Chapter 228: Airborne

Yaoguang electronics has leveraged the development of the electronic industry of the republic, and a new history has begun to be written.

As a son of aviation, Wang Zhengguo's actions have long been seen by the bigwigs in the aviation industry in Shudu, and it is not the first time that the two sides have discussed the development of aviation technology in the newly established Shudu Aircraft Development Center, Shudu Institute and 123 Factory Design Institute.

Chief Engineer Tu Jida, who is in charge of the new and improved J-7 fighter, was very busy, and finally discussed the issue of the RB-199 engine two months ago, and the Pakistani side also expressed interest in the J-7 overhaul plan, which means that the project has made a good start.

However, there are only purchase intentions and power systems, but these are far from enough, and the J-7 major reform indicators are very demanding, and there must be a reborn transformation, which also includes avionics systems.

Directly threw the design requirements of Super Seven on the table, and spoke straight to the point.

"Today we talk about the super seven project, mainly talking about its avionics system improvement plan, according to the requirements, super seven needs to install modern avionics, for our design department, it needs to be equipped with an airborne computer, multi-functional mission management system, all talk about how to solve this problem?"

The on-board computer is a must-have for modern fighters, as early as the F-14 fighter, there has been a design that uses the on-board computer to assist flight, and the F-14 can automatically adjust the variable sweep angle, which is entirely the credit of the on-board computer.

Speaking of which, the F-14's variable sweep wing automatic adjustable technology is not high, it is nothing more than relying on the on-board computer to comprehensively calculate and compare the speed and altitude data of the aircraft, and then automatically control the flight action according to the database.

The real situation is that as long as there is a reliable on-board computer, even if the MiG-23 is old-fashioned, the sweep angle can be automatically adjusted with a slight change.

Of course, this is not to say that the F-14 is bad, as the first military fighter to install an on-board computer, it opened the curtain of fighter avionics modernization, and it can definitely be regarded as a watershed in the modernization of military fighters.

After the F-14 that entered service in the late sixties was equipped with an on-board computer, the fighter models developed immediately afterwards also began to have an on-board computer, and it also continued to refresh people's attention to the on-board computer.

As the chief engineer of the project, Tu Jida clearly raised the issue of the airborne computer at the avionics improvement discussion meeting of Super Seven, which made all the designers in the audience silent.

The planes of the Republic are all traditional mechanical controls and mechanical instruments, and the few electronic devices on the planes are only ranging radars and radios.

And even these things are produced by specialized avionics factories, and it is no exaggeration to say that before the eighties, the Republic designed aircraft as a typical intersection of mechanical and aerodynamic disciplines, and wanted to find a play with electronics in the team of aircraft designers.

Sorry, no!

Since there is no talent in the design team who specializes in the development of electronic devices, it is impossible to find more in-depth on-board computer related to it.

"I know that none of you here have any experience in the development of electronic equipment, whether it is the 123 Factory Design Institute or the Shudu Aircraft Institute, you have never been in contact with it before, and you never even thought that one day you would put a computer on the plane. But now the situation has been made clear, and foreign countries have moved computers, and the results are good. ”

"Mr. Tu, if you want to install an airborne computer for the aircraft, we all know this, and now it is indeed a necessary aircraft subsystem in the aviation industry, but the problem is that we don't even have an onboard computer, what else is this installed?"

With a bitter face, a middle-aged aircraft designer is very helpless, he is responsible for the cockpit design of the aircraft, and naturally knows the importance of the on-board computer, but the problem is that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!

Someone started the conversation, and soon someone continued to take over the topic: "Yes, there are no units engaged in this kind of research in China at all, so we can't be allowed to develop this thing." ”

Is it difficult to develop an airborne computer? There is no doubt that the development of this thing requires a certain degree of technical difficulty, and it is simply confusing for units that have not been engaged in relevant design before.

But everything has to be looked at from a different angle, and if it is done by other units with relevant experience, the difficulty coefficient will naturally be greatly reduced.

As the chief designer of the aircraft, Tu Jida is still somewhat clear: "That's right, we really can't get qualified airborne computers in China, and we haven't even done research in this area in the entire aviation system, but I recently heard that a new company to produce small computers has been established in Shudu, and I think they may be able to solve it." ”

At this time, the meaning is obvious, no one knows the name of Yaoguang Computer, and the designers participating in the meeting are all well-informed people, so why don't they understand the meaning that Mr. Tu wants to express at this time.

Only then did someone respond: "What Mr. Tu means...... We want to seek cooperation with Yaoguang Electronics to develop the airborne computer we need on the basis of their Yaoguang 1 computer?"

Looking at the past, it seems that everyone is optimistic about Yaoguang Electronics, which makes Tu Jida very satisfied, so he doesn't need to explain too much, it seems that everyone is very clear about the situation.

"Yaoguang Electronics' technical ability is very good, and their experience in computer miniaturization should be the most abundant in China, which happens to be very similar to airborne computers, so my personal opinion, we should seek cooperation with Yaoguang Electronics. ”

Compared with their group of people who do the overall design of aircraft, of course, professionals like Yaoguang Electronics are more suitable for on-board computer development, as for why it is cooperation, this involves some other reasons.

"However, don't think that the development of on-board computers has nothing to do with us, and if anyone still thinks like this, it is a big mistake. ”

With a straight face, he deliberately slowed down the speed of his speech, and emphasized: "The on-board computer is a military equipment, and it is an important subsystem that affects the performance of the aircraft, and its research and development must be closely connected with the aircraft design team. ”

Although the on-board computer is very similar to the small computer, this is only similar, and the difference between the two is more reflected in their particularity.

The on-board computer needs to ensure absolute stability, and the ordinary PC computer will crash casually, and it must not be tolerated, which pilot dares to fly a plane that may crash at any time, which is life-threatening.