In the propeller era, aircraft engines were all gasoline engines, with high speed and high horsepower, but not much torque. On the ground, diesel engines were the king.

The gasoline engine needs to mix and suck gasoline and air into the cylinder. This mixing process requires a carburetor to evenly distribute the gasoline into the air. The gasoline sucks in the cylinder is the mixture.

This carburetor is realized under the action of gravity, which means it can only be used directly and cannot be placed in the opposite direction. When it is reversed, it will not work.

From the perspective of acceleration, it cannot fall into a negative g state, otherwise, the carburetor will stop working, the engine will be broken and it will stop running!

Although the Merlin engine has ended in failure, the current air-cooled engine in the UK is also a carburetor!

Why aren't German planes afraid?

Because German engines have begun to use electronic injection. In the late 1930s, Germany has achieved direct fuel injection on aircraft engines. After eliminating the carburetor, there is naturally no need to worry about negative G breaking!

This type of jetting method does not require gravity, so the aircraft can be in any state, as long as it does not disintegrate, there is no problem!

The current fire spitting has not yet realized this problem. The British will not solve this problem until later improvements are made to solve this main problem that affects air combat and eliminate carburetors.

But now, in front of the fire, as long as bf109 can perform negative G maneuvering, it can get rid of the other party. If the other party does not follow, it can only watch the prey escape. If it follows, it will be that the engine is broken.

The Spitfire Wingman fell into a trap and made an absolutely wrong move. The engine stopped and the propeller in front stopped moving.

If the engine suddenly breaks oil during normal training, it is not scary. Just change back to level flight and restart the engine. Even if it fails to start in the air, it can be used as a glider and land.

Although the technology of aircraft has made great progress now, it is still the era of propeller aircraft. The take-off and landing distance is short, and as long as there is a flat land, it can be allowed to land.

But now in the battle, every mistake will make him lose his life.

When he finished this action, Vic only felt his blood rushing up, and his eyes were about to turn red. However, with his youth and physical fitness, he quickly recovered. When he continued to observe backwards, he saw a Spitfire chasing him, falling down.

This is of course a good opportunity! He immediately shouted in the radio: "Kley, a fat sheep is following me, I'm going up!"

After saying that, he pushed the operating lever, rolled at a high angle, and climbed upwards.

At this time, Kley in front also brought a lever, and the positions of both sides had been exchanged. Kley was the wingman and Vic was the chief aircraft.

This is also the advantage of a dual-machine formation. Generally speaking, the long-machine attacks and the wingman takes on the cover mission. However, once the shooting angle is more appropriate, the wingman will turn to the offensive, and the long-machine will protect it in turn.

This kind of combat is quite flexible and flexible.

When Vick turned to climb, he could see the fire that had already been shut down, trying to start.

On the ground, with the help of ground staff, in the air, it depends entirely on yourself.

It is not so easy to start the engine of more than a dozen cylinders. Now, you can see that the fire is constantly emitting black smoke. Only a few cylinders are successfully started, but the rest are always unable to start.

The mechanical carburetor continues to release gasoline mixture gas inward. When the internal concentration is too high and not activated, another terrible phenomenon will occur.

Flooding tank.

When the amount of gasoline in the cylinder is too much, the normal ignition of the spark plug will be blocked, that is, the gasoline "floods" the cylinder, which is called "flooding cylinder".

The solution is to remove the spark plug and clean it up, and suck out the remaining oil in the cylinder.

In short, it only takes place on the ground. Now, in the sky, when the engine floods the cylinder, it will be completely stopped.

Vic was not so gentlemanly, waiting for the other party to launch a new air battle. At this time, Vic had approached the other party's direction at nine o'clock, and the other party's fuselage was fully displayed in Vic's field of view.

At this time, the pilot of the wingman also noticed Vic. He pushed the operating rod and wanted to avoid Vic's attack. Unfortunately, the aircraft that had lost its power had no mobility at all!

"Bangbang!" The 20mm shaft cannon has limited ammunition reserves, so after Vic aimed, he only fired a short shot and fired five shells, which accurately hit the opponent's fuselage!

"Boom!" The armor-piercing incendiary bomb directly hit the fuel tank behind the opponent, even if it had autism technology, the effect of the incendiary bomb made the rear fuselage of the fighter burn!

One shot down the result!

Vic's flag was won and he was finally no longer a rookie. Only by shooting down the enemy plane can he become an old bird!

"Quick, roll and leave!" At this moment, Klee's voice came from the radio.

Just as they shot down the Spitfire, the other two fighter planes of the Spitfire formation had already rushed forward.

Henry's eyes were filled with fire, and he watched his wingman be shot down, quite angry.

This place is no longer on land, but on sea. Even if you are skydiving, it is not easy to survive. Moreover, judging from the wingman's appearance, I'm afraid there is no chance to skydiving.

"Dadada." 4 7.7mm machine guns, dense bullets flew towards Vic's fighter plane. It seemed that Vic's fighter plane was surrounded by this barrage, but this bf109 was calmly escaped.

In air combat, although the machine gun fires fast and has many bullets, the power of the bullet is not enough. Therefore, if you want to shoot down the opponent, you must use the air cannon, with a caliber of more than 20 mm!

This is the lesson learned by the Luftwaffe when fighting over Spain. They often find that they hit their opponents but cannot shoot down the opponent because the machine guns are not powerful enough!

That's why they improved the air cannon, which is the easiest axis cannon to aim at.

However, the British Air Force has no experience in this area, and they are almost everywhere in this air battle.

Theoretically, the performance of the Spitfire fighter is not behind. Although the cockpit is a little baked, the plane is still fluent in flight and the climbing performance is first-class. But now, they cannot get a bargain in front of the Germans!
Chapter completed!