The Sea Stallion heavy helicopter was developed by Sikorsky to transport materials and personnel to the aircraft carrier, and if it is hung with an electronic pod, it can also do anti-submarine work, and it is currently the world's largest heavy helicopter except for the Mi-26. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, compared to Maozi's rough goods, the CH-53 has much better handling and maneuverability, and can even somersault in the air and take off and land at night. The Mi-6 and Mi-26 two generations of Soviet-based heavy helicopters win purely by their size, and it will be very dangerous to let it maneuver, and the pilots are careful to control it, and they do not dare to play stunts at all.

Watching the eldest brother and a few members of his entourage excitedly lift most of the tarp covering a helicopter, then open the hatch and get in. Chen Xu sighed outside by touching the frosted gray shell: The Cold War was really a climactic period in the development of weapons and equipment, and in the arms race, all kinds of new weapons emerged one after another, in short, they wanted to overwhelm the other side at any cost. Just like the car brands of later generations, because of the fierce competition, they have to launch new models in a year and a half to attract more consumers.

When the Soviet Union collapsed and US imperialism lost its competitors, it had no motivation to continue innovating, and its enthusiasm for new weapons was not so strong.

For more than 20 years after that, American-style equipment was repaired and continued to be used on the basis of Cold War equipment. Old helicopters like the Sea Stallion have been upgraded again and again to extend their life, as if they will not be retired for a hundred years.

On the contrary, in order to catch up with the pace of US imperialism, the Chinese family is desperately trying to make up for the old debts accumulated by the United States, and all kinds of new weapons have emerged in the country, and the performance of many equipment is among the best in the world.

In recent years, China, as a global tyrant, has had an overcapacity in the economy, and has too much money in its pockets to break through its pockets, and intends to expand military production to consume excess domestic industrial capacity. The imperial capital wanted to launch an arms race in the navy, aviation, and aerospace, and all kinds of ships were pushed into the sea like dumplings, and new models of aircraft also appeared.

China is bent on seducing the US imperialists to come over for fun, but the old US heart is not enough, and the funds invested to maintain a huge aircraft carrier fleet and military bases all over the world are already stretched. If China invests more money in the arms race, the country will have to go bankrupt!

Chen Xu is very fond of the sea stallion helicopter, not only because in the movie, the emperor often makes this type of helicopter appear in various domineering ways. For example, after the special forces completed the mission, they fled at sea in a rubber boat, and then the sea stallion opened the rear hatch and hovered against the sea surface, and then the special combat soldiers drove the rubber boat directly into the aircraft cargo yard, cleanly completed the recovery task, and then took off domineeringly.

Chen Xu's most important principle for selecting heavy helicopters is that they must conform to China's national conditions, because one-third of their country area is a plateau area, the altitude is high and the air is thin, and the helicopter can only fly up by fanning down the propeller, and when the air is thin, it can not produce enough lift, and the lift will be attenuated by 30% at an altitude of 3000 meters, and the lift will be attenuated by more than 50% when it is poured over 4500 meters, and the average altitude of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is more than 4000 meters, except for a few equipped with high-power engines. Basically, ordinary helicopters have flown up the Tibetan Plateau.

Therefore, whether the heavy helicopter can go to the plateau has become the most important option, and the CH47 can carry a large amount of capacity on the plateau, especially the upgraded super stallion helicopter in later generations, which can be used to climb Mount Everest.

But Chen Xu's V-22 Osprey is about to be put into production, this kind of high-speed helicopter is significantly better than CH47 in fuel economy, and the speed is faster, so no matter how powerful the sea stallion is, it can't enter Chen Xu's eyes.

In Chen Xu's plan, the future domestic military heavy helicopter field is basically the world of V-22 Osprey. This kind of aircraft has both the function of helicopter hovering and the speed of fixed-wing aircraft, whether it is on the aircraft carrier or on the plateau, it is within the reach of the aircraft, and it is an ideal multi-purpose helicopter. More importantly, this kind of aircraft is much better than helicopters of the same class in terms of fuel economy.

When the helicopter is flying, the propeller and the ground are perpendicular, simply put, it relies on the downward fan to generate forward thrust, and the propeller must not only generate downward lift to maintain the height of the aircraft, but also generate thrust to move forward, which is contrary to the principle of aerodynamics. That's why helicopters are particularly fuel-intensive, and the range can't be raised.

After the osprey enters the fixed-wing mode, the propeller will be horizontal, and the work done is used to propel the aircraft forward, so the osprey can be transported over long distances, not only fast, but also more fuel-efficient than the helicopter.

Also filled with fuel, the Sea Stallion helicopter can only fly a range of more than eight hundred kilometers at most. The V22 Osprey can fly 1,800 kilometers with a tank of fuel, and it is even worse if you add two external fuel tanks, which can reach 4,000 kilometers.

Fuel saving alone is enough for Osprey to gain the favor of the military, after all, an aircraft takes twenty or thirty years, and the fuel saved over the years is an astronomical amount.

The army was originally reluctant to equip aircraft on a large scale, and when it came to the battlefield, the logistical pressure was great, and they had to be used again and again in peacetime. The army is a big funnel for spending money, and the pressure on the country on hundreds of thousands of people who are not engaged in production is enormous, so the military top brass will pick up money from all sides to save money, and the cheaper and more fuel-efficient weapons and equipment will naturally be favored.

Although the stallion is good-looking, beautiful and can do heavy work, the cost of use is quite not cheap, and the fuel cost is 100,000 yuan per hour. The S-64 helicopter, which is not as good as Sikorsky, although it looks ugly, but it is also a heavy transport aircraft because it does not have the weight of the cargo hold, so it saves a lot of fuel, which is why Chen Xu is willing to develop this type of helicopter.

Of course, the Osprey V22 also has a huge flaw, it is easy to crash due to the ground effect in the process of take-off and landing, especially the power system is most prone to accidents in the stage of changing rotation.

However, this problem can be solved by the flight control computer, after all, the reaction speed of the human brain is limited, and it is difficult to react to problems. The flight control computer does not exist, and the flight attitude can be adjusted in time to save the aircraft and avoid tragedy.

Seeing the eldest brother enter the cabin of the ch53, Chen Xu also followed in, and saw in the cockpit that the aircraft was still dominated by mechanical instruments, and the electronic LCD instrument had not yet been promoted in the military field, although the mechanical instrument was not enough science fiction but very practical.

The eldest brother sat in the driver's seat, and pulled the joystick with great interest to play for a while, but when he was about to touch the button on the dashboard, he was shouted by Chen Xu: "This helicopter is filled with oil, if you start the plane so indiscriminately, the plane in this hangar is crowded with planes and overturns one, it is really a domino to knock down a large piece, and it is strange that the commander of the navy does not shoot you when he comes back!" ”

"How do you know if I touch this button and it will start?" The eldest brother hurriedly retracted his hand and asked in fear.

"Needless to ask, the whole cockpit is just such a red button, it must be the start switch." Chen Xu glanced at his eldest brother, of course he would not say that he would not only drive this helicopter, but even the Tomcat F14 next to him could drive it into the sky, the maneuvering action may not work, and it is no problem when flying smoothly.

"Hey...... It's boring not to look at it. The eldest brother felt very faceless when Chen Xu shouted like this, and he had no interest in playing, after everyone had visited it in the helicopter. The group withdrew.

Next, under the guidance of Tang Yi, everyone went to see the cabin on the lowest floor of the aircraft carrier, and the bottom floor contained the aircraft carrier's engine and steam catapult device, which were the core of the aircraft carrier! (To be continued.) )