"We have carried out hundreds of tests and the flight control system is completely normal." Hearing Mhammad's question, a technician from Huaxia next to him said, a tall man, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a calm expression, it was the designer of the flight control who learned that Pakistan was going to test fly, so he specially rushed over from Huaxia, Yang Wei.

Although this is a copycat Tomcat, not all the technology has been copied and improved, with a focus on digital telex!

Redundant digital telex, will give the fighter more powerful control performance, this is already the standard configuration of the third generation aircraft, Huaxia in order to develop its own No. 10 machine, is also carrying out digital telex technical research, at the same time, synchronously for Pakistan's copycat Tomcat matching.

Pakistan provided a Tomcat fighter plane, and let the Huaxia side modify the digital telex to conduct various experiments, and hundreds of sorties were carried out in the test flight in Huaxia, and the flight control software was optimized several times, and it has been completely matured.

At the same time, the modification of digital telex for Pakistan is also a promotion to the development of Project 10, and they can test the hardware made for digital telex before the project 10 fighter has not yet made its first flight.

Now, hearing Mhammad ask about the take-off control system, Yang Wei on the side immediately made a statement, no problem at all! He is very confident.

"As long as the flight controller is confident, our fighter will definitely fly smoothly!" Mhammad said.

Kamal and his radar operator entered the cockpit, sat down in the ejection seat, and ground crew came up to help check that the canopy was locked, and then moved the ladder.

Although it is said that it is completely in-house, in fact, some parts are still imported. For example, this ejection seat needs to be successfully ejected under various conditions, Pakistan does not have any experience in manufacturing ejection seats, so this seat is still imported from the United States, and some chips of various electronic systems are not produced by Pakistan itself. Temporarily imported from the West. As for the material of the sturdy landing gear, it was originally a big problem, but now that Pakistan has high-strength steel, it is no problem to use it to make the landing gear.

When the command of the tower came from the headset, Kamal turned on the two engines in turn, the tail flame of the F110 engine was completely normal, and after receiving the confirmation of the ground personnel, Kamal released the brakes, and the fighter began to slide forward quickly.

Originally. If it is a brand new fighter, the initial test is a ground taxiing test, and the speed gradually increases until it finally reaches the take-off speed, which is to verify whether the structure of the aircraft is reasonable, to verify whether the aerodynamic layout can pull the aircraft up, and so on.

And now. This Tomcat is a completely copycat of the existing fighter, and the aerodynamic layout is completely fine. So, don't worry about the structure, the first test, it will fly.

Like the previous fighters, Kamal operated the fighter plane, gradually accelerating. I watched the two sides of the horizon quickly retreat, followed and gently pulled up the lever.

The previous Tomcat fighters were all hydraulic, but the Americans' booster system was very well designed. The operation of the fighter is very easy, not as heavy as the MiG-29, and now, the flight control has become a fly-by-wire, and the control stick in the hand is only an electrical signal, which is even easier.

The landing gear in front was gently raised, and the landing gear in the back also left the ground, and the entire fighter, like a huge eagle, flew into the sky.

Fly! Fly! At the scene, many technicians cheered.

Although it is only an imitation, it is already a huge progress for Pakistan, after all, this is a Tomcat fighter made by Pakistan itself!

Later generations, such as the introduction of Su-27 in Huaxia, that is the introduction of a full set of production lines, and then their own production, and now, the United States will never export the Tomcat production line to Pakistan, let alone manufacturing technical data, this fighter is completely produced by Pakistan itself! That's a big step forward!

For this progress, Pakistan has done a lot of work, in addition to working with Huaxia technicians to reverse map Tomcats, but also went to foreign countries and carried out many cooperation.

In the process of the Swedes developing the Gripen and the South Africans developing the carver, the Pakistani technicians were involved and gained a lot of valuable experience, which played a great role in the process of reverse mapping the Tomcat.

Fighter production, although called the production line, but in fact, many components, are manually installed by technical workers, how to install each part, how to arrange, there is a great deal of attention, Pakistan used to overhaul the Tomcat, learned a lot of experience, now, all the experience together, thick and thin, finally have the current achievements.

This reversible Tomcat, after various project test flights, is fully qualified, Pakistan itself will enter the low-speed production stage, and the annual output will be about four or five.

Now, watching his own tomcat fly into the sky, Mhammad is also touched.

Without air supremacy, there is nothing! The Tomcat fighter is an excellent fighter jet, and when I bought the Tomcat from the beginning, it was to be able to produce it myself.

And now, painstakingly obtaining the production technology of the engine, racking their brains to overcome technical difficulties such as radar, is for now!

"The quality is superb!" Kamal in the air was also very happy, suppressing his excitement, Kamal reported on the radio.

When the Tomcat was first introduced, because of the defects of the TF30 engine, the Tomcat fighter had to be carefully served, and now, the F110 engine is used, and the flyx is modified at the same time, this fighter is more responsive! With a gentle push of the joystick, the fighter begins to fly in the direction it needs!

"What are the next plans for us, technicians?" While looking at the fighter plane in the sky, since it was the first test flight, it would land in three turns, and Mhammad asked the person in charge next to him.

"This fighter is completely designed in accordance with the requirements of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, and in many aspects it is a weighted design, and we plan to equip some fighters with the Air Force, which can be reduced in structure." The person in charge said.

In order to adapt to the huge overload of catapult take-off and the brutal collision during landing, many parts of the navy's carrier-based aircraft need to be strengthened, such as the main landing gear, fuselage structure, etc., as well as additional measures to adapt to the corrosion of salt at sea, resulting in the weight of the carrier-based aircraft being heavier than that of the exact same air force fighter. If you add the wing folding, it will require additional weight.

For example, the American-made F/A-18, in order to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, increased its weight by 1,340 kilograms, while the Su-33, which was improved by the Su-27, was 11 percent heavier than the prototype, which is more than one and a half tons of weight, so in the case of the same engine, the performance of the carrier-based aircraft is lower than that of land-based fighters.

The Tomcat fighter itself is a carrier-based aircraft, and these introduced by Pakistan are all fighters that contain a ship hook and can be on board at any time, and Pakistan now produces it itself, not only for the Navy, but also for the Air Force.

The fighters used by the Air Force naturally do not need those extra weights, the landing gear does not need to be strengthened, the landing hook does not need to be there, and the fuselage is designed according to the land base, so that at least the Tomcat used by the Air Force can reduce the weight by one ton!

Mhammad nodded: "This idea is good, but we must act according to the laws of science, and we can't lose weight excessively for the sake of losing weight." ”

If you have to work hard to lose weight, and the result is reduced to the hypochondriasis of the Su-27, then it will be troublesome, after all, the Pakistani fighter is an imitation, and there is no original technical information, and I don't know the original design ideas, which is the biggest shortcoming of the reverse copycat, and if you want to thoroughly master the technology of this fighter, I am afraid that there is still a long way to go.

"Yes, our first static test of the aircraft is to verify the bearing capacity of all parts of the fuselage." The person in charge said: "We must act in accordance with scientific laws and build a powerful fighter that our air force needs." ”

The Air Force and the Navy, each with its own use, the fighters of the Air Force, will have better performance! This is the goal of Pakistan's airlines in recent years.

"When our production is officially on the right track, we will further cooperate with Huaxia to develop our medium-term improvement model, focusing on the improvement of stealth capabilities." The person in charge continued: "Our stealth coating has made breakthroughs, especially the development of new processes to facilitate the processing of coatings. ”

Stealth coating! That was when I inspected the stealth fighters of the Americans, I brought them back with my fingernails, although it was just a little bit, it was enough for technicians to study, and the composition of the stealth coating was one thing, and the practical application of the stealth coating was another, which involved a specific process!

Mhammad is also very happy to be able to make progress in stealth coating technology so quickly, Pakistan's future fighter, Mhammad has been selected, is a stealth aircraft with variable sweep wings!

The variable swept wing is absolutely not outdated! The fighter it gives has the best aerodynamic performance in all conditions, and it is simply an all-round fighter! And stealth fighters, on the one hand, are the design of the fuselage, and on the other hand, they are stealth coatings.

"Oops, steady!" At this moment, Yang Wei on the side suddenly shouted loudly and ran towards the radio next to him.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the sky, and they saw the tomcat that was preparing to land, and it seemed to be a little swaying.

What's going on? Mahmad was also worried all of a sudden, after all, if the first plane made by Pakistan itself fell, it would have a negative impact on the development of future fighters! (To be continued......)