In retrospect, this night was also Qin Feng's most irrational night, he actually took General Lin and others to wade over to watch the sunset and the small lake, and when it was dark, even the base sent a car out to look for Qin Feng, after all, the disappearance of several of them caused a lot of worry in the base, for fear that something would happen to them, and it was not until they came back that they could be regarded as letting go of their hearts.

Perhaps, it is because the aircraft can be recognized and happy, Qin Feng secretly thought in his heart that with the Air Force placing an order, the J-10 fighter finally ushered in the final harvest season, for this project, how many people have been fighting day and night for more than 20 years!

The young people who used to be have now become middle-aged people, the middle-aged people at that time are now full of gray hair, they have paid for this project all their lives, and now, they finally have a harvest, and it also makes people breathe a long sigh of relief.

Qin Feng's body still hasn't fully recovered, so he still can't fly for the time being, and after solving the problem of refueling in the air, Qin Feng left the test flight base again, this time with General Lin and Song Lao, and embarked on the road to Chengdu.

"It is impossible for the Air Force to equip two fighters with duplicate functions." On the plane, Qin Feng asked General Lin's opinion on the Thunder Dragon fighter, and the answer given by General Lin was very clear: "In the future era, heavy aircraft are important, and the road we took before was helpless, but now we have a better choice, so we will not look at a light fighter." ”

The Thunder Dragon fighter uses an engine with a thrust of only eight tons to fly, and the fuselage is destined to be incomparably lightweight; such an aircraft, when designed, is only at the level of two medium-range and two near-range missiles, two medium-range missiles, and two short-range missiles, so it absolutely cannot meet the needs of the Air Force.

The environment of China and Laoba is different, the motherland is vast, and it needs a long-range fighter to meet the needs, if you want a long range, you must have a large enough body, preferably a heavy aircraft, but the heavy aircraft is more expensive, and it is not cost-effective to equip all the heavy aircraft, so the medium-sized J-10 is a must.

As for the light Thunder, there is no need, the light fighter has limited airframe space, can not be equipped with a large number of avionics, and it is not convenient to upgrade, so it cannot meet the needs of the country, and for Lao Ba, their territory is long and narrow, and they will fight in the air, and these requirements will be reduced, and their financial resources are limited, and they cannot be equipped with medium and heavy fighters, for them, light aircraft is the best choice.

Qin Feng nodded: "Yes, if the Air Force is equipped with the Thunder Dragon, there will be too many types of fighters, and it will be unfavorable to the operation of the Air Force. ”

All use the third aunt, although the receiver is different, but the main body is the same, which is also beneficial to logistics maintenance.

The Air Force can no longer be equipped with the Thunder Dragon, and there will be no export to domestic sales like the J-7M, and Chengdu now has the trump card of the J-10, and it has played a loud slogan, and the future development prospects are also unlimited.

It's not good to be greedy for too much.

"Since the Thunder is a purely export-built aircraft, it can't be controlled by others in terms of engines." Qin Feng said: "I suggest that our relevant domestic factories survey and map the engine of the imitation Thunderdragon. Anyway, its technology is much simpler than that of the third aunt, so it should be easier. ”

Aero engine, is the laurel of the industry, the world can develop aero engine country few, and among them, thrust more than 12 tons of thrust, is only two countries can do, their current turbofan ten, is still in difficult birth, fully illustrates the difficulty of high-thrust turbofan engine.

In the eighties, there were plans to survey and map the imitation F404, and then it was not done, and now, the survey and mapping imitation RD33, it should be possible, after all, although this engine is equipped with MiG-29, in fact, there is no particularly advanced place in technology, its engine emits thick black smoke when taking off, because of the use of the old combustion chamber.

Now, if you want to export the dragon, you must solve the problem of the heart, this time in order to reassure Lao Ba, you are importing 100 RD33 remodeled RD93 engines in one go, and in the future, you will not export to a country every time, just talk about it, right?

Moreover, the export of the Thunder fighter may also interfere with the export of the MiG-29, and over the years, the Mikoyan Design Bureau has also been in a bad mess, and if the other party is not satisfied, it will be in trouble if it stumbles in the back.

"yes." General Lin said: "The domestic aviation department should take precautions and make this preparation, and this kind of engine is also useful for our equipment, and we may need it in the future." An engine is not necessarily only equipped on an aircraft, we have a complete variety of various engines, and it will be easier to develop aircraft in the future. ”

General Lin agreed.

Thunder Fighter, what does it look like now? Countless shadows flashed in front of Qin Feng's eyes, at the beginning, he took the nose of the Jian-8, the air intake on both sides, and when he arrived at Grumman, the air intake was moved down, bringing better performance at the angle of attack, and the wing was also changed, and the side wing was added, except for the air intake, most of the places were similar to the F-16.

Now, what has become of domestic research and development?

The success of J-10 has also greatly promoted the research and development of the Thunder Dragon, and many things can be transplanted, such as the most worrying fly-by-wire flight control, when the J-10 was tested for flight, there were many concerns, and now it has been confirmed that it is mature and reliable.

Therefore, the Thunder Dragon fighter has also introduced this kind of fly-by-wire flight control, but in order to control the cost, it is only by wire in the pitch direction, which is also the first of its own.

In this expectation and imagination, Qin Feng came to Chengdu, and in the assembly plant of Factory 132, he finally saw the Thunder Dragon fighter in the final assembly stage, and his eyes immediately lit up.

That's right, this plane, as I imagined, is so beautiful!

This is the first self-developed edge wing fighter in China, which extends backwards from the position of the air intake, passes through the wing, and reaches the tail part, which looks so smooth, even more beautiful than the F-16!

Even General Lin swallowed and spitted: "If this plane can be twenty years earlier, our Air Force will definitely purchase it in large quantities!" ”

In the past 20 years, the domestic aviation industry has lagged behind the world's advanced level, and there is a gap of at least 20 years!