Made by Lite Brothers
"Aviator One" is very light, even with the pilot, it only weighs about 360 kilograms, so any design must be lightweight.
Limited by their canard aerodynamic layout, it is also required to reduce the mass of the front end, otherwise it will become top-heavy and affect the flight stability of the aircraft.
In other words, the key to engine design is weight and front-to-rear weight ratio. As for horsepower, ten or so horses are more than enough, after all, the lifting quality is very low.
Perhaps because most of the patents applied for by the Wright brothers were canard layouts, subsequent American aircraft manufacturing companies adopted conventional layouts in order to circumvent his patents.
As mentioned before, although the United States now has a patent office, the approval process is difficult to be as strict as that of later generations.
The U.S. Patent Office has a certain responsibility for this matter, but there are really not many people in the Patent Office who understand aircraft. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to allow the Wright brothers' aircraft to be patented as a whole.
It is even less likely that everyone in the patent office is Einstein.
"You also owned an engine factory in Detroit?" brother Wilbur Wright asked.
"Not really," Li Yu said,
"I need to make it for you in New York."
"New York seems a little closer to North Carolina," said younger brother Olway Wright.
"We'll pay you enough."
"I don't need remuneration, I just want to contribute to your flying career." Li Yu said. How much money can be made from selling only one engine, and being able to participate in the development process of the first aircraft in human history is much more meaningful.
But Brother Laite was very happy. Research and development is very expensive, especially for something like an airplane that no one has ever succeeded in.
"Thank you so much! I really didn't expect a Chinese to have such knowledge and mind." Brother Laite said.
Li Yu said: "The manufacturing of the engine will take a while. Do you have a telegraph machine? I can notify you in time when it is done."
"You can send it to the newspaper and they'll tell us," Brother Wright said.
"It's a deal!" The R&D project of the Wright brothers is currently in a very tight schedule. They will immediately rush back to North Carolina to continue the manufacture of Flyer One.
And Li Yu is also preparing to return to New York.
"Do you really want to build an engine?" Sierra asked. In her opinion, this is definitely not a simple matter.
"What's the problem?" Li Yu said with a smile.
"But it's best to buy an engine with as many cylinders as possible." Li Yu thought of Buick's two-cylinder engine and decided to buy one from him.
David Buick has not yet established the Buick Company, which can only be regarded as a small workshop that develops and manufactures cars. The two cars built at the New York Auto Show are already the limit.
Detroit isn't big right now and it won't be hard to find him. Li Yu walked into David Buick's small factory and said, "How are you, Mr. David Buick? I just said that we will meet again." The most displayed in Buick's small factory are various engines. It can be seen that there are some problems in his research and development focus: he is too obsessed with more advanced engine technology and does not pay attention to vehicle sales.
Unlike many other car companies, which do research and development while selling. What David Buick did was not a wise move in the early days of the automobile industry.
David Buick recognized Li Yu: "It's you! Could it be that there is something wrong with my car?" Li Yu said with a smile: "No problem, I came here to see if there is a multi-cylinder engine that I can buy. Buick smiled bitterly: "If you really didn't want to sell it before, but now my factory is almost out of funds, it would be great if you are willing to buy it." Buick's company will be sold next year at the latest.
William Durant, the owner of a horse-drawn carriage company, would buy Buick Motors as a whole and later establish a larger General Motors Company based on Buick Motors.
Buick himself was quickly fired and left quietly, leaving only the Buick car brand named after him.
Li Yu turned around, pointed to an engine and said, "Can I buy this one?" Buick said, "Your vision is really accurate. That engine uses an overhead valve, but the stability is not very good." .”
"It doesn't matter," Li Yu said,
"What I like is its compact size." Buick said: "Small is compact, but if it is too compact, it will be difficult to control the gas explosion in the cylinder, and it is not a finished product. I have another mature overhead valve. The engine, although slightly larger, was already installed in the car that the lady bought.”
"I can't dismantle the car," Li Yu said.
"If I could, I would buy this engine." David Buick was almost at the end of his rope and said, "Well, it's not ready yet, it only costs $200."
"Deal." This engine weighs dozens of kilograms, and Li Yu can actually understand its structure after just a few glances.
In fact, the reason why he bought the engine was not to study, but because the designs in his mind were too advanced and he couldn't grasp the propriety.
That's why I bought such an old-fashioned engine to limit my thinking. After arriving at the laboratory in New York, Li Yu began to redesign it. The main purpose was to replace cast iron with an aluminum structure as much as possible, which could greatly reduce the weight.
It is still relatively expensive to buy some aluminum now, but aluminum makes processing slightly easier. Aluminum will continue to be extremely important in the aircraft industry, but many early aircraft were made of wood.
When I was busy, there was a knock on the door of the laboratory. After Li Yu opened it, there was a middle-aged man standing outside. He could tell at a glance that the other person was Chinese.
The middle-aged man said: "Are you Li Yu? I think I made a mistake."
"I am Li Yu, who are you?" Li Yu asked.
"My name is Situ Meitang." The other party replied. Well, it turns out he is the boss of Hongmen in the United States. However, Situ Meitang has not yet established the Anliang General Hall, and has not yet become a real Hongmen elder.
The current head of Hongmen Zhi Gong Tang in San Francisco is Huang Sande. However, Situ Meitang has been a member of Hongmen in the United States for nearly 20 years. The previously established Anliangtang is affiliated with Zhigongtang and is also very large.
He resigned a few years ago and came to the eastern United States. With years of accumulation, he still has the highest status among the active Hongmen in the northeastern United States.
Li Yu naturally knew Situ Meitang's name.
"I've admired you for a long time! Why are you here?"
"It's me who should be said to have admired you for a long time," Situ Meitang said with a smile.
"I'm just a wandering soul wandering overseas." Li Yu said: "You can organize a mutual aid association to unite the Chinese and help each other, how can you say you are a wandering soul!" Situ Meitang said: "You also know our Hongmen? "
"Of course I know, but I've never had the chance to visit." Li Yu said. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were nearly 20 million Chinese living overseas.
It was not easy to move around, so everyone would naturally stick together for warmth. Many clan associations and fellow villagers' associations were difficult to enter due to blood relationship restrictions, so many Chinese joined Hongmen, where conditions were relatively free.
Everyone also agrees with Hongmen
The concept of "joining forces to help each other, helping each other as brothers, and caring for each other in times of need". Hongmen refers to people who have just left the country as
"Tangshan Brothers" provide food and accommodation, provide financial assistance if you want to do business, and even provide legal aid in case of lawsuits.
Because of the nature of mutual aid organizations, the Zhi Gong Tang in the United States has successfully
The name "Chinese Freemasonry" was registered with the government and became a legal organization. In fact, in addition to the most famous Zhigong Tang and Anliang Tang, there are many similar Tangs.
Wherever there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and there will be fights between the gangs. One of Situ Meitang's later great contributions to Hongmen was that he was able to calm down the fights between the various gangs. He was definitely a big brother.
Moreover, he has a good brain and knows that brute force alone is not enough. In a place like the United States, you have to follow the law. Therefore, his Anliangtang is not only more tightly organized and more well-funded than Zhigongtang, but most importantly, it has always hired American lawyers as legal advisors.
The most famous one is the future President of the United States, Roosevelt Jr., who served as Situ Meitang's legal advisor for more than ten years.
Situ Meitang walked into Li Yu's laboratory and sighed: "You are so talented as a cultured person. I have seen many American machines, but I can't even name them, let alone the articles you published. I am a I can't understand the words." Li Yu smiled and said, "There are specialties in the arts." Situ Meitang said, "We are in short supply of people like you. If we can build strong ships and cannons, we won't be afraid of foreigners."
"It will happen sooner or later," Li Yu said,
"Step by step."
"You are right. If you are anxious, you may be the next Kang Liang." Situ Meitang said. Li Yu asked: "Kang Nanhai has also been to the United States. I wonder if you have met him?" Situ Meitang said disdainfully: "Why did you see him? We are not on the same boat. Kang Youwei was only thinking about his emperor, and Our Hongmen don't even recognize the Qing Dynasty." Li Yu said with a smile: "That's true. However, Kang Nanhai has a lot of energy and defrauded the Chinese people of a lot of money. You should be careful." Situ Meitang sighed: "No The solution is that he is too talkative, so we can only ensure that our own congregation does not donate to him." Hongmen and Kang Youwei had extremely conflicting ideas.
Hongmen made it clear that they were anti-Qing from the beginning, so they later unswervingly supported Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary cause.
However, there are indeed not many literate people in Hongmen. After that, the formalization of Hongmen was inseparable from the addition of Mr. Zhongshan.
Just like in Stephen Chow's version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", Wei Xiaobao, played by him, had a very simple but reasonable dialogue with Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Tiandihui, an early Hongmen organization.
Chen Jinnan told Wei Xiaobao: Most of the people who have read books and learned things are officials in the Qing court, so if we want to fight against the Qing court, we must use some stupid people.
To deal with them, you cannot tell the truth, and you must hypnotize them in the form of religion to make them feel that everything they do is right.
Therefore, opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty is just a slogan, which is actually the same as Amitabha. The Qing Dynasty has been oppressing us Han people and taking away our silver and women, so we must fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Wei Xiaobao: We must fight against the Qing Dynasty and take back our money and women. Losing sight is simply taking off your pants and farting!
If you think about it carefully, the situation reflected in this passage is also very sad, and it is really difficult.
"Then don't worry about Shengren Kang," Li Yu said.
"Since you can't stop him, let him go." Situ Meitang said, "Yes, he has indulged in the luxurious life in the United States and Canada. Such a person cannot achieve anything. But your two articles attacking him The article was so exciting that several of our Chinese newspapers also reprinted it.”
"Chinese newspaper?" Li Yu asked in surprise.
"Yes, not only New York, but also San Francisco also has our Chinese newspaper, but it is not comparable to the "Le Monde" that published your article." Situ Meitang said.
Li Yu clapped his hands and found a way out. Since they are literate, it means they are educated, and since they have been in the United States for so long, they must also know English. They can definitely select some of the Chinese to be trained as technicians.
As expected, if you want to find Chinese people in the United States, you can’t do without Hongmen. Six years ago, Mr. Zhongshan came to the United States to solicit sponsorship, but with little success. The reason was that he did not find the right channel or help from Hongmen.
So when I came to the United States for the second time, I directly joined Zhi Gong Tang and was named
"Hong Gun", Hongmen disciples also respectfully call him Brother Sun. When he arrived in the United States in 1904, Kang Youwei's Royalist Association and the Consul in San Francisco, in order to prevent him from promoting the revolution, colluded with the Immigration Bureau to falsely accuse his passport of being false and detained him.
It was only thanks to Huang Sande, the boss of the Hongmen Zhigong Hall, that he was able to get him out by spending money, hiring lawyers, and filing lawsuits.
If you want to reach as many Chinese people as possible, Hongmen is the most effective way. Li Yu said: "I am thinking of setting up a factory and recruiting some Chinese to become skilled workers." Situ Meitang was a little unconvinced: "Can you, a Chinese, open a factory in the United States?" Li Yu said with a smile: "Yes." Situ Meitang gave a thumbs up: "Amazing."
"It's not all my fault." Li Yu said. Without Sierra and the Carnegie family behind her, it would not have been easy for him to open a company and a factory.
Situ Meitang sighed again: "Our Chinese workers suffered too much back then because they could only work as coolies for foreigners. It would be really exciting to have a factory run by Chinese people. Even if Mr. Hong is not me, We will also help you if you are in the door!" Li Yu clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr. Situ! Your help is enough. I wanted to go to San Francisco to see if there are any suitable Chinese people I can recruit." Situ Meitang waved his hand: "It's not necessary. Now California's Chinese Exclusion Act has caused many Chinese to come to the east coast. I'm afraid it will be in vain to go to San Francisco. But I can let them know and if there are suitable candidates, they can be recommended."
"You are still familiar with the situation." Li Yu said. Situ Meitang said: "If you want to find someone now, you don't have to go very far. There is our Chinatown in the south of Manhattan. I think you can find a lot of people there." Li Yu almost forgot that there is this place. Chinatown in New York is just a short distance away. It is indeed very close, stretching over twenty miles across the sky, and the identities of the people inside are relatively clean.
Li Yu asked: "There should be Chinese people with Western education in Chinatown, right?"
"Yes," Situ Meitang said,
"But even if you have studied in an American school, it is not easy to find a job. It is a pity for these young people." Discrimination is much greater now than in later generations.
Li Yu said: "Sir, you can take me to see it. There happened to be an advertisement in our newspaper recruiting some people to join the factory." Situ Meitang smiled and said: "That's easy to say! You are doing a good deed and helping us Chinese. I must I’ll personally help you do it!”
