Chapter 736: A Test Flight Show Like No Other
More than three hours later, after the No. 238 nuclear submarine successfully arrived in the designated sea area to complete the long-range remote control strategic counterattack exercise in the heartland of US imperialism, the No. 239 nuclear submarine also successfully arrived in the target sea area and completed the planned strategic exercise. After this unprecedented voyage of the No. 238 and No. 239 nuclear submarines, the Central Military Commission has perfected the three-in-one strategic strike system of land-based, air-based, and sea-based.
The Terminator I and 097-class nuclear submarines began to prepare for war with real nuclear weapons. So that the PLA finally has a complete strategic nuclear counterattack force.
And after Duke finished the research on the beam energy electromagnetic wave generator, he also returned to the Qianlong and Shenlong projects.
When the 2020 National Day came, Duke and Cai Siqiang didn't care about the holiday vacation, but sat in the VIP seat of the Chengfei test flight field as guests, and together with the military representatives of the First Military Commission and several friendly countries, they prepared to watch the first public flight show of the Chengfei foreign trade duo Yiyi Thunder Dragon II and J-10P.
Qin Tairan sat next to Duke, observed the fighter planes parked on the airport in front of him with a telescope, and asked a little strangely, "Duke, how many fighters are going to be tested today, how can I see that there are four fighters on the airport preparing for takeoff?" โ
"All four prototypes will be dispatched," Duke replied, "and the highlight of the day will be the formation confrontation of the four prototypes." โ
Qin Tairan was taken aback, "What?!" You are going to use the prototype to carry out a confrontation in formation, is this too risky, you must know that today not only the general armament and the general staff have high-level leaders, but also the military attaches of eight countries in Asia and Africa, and there can be no mistakes. โ
Qin Tairan didn't expect Cheng Fei and D** to be so bold in arranging this time, and they dared to use the second generation of Thunder Dragon and J-10P prototypes directly as mass production machines.
"It's okay, this time we use a new 3D electronic simulation design and testing system, as well as an intelligent production line to complete the design and production of these two models, to achieve a fully digital process from design to production, so that there is almost no difference between prototype production and mass production model production," Duke replied easily, "We have done a very full design simulation verification test in the design stage, and the design quality is very certain, and the current prototypes are actually very complete products." I performed very well in the previous test flight, and today in the face of our customers, of course, I have to come up with some surprising actions to impress them directly. โ
Qin Tairan shook his head, he obviously still had some reservations about Duke's completely unconventional approach, although he had not been in charge of AVIC for a long time, but he still had some concepts in his mind about the development of a fighter, which generally took several years to complete, and some key models of fighters even took more than ten years. (.)
Although the second generation of the Thunder and the J-10P are considered to be improved models, most of the designs are borrowed from the previous Thunder and J-10B, but after all, it is still an important modification, and new changes have been made in the avionics system, power system and radar fire control system.
However, Duke has never said anything that he is not sure of, so although Qin Tairan has some reservations in his heart, he did not say anything more.
However, when the 4 Thunder Dragon II and J-10P prototypes took off one after another, the Pakistani and Persians sitting on the side couldn't sit still, and they pulled Director Gao Zegao, who was accompanied by 611 next to them, "Gao, didn't we watch the test flight of the new model of fighter today, why are the four fighters taking off together now, what's going on?" "Pakistan Air Force Major General Beto. Rahul asked.
"General Rahul, these four fighters are all new models, and if you look closely at their weapon pylons and wing designs, there is a significant difference between them and the old fighters, because we have greatly improved the layout of the wings, so that the take-off distance is shorter and the air mobility is stronger." Director Gao replied proudly, "The reason why we dispatched four prototypes at a time for the test flight performance is because we have strong confidence in the quality of the fighters, and we think that there is no need to waste the precious time of the guests to show off all the projects we are going to perform to the distinguished guests at one time." โ
However, Gao Zegao did not say a word, that is, according to Cai Siqiang, if you can't have an unexpected shocking effect, how can you easily take out a lot of silver from your pocket.
However, Gao Zegao is indeed very confident in his products, after in-depth cooperation with D**, in the comprehensive improvement of the design system, the introduction of various super small machines produced by SAL and the new three-dimensional simulation design and testing system at the same time, Chengfei manufacturing plant has also spent a huge amount of money to carry out the transformation of the all-digital intelligent production line, using tens of billions of huge funds to cooperate with Shenda machine tools, and the new transformation has built a fully digital flexible manufacturing center, which can realize the transformation of Xiaolong, Most of the components of the J-10 and J-20 are produced on the same line.
At full capacity, the ultra-modern manufacturing center will have a production capacity of 30 fuselages per month.
Major General Rahul listened to Director Gao's words, and looked incredulous, but seeing that Director Gao didn't seem to be joking, he picked up the telescope and began to carefully observe the fighters that were already in the air at the moment.
"Gao, the engine of the new Thunderbolt fighter seems to be different" Rahul suddenly found that the tail flame of the new Thunder Dragon was a little different, but for the Pakistanis, they are still used to calling the Thunderbolt fighter to stop the Thunderbolt fighter, "Is the new engine used?" โ
"General Rahul has a good eye, this is the use of our latest successful S-10D engine, this engine produced by the new process has a normal thrust of 10 tons, an afterburner thrust of 11.8 tons, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 9.3" Gao Zegao heard Rahul's question, and was even more proud, and took the opportunity to recommend the highlights of the new fighter, "Now with the new engine, the maneuvering of the Thunder and J-10P has been greatly strengthened. โ
As if to confirm his words, the four fighters in the air at the moment made a "cobra maneuver" at the same time, "This is impossible!" Major General Aung San, a representative of the Myanmar Air Force, shouted that the Chinese told him that he had come to watch a test flight exercise of a new aircraft today, but from the beginning of takeoff, the Chinese side behaved not at all like a test flight, but more like a thrilling design performance.
"General Aung San, this is indeed a test flight, when our Air Force test pilots have completed the performance, welcome General Aung San to the live test flight, we have adopted a new design and production process this time, although it is a prototype, but the quality is the same as the production method of the future production model." Xu Feng, deputy chief engineer of the 611 Institute who accompanied the commentary next to General Aung San, replied confidently.
Several countries that came to watch the test flight today, all of them are prospective customers that Chengfei focuses on, and Chengfei is also a group of old and young masters, each of whom finds an accompanying object to explain at any time, and must impress them at one time.
After listening to Xu Feng's words, Major General Aung San Air Force couldn't help but be stunned, Chinese dare to say this, that naturally will not do anything on the plane, Major General Aung San Air Force himself is a rare excellent pilot of the Myanmar Air Force, and is very familiar with the Chinese Thunder and J-10 One by one For the Thunder Dragon, General Aung San is a special pilot on the Burmese side, with thousands of hours of flight time, and after the Chinese side opened the sales of some early models of the J-10, General Aung San was also the first batch of Burmese pilots to receive J-10B flight training.
So whether it is a new model or not, General Aung San will know when he sits on it.
However, the Chinese side's arrangement this time is really unexpected, and the confidence in the prototype is simply outrageous, and the flight actions that can only be seen in one aerobatic show after another are now constantly displayed in a test flight performance, and the strong power of the S-13D engine has made several test pilots of the Air Force feel at ease.
After the four prototypes performed more than half an hour of aerobatic maneuvers in the air, they were trained to form a two-plane confrontation, and in this kind of close-quarters combat, the Thunder even won against the J-10P with its smaller fuselage, and it was easier to lock on to the opponent than the J-10P.
However, these are not the first of the show, after the performance of the Chinese personnel, the Pakistanis, Persians, Burmese, and Bengalis who strongly requested the test flight got their wish and sat in the cockpit of the four prototypes.
Looking at everything familiar and unfamiliar inside, these representatives of the foreign air force quickly judged that this was a brand-new fighter, and the three large magic mirror display screens focused all the information of the fighter on it, making it clear at a glance, Pakistan Air Force Major General Rahul was the first to discover the major changes in the Thunder Dragon fighter The radar system and combat system displayed on the display screen are all new, and the radar has become a new type of phased array radar that he has never seen.
Major General of the Air Force Rahul and the Persian Muhammad. Air Force Major General Jarad piloted the Thunder II as Group A, with Major General Aung San of the Burmese Air Force and Bangladeshi Ka. Major General Shabal piloted the J-10P's B group for a simulated confrontation, and Major General Rahul, who took off first, quickly felt the difference between the new Thunder, and the powerful S-10D, which made the new Thunder more lightweight, reached its take-off speed almost 100 meters earlier.
When Jarad also took to the skies, they soon discovered the first change in the new combat system, which was that the two sides fully shared a radar system, through which the radar systems of the two were seamlessly connected. From the point of view of the options of the combat system, the two sides also share the weapon system, that is to say, their twin aircraft are completely a seamlessly connected combat unit in the sky!
Although this function is somewhat simplified compared to the original Pakistani version of the theater combat system, which can form a small joint combat unit of up to 12 planes, compared to the former, it can now be done without the command of an air pre-aircraft.
It's a very flexible, low-cost design, and it's too considerate for poor guys like Pakistan and Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Therefore, when these Air Force Major Generals came down after a half-hour test flight, they all surrounded Director Gao.
They all asked the same question, when will this model be available, how many will be available!
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