Chapter 443 Target Drone
A few hours later, Conrad appeared in front of Qin Chuan. At this time, Rommel was exhausted from his health and went to the inner room to rest.
"I'm glad to see you, Captain!" Conrad held Qin Chuan's hand excitedly: "Sorry, I don't know if you want to see me! Where is General Rommel?"
"The general is infected with malaria, so he rests in the house!"
"Oh, let him rest for a while!" Conrad smiled and said, "I'm not here to look for him anyway!"
"Colin!" Qin Chuan said: "I asked you to come this time because we need a piece of equipment!"
"Of course, I know!" Conrad said: "Tell me, I'll make it!"
"In fact!" Qin Chuan said: "General Rommel told me that you are responsible for this equipment!"
Conrad was stunned when he heard this.
At this time, Rommel heard the movement outside and stood up.
"Colin!" Rommel walked out like a drunk man while buttoning his military uniform. Qin Chuan hurried up to help.
"Thank you, Captain!" Rommel sat down in front of the chair.
"General, it seems that your malaria is very serious!" Conrad said.
"Yes!" Rommel said mockingly: "I can defeat the Allied planes and warships, but I can't deal with the mosquitoes here!"
"That's why I don't want to come to Sicily!" Conrad replied.
Several people couldn't help but laugh.
"Then..." Conrad said after a while, "We are talking about 'target machine'?"
In order to keep confidentiality, the V1 missile is called "new anti-aircraft gun", and in the document it is named after "air defense target equipment".
So, those who know this plan usually call it a "target machine".
"Yes!" said Rommel. "Maybe you can't believe it, Colonel. In the absence of telling the Captain anything about the 'target', the Captain's idea coincides with it!"
"Of course I believe it!" Conrad smiled and said, "The captain made me understand that there is nothing I can't believe in!"
"We need to use it to bomb the island of Malta!" Rommel said: "You know, we have lost air and sea control, which allows the Allies to store fuel and arrange aircraft on the island of Malta with confidence, and then block and bomb with these aircraft, but we can do nothing about them!"
Conrad nodded and said, "A good idea, but...I'm sorry, we don't think it's realistic!"
As he said that, he turned to Qin Chuan and said, "Sorry, Captain, I have to say that!"
"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.
"Because we can't make this equipment fly for such a long distance!" Conrad said: "It will encounter too many uncertain factors during flight, such as changes in wind speed, changes in airflow, etc. Any change will cause the 'target aircraft' to fail to respond and crash!"
"Other problems have been solved, right?" Qin Chuan asked.
"Yes!" Conrad said: "For example, the engine problem is that we use a cheap disposable engine, which makes this equipment produce a large scale. The fuel it uses is even very cheap gasoline instead of high-octane aviation fuel. For example, the altitude problem is that we installed a pressure altimeter for it, and we also use a gyroscope to control autonomous driving, but the problem lies in this... mechanical autonomous driving is different from intelligent human driving. People can deal with problems according to various situations, but mechanical driving will always make mistakes for one kilometer, which makes it always crash after flying for about one kilometer, and when the weather is clear, the airflow fluctuates less! "
Qin Chuan understood when he heard this.
This problem is easy to solve if it is put into modern times. Modern computers can simulate data of various situations and airflow fluctuations, and then record these data to allow the navigation device to make corresponding actions to keep the "target aircraft" flying smoothly.
But there are no computers in this era, and the "target aircraft" is an unmanned aircraft. What kind of reaction should be done when the navigation device encounters is entirely based on scientists' imagination and guesses on the ground, and even the control amplitude is the size of the rudder and elevator that should be adjusted, and as long as there is a little bit that does not match the situation you encounter, the plane crash may be possible.
Therefore, in theory, this kind of equipment is fine, it can be produced completely, and it is quite easy. It is almost like making a large model aircraft (Note: After obtaining the V1 missile, American scientists successfully imitated it in just three weeks, which is **2).
The difficulty lies in the need to constantly debug and get the correct response data... But because it is a drone, it is impossible to even know which aspects of the error occurred when the failure is.
How did the Germans in history do this?
"We need a pilot!" Qin Chuan said.
"We've been looking for a pilot for a long time!" Conrad said: "Our navigation device is adjusted according to the plan the pilot told us, but the pilot could not determine how big the response should be. After all, these are difficult to quantify!"
"I don't mean that!" Qin Chuan said: "I mean, we should produce a prototype, which has two sets of control equipment, one is an automatic navigation device, and the other is a pilot's manual driving device!"
"But what's the use?" Rommel said in confusion: "What we need is a drone. Should we let a manned plane crash into the enemy with a bomb?"
"No, no..." Conrad heard the truth, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "This is very useful! Yes... very useful! Why haven't we thought of this plan before? God!"
As he said that, Conrad slowly stood up and said thoughtfully: "Yes, Captain! The pilot was testing flights in the 'target aircraft'. If there was no problem, he would not operate. He would only make adjustments when the automatic navigation equipment was incorrectly operated. As long as the pilot's adjustment data was recorded, we can know under what circumstances the navigation equipment had a deviation in its response. In this way... After adjustments again and again, our 'target aircraft', yes, our 'target aircraft' will succeed soon!"
"Great, Captain!" Conrad screamed in excitement. He hugged Qin Chuan and said excitedly: "Captain, do you know? You solved the problem that we haven't solved for several years. It's simply great! Captain, general... I'm going to say goodbye!"
"What's wrong with him?" Rommel asked as he looked at Conrad, who ran out of the door like a gust of wind.
Chapter completed!