"You also know the needs of the long-range strike fighter project, we have never been a problem in terms of money, and what we want to know most now is that the maximum range of this aircraft is really able to reach the 4200 km transfer range you said in your propaganda, I think if there is no mistake in this, it should be one of the top three fighters in the bidding range, and it will definitely be able to meet our requirements." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Since it is a long-range strike fighter, the range of the natural fighter must be paid attention to, first of all, the Su-30 brought by Sukhoi is a natural long leg, and the same as the J-18 is to rely on the fuselage oil is to eat, Boeing (this plane McDonnell Douglas was acquired in advance, and then directly say Boeing's F-15) The F-15U fighter brought by the F-15U fighter is based on the design of conformal fuel tanks and low fuel consumption of the engine, and it can also reach the transfer range of 4000 kilometers.

In general, among the six fighters participating in the bidding, only the J-18, F-15U, and Su-30 can reach the 4000 km level of the transfer range, and the other fighters may be able to basically meet the requirements after using various methods, but at most it is 3000 km level, which is a drop in the bucket compared with the three heavy aircraft.

So this time the UAE will be so surprised after seeing the range data of the J-18, there is no way, this aircraft is really amazing, relying on two 9-ton mid-thrust engines can approach the Su-30 aircraft of this level in the range, it is simply an engineering miracle, comparable to the MiG-25 that year out of the double 3 indicators of the same satellite.

It's just that in the end, the MiG-25 seems to be just a product of the pursuit of extremes, and it seems that this time the J-18 seems to have a bit of this meaning, plus the design of the straight wing still has a bit of a sense of pursuing extremes, at least in the air combat at medium and high altitudes, it is directly beaten.

"Yes, the J-18 has strict range index requirements when it is designed, and the 4200-kilometer transfer range is one of the indicators that must be guaranteed, and we have also designed the air refueling capability for this aircraft, if we want to carry out ultra-long-distance low-altitude raid operations, we have also specialized in studying the combat environment around the UAE, the use of large air tankers is actually not suitable, the UAE fighter is the enemy airspace after 200km in the air, so air refueling can only be low-altitude / The way of refueling of ultra-low-altitude fighter partners. ”

Low-altitude/ultra-low-altitude partner refueling method, this sounds incredible, originally low-altitude/ultra-low-altitude long-distance flight is dangerous enough, you still have to play partner refueling, does Zhen Nima feel that his life is too big, he doesn't want to live or what?

So now the question is, is it really unreliable for a fighter like J-18 to be a low-altitude partner for refueling? In fact, this is not very common, after all, where is the aerodynamic design of the J-18, what is done is low-altitude and low-speed work, and the ultra-low-altitude partner refueling is probably also low-altitude and low-speed, so this is theoretically no problem.

What other fighters can't do, J-18 can easily do it, and the so-called hanging bomb sky is probably how much it can be, as for how much the range of such a partner can reach after refueling, it is initially estimated that this can increase the combat radius by at least about one-third, and when carrying out ground raid operations, it can completely cover all the hostile countries around the United Arab Emirates, and even if you want to raid Israel at an ultra-long distance, it is not a problem.

After Yang Hui said this, the oil tyrants are not calm, just now we can analyze the development and service progress of the J-18 from the data in the photo, and naturally have some more appropriate understanding of the meaning behind the low-altitude/ultra-low-altitude partner refueling ability that Yang Hui said, this Nima is simply a must for killing people and setting fires!

With such combat capability, not to mention the Gulf region, or even most of the entire Middle East is self-sufficient, the only problem is that the requirements for pilots of this technology should be very high, and in terms of the precious lives of UAE pilots, they will probably not play like this unless they have to.

Think about it! This ultra-low-altitude raid is enough to test the pilot's skills, you also have to play close partner refueling, and partner refueling means ultra-long-distance long-distance flight, and this kind of raid is generally done at night, think about what level such a combat mission is psychological, physiological, and technical test for pilots.

Anyway, Yang Hui doesn't think that the pilots in the UAE can do this, and the most he thinks is to do these things with the pilots they hired, such as the Pakistani hired pilots who have been serving in the UAE, or simply the pilots who have flown the fifth and sixth masters in the Republic, because the domestic aircraft have not had time to update their lifespan, and these pilots who have retired from the Republic are also likely to go, and it is better for these pilots to fly the J-18 than to hire European and American pilots in the UAE.

"Very good, this aircraft is enough to meet our requirements in terms of range, and I have also seen that the large range of your aircraft is achieved by internal fuel and three auxiliary fuel tanks, which does not have a conformal fuel tank, and this aircraft seems to have the ability to install conformal fuel tanks according to the introduction information, so you must have no problem with the range indicators."

For the range index, not only do the oil tyrants in the UAE feel that there is no problem, but also Yang Hui and Hu Jianxing, and even the designers of the AVIC Southwest J-18 project who know that the J-18 participated in the bidding project this time have not been worried, and the range indicators of the J-18 are not qualified, so the oil tyrants still go directly to buy intercontinental bombers, provided that someone can sell them.

"In addition to the range, I see that although the avionics design of your aircraft is not very advanced, it is technically the mainstream glass cockpit level, which may not be as good as the plan proposed by Europe and the United States, but I think it is also a qualified design, at least much better than the Su-30 brought by Sukhoi in avionics, so it is also preliminarily qualified, but the engine used in this aircraft is not, and some are not enough!"

I know that this time J-18 to participate in the bidding, the engine must be the biggest shortcoming, I can say without hesitation, probably this time to participate in the bidding of the six models, the lowest thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole machine is J-18, the same 9 tons of thrust turbofan engine, the EJ-2000 used by the typhoon is definitely a hanging turbofan 12, which is really impossible to wash the floor.

Coupled with the use of turbofan engines with the same thrust index, the Typhoon fighter is much lighter than the J-18 in terms of physique, so the J-18 participated in the bidding this time, and the biggest technical problem is the thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole aircraft.

When facing reality, this time the J-18 is really not good-looking in terms of power system indicators, and the oil tyrant asked this question again, then only 1510 said it, whether it is to draw a pie for the oil tyrants, or to brag that the power system of this aircraft is enough to meet the needs, in a word, you can't just say nothing. (To be continued.) )