MTL - Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat-Chapter 459 ta-183

   Chapter 459 ta-183

  Kurt Tank's words surprised Fang Lang. He heard Ante Polman introduce that Professor Tank was a genius aircraft designer, and he hadn't felt much.

   It wasn't until they completed the T-1 trainer project in their own factory that they completely relieved themselves.

  However, today I suddenly heard that Germany had a jet fighter project named after him during the war, which is really surprising.

  Based on the urgency of the Germans, wanting to name a country's project after an individual can only show that this person's ability has reached the top position in an industry.

  For Fang Lang's question, there is no need for Kurt Tank to answer at all. Ante Polman on the side has already said directly:

   "The boss is right. The ta in the number "ta-183" is Tan Ke's surname."

  Fang Lang, who got the accurate answer, was very excited, grabbed Kurt Tank's arm and said:

   "Then what are you waiting for, quickly show me this project named after you."

   After speaking, he directly pulled Kurt Tank to the other party's design studio.

   Kurt Tank, who originally wanted to sell the project to Fang Lang, of course would not refuse, followed directly behind the other party, and walked quickly to his design room.

  Ante Polman, who was closely behind the two of them, smiled slightly, and quickly followed their footsteps.

   After a group of people entered Kurt Tank's office in a hurry, Kurt Tank was not polite, and directly pulled out a rectangular suitcase from his desk.

   Gently put it on the desk, and opened it carefully under the watchful eyes of Fang Lang and Ante Polman.

   I saw that there were not many things inside, and they were all drawings bundled into tubes like scrolls.

   The design drawings of an aircraft must be more than that, Fang Lang was not in a hurry, and waited quietly by the side.

Kurt Tank took out the drawings, looked at the markings on each drawing, and quickly pulled out one of the drawings. While loosening the cable ties on the drawings, he turned and came to a In front of the display board.

  Seeing this, Ante Polman quickly walked two steps forward to help the other party unfold the drawing, and used a few small magnet-like tools to stick the entire drawing on the display board.

  As the drawings unfolded, the appearance drawings of the jet named "ta-183" were displayed in front of Fang Lang.

   Seeing the drawings for the first time, Fang Lang frowned involuntarily. This was different from the jet plane he had imagined! If Fang Lang was forced to use one word to describe this aircraft, Fang Lang could only think of one word, and that was ugly.

This is a single-engine jet aircraft. The air intake is located directly in front of the nose. Neither the wingspan nor the captain's length exceeds ten meters, but the diameter of the entire fuselage is very large, which is similar to the slender shape in Fang Lang's impression. The appearance of a jet fighter is a bit contrary!

  If Fang Lang had to find an animal to describe this plane, Fang Lang's first reaction would definitely not be a crow, but a puffer fish, yes, the puffer fish with the bulging head.

  However, Fang Lang quickly thought of He178, the world's first aircraft that flew into the sky entirely on turbojet engines, and the shape seemed to be very similar to this aircraft.

  Maybe this is the limitation of the single-engine turbojet engine on the airframe!

  Fang Lang's reaction naturally couldn't escape the eyes of the other two, which made Kurt Tank a little nervous. After all, if Fang Lang is satisfied in the same way, this aircraft obviously cannot be approved.

  So, Kurt Tank hurriedly asked:

   "Boss, I don't know if you are dissatisfied with this plane of mine."

   Fang Lang heard the words, knowing that the two had seen his reaction, he waved his hands quickly, and stepped forward to a place closer to the drawing. This time, what he saw was no longer the front view of the plane, but the top view.

  If it was Fang Lang who had just come to this world, he might not be able to see the difference in this top view, but Fang Lang, who had experienced the Pacific War and studied airplane piloting seriously, soon discovered something unusual.

   Somewhat unbelievably, he came directly to the front of the drawing, pointed to the wing of the plane on the top view, and said with a trembling voice:

   "Is this a swept wing?"

   After hearing Fang Lang's words, Kurt Tank also looked at Fang Lang in surprise, and asked with a little doubt:

   "Boss heard of swept wings?"

   "Of course, how could I have never seen a swept wing! Wait, I'll see."

Fang Lang can now be sure that Kurt Tank is definitely a genius. After discovering this swept wing, Fang Lang immediately put his original first impression behind him and began to study this aircraft carefully every detail.

  The more he looked at Fang Lang, the more surprised he became, because after careful observation, Fang Lang discovered that many designs of this aircraft, which his first impression made him feel very ugly, were very advanced.

  In addition to the swept wings that shocked Fang Lang, his huge vertical tail has a sweep angle of 60 degrees. These aerodynamic layouts all illustrate a problem, that is, this is a very fast jet fighter.

   Watching and watching, Fang Lang gradually realized something was wrong, and then almost jumped up, and slapped his thigh.

   "After this **** weight loss, isn't it the MiG-15?

  Wait, when did the MiG-15 come out? Fuck, never mind, it definitely hasn’t come out yet.

   That is to say, this may be the MiG-15 **** it! "

Fang Lang's sudden performance directly stunned Kurt Tank and Ante Polman beside him, because Fang Lang spoke Chinese, and the two did not understand, but from Fang Lang's actions, The two could see that Fang Lang was excited.

   And, obviously very satisfied, the excitement of being pleasantly surprised.

   Kurt Tank, who hadn’t gotten an answer to the previous question, couldn’t help but speak again:

   "Boss, I don't know where you have seen this kind of swept wing design? This is a brand new layout that we only discovered after many experiments in the wind tunnel!"

  Fang Lang, who had already come back to his senses, looked at Kurt Tank with bright eyes, and said directly after hearing his words:

   "Oh! Why did you choose this layout?"

  This kind of question is of course a simple question for Kurt Tank, who personally designed this kind of swept wing, and he answered casually without hesitation:

"After our wind tunnel experiments, the straight-wing aircraft will be strongly impacted by the compression effect at near-sonic speeds, generating severe shock waves, while the swept-back wing will delay the generation of shock waves, and the shock waves generated at supersonic speeds Much less strength than a straight wing, giving the aircraft better controllability at high speeds.

   As a jet fighter, our ta-183 project has a maximum speed close to Mach 0.8. Only by using this swept wing layout can our aircraft have better maneuverability in combat.

   Where have you seen this layout before? Did anyone else discover this new layout at the same time besides us? "

  After Kurt Tank's explanation, Fang Lang has made it clear that the Kurt Tank in front of him must be the inventor of the swept wing. The MiG 15 was obviously designed and manufactured from the inspiration found on this ta-183.

   You must know that the MiG-15 was introduced by his hometown later, that is, the J-2 we saw in the museum of later generations, which is why Fang Lang feels more and more familiar the more he looks at it.

  Hearing Kurt Tank repeatedly asking him where he had seen this layout before, Fang Lang didn't know how to answer this question for a while, he couldn't tell him that he had seen it in later generations!

   Seeing Ante Polman on the side, Fang Lang quickly thought of an answer, and quickly said:

   "Hi! The reason why I went to Germany to find Polman was because someone told me that someone in Germany proposed a brand new aircraft layout called variable-sweep wing.

   Later, under the introduction of Polman, I realized what the swept wing and the variable swept wing mean.

  So, I saw your swept-wing layout today, so I can recognize it at a glance. "

  This answer made Ante Polman on the side blushed slightly. After all, he used this variable-sweep wing technology to go to the Bristol company in the UK to bluff, and Fang Lang came to him.

  Hearing Fang Lang talk about this experience again, he couldn't help but blush.

   Fortunately, Fang Lang didn't say what he was bluffing and deceiving.

   Kurt Tank looked at Ante Polman upon hearing this, and asked with some doubts:

   "Variable sweep wing? Which Hans Hornung came up with the MeP.1101 project?"

  As a famous German aircraft designer, of course, he must have a certain understanding of other companies' products, so when Fang Lang mentioned the variable swept wing, he thought of the earliest model with this technology.

  Hearing Kurt Tank's question, Ante Polman didn't say much, but nodded slightly to confirm the other party's question.

  After receiving an affirmative answer, Kurt Tank nodded seriously and said:

   "To be honest, Hans Hornung's idea is very constructive, but using this variable-sweep wing will increase the weight of the wing, which is not worth the candle."

   Everyone is in the same industry, and it is very normal for each to have different opinions. Fang Lang and Ante Polman do not want to continue to entangle on this topic.

  Fang Lang took the lead in raising his own question:

  "Professor Tan Ke, why did you design such a short fuselage?

  Look, the whole plane seems um! how to say? .Something weird. "

   Hearing this, Kurt Tank was not angry, but said with a smile on his face:

   "Actually, the reason for this design is also for greater maneuverability. After all, a short fuselage means a smaller turning radius and more flexible maneuverability."

  Fang Lang immediately realized this. It seems that this was designed for dog fighting! Hastily opened his mouth to confirm:

   "Then don't you know what is the main weapon of this plane?"

  Kurt Tank didn't hide anything, and said directly to Fang Lang:

"At the time of design, we had two sets of weapon schemes: one was four 30mm MK108 cannons, plus carrying 500-kilogram bombs. The other was four 20mm or two 30mm cannons, plus carrying five A 100-kilogram bomb."

  As soon as Fang Lang heard this weapon configuration, Fang Lang understood why he felt that the shape of this aircraft was so different from the shape of the aircraft in his impression.

  Because, the fighters that are common in later generations are advanced fighters that launch missile operations at high altitude and high speed. But the current jet fighter still hasn't gotten rid of the fighting method of using machine guns for close-range dogfights in the air.

   If you want to be able to engage in close-range dogfights, you must have excellent maneuverability, and the short fuselage of this aircraft is obviously out of this consideration.

  (end of this chapter)