The visit to the Mikoyan Design Bureau was very rewarding, and every time he thought of the black ribbon, Andrei was also excited, and after visiting the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the next day, Andrei came to the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Simonov was naturally extremely excited about Andrei's arrival, and he also knew that the project that he competed with the Mikoyan Design Bureau would determine the future of the two design bureaus, and now it seems that the Mikoyan Design Bureau has gained more trust from General Andrei, and it is said that when General Andrei saw the Mikoyan Design Bureau's fighter yesterday, it was full of praise!

Compared with the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Sukhoi Design Bureau although the project was carried out later, because it was improved from the Su-27 series, the project proceeded faster, for example, two prototypes have been built, the first static test, the second took off from the factory in Komsomolsk, went to the Gromov Flight Test Institute in Zhukovsky for flight tests, and the third is also being manufactured.

Although the Mikoyan Design Bureau started early, they almost overturned it and restarted it, re-improving the original design stealthily, wasting time, while the Sukhoi Design Bureau has been running steadily and fast.

In particular, just after General Andrei returned, the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy was finalized, the range of the MiG-29K was too short and not suitable for the use of aircraft carriers of the Navy, the Su-27K became the only carrier-based aircraft, the Mikoyan Design Bureau originally had sufficient advantages in the MiG-23K, and thought that there was hope for the MiG-29K, but as a result, it was still the Sukhoi Design Bureau!

Therefore, for the development of a new generation of fighters, the Sukhoi Design Bureau, of course, is more sure! Moreover, the Sukhoi Design Bureau is not just a scheme! Sukhoi's preparations, even more adequate!

Andrei regretted that after all, he could only see the first static test aircraft, which was very similar to the later T-50 in appearance, after all, it was a stealth aircraft improved from the Su-27, and there were many commonalities between the two.

"General Andrey, if you want to watch our fighters fly, you can go to the Gromov Flying Institute." Simonov said: "The current flight tests have been going smoothly. ”

The development and test flight of fighter planes took place in different places, and the Gromov Flying Institute had the most experience in test flights, and it was the place where various Soviet planes were flown off.

Andrei nodded, and when he went to the Gromov test flight institute, he could see more air force equipment, just to see the demeanor of Sukhoi's new generation fighters.

However, just when Andre's eyes were taken away from the static test plane, he saw a wooden prototype being formed on the other side of the plant, which made Andrei stunned for a moment.

What is it? How is it also a fighter with a canard layout? And, judging by the appearance, it was also designed for stealth, could it be that the Sukhoi Design Bureau launched a new project?

A stealth aircraft in Sukhoi's canard layout? This quickly surfaced in Andrei's mind the confusing project in history.

Su-44!

The reason for the confusion is mainly because it is unknown whether this project exists or not, and the only source for later generations is a presidential address written by the CIA of the United States of America on April 9, 97, which expounded the report on the Soviet Union's development of the fourth-generation Su-44 project during the Cold War era.

Su-44, the Soviet Union's research and development program for a new generation of heavy fighters to replace the Su-27 series, known as the CFX program, was codenamed "Nosferatu" (Vampire) by NATO.

The appearance of this fighter is very unusual. It adopts a wide lifting body layout similar to that of the Su-33, consisting of wing-body fusion and underwing twin engines, the nose is slightly tilted, the cockpit adopts a frameless design in the front hemisphere, and the radar reflection of the cockpit can be significantly reduced through a special metal coating.

The foldable canards on both sides of the front fuselage are quadrangular wings with large backsweep angles, the leading edge of the main wing has a large sweep angle, and the trailing edge is swept forward at a small angle, and the canards and the main wing form a close-coupled canard layout.

The air intake is suspended at the lower end of the central wing, and the hexagonal air intake naturally forms an "S" shaped bend from the upper and middle magazines, which blocks the blades of the turbofan engine and reduces the forward radar and infrared signals of the fuselage. The small area of the twin vertical tail is cambered and matched with vector thrust to achieve course stability.

It can be said that this aircraft has a relationship with the Su-27, but with a canard layout! This aircraft takes into account stealth performance, and at the same time has excellent maneuverability.

However, the most perverted thing about this aircraft is its weapon system! Unlike other fighters, this fighter uses a back bomb bay to load 12 all-round multi-purpose missiles (ADMM), and it is still launched vertically! I really don't know how Soviet technicians solved the problem of vertically launched high-temperature gases.

Moreover, there is another weapon for such aircraft, which is a super-high-speed electromagnetic railgun! The technology of this electromagnetic cannon is derived from the large electromagnetic railgun "Chandelier" developed by the Soviet Union to defend against intercontinental missiles, and the muzzle velocity can exceed 3500m/s, which is infinitely powerful both in the air and on the ground!

However, it is precisely because the technical data of this aircraft is too advanced that when later generations of Andrei saw the introduction of this aircraft, he actually saw it as a pastime, and it is very likely that the US military concocted it in order to continue to fool the government into increasing the budget.

After all, the declassification of such aircraft is all in 97, and besides, after the Americans concocted this report, the Sukhoi Design Bureau did not stand up and say anything. Besides, if the Sukhoi Design Bureau really has such a thing, then what T-50 is there to do, just move this scheme out, isn't it okay?

Therefore, Andrei never cared about this report made out of nothing, but now that he sees this wooden prototype, which is so consistent with the memories of later generations, Andrei is of course shocked!

The Mikoyan Design Bureau gave Andrei another shock, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau gave Andrei another shock!

"What is this plane?" Andrei asked Simonov.

"I'm sorry, General Andrei." Simonov first apologized, and then said: "We know that you are strongly opposed to the canard, but the Central Fluid Academy still insists on their point of view, believing that the canard layout is mature. Moreover, after careful analysis, we decided that the canard layout would not significantly increase the radar reflection area, and now this wooden prototype is an alternative for us, and we want to choose the most suitable one of the two options. The project of a new generation of fighters, we must not lose! (To be continued.) )