"Baron Lilintal and Baron Daimler, in order to commend your contribution to the aviation industry, from now on, your salary will be increased by 30%. The grants obtained will be increased by 50%. Of course, I asked you to come, not only to notify you of salary increase, but more importantly, we need a discussion of aviation technology. Flyer One only solves the problems of launching and basic operation, not a mature product. What we need is a more efficient and stable aircraft." Prince Ruprecht's words made the two barons on the opposite side sit upright and dare not even go out.

"Flyer One is too big and too cystic. I mean it's big in appearance. It's hard to imagine a single-person aircraft so huge. The huge wing area and large body increase the flight resistance. I think Baron Li Lintal will be more clear about this."

"Next, I hope that our aircraft will be smaller and more compact. The fuselage will be more aerodynamic and can have a relatively closed fuselage. Also, to improve the operability of the aircraft. The most important point is to increase the load. My requirements are not high, and at least it can accommodate a machine gun and a certain amount of ammunition, right?" The prince said his request.

"Flyer One is a test subject. When we designed it, this aircraft was more like a ****. In the next stage, we will work hard to perfect the design of this aircraft. We plan to use some metal parts inside the aircraft to increase strength. Pure steel certainly doesn't work, because that will increase weight. We plan to use aluminum products, or aluminum alloys and composite wood materials." Baron Li Linthal said.

"The real trouble is to carry weapons. If it is in actual combat, the pilot cannot use a machine gun to shoot while operating the aircraft. The man only has two hands, not 8 wrists like an octopus... and there will be overloads during flight, requiring both hands to pull the operating rod together, and it is impossible to shoot at this time. Unless the machine gun is fixed and the excitation system is integrated on the operating rod, just like we do now, but that will greatly limit the shooting angle of the aircraft machine gun." Daimler said, in addition to the shortage of spending a single person, he also put forward another opinion.

"We have an idea, which is to shoot a twin-engine aircraft. The pilot in front is responsible for operating the aircraft, and the observer behind serves as a machine gun shooter, responsible for shooting, so it is more convenient to cooperate. However, the only problem is that such an aircraft has a large and heavy opportunity and requires a high level of engine."

During the World War 1 period, when aircraft were completely contending, especially fighter jets, the fighter jets of this era can be described as the night walk of the Hundred Ghosts. In terms of the number of wings, there are trendy monoplanes, the largest number of biplanes, and three-planes like the Giant Hamburg. There are single-engine fighters, twin-engine fighters, single-seat fighters and two-seat fighters. These types of aircraft are diverse, forming a unique scenery to the sky in this era.

In this era, single-wing single-person aircraft that is most in line with the development of advanced productivity did not have an advantage at the beginning, because the engine was generally not good at that time, and the speed and climbing were not much different. Fighter fights were all kinds of push-grinding dog fighting, and the aircraft's horizontal maneuverability requirements were very high. Biplane had advantages in this regard. (Can the egg be rotated? Try it and biplane.) If an aircraft could have a machine gun that could have a larger strike range, then it would have an advantage......

It is precisely for this reason that the early two-seater aircraft had certain advantages. Some even had a machine gun in front and another one in the rear. For example, the German Aegg2 twin-engine aircraft. Of course, with the advancement of technology, after the horsepower of the aircraft engine reached more than 250 horsepower in the later stage of World War I, the improvement of engine performance brought about an improvement in aircraft performance. The bulky two-seater fighter gradually showed a downward trend. It gradually returned to the situation where single-seat single-person aircraft was mainly used. After all, two people mean that the weight of the fighter aircraft increased.

"We can do this, fix the machine gun above the aircraft engine, or feel like we are passing the machine gun through the central axis of the engine, so that as long as the nose can be pointed at the target, you can hit it. I know, you want to say that the bullets shot may hit the propeller, and this problem is not that complicated. The army is working on a device called a coordinator. When the propeller blocks the muzzle, the machine gun will automatically stop shooting." The prince made a suggestion.

"Since the military is responsible for solving the problem of the coordinator, we will naturally cooperate with each other." Li Linthal said. The prince was still very confident about this coordinator, because this thing was first created by the Germans, and the Germans were also created by the Germans first, and it has been passed down to the 2nd World War plane.

Most models of bf109 have shaft guns. The fw190 also has two machine guns installed above the engine. In addition, the weapons of the US and British fighter jets are all installed on the wings. Are there any benefits to the deployment of the central axis of the aircraft? Of course, there are, the bullets fired are in a line and have better distribution. Aircraft like p51 and fire-breathing generally adjust a focal point, and the bullets are the most dense at this point, and the rest of the places are worse. Of course, the layout of the shaft gun also has disadvantages, which is that it squeezes the position of the supercharger, but the aircraft in the war cannot use such high-end things, so let's not mention it for now.

The fighter jet research plan issued by the Prince to the designers can be simplified to the following points: using metal components to increase strength, use fixed machine guns and coordinators, and the high power-weight weight ratio fighter jets for single-person pilots. At the same time, Prince also has a bomber plan. After all, the ultimate meaning of the Air Force is to fall on bombs, and the most fundamental way to control land by air is bombers.

"You should develop a larger and stronger double-engine ground attack aircraft under your ability. I am not satisfied with using aircraft to simply perform reconnaissance and ground strafing missions. The German army needs to use a transport line that can carry hundreds of kilograms of bombs across the front line to launch strikes on key nodes such as ground, artillery positions, ports, etc. Maybe one day, we will even use aircraft to fly over the English Channel to attack the British mainland." The prince said with a smile.
Chapter completed!