At this stage, many military combat aircraft produced in China are helicopters, attack aircraft, bombers and transport aircraft. At most, it's a camouflage coat. The biggest effect is that if you use optical reconnaissance, you still have a certain stealth ability.

The vast majority of military aircraft in service are even directly nailed. The surface of the aircraft is in addition to the necessary numbering and marking. There are all kinds of liveries. Exposed to the air is directly aviation aluminum -- well. Of course. This is not without its benefits. The benefit is that the maintenance costs of the aircraft are minimized.

Count the military flights in the country. From the earliest J-5 to J-6 to J-7 J-8. It's all like this. There was nothing bare - of course. Some people think that the shiny color of aviation aluminum is very beautiful - that is, in the past two years. Only then did China realize the importance of painting the surface of aircraft, especially military combat aircraft: painting the surface of aircraft is not only for the sake of looking good or to a certain extent to achieve the purpose of visual deception. A good formulation of coating materials for aircraft exteriors. It can not only effectively reduce the flight resistance of the aircraft. If the paint used is a paint that absorbs radar waves. It can also effectively reduce the frontal radar cross-sectional area of the aircraft.

In particular, during the Gulf War, the F-117 "Eagle" fighters of the US Air Force freely entered and exited Iraq's airspace and were still in a no-man's land. It is also a good lesson for domestic aircraft designers. Let them start to seriously examine themselves and reflect on themselves. They realized the importance of the paint material for the shape of the aircraft, which they had previously overlooked: although the F-117 "Eagle" fighter's good straight-edged and right-angled aerodynamic shape with excellent radar diffuse capability has improved its stealth effectiveness, no one can deny it. But the same. The effect of the layer of stealth paint on the surface of the F-117 "Nighthawk" fighter on the stealth capability of the F-117 fighter. No one dares to deny or even say it to a certain extent. The role of that layer of paint. It is more important than the aerodynamic shape of the F-117 fighter.

Now the US Air Force has conceded it. The F-117 "Nighthawk" fighter is capable of stealth under radar irradiation. The most important thing is the layer of paint that is coated on the surface of the F-117 fighter jet with the ability to absorb radar waves.

For aircraft stealth - anyone who has a solution knows that even at the beginning of the design did not take into account any stealth performance of the flight. If the aircraft has been painted with stealth paint. Then the stealth performance of this aircraft will also be greatly improved in an instant.

Therefore, Zhang Lanji is very clear about the appearance of domestically produced J-fighters and their previous military combat aircraft. Except for the "Bayi" logo and the fuselage number that must be painted. Still without any paint coating on the air-aluminum. However, by the time of the FBC-1 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber, the fuselage had already begun to be painted with some paint. Although it's hard to say what the actual effect of that paint is. But at least it looks like the "Eighth Master" and the previous "Fifth Master", "Sixth Master", "Seventh Master" and other "patches" outside the army are much better-looking. And then when it was time for the J-10 fighter. The domestic research on fuselage coatings has gone through a great step. J-10's appearance can no longer see the "patch", and it looks like that.

Seeing is just two days of work. The Mi-171 and the three have never seen the shape of themselves, except for the straight ones that have not yet been painted and decorated inside. The other most important power systems, avionics systems, transmission systems, deceleration systems, fuel supply systems, and so on, have been completely taken care of by the aircraft. Old Ande's eyes widened bigger than goose eggs: these spare parts were only shipped at a speed of two days. How did it come to assemble so quickly? Isn't that a little too fast?

Compared to old Andrey. The 10 old Maozi maintenance technicians who came to take charge of aircraft maintenance were even more surprised, as if they had seen a ghost: Old Andre was not engaged in airplanes. It's not clear yet. But one of them is responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft. How can it not be understood how difficult it is to be able to assemble 5 aircraft in two days? Think about the entire Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, Moscow Aircraft Factory, Kazan Machine Building Plant, there are always - aircraft production personnel. But how many "Mi" helicopters can be produced in a year.

Staring at the 5-liter machine. 10 guys were there figuring it out. But even if they break the heads of these 10 guys, they can't figure out how these bosses of their own do this?

The assistant sent by Singh told them that his president and boss could not look at them with the eyes of ordinary people. Anything impossible is possible in their hands. These 10 guys still don't believe it much, and now the facts are in front of their eyes. Although in their eyes it is still impossible. But they didn't believe it.

It is when the cockpit door of the aircraft is opened. This 10

Directly stupid on the spot: Oh my God. Is this still a familiar 171 helicopter? When did the Mi-171, which was everywhere in sight, look like the cabin of the latest American fighter plane? Inside, except for a couple of emergency backup gauges in the corner. All of them have been replaced with a glass integrated cockpit display system. Where it catches the eye. It's not a Soviet-made helicopter. And a bit like the cockpit of an American "Apache" helicopter gunship.

In disbelief, he came out of the cab and took a good look at the shape of the fuselage. That's right! It is indeed the Mi-171, which is undoubtedly the same. But when did the Mi-171 cockpit become such an all-glass cabin?

And then look at the driving system of the cab surface. Only one person was driving. It seems that only one driver is needed to be able to drive. How is this possible? To know. There are three crew members of the 171! One pilot, one co-pilot, and one flight engineer.

Although the plane still retains the co-pilot's position. But unlike the Prussian military helicopter, which is almost exactly the same as the one being piloted, the co-pilot's display system is different. In front of the co-pilots of the two Mi-171 helicopters, however, there was only a simple flight control stick. On the front of the instrument display station there are only a few instruments necessary for flight, such as a flat meter, radio altimeter, Doppler navigator, radio compass, etc., and a radio station used in contact with the surface tower. As for the position of the flight engineer on the Mi-171 helicopter. It was canceled directly.

And also. What are those reserved empty spaces for? Why is there still a note? The eyes of the 10 guys widened. Take a closer look. I almost fainted: the locations were clearly indicated. That's the place reserved for the audio operating system on the plane! ,

Take a closer look at the exterior of this aircraft. The 10 aircraft maintenance personnel, who had just arrived for two days, were even more surprised: huh? This thing recognizes! These 10 guys circled around the plane. Looking up and down, it was the Mi-171 helicopter that used the 8-813 elephant radar. But the spherical one in front of the nose. There is still a film on the surface, and what is the group of objects inside the glass and the lens? Equipped inside. If you haven't guessed wrong. It seems that it should be a forward-looking infrared night vision device and a laser rangefinder for night flights?

Seem...... Is this aircraft also capable of flying at night? This night flight does not simply refer to the ability to fly on a fixed route under the guidance of the control tower. Instead, it has the ability to fly at night in unfamiliar domains. This is not at all the same as surveyed night flights with towers and guidance. This ability to fly at night. Just equip this helicopter with weapons. You can directly engage in night battles! As far as a few people know. At present, the Mi-171 helicopter does not yet have the capability to carry out night operations. Russia's own Mi-17 and Mi-171 helicopters do not have them. Not even the Mi-24 "Deer" helicopter gunship and its various modifications! And what that nose-like spherical object is. Although it is not possible to take it apart and take it apart. But judging by the appearance. Seemingly...... It seems to be an airborne compact form detection radar? Although estimated in terms of the volume of this radar. The detection range of such a small bit of shape detection radar will not be very far. That is, around 0 km. But for a helicopter with a speed of less than 300 km/h. Ability to spot obstacles up to 20 kilometers away. This means that the driver has a 4-minute reaction time. Four minutes of reaction time. Enough for the pilot to pull up the flight altitude, over obstacles, or find a suitable exit.

These 10 guys guessed right. This is indeed a shape-detection radar. However, the detection range is not about 20 kilometers as they estimated. Actual. The detection range of this radar is 30 km. These two radars were handmade by Xiao Chenxi and Alice themselves. It's just limited to the material. The detection distance cannot be very far. If there is better material. How far can the detection distance be? It's hard to say. However, too long a detection range is not of great use to this aircraft.

How is this possible? These 10 guys, who really couldn't accept the reality in front of them, couldn't help but squat on top of them and hold their heads in their hands: Is this still the Mi-171 helicopter that they are all familiar with? These two Mi-171 helicopters. In addition to the fact that the shell is still the shell of the Mi-171 helicopter, the internal space is still the internal space of the Mi-171 helicopter. Why is it that the others are almost completely different from the Mi-17 helicopter that I know? This Mi-171 helicopter. Do you still maintain it?

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