wood, plywood and canvas.
Most of its wing structure is made of plywood and cloth.
Surface skin composition, fuselage It is made of metal tubes and wooden main beams, covered with a painted skin on the outside, and thick cables are used inside the cabin to bear the load.
In the earliest design, even the propellers were made of wood, and the three-blade all-metal ones were used at the back. replaced by a variable pitch propeller."
"It's unbelievable.
I think everyone who sees it can't imagine that it is an airplane mainly composed of glue, wood and canvas."
Li Mishi sighed.
"This is also a miracle created by my country's chemical industry.
Without them to provide qualified plywood and special glue, we would have to use aluminum to build airplanes.
In this case, the cost would at least triple to four times."
General Manager Song was very modest and mentioned the chemical industry by the way.
My friend gave me a thumbs up.
Li Mishi nodded: "You are right.
Our military expenditure is limited, so cost-effectiveness is a very important data.
Besides, weapons are consumables, and the army will not require too many expensive weapons.
Oh, I heard It is said that the wood used to make airplanes is very particular.”
"Yes, there are many requirements for wood to make aircraft.
We have tested a variety of woods and found that Siberian cedar is the most ideal material, followed by other boreal coniferous trees.
Generally speaking, wood from high latitudes is the best, and tropical wood Basically unusable," General Manager Song said with a smile: "Currently, most of the wood we use to make aircraft is imported from Russia.
Although the wood from Canada and Nordic countries is also good, the transportation cost cannot be reduced because of the long distance.
Still not as cost-effective as Russia’s.”
"Siberia, I understand."
Li Mishi nodded thoughtfully.
This Y-3 large transport aircraft is the latest achievement of XAC.
It looks a bit like the German Messerschmitt 323 aircraft, but the body is more streamlined, not the bus-like shape of the 323, because it has sufficient power.
There is also no need for liquid take-off and landing booster rockets.
It has many design ideas from later transport aircraft, such as a large-volume and low-floor cargo hold, an openable nose door, multi-wheel landing gear, etc.
Its power system is six "hhy05" piston liquid-cooled engines, each with a power of 1,000 kilowatts and 1,341 horsepower.
The maximum speed is 300 kilometers, the cruising speed is 230 kilometers, and the ceiling is 6,000 meters.
When fully loaded with a load of 14 tons, it can sail 1,400 kilometers.
If the payload is reduced to 8 tons, it can fly 2,000 kilometers.
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Definitely top-notch performance for this era.
Next, Li Mishi, led by the factory, boarded the plane and visited the cockpit, cargo hold, etc. inside the aircraft.
Military representatives were full of praise for the overall warehouse, which is 11 meters long, 3.5 meters wide and 3.5 meters high.
Because it was a new aircraft that had just left the factory, the cabin was still filled with a pungent smell of glue, but to people in the military, this smell didn't matter at all.
Next, they started to visit another four-engine aircraft.
This aircraft is completely different.
The Y-3 just now was a military transport aircraft, but it is a passenger aircraft.
When Li Mishi was walking on the ramp to board the plane, he asked by the way: "Is this the Y-2 Gray Goose transport aircraft you improved from a bomber?"
"Uh, yes, after Plan 43 failed, we redesigned it and turned it into a passenger aircraft."
General Manager Song and the representatives of XAC looked a little embarrassed.
Because the origin of this aircraft is not so glorious for XAC.
Its predecessor is a bomber that XAC used to compete for the H-2 successor model last year, code-named "Project 43."
At that time, XAC, Jinfei and Shanghai Aircraft Corporation all participated in the selection of new heavy bombers, and all three companies came up with their own new heavy bombing plans.
Jinfei and Shangfei are new factories with little baggage, and the products they produce are very radical all-metal monoplanes.
However, XAC was too conservative at the time, and the "Plan No. 43" it came up with was a double-wing, four-engine design.
As a result, it is not difficult to imagine that XAC's "Project No. 43" could not catch the eye of the Air Force at all, and it was eliminated in the first round of test flights.
But this design that failed to hit the list is not without its advantages.
Its flight is very stable and its safety is amazing.
Well, such characteristics are obviously more suitable for civilian use.
At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Transportation just came out with its civil aviation development plan for this year.
The plan requires several types of civil aircraft, including large passenger aircraft.
The Ministry of Transportation issued bidding notices to aircraft companies across the country.
After XAC received the notice, the chief engineer had an idea and immediately took out the unsuccessful "Project No. 43".
After some magical modifications, it became the current Y-2 "Gray Goose" passenger transport aircraft.
In this Ministry of Transport's large passenger aircraft bidding, there are three companies competing at the same time.
In addition to old rivals Jinfei and Shanghai Airlines, even Bo Airlines also came to join in the fun.
Among the four types of aircraft, the Gray Goose is the slowest in terms of speed, and it is also an old-fashioned biplane.
But we all know that the most important indicator of a passenger aircraft is safety, followed by comfort.
Speed is really not the most important.
So the "Gray Goose" relied on its extremely high safety and flight stability to completely overwhelm the three opponents, and Xifei finally came back to win.
According to one judge: "Yes, it is indeed very slow, as if it is flying against the wind, but it leaves people with more of an impression of elegance and safety."
The "Gray Goose" is a biplane with unequal wingspans.
Its appearance is relatively close to the British Handley Page H in the original time and space. . 45 passenger aircraft.
The entire aircraft uses a large amount of metal structure.
Only the rear section of the fuselage and the surface of the wings are covered with fabric skin.
The two wings are fixed by more than a dozen cross struts.
There are three vertical tails between the two horizontal stabilizers, which are fixed at the rear three points.
Type landing gear, the power system is four "hhy05" piston liquid-cooled engines, each with a power of 1,000 kilowatts and 1,341 horsepower.
The four engines are installed in the engine nacelles located on the upper and lower wings.
"Gray Goose" has a crew of six and can carry 40 passengers.
It has a maximum speed of 260 kilometers, a cruising speed of 210 kilometers, and a range of 1,800 kilometers.
"Buzz buzz" Amid the roar of their engines, two large planes taxied one after another and took off one after another.
They flew in the air for an hour before returning to the ground.
The Y-3 "Flamingo" heavy transport aircraft has shown its superior take-off and landing performance.
It only needs a 400-meter runway to take off, and it only needs a 200-meter earth runway to land and stop.
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This feature is very suitable for battlefield conditions.
While XAC was going through the acceptance process of Y2 and Y3, the two old rivals Jinfei and Shangfei were also going through the acceptance process of their new models.
In last year's competition for new bombers, both Jinfei and Shanghai Aircraft won the bid, while Xicheng failed.
Jin was flying the H-4 heavy bomber, the world's first all-metal structure four-engine monoplane heavy bomber.
The appearance of this bomber is like the B17 of the original time and space.
Well, it is originally a modified version of the B17.
The H-4 has a bomb load of 5,000 kilograms, a maximum speed of 430 kilometers, and a range of 3,500 kilometers.
The model launched by Shangfei is a twin-engine bomber.
Although the bomb load is not as good as the H-4, its other performance is very good, especially the speed, which actually exceeds 480 kilometers, flying faster than all current fighter jets, so it is also It was selected as a medium bomber and was eventually named the H-5 medium bomber.
The appearance of the H-5 is a bit like an enlarged version of the original dh98 mosquito bomber, but the nose extends longer.
Unlike the Mosquito, the H-5 has an all-metal structure.
The H-5 has a bomb load of 2,000 kilograms, a maximum speed of 480 kilometers, and a range of 2,600 kilometers.
Four H-5 medium bombers formed a ladder formation and passed by at high speed at an altitude of 8,000 meters, pulling up eight white smoke columns behind them.
"Hahahaha, it's so fast.
The bomber is actually faster than the fighter jet."
On one of the planes, the military representative who came for acceptance was flushed with excitement.
At this time, the pilot suddenly said: "Colonel Nian, in front is Jin Fei's H-4."
"Oh, it's Lao Liu and the others."
Colonel Nian looked and saw two large four-engine aircraft flying ahead at 10 o'clock.
Colonel Nian quickly said to the driver: "Hahaha, catch up and surpass them."
Two groups of planes flew back from the sea chasing each other.
At the Shanghai Ferry Terminal, a foreign tourist who had just disembarked looked at these planes curiously.
"Is this China's new aircraft?"
the man said to himself in Russian.
At this time, a Chinese officer wearing the uniform of a lieutenant commander came over and asked him in Russian: "Excuse me, are you Mr.
Kolchak from Nagasaki?
I am Major Yu from the reception desk of the Chinese Navy.
I have been ordered to Come to pick you up":