For the army aviation, although they have been very dissatisfied with their own can only be equipped with rotary-wing helicopters, but they still have a very big concern about the development of rotor helicopters, the straight 18 is a key project that the army aviation has paid the most attention to these years, to put it mildly, it is now Yang Hui knows about the news about the straight 18, and there is definitely no more known by the army aviation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this case, with the straight 18 as the starting point, of course, it can better bring the relationship between the two sides closer, so around the development of the straight 18 aircraft, it is really a waste of saliva on both sides, and the final result is that everyone has greater hope for the straight 18.

When everyone is satisfied with the progress of the Z-18, they will naturally have a good impression of the development unit of the Z-18 project, and AVIC Southwest will naturally have to "lie down the gun", but this kind of lying gun belongs to the category of good things, and it will only make the land aviation more recognized the ability of AVIC Southwest.

"For the straight 18 project, we don't have much need to worry about it now, but now we are more concerned about the question of the integrated drone you raised this time, what is the situation of this drone, although we feel that this thing will be promising in the army aviation, but after all, we still have to listen to you face to face to explain the project in detail."

At this time, the army aviation force really had a strong interest in any air-based weapon that could achieve an effective ground attack, but at this time, the ground attack capability of the army aviation was too lacking, and such a thing as armed helicopters was simply a luxury for the army aviation, and up to now, the number of armed helicopters equipped by the entire republic was definitely no more than 20.

Moreover, these 20 armed helicopters are all typical ultra-light armed reconnaissance helicopters, and even the Z-9 armed improved model has not yet been officially finalized in 94, and the aircraft must wait until 96 to be mass-produced and equipped with the army.

Therefore, the army aviation force of the republic is actually more like a helicopter air transport force, which only has basic transportation capabilities, and there is no reliable armed helicopter to carry out ground attacks, so when it comes to the UAV that integrates reconnaissance and combat can have a strong ground attack capability, it is no wonder that the army aviation is so excited.

And why is Lu Airlines so excited in the face of the integrated drone? Then this is related to many aspects of the problem, you are the most concerned about the UAV take-off and landing of the army aviation flight troops, in this regard, fixed-wing UAVs can definitely enter the normal service of the army aviation troops, and it will definitely not be because this is a fixed-wing aircraft can not adapt to the existing airport supporting facilities of the army aviation.

Since then, Yang Hui began to introduce the advantages of the integrated UAV: "The performance of the integrated UAV is definitely good enough, because we use a ******-like aerodynamic design, so even if it is a fixed-wing UAV, we can complete the take-off and landing of the aircraft within 600 meters." As far as the 600-meter-long flight runway is concerned, I believe that the existing helicopter standard airfield of the Army Aviation Force can certainly be provided. ”

Land aviation and runways? It's not that good army aviation is usually only equipped with rotary-wing helicopters, and that thing usually doesn't need a runway, so where to find a 600-meter runway to use, isn't this a bit unreliable!

The implementation is just the opposite, it is not denied that helicopters can indeed take off and land vertically, but this is definitely not to say that heliports do not need runways at all, in fact, as long as it is a regular standard heliport airport, there is a flight runway.

Helicopters have never been able to achieve vertical take-off and landing in all situations, and when the helicopter can really achieve vertical take-off and landing, in fact, it can only be achieved by helicopters under light loads, and if the aircraft takes off and lands under heavy loads.

So I'm sorry, even if you're a helicopter, you still need to taxi for a distance before you can take off, which is quite similar to the F-35 fighter jet's concept of short take-off, which is to achieve a larger load by taxiing a certain distance.

Or, in the same heavy load situation, helicopter landing or engine failure in previous flight, when the power output of the power system cannot support the aircraft to hover and land, the method of skiing and decelerating landing can ensure safe landing.

Especially military helicopters, the military tasks performed by these helicopters usually have a certain degree of danger, and it is relatively normal for the helicopter to return to the country can not land vertically normally, so usually the helicopter airport of the army aviation has a runway, the only difference is that the length of the runway is not too long, usually the runway below 800 meters is enough.

In fact, the typical take-off distance of the American Predator UAV is only about 600 meters, and this is the take-off data obtained when the thrust-to-weight ratio of the Predator UAV is far lower than 0.1, such as the Na mosquito UAV type A with a thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole machine, the take-off distance is only more than 300 meters.

Therefore, if the UAV of the southwest of China Aviation is deployed to the army aviation unit, the existing airport conditions of the army aviation unit can completely guarantee the take-off and landing needs of the aircraft, as for the ability of the helicopter airport runway to carry the impact of the aircraft when landing, it will be far less than the excellent problem of fixed-wing aircraft airports.

In fact, this point is even simpler, anyway, the tonnage of the drone, the maximum take-off weight of 1.5 tons is not even a fraction of the maximum take-off weight of the Mi-17 helicopter imported by the Gonghe country at this time, just this weight, what special requirements can be had for the runway?

Pull it down! Similar to the Predator UAV, a pneumatically designed Chada integrated UAV, and even this entire series of aircraft have the ability to take off and land on wild roads, and sometimes even only need a slightly flat road surface to land.

Even when the length of the runway is not enough, it can also be visually landed by the ground operator, and what is needed may be to manually grab the plane by the staff in the last two hundred meters of the plane landing to slow down.

Back then, when the Yankees were designing the U-2 for various weight reductions, they only designed the two-point bicycle-type retractable landing gear at the front and rear of the fuselage for the U-2, and after completing the takeoff, the landing gear on the left and right wings was directly thrown away.

When the plane lands, there is only a two-point landing gear on the fuselage, and there needs to be a ground crew to hold the wings in the final stage so as not to let the plane fall to the side, the scene is simply too joyful, so whether it is U-2 or a UAV, as long as it is a ******-like aerodynamic design, it can be used in extreme situations, so as to ensure the normal landing of the aircraft.

Of course, the integrated UAV deployed to the land aviation airport must be able to take off and land safely, so the integrated drone can definitely be well matched with the army aviation compared to the army aviation, and this is why the army aviation is willing to come to the southwest of the aviation industry to talk about the drone project.

That is because the army aviation knows that with their existing flight support capabilities, it can fully meet the operational needs of this integrated UAV, so based on the above considerations, it is not a strange move for the army aviation to focus on the integrated UAV project. (To be continued.) )