Chapter 503: K-8 Power
UAVs require inertial navigation, which is a necessary equipment for autonomous flight, and these college students make gyroscopes for model aircraft, which can only be the cheapest model bought on the market, and the performance is very poor, so there will be a large cumulative error, resulting in deviations in flight.
Mhammad looked at the other party's drone, and then looked at the remote control, which is different from the remote control of ordinary model aircraft, and there is actually an LCD screen on the panel of this remote control! It must be showing various flight data of the model airplane.
Looking at these college students, Mhammad was very satisfied: "You guys are doing a good job, do you want to make a larger model airplane?" ”
Larger? The president of the Model Aircraft Association immediately became happy: "How big?" ”
"It's as big as the plane in front of your school." Mhammad said.
"Of course I do!" The president of the Model Aircraft Association immediately replied, "We really want to be able to control larger aircraft!" ”
"Okay, this project can be established in the university, with your model aircraft association as the backbone, and at the same time, more people can join, if there is any problem, you can ask your teachers, airlines, and even the Air Force about the equipment and funds needed will be provided by the state." "I'm looking forward to seeing how you can make this big plane unmanned," Mhammad said. ”
The plane at the school gate is J-6! Almost instantly, Mhammad thought of the usefulness of these retired J-6s.
In history, Pakistan has the largest J-6 fleet outside of China, and these J-6 fighters have played a great role in several Indo-Pakistani wars, although they have been repeatedly improved, and can even be equipped with Western missiles. But after all, this kind of fighter is already backward, the maximum speed is less than Mach 1.5, the nose air intake cannot be equipped with radar, and the range is limited, so it is destined to be eliminated. After Pakistan purchased Tomcat fighters and F-16s, the J-6 has almost withdrawn from active service.
These J-6s are mothballed and are not of much use, so why not convert them into drones like Huaxia? When there is a war, these J-6s can be used as the first batch of cannon fodder to attract the opponent's air defense forces to open fire, exposing their position and radar parameters. That's what Israel did in the Middle East war.
Don't underestimate the college students, they are very creative, and when Mhammad saw that the model airplane they had built himself had reached the standard of a drone, he couldn't help but be inspired and decided to let them get in touch with this big guy.
"Isn't that a fighter? That's great! The member of the women's association said, "The thing I want to fly most is a fighter jet!" It's a pity that when I first recruited pilots, I didn't recruit female pilots. That's why I was admitted to the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ”
No female pilots are recruited! Pilots have very high requirements for physical fitness, and many women are due to their physiological characteristics. Not suitable for flying an airplane. However, this is not absolute, in China, in the United States, there are female pilots, and even female astronauts. Pakistan does not recruit female pilots. I'm afraid it's more due to the influence of customs, right?
Hearing the words of this member of the women's association, Mhammad immediately made up his mind, and when he returned, he discussed with old Arslan to open up these restrictions. It doesn't take too much to make women play a role in these areas, just a few, just a few of them, which after all represents an official attitude.
Now there are not so many advanced electronic equipment like in later generations, so Mhammad's temporary request is for them to improve the Jian-6 UAV, and all kinds of advanced reconnaissance equipment can be added in the future, similar to the Global Hawk like a large UAV, which also requires the accumulation of the entire aviation industry, not fast.
After leaving the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mhammad's mind is still thinking rapidly, the university is not only about teaching, but also about the role of scientific research institutions, and this academic atmosphere of the university should be mobilized! In this way, Pakistan's scientific and technological level will be further enhanced.
After returning to the presidential palace, Mhammad called the old Arslan, intending to discuss with him the matter of the J-6 drone and female pilots he envisioned, but saw that the old Arslan reported to himself first.
"We have been in contact with Huaxia's Nanchang Airlines, and their Jiao-8 aircraft is in the development stage, but now, it has encountered a big problem." Old Arslan said.
Although there is no cooperation from Pakistan, Nanchang Airlines is still developing this new training aircraft, and they are very far-sighted, just like in later generations, they also raised their own funds to develop higher education aircraft.
"What's the problem?" Mhammad frowned and asked old Arslan.
"They lack the right engine." The elder Arslan said to Mhammad: "Their fuselage and other designs have been completed, but there is no suitable engine to replace it, and the American General Electric Company provided them with a CJ610-8A turbojet engine." They also conducted tests to match the aircraft's air intake tract to the engine, and created a wooden prototype equipped with the CJ610-8A. But this engine is a turbojet engine, which has a high fuel consumption rate and is not suitable for training aircraft, otherwise the cost of training is too high. At the same time, they also carried out the program demonstration work of equipping Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D engine, that is, the thrust of JT15D-2/3 is too small, and JT15D-5 is not yet mature, so now this aircraft has been limited by the engine. ”
Motor! Almost all of China's military aircraft development is stuck on the engine, and without the engine, it is impossible for any aircraft with advanced design to reach the design level. Fortunately, thanks to the crossing of Mhammad, Huaxia completely ate the Spey engine, and also improved the high-thrust TF-41 model, and the domestic No. 10 project was designed based on the TF-41 engine.
However, the engines used in the training aircraft are lightweight, and the thrust is enough as long as it has more than 20 kN, and those engines prepared for fighters are not suitable for their use. However, the United States still does not support the development of Huaxia's own technology, so the engine provided is only a turbojet engine, which has a high fuel consumption rate, and it is okay for fighters, but the training aircraft is too wasteful, and the training cost is too high.
This matter, in history is also like this, Nanchang Airlines at the beginning of the design, knew that the engine is the success or failure of the development of this aircraft, so, there is no plan to use the domestic engine, the beginning of the international engine, after all, in the eighties, China and the West are in the honeymoon period, can import engines from the West, but unexpectedly, the United States still gave them a turbojet engine to fool.
It was not until Pakistan cooperated with them that it was regarded as the introduction of advanced turbofan engines from the United States, so that the K-8 project was successfully carried out, and the aircraft had good performance, sold to many countries, and became a special aircraft for Pakistan's air show team, but the United States did not agree to let Huaxia use this engine for its own use, only for export, so the K-8 equipped in China could only use its own engine, fortunately it was already the nineties at that time, and the Soviet Union collapsed. Huaxia introduced the AI-25TL engine from Ukraine, which was copied as the turbofan-11, and the performance of this engine was lower than that of the American-made one.
And now, Huaxia is still stuck on the engine, Nanchang Airlines hopes to develop an advanced training aircraft, but there is no rice cooking.
"Is there a better engine?" Mhammad asked: "In the international market, there should be engines with excellent performance, right?" ”
"Yes, the TFE731-2A engine of Garrett Turbine Engine Company in the United States is the most suitable engine for them, but Garrett Turbo Engine Company is not very enthusiastic about them, and they have also proposed cooperation intentions, but the other party simply ignored them." Old Arslan said.
The TFE731 engine of Garrett company is a world-famous light turbofan engine, in later generations, equipped with a variety of aircraft, such as K-8 single-engine training aircraft, Taiwan's AT-3 twin-engine advanced training aircraft/close support aircraft, Spain's C.101 single-engine training aircraft/close support aircraft, Argentina's IA63/AT-63 single-engine advanced training aircraft/light attack aircraft, the Czech L-139 "Albatross" single-engine training aircraft and so on.
In addition to the trainer aircraft, there are also a series of business jets, such as the French Dassault "Falcon" 10/100/20/50/900, the United States "Citation III./VI./VII. and "Sabre Airliner" 65/85, Canada Bombardier "Lear Jet" 31/35/36/45/55, Israel's IAI1124 "Zephyr" and "Astra" I./II., etc., TFE731 is almost considered a standard business jet and trainer aircraft power plant. Even an improved version of this engine was used by Taiwan on its own IDF fighters.
If this engine can be installed on the Jiao-8, the performance of the aircraft can be quite excellent, but unfortunately, the American Garrett Turbine Engine Company has a cold attitude.
Mhammad said: "Since this engine is relatively good, then we will intervene, negotiate with the United States, and tell the United States that we in Pakistan want to prepare training aircraft with this engine, at least 50 units, and at the same time, we can also promote it to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries, the number of potential purchases, more than 200, we hope that the United States can export this engine, and we hope that they can export the production line of this engine." It doesn't matter if it's a bit higher. (To be continued......)