> Constantinescu’s innovations
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> In the case of mechanical synchronization gears … Constantinescu replaced the whole mechanical activation assembly by a system of tubes, filled with different oils, which connected the flying stick with the synchronization gear. When the device was started, the vibrations caused by the cam travelled back through this assembly to a device that activated the machine gun trigger.
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> In the instruction manuals, the firing rate of the machine guns was said to be 600 bullets per minute, but it was consistently shown that the fire rate could rise up to 1.000 bullets per minute without any danger to the propeller.
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> The Germans never managed to recreate Constantinescu’s mechanism and the details of the theory of sonics were a state secret until the end of the war.
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> By the end of 1917, more than 5.000 airplanes were equipped with the Constantinescu-Colley gear. In the following year, another 20.000 followed. In total, more than 50.000 were equipped and became a standard component not only for the British air force, but also in the United States.
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> George (Gogu) Constantinescu (1881-1965)nascut in Craiova, inovator, inventator, om de știință complex, specialist în teoria vibrațiilor, aerodinamică, mecanica fluidelor a trăit cea mai mare parte a vieții sale în Marea Britanie.
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> În contul lui Gogu Constantinescu figurează circa 400 de brevete de invenție, parte patentate în SUA, Danemarca, Elveția, Austria, Germania, Marea Britanie, Franța, România etc., precum și altele, care nu au fost niciodată publicate. Un mic calcul ne arată că de la apariția primei invenții (1907), până la data trecerii în eternitate (1965), a fost realizat câte un brevet la mai puțin de 2 luni
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> Constantinescu’s innovations
>
> In the case of mechanical synchronization gears … Constantinescu replaced the whole mechanical activation assembly by a system of tubes, filled with different oils, which connected the flying stick with the synchronization gear. When the device was started, the vibrations caused by the cam travelled back through this assembly to a device that activated the machine gun trigger.
>
> In the instruction manuals, the firing rate of the machine guns was said to be 600 bullets per minute, but it was consistently shown that the fire rate could rise up to 1.000 bullets per minute without any danger to the propeller.
>
> The Germans never managed to recreate Constantinescu’s mechanism and the details of the theory of sonics were a state secret until the end of the war.
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> By the end of 1917, more than 5.000 airplanes were equipped with the Constantinescu-Colley gear. In the following year, another 20.000 followed. In total, more than 50.000 were equipped and became a standard component not only for the British air force, but also in the United States.
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> George (Gogu) Constantinescu (1881-1965)nascut in Craiova, inovator, inventator, om de știință complex, specialist în teoria vibrațiilor, aerodinamică, mecanica fluidelor a trăit cea mai mare parte a vieții sale în Marea Britanie.
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> În contul lui Gogu Constantinescu figurează circa 400 de brevete de invenție, parte patentate în SUA, Danemarca, Elveția, Austria, Germania, Marea Britanie, Franța, România etc., precum și altele, care nu au fost niciodată publicate. Un mic calcul ne arată că de la apariția primei invenții (1907), până la data trecerii în eternitate (1965), a fost realizat câte un brevet la mai puțin de 2 luni
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[Wiki](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Constantinescu)
Cat creier si cata munca presupunea sa faci asa ceva pe vremea cand nu existau calculatoare si totul se facea cu creionul pe hartie…
>But everything will change when a revolutionary invention by a **Roman** scientist is introduced.
Germania delenda est
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