Chapter 1262: The Competition of Fighters
From the first generation of rangefinders, to the design of command instruments, to the storm, typhoon, gust of wind three major mechanical fire control, the Chinese Navy in the initial 20 years of development, almost completed the history of the British Empire nearly 50 years of history, which has also become the Chinese Navy proud of the world's most critical secret, and analytical fire control with the extension of Chinese naval tactics, has become more and more difficult to reflect the advantage.
At this point, the comprehensive fire control of the Dragon series, which is promoted by the Mawei Shiyàn Chamber, once again gives the Chinese Navy the opportunity to stand at the pinnacle of technology and look down on all beings, but ...... Even with Qin Kai's theoretical guidance, even with the participation of a large number of engineers, senior technicians and a huge R&D team of Mawei Heavy Industry, the accuracy of the core calculation clock and integrator has reached the processing limit that can be achieved by today's domestic heavy industry, but the plump ideal has to face the reality of skinny.
The Tamron II series integrated fire control equipped on the battleship Guangzhou has almost reached the limit of the breathtaking design and manufacturing of this era, but in the actual sea trials and simulated confrontations, the powerful 10 main guns of the Guangzhou have been severely damaged several times by the combination of Chang'an-class battleships and Sky Wolf-class battle cruisers, although the understanding of both sides is an important reason, but it also fully exposes the weaknesses of the current Tenglong comprehensive fire control.
Based on the most realistic combat effectiveness, the current central fire control platform is still the Storm V-type analytical fire control developed by Jiangnan Heavy Industry Precision Manufacturing Factory.
Meantime. The application of a miniaturized gun emplacement firing commander. then allows the battleship to have the ability to fight in a separate gun position. Based on the years-long training of the Northern Fleet, especially in the engagement at a distance of 10,000 meters, because the Chinese Navy has long had a high hit rate on 10,000-meter strikes, this is directly induced, and the effectiveness of salvo strikes is not as good as the effectiveness of individual combat at each gun position. And the salvo had to wait for the preparation of the loading of all turrets before it was possible to strike.
Based on this study of artillery technology, the Admiralty also formed a big discussion within the military for half a year, and finally after actual combat exercises, it was finally confirmed that the firing commander of a single gun position, based on the ability of senior artillery officers and excellent artillery crews, can increase the artillery projection ability by up to 30%, and the hit rate is at a distance of 10,000 meters. It also achieved an astonishing 8% hit rate, which was even better than the effect of a salvo.
So. In the construction of the "Jin" class high-speed battleship that is now being built on the hull, the four major heavy industries have all chosen a compromise plan without exception, that is, the combination of the Tamron system of integrated fire control and the storm system of gun position firing commanders, but almost all naval commanders who know the direction of the Tenglong fire control research and development are very much looking forward to this technology full of future.
However, when Qin Kai lamented the improvement of domestic industrial technology and engineering, he also had to regret to see that based on the progress of engineering, it is obviously lagging behind the development of scientific theories, and this problem is also plaguing the air-cooled engines that the four major heavy industries have invested a lot of financial resources and manpower in research and development.
The mass production of Tissot II biplane is undoubtedly due to the production of small and medium-sized die forging hydraulic presses of major heavy industries, which is undoubtedly the biggest driving force for the engine industry with strict material and stress requirements, and this has directly given birth to a large-scale engine industry, which is obviously a heavy positive for China's aviation industry today.
News from Europe, 3 months ago, France, which leads the European aviation industry, has exceeded 200 horsepower of water-cooled engines, which is close to the power of the I-shaped engine used in Tissot II, however, Jiangnan Heavy Industry and Beihai Heavy Industry, which have already begun to study air-cooled engines, have come up with the latest star-type air-cooled engines.
After solving the air-cooled layout, engine cavity pouring and other technologies, Jiangnan Heavy Industry completely independently developed the domestic Taihang I aero engine, the output power has reached an unprecedented 420 horsepower, Beihai Heavy Industry production of Jupiter I engine, the power has also reached the designer's expectation of 400 horsepower, of course, from the Beijing State Science and Technology Development Commission instructions, the improvement of the V water-cooled engine is still continuing, although the water-cooled engine for aviation has been declining.
Qin Kai naturally knows that by increasing the number of cylinders and strengthening the overall design, the final power of the V-type water-cooled engine can indeed reach or approach the level of the two star engines currently produced in China, but the more complex process also means a heavier engine weight and a lower thrust ratio, which is obviously a huge drawback for the booming aviation industry.
However, for the civilian field or export-oriented products, the manufacture of V-type water-cooled engines that have more advantages in scale and price is still an important resource, not to mention, the domestic V-type water-cooled engine has a leading advantage in technology, and the civilian use of military technology is enough to give birth to a series of industrial chains......
The major heavy industries naturally understand the value of the emergence of new air-cooled engines, Mawei Heavy Industry, Beihai Heavy Industry, Jiangnan Heavy Industry, and North Heavy Industry immediately came up with a joint development plan, respectively, and jointly established two aircraft factories of Southern Heavy Aviation and Beihang Airlines, which became the backbone of China's aviation industry in the future, and in the month after the Spring Festival in 2010, the two aircraft factories respectively came up with the first full-coverage fighter with a thrust of more than 400 horsepower in this era.
The United Beihang Aircraft Factory, jointly established by Jiangnan Heavy Industry and Northern Heavy Industry, came up with its own biplane Falcon fighter, while the more radical design, the Southern Heavy Aviation Aircraft Factory, jointly established by Mawei Heavy Industry and Beihai Heavy Industry, launched a newly designed monoplane fighter, the Harrier fighter.
Based on the reasons of the current industrial base, and taking into account the problem of weight, this fighter named Harrier, to not radical enough to adopt the aluminum body commonly used in later generations, but to use a wooden structure that is easier to process and relatively lighter, Huang Risheng's design team in charge of design and research and development, designed this all-wood structure aircraft with an almost masochistic mentality, and every part has been extremely strictly screened.
After all, China's self-developed aircraft, long past the initial stage of the initial fully open type, wind tunnel testing has become the basic process of design, the all-wood structure of the wing, almost an unprecedented innovation, moreover, the Harrier fighter after the wind tunnel test in the northern real yàn room, almost quickly completed the test flight of the test aircraft, under the unprecedented thrust instigation, ran out of the military excited by the excellent speed of 250 km / h.
The Falcon test machine with double-layer wings, although the power of the Taihang I air-cooled engine reached 420 horsepower, the relatively conservative design made the weight of the whole aircraft 200 kg heavier than the Harrier fighter, reaching 1100 kg......
On 1 February, when more corpses of Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers were piled up under the fortress of Pumilal, Zhang Kui, who was transferred to the post of commander of the Air Force of the Ministry of Military Affairs, submitted to the cabinet a plan for the purchase of 200 Harrier fighters.
For a Tissot aircraft with a speed of only more than 100 kilometers, once a bomb of more than 200 kilograms is hung, the flight limit and speed are almost the same as those of a car on the ground...... After inspecting the Harrier fighter jets provided by the United Beihang Aircraft Factory, the rapid increase in speed suddenly made the air force officers completely crazy.
200 planes, in fact, is still the number after being cut by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the original crazy air force is ready to purchase at least 500 aircraft, of which 40 are naval fighters, and on February 4, a navy fighter modified by the United Beihang Airlines, carrying a 200 kg high-explosive bomb, jumped from the Jiangsu aircraft carrier, speed and perfect model, completely detonated the enthusiasm of those pilots on the deck who opened the Tissot training aircraft.
After returning to Beijing from Shanghai, he did not go to watch the performance of the new fighter, to be honest, with the feeling of driving a shuttle, it is really difficult for today's aircraft to arouse his emotion, but the rapid technological progress has made him have a more urgent sense of crisis.
The progress of technology is far from being able to improve theoretical research, just like the current star engine, which originated from the theoretical design of the real room in the north and finally transformed into a finished product, but the engine manufactured by Southern Heavy Aviation and United Beihang based on the same principle has many subtle differences in the overall structure, and the final output power is different.
Two days ago, Zhan Tianyou, director of the Chinese Association of Engineers, and Qian Qing, director of the China Technicians Association, made a special trip to visit, and Qin Kai advocated the concept of professional management in the professional field, which can be said to be the pillar concept of the vast industry of the Nanyang system in the past 30 years, and in the end, the various professional associations that originally only operated within the Nanyang system have now become the most important professional organizations in all walks of life in the whole country.
Moreover, what makes these professional organizations famous is not only the big figures in the professional fields such as Zhan Tianyou and Qian Qing in the organization, but more importantly, these professional organizations enjoy the status of independence from the political and economic circles granted by the decree issued by the cabinet, and the professional and technical evaluation initiated by these professional organizations has completely become the standard of the entire country's technical field.
This has also finally established the reputation of professionals like the Chinese Association of Engineers and the Chinese Technicians Association, and the professionals certified by the Guò Association enjoy the most authoritative recognition in the professional field!
However, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, more problems have arisen in these purely technical areas! (To be continued......)