Chapter 383: No need to intercept the rope to land
Report by layer, until the results are reported to Captain Zhang.
The first thing he thought of was Xu Ziling's side.
When Xu Ziling communicated with him before, he just said that it was a drone, and Captain Zhang also made the same mistake as Lin Jianbin , and he didn't think that it was a stealth unmanned attack aircraft at all.
At this time, when he heard the report below that an airplane was flying towards them at a speed of Mach 5, and it was a friendly plane of the province, he thought that he had the ability to develop this kind of aircraft, and among the people he knew, there was only Xu Ziling.
And things can't be so coincidental, just when Xu Ziling proposed that there was an aircraft to test takeoff and landing on the aircraft carrier, such a plane appeared.
"Let's go, go to the radar room."
It is impossible for him not to be uninterested in such an aircraft, and after thinking about this, he immediately made a move and shouted to the people who came to report and went to the radar room together.
At this time, the officers and radar soldiers in charge of the "Hawkeye" radar control center had already gathered under the big screen.
The top of the screen is the "Shadow Dragon No. 1" drone flying in the sky scanned by the "Eagle Eye" radar.
"This is an unmanned attack aircraft?"
"Which institute is this?"
Inside the control center, everyone was whispering while looking at the screen.
The "Shadow Dragon One" is a prototype, and it has no logo painted on it except for the number 001.
However, it has a very unique shape, which makes people know at a glance that this is a stealth unmanned attack aircraft.
After all, there are only a few countries in the world that have stealth unmanned attack aircraft, but they all use the same shape, and the exposure is also a lot.
What surprised them was that they had not heard of the country's research and development of this kind of drone before, but now they suddenly saw it with their own eyes, and they were very surprised that there was a research institute in China that could have the ability to develop it.
That's why there are different opinions.
While they were discussing, Captain Zhang led the people in.
Under normal circumstances, Captain Zhang would definitely criticize these people when he saw the control center making such a noise, but in a special situation like today, he was not angry.
Instead, he waved his hand to interrupt the criticism of the officer in charge of the radar control center, and ran to the front of the big screen at great speed.
Looking at the picture displayed on the big screen, he turned sideways and asked the officer in charge:
"This is the plane?"
"Well, yes."
The officer hurriedly nodded in reply.
"Bring the communicator."
He could see at a glance that the plane in the picture was a stealth unmanned attack aircraft, as the supreme commander on the aircraft carrier, he and these officers below were standing in a different position, and he knew what the appearance of such an aircraft represented.
So the first thing I thought about was to confirm whether this plane was the plane sent by Xu Ziling for take-off and landing tests.
With the communicator in his hand, he immediately entered the channel that he had booked before.
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In the military factory, Xu Ziling controlled the drone to reach the pre-jǐng range of the "Liaoning", and seeing that it was about to reach the aircraft carrier soon, he was ready to contact Captain Zhang.
But before he could take action, Captain Zhang's voice came from the channel:
"This is the drone you're going to test?"
Hearing Captain Zhang's sudden question, Xu Ziling was stunned at first, and immediately reacted that they should have seen the "Shadow Dragon No. 1" on the "Eagle Eye" system on the aircraft carrier.
"Yes, it's this drone, we call it 'Shadow Dragon One'."
"How's the stealth ability? Is this it? ”
Captain Zhang, who was on the aircraft carrier, confirmed that the drone in the picture was the aircraft to be tested this time, and he was looking forward to it, without the slightest steadiness of a captain, and couldn't wait to ask various questions in the channel.
Asked questions one by one, Xu Ziling also answered him patiently here, until the drone quickly entered the range of the aircraft carrier formation, which interrupted the communication.
"Attention all staff, Runway 1 is ready to enter."
Originally, when the "Shadow Dragon No. 1" approached, Captain Zhang ordered the personnel who were specially responsible, and when he received the news that the plane was about to enter the field, the staff who had already been prepared immediately entered their posts and waited for them.
And Captain Zhang also walked out of the aircraft carrier and came to the outer aisle on the second floor of the island, ready to see the drone entering the site with his own eyes.
"What? Don't need an interceptor cable? ”
The commander of the aircraft carrier, who was responsible for this landing, received such a request from Xu Ziling in the channel, and he shouted loudly.
"Yes, this plane is special and does not need to intercept the cable."
Regarding the commander's reaction, Xu Ziling once again gave confirmation.
"I can't make a decision on this, I need to report it to my superiors."
Hearing Xu Ziling's resoluteness, the commander said.
"No problem, you can talk to Captain Zhang directly."
Except for small UAVs, all carrier-based aircraft landing on aircraft carriers must use the hook on the plane to hang the interceptor cable on the aircraft when they are on the landing deck, so that the huge fuselage can stop moving forward in a short distance.
If the aircraft does not catch the interceptor line during the landing process, unless it takes off again, it is likely to rush out of the deck and cause a serious flight accident.
Now Xu Ziling made such a request, and the commander really didn't dare to respond, because there were still a few planes parked at the other end of the deck that had not entered the hangar, and if the plane that had entered the field had an accident because it did not need to intercept the cable, causing the plane to rush to the other end of the deck, thus crashing into those planes parked there, then this matter would be serious.
With Xu Ziling's consent, the commander immediately reported directly to Captain Zhang.
"What do you say? Approaching aircraft require no interceptor cables? ”
Captain Zhang was also very surprised when he heard this request, and after getting confirmation from the person who reported that the other party had asked for this, he immediately contacted Xu Ziling.
"We've tested it on a normal runway, and the landing distance won't exceed 100 meters."
"Are you sure?"
"This is a test data with jīng quasi-jīng, and I definitely won't joke about this. And even if the landing is found to be unsuccessful, in this case, a distance of several tens of meters can completely make it fly. ”
"Okay, then if you say so, I will believe you, but you must be careful not to have an accident."
Captain Zhang finally agreed to Xu Ziling's request, but he still told him again and again.
The "Liaoning" is the first aircraft carrier of the Celestial Empire, and if there is an accident on it and it is known, it will definitely be stirred up by those countries with ulterior motives, and the impact will be great at that time, but it is not something that Captain Zhang can bear.
With the test at his own airport and the reason for the lion, Xu Ziling is very confident.
In the drone screen on the screen, there is already a figure of the "Liaoning" in its sight, and now the speed has long slowed down, looking at the direction of the aircraft carrier, controlling the drone to descend at a height, and at the same time facing the runway above the deck.
The drone landed on runway No. 1, and runway No. 1 is the outermost and shortest runway on the "Liaoning", with a length of only 110 meters.
Xu Ziling asked this to land on this runway before, but in fact, Captain Zhang was a little hesitant, because the existence of this runway is more symbolic and does not have much applicable value.
Because the distance is too short, there is no record of a fighter taking off on this runway for the time being, but Xu Ziling asked to experiment with this runway, and he agreed.
The distance is getting closer, and the drone is soon at a distance of less than a kilometer in front of the aircraft carrier.
So Xu Ziling immediately controlled the plane and made the most reluctance and altitude calibration with the deck runway.
The drone continued to fly forward until it was at the same height as the deck runway, and the plane had entered the bow of the aircraft carrier.
Open the baffle, the rear landing gear of the drone "bang", landed on the deck, and at the same time caused a shock to the picture, and then the front landing gear also landed smoothly, at this time Xu Ziling immediately controlled and pulled down the brake of the drone.
There was a sharp grinding cry of "......", and the two landing gears of the drone emitted a puff of white smoke on the deck.
With the sound of violent friction, the plane quickly stopped moving forward and stopped steadily on the runway, and at this time it was still a full twenty meters away from the flame shield at the end of the runway that was stretched out for take-off just in case.
Seeing this result, Xu Ziling, who controlled the plane, was not surprised, but Captain Zhang, who was standing on the island and watching, broke out in a cold sweat.
You must know that he promised Xu Ziling's plane to test on the aircraft carrier this time, it was all his personal decision, and if there was really an accident, then he would be to blame.
Seeing that the plane could land smoothly, he had been hanging his heart, so he let it go.
In the command hall of the military factory, everyone saw the drone landing smoothly on the aircraft carrier, and everyone stood up and couldn't help but applaud.
The success of the test of this project represents the birth of a new force on the aircraft carrier, and it also proves the maneuverability of the "Shadow Dragon One".
It proves that the runway requirements for its take-off and landing are not very demanding, so that no matter where it is, a simple runway can completely lift it into the air.
On the "Liaoning", seeing the stabilized drone, Captain Zhang quickly gave an order and asked the staff to put the drone into the hangar as quickly as possible.
In his opinion, this advanced drone should be kept secret, and in the sky above the aircraft carrier, maybe there are spy satellites staring, which can reduce the exposure time, that is, it must be reduced.
He could imagine that if there was such an opportunity, it would be a nightmare for the enemy to suddenly come out with such a killing weapon.