Chapter 628: The first flight of F21

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In the afternoon, Wei Xiong came to the Yuen Long Industrial Zone under Galaxy Aerospace, and then took a four-wheeled electric vehicle to the tarmac next to the runway.

At this time on the No. 3 apron was parked a heavy twin-engine fighter.

In terms of aerodynamic shape, it is almost the same as the most advanced heavy fighter developed by the former Soviet Union, the Su-27, only with a different livery.

It is the F27 of the Galaxy Aerospace Gram from the Su-27.

Of course, this is only the development code, and the official model will not be determined until it enters service.

Moreover, the F21 does not copy the Su-27 entirely, except that the aerodynamic shape has not been changed, and the internal electronics have been greatly upgraded.

Especially the radar and the cockpit.

At present, Russia and the former Soviet republics are equipped with Su-27 fighters, and the radar used is the N001 "Zuk" radar.

This radar was developed in the 70s of the former Soviet Union.

It was originally designed to surpass the APG-15 radar of the American F63.

It was developed by the former Soviet Union at the Tikhmilov Instrument-Building Research Institute on the basis of the N019 radar used by the MiG-29.

The traditional inverted Cassegrain antenna is used, and the antenna diameter is 1.1 meters larger than that of the N019.

The advantage is that the transmitting power is large and the burn-through resistance is strong.

The detection range is also long, with a maximum detection range of 285 kilometers for bomber targets, which exceeds the APG-63 radar of the F15.

The detection range of a target with a reflection cross section of 3 square meters in the nose hemisphere is 80 km.

The detection range of the rear hemisphere is 30-40 kilometers, which allows the Su-27SK to simultaneously track 10 air targets and launch an attack on 2 of them.

The detection altitude is 50 to 27 kilometers.

But due to the significant backwardness of the technical level of electronic equipment.

The N001 "Zuke" radar radar uses a large number of transistor components, and the computing speed of the computer is slower than that of similar products in the West.

The volume, weight, reliability, function, and comprehensive performance are inferior to similar radars in the West in the same period.

Because after the Su-27 entered service in large quantities, the former Soviet Union began to improve the Zuk radar, and the initial progress was very fast.

However, the growing chaos in the country has seriously affected the improvement of Zukradar.

By 90 years later, it had almost stopped.

But by that time all the work was 80% complete. Soon after, there was a serious espionage incident at the Tikhmilov Instrument-Building Institute.

Deputy Chief Designer Yevgeny?? Gulayev was captured while trading with foreign agents.

The scene was full of stolen goods.

However, this was only seen by the Soviet authorities and various parties involved, and in fact the so-called espionage was entirely carried out by Osipov.

Later, Gulayev was secretly sent to Hong Kong.

He is currently a member of the Galaxy Aerospace Science and Technology Committee and the deputy director of the Electronic and Electrical R&D Center. Continued responsibility for the improvement of the Zuk radar.

With the support of huge financial resources,

In addition, through secret operations, many top-secret technical materials of the British General Electric Company were obtained, and the improvement work was carried out smoothly.

Finally, the RTS-001 radar was developed half a year ago.

At present, the ground tests have been completed, everything is normal, and the air tests will be carried out directly on the F21 due to the lack of test aircraft.

And according to the design requirements,

The RTS-001 radar will take into account the advantages of the former Soviet Union and Western countries, with a long detection range, with a detection range of up to 300 kilometers for large aircraft.

Higher detection accuracy.

It is possible to track 40 air targets simultaneously and attack two of the most threatening of them. In addition, the volumetric weight has been greatly reduced.

Reliability is greatly improved.

On paper, the APG-63 radar is not inferior to the F15, and even surpasses it in individual performance.

This is followed by the cockpit.

Due to the backwardness of the electronics industry in the former Soviet Union, whether it is fighters, bombers, cruisers, or nuclear submarines, they all use dashboards.

It's dense and dazzling.

This situation is not only not conducive to the combatants during training, but also reduces the reaction speed of the combatants in the event of a battle in the future.

At least slower than in Western countries.

In response to this situation, the F21 retained some of the instrument clusters and replaced the rest of the instrument clusters with two large analog LCD screens.

These two large analog LCD screens are not products of Galaxy Aerospace.

Rather, from General Electric in the UK.

LCD screens are not strictly controlled military products, and with Wei Xiong's influence in the UK today, there is no problem in purchasing.

In addition to the electronics, the powertrain is also different.

The first prototype is currently equipped with two engines not of the same model, but an AL-31F and a GF-90.

This is so for the same reasons as the RTS-001 type radar.

There is no testing machine.

Although the GF-90 is only a minor improvement on the AL-31F, it must also go through a rigorous set of test procedures.

And air tests are the most critical.

Because no matter how complex the simulation of the ground environment is, it cannot be compared with the real air environment, and naturally there is no way to obtain accurate data.

However, this will inevitably delay the delivery date of the F21 to a certain extent.

After this series of improvements, it can be unceremoniously said that the performance of the F21 has been greatly improved compared with the Su-27 equipped by Russia and other countries.

When Wei Xiong got off the electric car, there were already many people standing on the No. 3 tarmac.

The vast majority of them are scientific researchers involved in the development of fighter jets. In addition, Fan Wei, president of the group, and several other high-level executives and several guests from the mainland.

Several high-ranking members of the Air Force, including the Deputy Commander of the Air Force.

They came from the mainland the day before yesterday, and after a night's rest, Fan Wei personally led a tour of the F21 assembly workshop yesterday.

It is worth mentioning that Wei Xiong's cousin Wei Xiaoyun is also among them.

Two months ago, Wei Xiaoyun finished his advanced studies at the Air Force Engineering University and returned to the army, where he is currently serving as a lieutenant colonel and staff officer at the Air Force Command.

This time, he followed him to Hong Kong, and it was the deputy commander of the Air Force who directly named him.

The intention is self-explanatory.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Wei Xiaoyun has come to Hong Kong, because of his special relationship with Wei Xiong, he did not stay in a hotel with anyone else last night.

Instead, he lived in the Bronze Sparrow Villa.

There was also a family banquet the night before, which everyone in the family attended, and then Wei Xiong personally introduced Wei Xiaoyun one by one.

At that time, Wei Xiaoyun's expression was wonderful.

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, although I already knew that Wei Xiong had 15 aunts, but seeing with my own eyes is another matter.

What's more, these dozen brothers and daughters-in-law are beautiful one by one.

He couldn't calm down if he wanted to.

After a brief exchange of words with the deputy commander of the Air Force, everyone retreated to the innermost side of the tarmac, and then the test pilots boarded the plane.

The name of this test pilot was Pugachev.

That's right, it was the same Pugachev who flew the famous "Pugachev Cobra" maneuver at the Paris International Air Show in June 1989.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the people of the East Factory had secret contact with it.

Soon after, Pugachev voluntarily submitted an application for retirement to the army, along with several other special pilots.

At that time, Russia was busy taking over the military.

There was no time to pay attention to why a few special pilots retired en masse. After that, Pugachev and his men came to Hong Kong via a third country.

Join Galaxy Aerospace as a test pilot.

The cockpit canopy closed, and a moment later the tail engine let out a roar - ignition, and the fighter slowly drove off the tarmac.

After a few seconds of stopping on the runway, the plane began to accelerate.

The speed is getting faster and faster, and finally it soars into the sky......

The entire first flight lasted more than 20 minutes, and one-third of the time was within the observation range of the high-powered military telescope in Wei Xiong's hands.

It looks very smooth.

Of course, this is just the layman's perception of Wei Xiong.

Even if no major problems were found during the test flight, many minor problems were definitely found, especially in the electronics.

These minor issues will be corrected one by one by the technician.

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The first flight of the F21 did not invite any media outlets, nor did it disclose any information to the outside world, but it is obviously impossible to keep it secret.

First of all, the goal of the F21 is so big.

Although it flies in the northwest direction after takeoff, that is, in the direction of the mainland, it is impossible for residents living near the industrial area not to see it.

Secondly, you need to apply to the Hong Kong Aviation Authority for air traffic control.

Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, in case there are passenger planes passing by in the nearby airspace during the test flight......

This is no joke.

Moreover, fighter jets are aircraft controlled by Hong Kong law, and if you want to fly in Hong Kong airspace, you must apply for it, otherwise it will be regarded as illegal.

Except, of course, for the British military.

With just these two points, F21 exposure is a sure thing.

Sure enough, the next day, there were many reports about F21 in the major media in Hong Kong, and almost all of them were front-page headlines, but there was not much information.

Over time, test flight work on the F21 splayed steadily.

More and more information is also being disclosed by the media.

Only then did the people of Hong Kong know that the fighter plane that took off from the Yuen Long Industrial Zone turned out to be a new twin-engine heavy fighter manufactured by Galaxy Aerospace.

But some people see the problem right away.

How is it that the fighter of the unknown model is almost exactly the same as the Su-27 of the former Soviet Union? Could it be that Russia authorized the production of Galaxy Aerospace?

There doesn't seem to be news on that.

At this moment, the British "Times" published a bombshell report, and the headline alone was impressive.

Believe that Yeltsin will go crazy!!

In the report, the "Times" revealed that three days ago, the newly appointed Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten received an invitation from Wei Xiong, and the two had dinner together.

During dinner, Wei Xiong invited Patten to approve some immigration applications.

At first, Patten didn't think much about it and readily agreed, but when Wei Xiong handed him a large stack of materials, he was immediately stunned.

All those who applied for immigration were from the former Soviet Union.