Chapter 409: Catapult takes off

At the stern of the deck, there are three arresting cables, which must be hooked to make a successful landing.

At this time, Hussein's hand trembled slightly, and if he did not succeed in hooking the blocking line, then he had to immediately turn on the afterburner, go at full speed, and continue to take off on the beveled runway.

One of the most important reasons is that the oblique deck of the aircraft carrier, the rear end is responsible for landing, and at this time, the front must also be vacated, otherwise, once the ship cannot be successfully landed, it will collide with the front blocker.

When a fighter plane lands in the back, the front must be emptied, which means that the carrier-based aircraft cannot take off in front, and at this time, the bow deck can continue to take off without affecting each other.

Pakistan's aircraft carrier, when it was first built, was a straight front and rear deck, and later, through transformation, it became an inclined deck.

It's just that due to the limited space on the deck, no catapults were arranged on the beveled deck, and two steam catapults, both on the bow deck.

Hussein's hand trembled with the warplane, and as soon as he followed, he felt a tremendous force that pulled him hard.

The landing hook at the tail successfully hooked the second blocking cable, and when it hooked, it began to pull the blocking cable, and continued to move forward, the blocking cable began to be stretched, and the hydraulic cylinders on both sides also began to buffer the huge force.

When the fighter plane lands on the ship, the impact force is huge, especially when the blocking cable is hooked, this impact force is enough to disintegrate some fighters whose body is not strong enough.

Ordinary land-based fighters, if they are changed to aircraft carrier-based aircraft, need to strengthen the landing gear, the tail landing hook must also be fixed on the girder, and the fuselage should be treated with anti-corrosion, so that. It will be more than a few hundred kilograms heavier than a land-based fighter.

And the Tomcat fighter was a carrier-based aircraft when it was originally designed, and even this batch of fighters exported to Pakistan did not cancel the ship hook, everything is intact.

The blocking cable continued forward, cushioning the forward force of the Tomcat fighter's forward. Finally, the Tomcat stopped.

It worked!

Everyone cheered, and their Tomcat fighter finally landed on the deck!

After the Tomcat landed, it was dragged forward by a tractor and came to the take-off area on the bow deck.

"How? Our catapult is okay, right? Inside the bridge, Mhammad found himself a little nervous.

After all, Mhammad also knew that the take-off of fighters, catapults played a crucial role.

"Our catapult. It has been tested many times, and we have used a replacement trolley that weighs the same weight as the Tomcat fighter, and after many tests, we can achieve the required take-off speed before leaving the ship. Osman said.

After all, this catapult, according to previous experience, is capable of catapulting only the E-2 and A-7, heavy Tomcat fighters. A stronger catapult is needed, at the time of the retrofit. They lengthened the trajectory of the catapult and increased the capacity of the gas tank to achieve the goal of catapulting the Tomcat, and now, whether it can catapult and take off, Mhammad also feels unconfident.

Hear Osman's words. Mhammad relaxed and looked at the people below, proceeding in an orderly manner.

There were different workers on deck, wearing different clothes, at this time. The aircraft carrier continued to operate at full power, and at the same time, it had moved to a headwind position.

On the deck, a gust of wind blew, and this was the deck wind.

The wheels in front of the Tomcat fighter are fixed to the catapult, and the baffle screen behind it rises, if there is no such thing, when the fighter turns on the afterburner, the back will be blown by the tail flame of the fighter.

The guide of the yellow vest, standing on the side of the plane, watched the catapult in the green vest give instructions to taut the catapult and the big throttle. The same instructions were sent to Hussein, who immediately turned on all the thrusts.

At this time, it can be felt that the fighter plane is already like a roaring wild horse, ready to catapult out of the catapult at any time.

The yellow vest crouched, touched the ground with his right hand first, and then forward, making the final pre-ejection movement.

At this moment, it was as if time had stood still.

The green vest pulled the handle, and the steam of huge pressure entered the cylinder, pushing the piston, and quickly moved forward, filling the entire deck with a puff of white smoke.

Hussein didn't have to make any movements, at this time, all control was on the deck, he only felt as if he was sitting on a rocket, his body, pushed on the seat, unable to move, his hand tightly grasped the cockpit cover next to him, preventing his hand from touching any switch by mistake.

The time was very short, only three seconds, the heavy Tomcat fighter was ejected, and the moment it left the deck, the 4-degree elevation angle of the bow of the ship made the nose of the fighter plane upward, preventing the pilot from accidentally falling into the sea.

It worked!

Although the Tomcat fighter is half-fueled and does not carry ammunition, this is a milestone event that marks the Pakistan Air Force's possession of fixed-wing aviation on the water!

"Report to the president, we have successfully completed the take-off and landing experiments of carrier-based aircraft, and our aircraft carrier has combat capability!" Zahar excitedly reported to Mhammad.

"This aircraft carrier of ours bears the heavy responsibility of cultivating aircraft carrier-based aircraft forces for us." "We want to use this warship to train our own naval aviation units, and in future wars, without air supremacy, there will be nothing," Mhammad said. ”

Only such a warship cannot have a complete water force, and the development of Pakistan's navy still has a long way to go.

This is only the first training and it is done by the most experienced pilots, and in the future, the training of new pilots will still be full of various difficulties, and the Pakistan Navy has more ways to go.

"Yes." Zahar replied.

"President, this warship of ours has not yet been officially named." Osman said.

"Let's call it Endeavour." Mhammad said.

Warships are named after places and animals in the sea, and Mhammad has come up with a name that would inspire Pakistanis. Forge ahead, Pakistan Navy, must forge ahead!

"Our warship is still undergoing sea trials in the name of a training ship." "Minimize the concerns of the Americans about our aircraft carrier," Mhammad said. ”

At the beginning, the Americans held on to a few Kidd-class and gave this broken aircraft carrier to Pakistan, and now, if they find that this aircraft carrier has greater combat effectiveness, they may want to go back again. (To be continued......)