Chapter 665: Peculiar Boom Six
Qin Feng, who was preoccupied, finally came back from the capital, this meeting was enough for Qin Feng to ponder for a long time, the bigwigs of the Air Force thought the same as themselves, they all thought that the MiG-29 was not suitable, and the Su-27 was the best choice for their side.
However, it is not easy to buy such an aircraft, in addition to the high price, there is another reason that people refuse to sell it at all, so there will be a decision to go to the Soviet Union for inspection, Qin Feng really wants to go there to see, to see the chic posture of the Su-27, even if it is just a static display, it is enough to feast people's eyes.
(I don't know what it was like to see the Su-27 for the first time, the first time Hua Dongxiong saw it, it was when he was in junior high school, and when he saw it in a magazine, he felt quite shocked, this plane is so beautiful, too smooth, it makes people love it.) )
Qin Feng was thinking about it, and he saw that a new big guy had appeared in the base.
Boom Six.
H-6, for a long time, is the only heavy-duty bomber in China, can have a bomb load of nine tons, until now, is still the largest, however, this kind of aircraft is too backward, once to the enemy's well-defended airspace to carry out bombing missions, it is likely to be a one-way range.
But the J-7 is different, the J-7 has good mobility, in addition to being able to fly over to bomb, it also has a strong self-defense ability, this time it went out for a while, and the test flight of the J-7 was not delayed, because there were several groups of test pilots to test the J-7 together.
The H-6 is the main force of national defense, and since it was put into mass production in 1969, it has been in steady production, and there has been little change over the years.
For example, the navigator's cabin at its nose, which was a common equipment during World War II, disappeared quickly after the Cold War, but in China, it has been used until now.
The most spectacular thing about the bombers is the carpet bombing, a large number of bombers fly in formation, in the nose of the lead plane at the front, there is a navigator, he is surrounded by transparent glass windows, especially directly below him, it is a flat glass, his eyes are in the sight above the glass, staring at the ground below, and then twisting the knob next to him with both hands, constantly fine-tuning, and finally shouting the order to drop the bomb, and then, the overwhelming bomb, fell from the sky.
The entire bomber formation was originally to listen to the captain and the pilot, but in the process of bombing, it was the navigator who listened to it.
At this time, he is the soul of the entire formation, and in normal times, he is also very busy, holding a shelf of aeronautical charts in his hand, constantly marking on it, calculating, and determining whether his own course is correct, after all, the bombing maneuver flies thousands of kilometers away, and navigation is quite important.
However, that was a long time ago, and now, with advanced inertial navigation systems, and even the United States and the USSR are engaged in global positioning systems, this position of bombing navigator has long disappeared in the West, and it can be completed in the cockpit.
However, due to the backwardness of technology in China, this position has always been retained.
A few years ago, in order to enhance its anti-ship capabilities, the Navy ordered a batch of H-6 to mount anti-ship missiles on the pylons on the wings, and then added a radar to the nose of the H-6 to search the sea and guide the missiles.
And now, the H-6 I saw was also like this, the position of the nose was closed, and there was no navigator cabin, but it was not a dark green radar cabin, and then I saw that the plane was brand new, which was enough to show that it was a new H-6 from the factory.
A few years ago, the Navy's H-6 once flew in an interview in the test flight yard, and this time, what new big guys are coming? It's really curious!
The H-6 came from the Soviet Tu-16, in the USSR, this bomber was quickly eliminated, but in the country, because there were no more advanced bombers, this kind of aircraft grew old and strong, and has been in service until now.
Of course, there was also a modification plan, after the purchase of Spey in China, there was this idea, intending to use four British "Spey" 512-5W turbofan engines to replace the original two turbojet-8 engines.
In fact, it turned out to be two, but Spey's thrust was insufficient, if two were used, it would not be enough to push the H-6, so simply use four, which involves the question of how to arrange, in the plan, two were arranged in the position of the original turbojet-8, and the other two were hung under the wing.
Because Spey is very fuel-efficient, after using this method, the range of the H-6 has increased from 5,760 kilometers to 8,060 kilometers in the prototype, and the sea level climb rate has increased from 18.6 m/s to 29.7 m/s in the prototype, which can be said to be very effective.
However, the cost of using four Speys is very high, so in the end, I can only give up.
The current old H-6 still uses the original engine, and it needs to wait for another 20 years before it can be replaced with the D-30KP-2 turbofan engine imported from Russia, which is installed in the original position, so that the H-6 has a new life, more powerful power, longer range, and the maintenance cost is not high.
The H-6 in front of you should not be the Navy's, because the Navy's has been developed and there is no need for a test flight, besides, the new generation of anti-ship missiles is hung with the J-7, and it is not the turn of the old H-6, the nose of this old H-6 is not a radar when it looks like that, what is this plane for?
Thinking of this, Qin Feng began to look at the pylon of this H-6 again, and wanted to know what it was for, just look at what the pylon below was hanging.
Under normal circumstances, nothing is hung, but now, when Qin Feng looked over, he was immediately attracted, there was really something hanging underneath, it was a jujube kernel-shaped thing, it looked very thick, and in front, there was actually a small propeller, this thing was really peculiar, could it be an electronic warfare pod? The old H-6 is going to be an electronic warfare aircraft?
Qin Feng knew that an electronic jamming aircraft similar to EA-6B had an electronic jamming cabin hanging under the wings, because the power on the plane was insufficient, and it was also to simplify the power supply of the pod, so he added a wind turbine directly in front of the pod, which now looks like it.
However, it doesn't have an antenna. Moreover, this propeller is so small, even if it can generate electricity, it is not enough to provide enough power to the electronic interference pod, right?
What the hell is this for?