Chapter 856: Missile Targeting
"It's still beautiful with missiles." Qin Feng stood in front of the Jian-10 fighter and looked at the missiles under the wings, with joy on his face.
Fighters are used for fighting, except for the bomb bay for stealth aircraft, normal fighters use the most common pylons.
The current J-10 temporarily has seven pylons, six under the wing and one under the belly, so that when the auxiliary fuel tanks are placed on the inner pylon of the wing and the pylon on the belly, only the outer pylon remains.
The outermost pylons are used to hang short-range missiles, and the middle pylons have been hung with Thunderbolt-11 air-to-air missiles!
In fact, on the middle pylon, it can also be designed as a composite pylon, one pylon, one pylon, can be mounted with two missiles, at the same time, on both sides of the central axis of the belly, two pylons can also be added, so that you can have eleven pylons, plus the semi-buried double-barreled 23 mm cannon under the nose, the firepower of the J-10 is absolutely strong.
The aerodynamic layout of the third-generation aircraft is excellent, so the number of external bombs that can be carried is also very large, and the J-10 has a bomb load of seven tons, not to mention air-to-air missiles weighing several hundred kilograms, and even bombs weighing tons can be mounted.
In normal training, fighters generally do not hang missiles, because it is quite troublesome, missiles need to be unsealed, after unsealing to be detected, after detection to mount, to connect the electrical system, mechanical system switches, such as infrared missiles, some need to be cooled, and the carrier aircraft air conditioning cylinder is connected, so it is quite complicated, after hanging, you can take off, if it is launched, then forget it, but under normal circumstances, it is hung back, as a result, you have to perform a reverse operation, dismantle various devices, Re-test, seal.
Therefore, in general, fighters will not hang missiles, it is too troublesome, most pilots, flying for a lifetime, can not have the opportunity to fight missiles, Qin Feng gave this precious opportunity to Tang Gang.
Tang Gang flew No. 04 and Qin Feng flew No. 05, both planes were equipped with Thunderbolt-11 missiles as a supplement, but Qin Feng preferred to be a spectator and watch the spectacular scene of missile launches.
Now, looking at the missiles under the wings happily, Qin Feng got on the plane, and when he sat in the bubble cockpit, he could see that if he turned his head as much as possible, he could still see the missiles mounted under the wings, which was also very important, because the pilot wanted to know whether the missiles had been hit.
Now, the two fighters slid onto the runway together, and a skilled formation took off, the tail engine roared, and the two fighters took off and climbed, quite easily.
J-10 has matured, as long as the target shooting can be successful, all the finalized test flights will be completed and the troops will be equipped!
Qin Feng's heart was full of excitement.
Tang Gang was also very excited, and after leveling the plane, the voice of the ground commander came from the earphones: "004, 005, pay attention, the target plane is about to take off!" ”
It's a pity that I can't see anything, I don't know what kind of target machine it will be? Qin Feng thought secretly in his heart.
At present, there are two main kinds of Greek target aircraft in China, one is the Changkong series of target aircraft developed in the 60s, this kind of target aircraft is adapted to local conditions, directly using the turbojet-6 engine used by the Jian-6 fighter, which has the characteristics of wide flight envelope and strong maneuverability, and is a typical large high-subsonic target aircraft.
The other is to use the current fighter modification, for example, the J-5 fighter modified target five physical target aircraft, and even now there are J-7 aircraft modified target aircraft, the biggest feature of this target aircraft is supersonic speed, the maximum Mach 2 number, to achieve a supersonic target aircraft propulsed by aviation power, to fill the gap of domestic supersonic target aircraft.
Of course, the J-5, J-6, and J-7 all have modification plans for target aircraft, and it can be said that these fighters will continue to exert their residual heat after retirement, which has played a very good role.
However, these target planes are too expensive after all, even if those planes are disassembled and sold in tatters, they will cost a lot of money, and they are probably the most ordinary long-altitude target aircraft.
Just as Qin Feng was thinking, Tang Gang had already turned on the radar equipment, and then called out on the radio: "004 report, the target has been searched." ”
The target plane has just taken off, and the radar equipment here has already intercepted the target, even if Qin Feng thinks that his eyesight is good, he will definitely not see the plane!
Qin Feng's heart was deeply shocked, this is the charm of over-the-horizon strikes! The Air Force has been looking forward to it for many years, and now, it has finally matured!
As soon as Tang entered the working state, everything was the same as when he was training, and he found the goal!
As long as the target continues to enter, it can move from the search state to the locked state.
At this time, Tang Gang's nervousness had disappeared, and for all this, I don't know how many times he had trained, and finally, it was his turn to make a first case.
On the radar screen, the target is rapidly approaching, Tang Gang's hand turns the knob of the radar, turns into a locked state, the missile is unlocked, ready to shoot!
Before the missile attack, there is also a lot of preparation, the missile computer starts, the missile gyroscope starts, the target data is loaded, etc., but these tasks are solved by the computer, and the pilot only needs to decide to start the missile.
"It's locked down, fifty kilometers away!"
"Forty kilometers away, ready to launch missiles!"
In fact, due to the limitation of the missile's dynamic range, in actual use, the launch distance is far less than the theoretical value, and a missile claims to have a maximum range of 70 kilometers, and launching at a distance of 40 kilometers is already risky enough.
After all, the opposite side is a target aircraft, and it will not do a maneuver to get rid of a large overload.
The radar antenna in front of the nose of the aircraft begins to continuously release high-frequency pulse waves to hit the target aircraft, and this electromagnetic wave will be reflected back and reach the missile's seeker to complete the guidance process.
Tang Gang's hand pressed on the launch button of the operating stick, preparing to carry out the final attack, and at this moment, a voice came from the earphones.
"The target machine is malfunctioning, quickly disengaged, waiting for the next entry."
What the? Hearing this, even Qin Feng felt a sense of dissatisfaction, the arrow was on the string, and he had to send it, but when he was shooting the arrow, the string broke?
"Understood." Tang Gang's tone was still very calm, he converted the thunder to the search state, freed the missile lock state, and waited for the next opportunity to intercept.
In air combat, it is generally calculated in seconds, and a few seconds of hesitation may be a life-and-death decision, which requires the pilot to have a stable mentality, and Tang Gang did a very good job.