Daming Crazy Emperor

How far has Daming Technology developed?
To be honest, Taichang is not very clear, because the major research institutes had just been established when he left the capital for an expedition to the Americas last time.

Moreover, he has been fighting wits and bravery with the European colonial bandits since then, so he has no time to pay attention to the research institute's affairs.

Now he is back, and Da Ming and the European Union have faintly entered the stage of development, and the various advanced technologies of Da Ming are the key to development.

What happened to the major research institutes, he naturally had to take a good look, plan carefully, try to develop some advanced weapons, so that Daming can crush the European Union in terms of equipment.

This infantry fighting vehicle is very good. If it can be mass-produced and equipped with the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion, Ming Dynasty will be able to crush the European Union in terms of land warfare.

Taichang stared at the new infantry fighting vehicle for a while, thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Zixian, Menghou, Liangfu, Chang Geng, you all get on the car with me, and the others get on the flying dragon battleship. Let's go to the aviation first." Take a look at the research institute."

The Aeronautical Research Institute is about forty miles away from the port wharf, which is twenty kilometers when converted into the commonly used measurement unit of later generations.

The speed of the flying dragon battleship and the new infantry fighting vehicle is about two hundred miles per hour, which is fifty kilometers per hour when converted into the commonly used measurement unit in later generations.

That is to say, it doesn't take half an hour for them to go there by car or boat.

During this journey, Taichang experienced the feeling of riding a car.

This feeling, how should I put it?

In later generations, the car smells like gasoline or diesel, but now the car smells like charcoal.

Because the cars used in later generations are driven by gasoline engines or diesel engines, but the cars at this moment are driven by steam engines.

The steam boiler needs to boil the water, so the heat is naturally not ordinary.

It's winter right now, but fortunately, it's very warm sitting inside.

If it comes to summer, it will be terrible, it is estimated that there will be forty or fifty degrees in here!
This doesn't seem to work, who can stand the high temperature of [-] or [-] degrees.

The boilers on the bottom of the steamship can go to the deck to get some air from time to time. This infantry fighting vehicle has only so little space in total. Where can the people inside go to get some air?
Taichang looked at the boiler room at the back, then at the front of the car, and suddenly realized that the engine of the car is installed in the front!
It turned out that he hadn't thought about this issue carefully, but now he understands that the front of the car's engine is for heat dissipation.

Because there will naturally be a lot of wind outside after the car is driven, the air cooling effect of the steam boiler installed in the front is naturally the best, and the air cooling effect is not at all installed in the middle, and the heat is all dissipated into the car.

This must be changed, or it would be a pain to ride in an infantry fighting vehicle in the summer.

Thinking of this, Taichang said directly to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, this steam boiler can't be installed in the middle, it will be unbearably hot in summer."

This one.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng quickly explained: "Your Majesty, we also tried it in summer, and it was indeed unbearably hot when we parked the car to burn the steam.

However, after driving the car, as long as the windows on both sides are opened to let the wind blow in, it is barely tolerable. "

Is it barely bearable or uncomfortable?
Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "No, the soldiers are riding in chariots to go to the battlefield. If they endure half a day or even a few days of scorching heat in this chariot in summer, they will probably faint from roasting. How can they fight?"

Well, it seems that this cannot be changed.

Wang Zheng hurriedly asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, where do you think this steam boiler should be installed?"

Taichang pointed to the front without hesitation and said: "Instal the front of the car directly, so that the heat generated by the steam boiler will be blown away by the wind, and the inside of the car will not feel too hot."

Uh, load the head?
Wang Zheng was a little puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, wouldn't the driver not be able to see the road ahead?"

Isn't this simple?

Taichang said without hesitation: "You can make the steam boiler into a square shape, and the height should not exceed the car window."

It seems that this is not enough!

Wang Zheng thought about it carefully, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how do you add charcoal and water?

If the steam boiler is made lower than the car window, no one can get in in front of it! "

Uh, this is indeed more troublesome.

The height of the compartment of this new infantry fighting vehicle is only seven or eight feet high. If the steam boiler is made lower than the window, it will only be three or four feet high.

The average person is at least five feet tall. Could it be that people are asked to go in on their stomachs to add charcoal and water?
This is obviously unrealistic.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly had an idea: "How about this, let's burn the steam directly with a large kerosene lamp.

Then we hang a mailbox and a water tank on both sides of the cab, and use pipes to connect the mailbox and water tank to the boiler in front and the kerosene lamp below.

In this way, we only need to add a valve to the pipe, and it is very convenient to add water and oil. "

Burn steam directly with a large kerosene lamp?

This one seems to work.

However, there seems to be a problem.

Wang Zheng thought about it again, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, we can't see the water in the boiler and the oil in the kerosene lamp. How do we know when to add water and when to refuel?"

This is also simple.

Taichang gestured and said: "You can order someone to make a thin copper-skinned or thin-aluminum-skinned sealed ball, put it in the water tank and the mailbox, and connect a thin long rod to it to go deep into the cab.

In this way, as long as the water and oil levels drop, the long thin rod will tilt up.

You can add scales next to the long rod so you know when it's time to add water and oil. "

This thing seems a little difficult, especially a thin long rod deep in the steam boiler, and the sealing problem is not easy to solve.

However, it is not impossible to solve it.

Wang Zheng pondered for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "I understand. Your Majesty, it may take a month or two to change like this."

Taichang looked at the driver's cab again, and then gestured: "The driver's cab and the rear compartment are also changed, and they are directly made into one, with a thicker aluminum alloy plate in the middle, and a door.

The roof of the carriage at the back is made to be opened to both sides. When the rocket launcher is about to be fired, the byte just needs to open the roof.

In this way, many soldiers can be seated in it, and it is relatively safe, and it is okay to eat a few shells. "

This is simple.

Wang Zheng nodded without hesitation, "I understand."

Taichang asked again: "How long will it take to make such a big change?"

Wang Zheng reckoned: "It may take a month, I will try my best to correct it before the test."

It looks like this guy is going to work overtime again during the Chinese New Year.

Taichang sighed slightly: "Okay, if you want to bring your subordinates to work overtime during the Chinese New Year, remember to pay them double wages."

Wang Zheng nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

Taichang asked Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others to make suggestions, and the Aeronautical Research Institute arrived.

At this time, Jin Yiwei had already arrived ahead of time and guarded the surrounding area. Prince Zhu Youxiao, Cheng Jiashuo and others had already been waiting there for a long time. "

Taichang got out of the car and took a look, he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

This Cheng Jiashuo, what a big hand!
The empty space of the Aeronautical Research Institute was almost turned into a concrete floor by this guy, and it was full of all kinds of weird helicopters.

Taichang glanced around and said impatiently: "Yaoguang, where do you think the aluminum alloy aircraft with four sets of blades is?

I mean the kind that can fly five people into the sky. "

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiashuo quickly brought Taichang to a large aluminum alloy box about seven feet high and ten feet wide.

Taichang circled around the box, took a closer look, and couldn't help nodding his head in approval: "Well, it's not bad."

Who says airplanes can't be made square?

As long as you can take people to the sky, as long as you can fly, that's fine!

Taichang went in again to take a look, and then said with great interest: "Yaoguang, ask a few people to drive this thing up to the sky for me to see."

Cheng Jiashuo quickly waved his hands to let the five disciples get on the aircraft, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, this thing is a bit windy, why don't we step back?"

Of course Taichang knew that the wind was very strong when the helicopter was flying, so he led everyone back more than ten steps away without hesitation.

After a while, the huge blades on the four corners turned rapidly, and the boxy aluminum alloy aircraft slowly rose into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the fans on both sides turned on, and the tail turned again, and the boxy aluminum alloy aircraft circled above them.

Although the speed of this thing is not fast, it is indeed flying into the sky with people, and the flight is quite stable, so it must be no problem to use it to drop bombs.

Taichang immediately thought of the bomber.

Although they don't have powerful bombs yet, they still have kerosene incendiary bombs.

Moreover, using a helicopter to drop bombs does not need to consider how far the incendiary bomb will fly.

In other words, they just put the whole big clay pot, filled with dozens or even hundreds of catties of kerosene, and just threw it from the helicopter.

Or, they can also make some big iron rods like maces and throw them all the way down.

Tens of catties or even hundreds of catties fell from the sky, and the lethality was terrifying.

Of course, there is a premise for this, and the premise is that this kind of helicopter must be able to carry things that weigh a thousand catties or even several thousand catties.

So, how to increase the load capacity of the helicopter?

The blades of helicopters seem to be very long. The longer the blades, the stronger the wind should be.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "What about two sets of leaves and three sets of leaves?"

Cheng Jiashuo hurriedly took him to look at the place where the aircraft with two sets of blades and three sets of blades were parked.

The three sets of blades seem to have nothing to look at, just a triangle shape, and it must not be as stable as the four corners when flying.

The two sets of blades are also a fusiform shape, and the load capacity is definitely not as good as that of four sets of blades.

Taichang looked around carefully, pondered for a while, and then said solemnly: "Yaoguang, why don't you just make four sets of blades, lengthen the two ends, and make arcs at the edges and corners, try to make it imitate Fusiform.

In addition, the key blades must be lengthened, and the blades at both ends should be made one foot long, so that the load capacity can be doubled in an instant. "

Uh, the longer the blade is, the stronger the wind will be, of course he knows this.

Problem, there are more than one set of blades on the top of the aircraft!

Cheng Jiashuo said carefully: "Your Majesty, in this way, the aircraft must be at least three feet long, so that the blades will not collide with each other.

The question is, the three-foot-long aircraft itself is several hundred catties heavier than the original one. Isn’t our effort in vain? "

Who said to be three feet long?
Taichang pointed to the aircraft with two sets of blades and said: "You can install the blades at the two ends a little higher, and the two blades in the middle a little lower, so that the blades will not collide when they are two feet long."

Yes, just stagger the up and down positions of the blades.

When Cheng Jiashuo heard this, he couldn't help cupping his hands excitedly and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, and then taught: "You can also put the fan that propels the aircraft forward directly inside the aircraft, as long as you leave two cylinders for blowing the wind outside."

Can you put the fan that propels the aircraft forward directly inside the aircraft?

He really hadn't thought about this.

Cheng Jiashuo couldn't help rubbing his hands excitedly when he heard that, "I understand, thank you, Your Majesty, for your guidance."

Looking at it like this, this guy probably couldn't wait to try it out.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, you can make a two-foot-long prototype first and try it out, and when Liangfu completes the conjoined steam engine, we will make it in Dali.

I set a small goal for you. You first strive to achieve a load capacity of this helicopter of two thousand kilograms and a flight speed of one hundred miles per hour. Is there any problem? "

Helicopter!
What a nice name.

Cheng Jiashuo nodded without hesitation, "No problem."

This is how Daming's helicopter took shape.

Compared with the helicopters of later generations, this kind of helicopter is a bit weird.

However, the shape is not the point, the point is the load capacity and speed.

As long as the load capacity and speed can be gradually increased, the odd shape will be odd, no big deal.