Chapter 506: Zhanjiang Air Show (Part II)
Smith was already very happy at this time, and it was the first time that he had grown a face in front of the China Foundation, and at this moment he was so excited that he probably didn't even know his mother, seeing Wu Yu's humble appearance, he naturally wanted to put on his demeanor and let Wu Yu say quickly, and at the same time had a tireless expression on his face.
Wu Yu said: "The idea of this air mother plane is indeed quite amazing, but how this sub-plane can land on the mother plane, please answer my doubts." ”
"This ......" Smith was dumbfounded on the spot, this kind of aircraft mother is still in the research stage, the most difficult problem to overcome is this landing problem, if the sub-plane cannot land, the range that can be increased is meaningless, because the sub-aircraft that cannot be recovered will become a disposable item, and it is very uneconomical in terms of cost-effectiveness.
But all the people in the aviation industry who are here belong to the aviation industry, if they lie, people will be able to hear it at once, and Smith has no choice but to say truthfully: "We are still studying this landing problem, and we are still studying it, haluha." ”
Smith said with a smile: "But with the ability of my country's scientists, I believe that this problem can be solved soon." Now he can only slap his swollen face and become fat, and gently pass this matter.
Wu Yu smiled: "Really? Then I wish your country an early grasp of this sharp weapon. ”
Smith was also relieved to see that Wu Yu didn't dig deeper, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, thank you." ”
The corners of Wu Yu's mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a rather relaxed tone: "Your country's flight show is almost over, so let's take a look at the performance of my country's aircraft." Looking at the upturned corners of Wu Yu's mouth, Smith had some bad premonitions in his heart, and the representatives of various countries who had not spoken just now also expressed a strong interest in the China Consortium aircraft, and their main purpose today was for this.
Soon the roar of the air motor sounded again, a black dot soon approached, and an aircraft much larger than the Wildcat with a huge roar came through the field at high speed. The strange shape of this plane immediately aroused the exclamation of the representatives of various countries, and indeed the shape of this plane was too peculiar. I saw that it has a huge engine on the wings on both sides of the cockpit of the aircraft, and the rear of the elongated cylindrical engine nacelle is connected to a pillar, the pillar is very long, almost nearly ten meters long, at the end of the pillar is equipped with the tail rudder of the aircraft, and the pillar is also connected by a wing plate, this is the model of the China Consortium exhibited this time, the lightning fighter.
This aircraft is not intended to equip the Chinese Air Force, but is a model selected by Fang Xiaoyu in several options specifically for export. For the countries of the Western Continent that like dense firepower and heavy armor to the point of madness, Fang Xiaoyu can be regarded as having his favor from several schemes, and chose this double-engine model with heavy armor and heavy firepower.
This kind of aircraft is 11.6 meters long, has a wingspan of 15.9 meters, is 3 meters high, has a maximum take-off weight of nearly 8 tons, uses two turbocharged engines with 1,425 horsepower, has a maximum speed of 667 kilometers per hour, and has a practical ceiling of 13,400 meters. What is even more incredible is that this aircraft was not designed by the Aircraft Research Institute of the China Foundation, but was designed and manufactured by the private research institutes in the empire, which shows that Fang Xiaoyu's plan to support private scientific research institutes has achieved great results.
Fang Xiaoyu also made some improvements to this aircraft with the help of Xiaofeng, mainly to make the propellers of both engines rotate inward to offset torque, use an ingenious backward flap system to maintain a reasonable stall speed, add an air conditioning system to maintain the cockpit temperature, add a water concentrator and air intake expansion device to eliminate very obvious tail condensation, and add a hydraulic booster system on the aileron, etc., these small improvements make this aircraft have quite perfect performance.
Wu Yu unhurriedly took out the advertising leaflet with the parameters of the aircraft in his hand and distributed it to the hands of each delegate, and the representatives of various countries immediately took the leaflet and browsed it, this kind of aircraft has a combat radius of 1,770 kilometers and strong protective armor, in addition, because the self-closing fuel tank device is separated from the engine at the rear of the cabin, it is difficult for the engine to be ignited, which greatly enhances the survivability of the aircraft.
This aircraft is even more powerful due to the use of two engines, which results in a large load capacity of the aircraft, in addition to being used as a fighter, it can also carry 500 kilograms of bombs for fighter-bombers.
Looking at this information, Smith couldn't help but be a little stunned, although this is a land-based aircraft, which is somewhat different from his own carrier-based aircraft, but just from the material point of view, this kind of aircraft is much higher than his own Wildcat fighter in all aspects, and he is completely sure that if the Wildcat encounters lightning, it will only end up being abused.
The ongoing air show in the air seems to be like a gas smith, the lightning fighter almost did the same set of actions as the Wildcat fighter just now, and the speed is faster, although the turning radius is slightly larger, but the continuous S-shaped maneuver after the most is more shocking than the Wildcat fighter only makes a small radius turn, and the performance gap between the two aircraft is self-evident.
Just when Smith secretly comforted himself in his heart that it was normal for this land-based aircraft to be better than carrier-based aircraft, and his own aircraft was still the best carrier-based aircraft, his heart's comfort was quickly shattered by the new aircraft. Just as the Lightning fighter left the sky, a multi-nimble single-engine aircraft quickly approached the square.
"This is our country's newest Barracuda carrier-based fighter, which has a total length of nine meters, a wingspan of twelve meters, and uses a thousand-horsepower engine. Although the engine horsepower is not high, it can reach speeds of up to 518 kilometers per hour. This kind of aircraft has a practical ceiling of 10,000 meters, a combat radius of 1,500 kilometers, and is equipped with two 20-millimeter cannons, two 7.7-millimeter machine guns, and can also carry 120-kilogram bombs. ”
This kind of aircraft is actually the foreign trade version of the Golden Eagle 3 fighter that Fang Xiaoyu is going to reequip the troops, of course, except for the big difference in firepower and engine, it has not changed much from the self-use version, and it is still very advanced in general.
Wu Yu introduced the information of the new aircraft and handed it to the delegates again. Now the delegates no longer bothered to look at the materials in their hands, and they turned their eyes to look at the agile planes in the air, and their hearts were already very frightened.
The Barracuda fighter made a series of technical moves with more agile movements than the lightning fighter, and the agile body was even more groundless than the Wildcat fighter just now.