After returning to East Prussia for half a year, Chen tian has gradually become familiar with everything here, including the things the prince has to do and the figures from the military, political and business circles here. Since Germany's industry and economy are developing rapidly and steadily, he has not made much economic moves. However, Zac's return made him feel very good. Hundreds of millions of yen of funds was like a dream, so every time he saw Zac, he couldn't help but kiss him, and Zac had to laugh. Wipe off the saliva on the face again and again.
Militaryly, the Königsberg shipyard established by Chentian is currently in the submarine research and development stage, and has not manufactured submarines on a large scale. However, in order to expand the scale of the shipyard, it has begun to manufacture ordinary cargo ships and small warships. In addition, he also invested in several R&D projects with Krupp Arms Company, including artillery recovery devices and artillery (mortar), as well as purchased gasoline engine production technology from Daimler Motor Company and established himself Engine research room.
Looking at the snow fluttering in the sky, Chen Tian missed his hometown a little. If only I could fly back...
fly? aircraft? aircraft! Chen Tian suddenly remembered this very important thing, the plane has not been invented yet! If he captured the Wright brothers himself, he would have this leading technology alone.
But when he approached Zac to discuss it, he found it impossible to start. Because he didn't know where the Wright brothers lived. Besides, they are not famous yet. How come to find the vast population in the United States? Zac wondered why Chen Tian was so interested in two unknown Americans.
"Well! We write a letter to Thomas, let him pay attention to these two people!" Chen Tian thought for a while, they will become famous when they invented the plane, and now they have to do it first.
"Zac, do you want to fly like a bird?"
"Flight? I seem to hear that people can fly off the top of a mountain on a glider, but a few years ago, a person named Li Lintar died on a glider, and very few people played that thing afterwards." Zach Shake Shook his head.
"Do you believe it? If you put the glider on the engine, you can soar freely!" Chen Tian blinked at Zac.
"How is it possible?" Zac still shook his head. "How many engines, how can you fly on a glider!"
"Don't believe it? You help me find two people who can make gliders. I will go to our engine research room. Let us challenge the sky where only birds fly. How about it?"
"Okay!" Zac finally nodded his bald head. "Hopefully your dream can come true, flying like a bird!"
dream? Even without yourself, the dream of human flying will soon be realized! Chen Tian smiled.
A month later, Zac found two Germans Jens and Simon "playing" gliders, as well as their self-made biplane gliders, and Chentian's engine research laboratory also built a 20-horsepower, weight according to his requirements. The engine is 100 kg. They modified the glider, installed three wheels on the wings and tail, and installed the propeller-mounted engine on the glider.
On February 3, 1903, their test machine made its first test flight in Chen tian's private estate. Unfortunately, the first test flight was not smooth. The engine cried frantically, but the test machine just flew forward along the ground bounced, but refused to fly.
"Is this guy's wings too short?" Chen Tian asked when the test machine stopped.
"His Royal Highness! Do you really think that the glider with the engine can fly?" said Jens, the pilot, who climbed off the test plane.
"Of course! The glider glides down from the height to fly, because there is enough speed and the buoyancy of the air flow!" Chen Tian explained, but Jens and Simon shook their heads puzzledly.
"Let the workers add half a meter to each wing!" Chen Tian was helpless. The plane flew by using the pressure difference caused by the air flow up and down the wing! To be more specific, he is not very clear.
In the next 10 days, they conducted another four test flights. Although they were still unsuccessful, the effect was better than the first one. The test machine seemed to be flying, but it felt a little worse.
February 14, 1903, Valentine's Day. Chen Tian they carried out the sixth test flight. This time they replaced a new propeller and the wings were lengthened again.
"Alas..." Everyone was very disappointed to see the test machine that Jens was driving bouncing but never flying.
"His Royal Highness, are you here today! Today is Valentine's Day, we are all..." Simon is a young man in his early 20s, and he seems to have some activities at night.
"Well! It seems that this is the only way!" Chen Tian sighed helplessly.
When Jens ran breathlessly from where the test machine stopped, Simon said with a smile:
"Hi! Jens, it's time to lose weight! You can't run even if you run!"
Chen Tian suddenly lighted up, "Wait, Jens, how heavy are you?"
"192 pounds, what's wrong?"
"Then Simon, how about you? 203 pounds!"
"I'm 55 years old!" Zac shook his head. He knew exactly what Chen Tian wanted to do.
"Okay! Here I am the lightest, 165 pounds! Let me drive the test machine to try it once!" Chen Tian gritted his teeth, and it was a big fracture of his hands and feet. "Also, cut the gasoline in the engine by half! Come on, everyone! Get started, today we will try one last time!"
Everyone hurriedly followed Chen Tian's words and then returned the testing machine to the starting position.
Chen Tian was lying on the position of the test machine, and Zack asked anxiously:
"Your Highness, are you sure you want to try? I think this thing is not very safe!"
Chen Tian nodded resolutely.
The engine starts.
Chentian felt that the test machine began to slide forward, and then began to bounce...
Suddenly, he felt the test machine bouncing, but this time he did not jump back to the ground, a very light feeling.
"I'm flying!" Chen Tian shouted excitedly, cheering on the ground in the distance.
The test machine glided more than 40 meters at a height of more than 2 meters and then landed on the ground. Chen Tian turned off the engine, and the test machine slid forward a distance and stopped on the ground. Chen Tian sat up and smiled as everyone ran from a distance...
"Your Highness, you really scared me to death!" Zac said, panting.
"How? Everybody sees! We can fly freely like birds! I announced that the name of this test machine is, Jiji Aircraft!"
"Oh..."
In the next few months, Chen Tian was buried in the improvement of the aircraft, of course everything was carried out in a secret state.
Ten months and three days later, the Wright brothers and their aircraft made their first successful flight in the United States. Thomas then informed Chen Tian of the Wright brothers' intelligence, and Chen Tian invited him to Germany before the US government found them. When the Wright brothers, who thought they were the first to invent the plane in the world, came to Chen Tian's plane, their eyes fell out. At this time, Chen Tian's plane could already carry two people for several hours of flight. However, in view of the talent of the Wright brothers, Chen tian heavily hired them to participate in their own aircraft research and development and took their family to Germany.
Because Chen tian's aircraft development and test flight were carried out in a more confidential state, until October 12, 1906, three years later, the Brazilian Santos Dumont and his "14bis" flew into the sky, The world knows that humans can fly. After that, Chen Tian officially put his plane on the table and flew in the sky of East Prussia.
After investing a lot of money to build his own aircraft factory, Chen tian began to introduce the aircraft as an artillery school shooting tool into the East Prussian Army, which greatly increased the power of the artillery. At the end of 1906, Chen Tian showed and recommended his aircraft to William II. William II greatly appreciated this, and immediately decided to purchase aircraft in batches from Chen Tian's aircraft factory to equip the German army. Because of the key technology of aircraft, Chen tian's aircraft factory monopolizes the aircraft market in Germany and even more than half of Europe. Of course, Chen Tian's aircraft exported to European countries are relatively primitive and backward models. Until the outbreak of World War I, German aircraft maintained a superiority with European countries for at least 3 years, which made the German army spend most of the war The sky in the battlefield is in control.