Chapter 240: Su-27
As a result, the MiG-29 radar still uses the original Gesselin antenna, while the Su-27's radar plans to use a planar slit antenna, and uses horizontal mechanical scanning and vertical electronic scanning to increase its scanning speed and update rate, so as to comprehensively surpass the AN/APG-63 radar used by the F-15.
These were not the business of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, they were completely handed over to the Instrument Building Research Institute in the town of Zukovsky.
From the goal to now, more than ten years have passed, those bricks, engaged in these years, constantly experimenting, improving, as a result, still unable to solve the plane antenna, electronic scanning, software and other technical problems, so that this radar can not meet the performance requirements. And the Su-27, seeing that it is about to be finalized, the head of the aircraft is still just a counterweight, and it is completely impossible to catch up with the progress, so the Instrument Manufacturing Research Institute decided to abandon the use of this avant-garde antenna last year, and instead use the MiG-29 Gesselin antenna, and increase the caliber of the guò to 1.5 times to increase the transmitting power and achieve the technical indicators that surpass the American radar.
Due to the backwardness of electronic technology in the Soviet Union, especially now, which is already the age of microelectronics, the Soviet Union is even further backward and can only rely on this stupid method.
However, more transmit power and larger antenna size mean larger component size, stronger cooling system and power supply system.
Originally, in the plan, the weight of the nose of the Su-27 was only 500 kilograms, but now, the news from the Instrument Manufacturing Research Institute has finalized the N001 radar, and the weight of this set of radars is 1.1 tons!
1.1 tons! This is a staggering number, and in order to achieve a thrust-to-weight ratio of 1.15, the Sukhoi Design Bureau did its best to achieve this design goal with the afterburner of the Al-31F engine. The weight that can be reduced on the body has been reduced by almost the same.
Now, on the nose of the plane, there is such an extra weight of more than a ton, which... It's simply that all the work in front of the Sukhoi Design Bureau was in vain.
This is not only a matter of half a ton more than the design index, but also involves the center of gravity of the aircraft. The center of gravity of the aircraft is related to the most important aerodynamic design of the aircraft.
What to do? Tear it all down again? The military's request is very urgent, and I hope that this fighter will be finalized immediately, enter service, and rush up to fight the Pakistan Air Force.
"In order to bring the center of gravity of the aircraft back to square one, we had to add a balance weight to the tail, which would lead the body to be overweight by one ton, but not again. The nose of the aircraft drooped strictly, and our pilots had to pull the lever back all the time to keep the aircraft balanced. A technician said.
One ton overweight, this is a terrible number, and now, for the Su-27 to meet the requirements of the Air Force, it is not more than a kilogram.
And. Now the Air Force is in a hurry, quite urgent.
What to do?
Simonov. This wise chief designer once defied public opinion and firmly pushed back and restarted, but it was not just a matter of courage to push down and start over again. It is a matter of whether the Su-27 will be aborted, and the Air Force may be completely disappointed with the Su-27, although the reason for this has nothing to do with the Sukhoi Design Bureau, it is completely a problem of the Instrument Manufacturing Research Institute!
"It seems. We had to continue to lose weight. Simonov said: "Only in this way will it be possible to meet the requirements of the Air Force." ”
Lose weight! Not only can it not be increased, but the extra weight of the nose must be reduced!
How to reduce? All the personnel were looking at Simonov.
"Increasing the proportion of composite materials, increasing the proportion of titanium alloy components, and, in non-critical parts, punching holes to reduce weight." Simonov said.
"That will weaken the strength of our fighters, and I'm afraid that if we can't reach the 9G overload, the fighters will disintegrate." Said one of the designers.
"We have no choice." Simonov said: "Do as I say, reprogram the flight control to limit the transonic maneuver to an overload of 6.5G." We have to do everything we can to complete the integration, preferably at the beginning of next year, when the cold Afghan winter is over, and we have our fighters ready for war. ”
"Yes." No one dared to object to the words of the chief designer, and immediately threw himself into intense weight loss. An advanced fighter that could have flown 9G overload was held back by backward avionics.
(East China Zhixiong has always had a soft spot for the Su-27 since he was in middle school, and this is a beautiful fighter!) Even, East China Zhixiong's former ideal was to be a pilot who could control this kind of fighter. It's a pity that my body was unqualified, and then I wanted to go to aviation school, but my college entrance examination results were too poor, and I became a teacher. In the nineties, as the guardian of the sky of the republic, the Su-27 firmly defended our airspace, and Huadong Zhixiong was an absolute fan of the Su-27, however, the flaws still have to be written. )
Weight loss, giving the Su-27 a hard way out of the hypochondria and transonic trap.
Due to the relatively light components of the airframe, it is not possible to mount a large number of heavy weapons. Moreover, the wide space at the root of the wing cannot be set up in this section due to the insufficient torque to bear it; It is also impossible to set ailerons in the outer wing segment with the largest torque on the wing root, so that the roll rate of the Su-27 is at the bottom of the third-generation aircraft. More importantly, although theoretically the Su-27 can reach and carry out supersonic flight, due to the light mass of the components, in the case of reaching the theoretical 1.1m standard transonic speed, it will be unable to continue to increase speed, and there will be a hidden danger of fighter disintegration, and in the speed range of 0.85~1.25m, even if the fighter is lightly loaded, the available overload is limited to 6.5g to -1g. These problems were not completely overcome until the Su-35.
The new Su-27 fighter is restricted by backward electronic technology, and India at this time is in no mood to think about how to defeat the Pakistani Air Force, recapture the Kashmir Valley, and invade Pakistan in an all-out way. At present, the shape of the country in India is deteriorating extremistically.
The Indian Army forcibly attacked the Golden Temple, and while killing the rebellious extremists, it almost destroyed the Golden Temple, and half of the Golden Temple had collapsed.
This action aroused the strong antipathy of the Sikhs, for them, the Golden Temple is their belief in their hearts, and this belief has been bombarded by the Indian army, which is a challenge to all Sikhs!
As a result, even the moderates among the Sikhs began to become agitated, and although the Indians increased their garrisons, making it difficult for the Sikhs to attack the army, among the people, the conflict between the Sikhs and other Hindus began to intensify.
Not only in Punjab, but in other places, wherever Sikhs gathered, riots broke out in different places, and in several southern states, Sikhs who were demonstrating clashes with the police who maintained order attacked the police with stones, and the police used tear gas and batons, causing dozens of Sikh casualties.
Moreover, I heard that in the mountains near Jammu, a group of Sikhs reorganized, armed themselves, and formed the Sikh People's Liberation Army, whose goal was to establish their own state of Khalistan!
Even in the capital, New Delhi, there are Sikhs who raise their flags and demand independence, marching through the streets.
"These Sikhs are making too much trouble." Rajiv said: "Prime Minister, we should use forceful measures, and we can't let them go on like this. ”
After Rajiv finished speaking, he looked around twice, several Sikh guards were on the periphery, although the Iron Lady was still full of trust in these Sikh guards, and Rajiv also had to worry about the safety of the Iron Lady.
"If we want to find out the source of the commotion, we must have been bewitched by some people, and for these sources, we must resolutely use the law to severely punish them, and for ordinary people who do not know the truth and are bewitched, we need to influence them and let them know their way back, so that we can show the grandeur of our great country." The Iron Lady said, "Rajiv, you have to remember that the Sikhs are also our people of India. ”
By this time, it was still being reformed! Bayonets and bullets are the best solution! Rajiv didn't quite agree with the Iron Lady's statement, but he still nodded: "Well, the prime minister is right. ”
The two continued to walk out, ready to get into that bulletproof car and go to Congress for a meeting.
Outside, Tasim was holding a gun, and like everyone else, he was standing aside.
Seeing Tasim, the Iron Lady nodded and smiled at him, among her guards, the Sikhs are still there, which represents an attitude of her, the Sikhs who are in chaos are only a small part, she still trusts the Sikhs, and they are all citizens of the great Indian country.
Tasim was also smiling, quietly looking at the Iron Lady, with two hands, holding the gun, and seemed to tremble a little.
However, Rajiv felt something strange, and today's Tasim's expression seemed a little strange, especially the look in his eyes...
"Damn Indians, you ruined our Golden Temple!" At this moment, Tasim suddenly became troubled, and his eyes were full of anger and fanaticism. He picked up his gun and pulled the trigger at Rajiv and the Iron Maiden.
Damn it! How Tasim, who had always been faithful, has become a fanatical Sikh element! Rajiv pushed the Iron Lady to the side of the car, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think in his heart, fortunately, in order to control these Sikh guards, he had ordered the bullets in the guns equipped with these people were all trainer bullets, plastic bullets, and would not kill people.
Bullets came out of the muzzle of Tasim's gun and flew towards the two. (To be continued......)