Warship of Great Power Chapter 713

   After finishing the work here and seeing off the old bus and his party, Qin Tao's trip this time is considered to be a successful conclusion.

   Next, it was supposed to be time to return to the Mingzhou Group. However, the two good news that came one after another made him a little tired.

"Our Air Police-600 is about to catapult and take off. This is an important moment. The leaders of the navy will go to the wasteland village base. It is said that President Qin should also go to participate. After all, this early warning aircraft is also promoted by President Qin. As a result, however, Ermao is coming to negotiate the D-227 engine production line, and President Qin has to take charge of the overall situation." Xu Zhengyang said with some embarrassment.

From the perspective of Mingzhou Group's interests, Qin Tao must stay to discuss the introduction of the engine production line. After all, this is related to future profits. However, Qin Tao is an engineer after all, and he is very interested in various technologies. Well, the KJ-600 was also propelled by him alone, and he missed the first flight. This catapult took off, but more importantly, it means that this early warning aircraft has the ability to board the ship.

  If Qin Tao did not participate in this ceremony, he would definitely regret it.

"How about I stay and negotiate with Ermao?" Zhao Ling said: "After all, I have worked in Genghis Khan Aviation, and I am familiar with aviation technology, and I have a good relationship with Ermao. As long as Mr. Qin formulates the principles , I should be able to complete the negotiation."

   "Okay." Qin Tao nodded immediately. Zhao Ling, the secretary, is getting more and more competent.

"This task is entrusted to you. Even if there are some flaws in the negotiation process, it's okay. I'll leave Zhengyang with you. He and I have traveled many times with rich experience. He will definitely be able to play a role at critical times." Qin Tao said.

"No need, he's still going to be your bodyguard, don't you worry about my mother?" Zhao Ling said, "I've been under your protection all the time, I can't grow up, so I take this negotiation as an experience for me Bar."

   "Okay." Qin Tao nodded: "Then go for it!"

  Zhao Ling nodded, a little excited, she was finally going to be alone, she was finally going to be a strong woman.

After explaining the general policy to Zhao Ling, Qin Tao left that night. If it is for other groups, the negotiation of this kind of project is very important and needs to be treated highly, but for Mingzhou Group, even if the negotiation fails It's nothing, this project belongs to the role of Mingzhou Group, not too much, not too little, and it is not absolutely important.

  Qin Tao is looking forward to the carrier-based early warning aircraft. After all, this project is of great importance. After so many years of hard work, he has finally come to this point.

The development of early warning aircraft cannot be rushed. The country has also gone through a long road of development. Up to now, the KJ-2000 has just completed all the test items and has just officially entered the army. The KJ-600 is still It takes a lot of time to perfect.

   Of course, there is no need to worry too much. After all, the construction of the aircraft carrier will take a few years.

"Taozi, are you here?" When Qin Tao came to the base of Huangdi Village, he was greeted by Wu Shengli. Weng and his son-in-law met again, and the content of the conversation was the same as that of Lajiachang, but the tone of the speech was unusual .

   "Well, here we come. Our AWACS is about to launch. How can I not come? Let Xiaoling handle the affairs of the group, and she will be able to take care of herself in the future." Qin Tao said.

  Wu Shengli nodded.

   "Where's the plane?"

   "It's still being maintained in the hangar, let's go over and have a look." Wu Shengli said.

   "Currently our carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft, is this one?"

If it is other aircraft, several of them must be built during the test flight, so as to complete a large number of test subjects, but the early warning aircraft is different, this thing is too expensive, even if it is the first early warning aircraft, it is impossible to complete the test flight. Scrapped, that is to be equipped for military service.

Since the early warning technology used is slightly different from that of Air Police-2000, the test flight of the electronic equipment of this aircraft needs to last for a long time. If the carrier-based take-off and landing test also uses the prototype, it will waste time, but if it is built again One plane is expensive, what if it needs to be modified midway?

   "The finished product is still testing the radar. Now this one is only the body and the radome intact. The rest are counterweights, which are used for take-off and landing tests. After the test is completed, the static test will be carried out."

  In the R&D process of an aircraft, the static test is also very critical. This is a test of the strength and life of the aircraft, which will determine whether the aircraft can achieve the design goal, how many years it will fly, and so on.

  Of course, after the test is completed, the most intensive test will be carried out, and the entire aircraft will be destroyed.

  It's just the airframe, and the engine will have to be removed at that time, so it won't hurt even if it breaks.

  However, the take-off and landing test is carried out first, and then the static test is carried out. It is estimated that no second company in the world dares to do this.

   They dare to do this, and they are also confident.

"President Qin, you are here!" In the hangar, Duan Yi, who was busy on the plane, saw Qin Tao coming, and immediately ran over: "I heard that your Mingzhou Group and Ermao are cooperating to produce If the D-227 engine can be produced in your place, then we don't have to worry about the engine problem."

During the assembly last time, Qin Tao, Wu Shengli and others went to visit and brought up the issue of the engine. At that time, Qin Tao insisted on surveying and mapping imitation, but it is not so easy. After all, every domestic aero-engine factory has its own The project is very busy, not to mention the imitation of surveying and mapping needs to spend a lot of money.

  The engine in stock is one less, they are very worried. Now that they heard that they want to cooperate, it seems that there is no problem.

   "Well, this project is still being discussed, but we are confident that this aircraft is of great importance, and we must mature it."

  In addition to early warning aircraft, there are anti-submarine patrol aircraft, transport aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, and even future drone remote control aircraft, etc., all need the body platform of this aircraft to be modified. The navy alone needs a large number of D-227 engines.

Qin Tao said while looking at the nose of the aircraft. The nose of this prototype aircraft is still wearing a pitot tube, which looks like a carrot head. It looks very different. It will definitely be removed after boarding the ship and become sleeker Failure to do so could pose a dire threat to deck and hangar personnel.

   "Boss Qin, if you can successfully introduce them, then we can also conduct a ski jump test and prepare two for our 001 aircraft carrier."

   "What?" Qin Tao just heard that the first catapult flight will be carried out. After all, this early warning aircraft was originally prepared for 002. Now? Actually want to ski jump to take off?

  Wu Shengli was also a little excited: "It can still take off by ski jump?"

"Yes, we have calculated that it is at the far point of the 001 aircraft carrier, and if the engine is turned on at full power, it should be able to take off with a full load. If the naval leadership approves, we can try a ski jump after we finish the catapult takeoff subject. take off."

   Fly bricks with great force! The 14,000-horsepower engine is not a blow!

Catapult takeoff is not dangerous. After all, even if you catapult to the terminal, you can't take off. At least the front is still a runway. This is just a land-based simulation deck. If you take off with a ski jump, if you don't fly, you will fall to the ground. The platform is high!

  However, Duan Yi is full of confidence.

  Actually, it is a false proposition that a ski jump aircraft carrier cannot take off a propeller aircraft.

When this topic is brought up, some people always say that the power of the propeller engine is small, and the power of the jet is large. Through comparison, it is concluded that the propeller plane cannot fly without a catapult. In fact, they ignore a key problem: the one with the small engine power, The speed required to take off is also small! Not only look at the engine, but also the aerodynamic layout!

A simple example, the planes in World War II were all propellers, and they could take off and land directly from the deck of an aircraft carrier without a ski jump. wing, the take-off and landing speed is inherently small. So, taking off and landing will be easier. Not to mention small fighter jets, even large bombers have been there. In order to avenge Pearl Harbor, the American B-25 bombers took off from the Hornet aircraft carrier.

If the example of World War II is not enough, you can also look at it now. During the Cold War, the Americans also tested the C-130 to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. The wings couldn't be folded, and the size was too large, so it was eventually given up.

  The proposition that the ski-jump aircraft carrier cannot take off the propeller is just because no one is doing it. After all, the West uses catapults, and Lao Maozi's aircraft carrier has lost these projects before testing the fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft.

   Now, the East has developed, and the East has this demand! Even if there is a carrier-based helicopter to act as an early warning aircraft, it is too backward, and can only be used to cover blindness at low altitudes. If 001 is equipped with two KJ-600s, then the fighter jets can still rise to a higher level.

   "Okay, since you have this confidence, we can experiment, but the danger is very high, you have to be mentally prepared."

  Hearing Wu Shengli's words, several crew members on the side said: "Leader Wu, we are mentally prepared for this. As long as the leader approves, we are willing to test the flight. We believe that our aircraft will be a complete success."

  An early warning aircraft is different from a fighter jet. A fighter jet has an ejection seat. Once an accident occurs, it can be ejected into the air at any time. After using the famous K-36D ejection seat, a sufficient ejection success rate can be guaranteed in various complicated situations.

  However, this kind of seat cannot be arranged in the cockpit of the early warning aircraft. Once the early warning aircraft has an accident, it will be the same as a large passenger plane. If the emergency landing fails, blood will be spilled in the sky.

   It is very dangerous, but for the development of the military industry and for the navy's aircraft carrier to gain greater combat effectiveness, they are willing to take these risks!

  Wu Shengli had a look of approval on his face: "Okay, then we look forward to your complete success!"

   Just when Qin Tao wanted to take a closer look at the plane, there were voices of arguing outside.

   "I'm an instructor of the navy's carrier-based aviation unit. The entire wasteland village base is open to me. Why don't you let me go in and take a look?"

   "Sorry, instructor, the equipment just entered here is a little sensitive, we..."

   "Mr. Delano, please come in." Wu Shengli said: "Our navy has no secrets from Mr. Delano, he is now ours."

  Qin Tao is very satisfied with the old man's handling.

There is really no need to hide Delano's secrets. He has already done a lot of secret things, and he will not even think about leaving the East in his lifetime. Moreover, he does not want to leave. After all, there are his favorite heavy carrier-based stealth aircraft and medium-sized stealth ships here. Carrier, he had a great time every day.

The carrier-based AWACS cannot be hidden. Even the reconnaissance satellites that fly by to avoid space will be exposed in the future. Draenor will have to know sooner or later, and he can continue to discuss the tactics of fighting under the command of the AWACS. Therefore, he If you want to see it, then look at it generously.

After getting permission, Delano walked in with satisfaction, looked at the big guy parked in the hangar, with a condescending expression on his face: "There should have been an early warning aircraft, but I don't know the technology of our early warning aircraft How about it, does it have the ability to command in the air, if it is just an early warning equipment in the air, it is still not practical."

In fact, when he saw this early warning aircraft, Delano was also very satisfied. Of course he knew what it meant to have an air early warning aircraft. It annoyed him very much, so now, I have to act taller and let others know that I am an instructor with an important position and cannot be replaced by others. You people don't understand anything, so I have to teach you , Those few guards outside are really ignorant.

  Hearing Delano's question, Qin Tao said to Duan Yi: "Mr. Duan, tell Delano about the technology of our early warning aircraft."

Duan Yi nodded: "Our early warning aircraft adopts advanced shape design. For example, the tail adopts four vertical fins to increase lateral stability. Its body is 18 meters long and uses a 14,000-horsepower engine. , with a maximum take-off weight of 33 tons."

   When he heard this, Delano was shocked: "33 tons? Fourteen thousand horsepower?"

   These data far exceed the E-2C early warning aircraft! The engine power of the Hawkeye early warning aircraft is only a few thousand horsepower, and the take-off weight is only 28 tons. The one in front of you is so much bigger?

  With the naked eye alone, I really can't tell how big this early warning aircraft is. He only understood how unnatural this thing is after hearing Duan Yi's words.

"That's right, even if there is a failure of a single engine stalling during takeoff, we can rely on another engine to make it take off successfully." Duan Yi said: "This is also the level that a carrier-based early warning aircraft must have. The Eagle Eye AWACS also has this capability, right?"

  Draenor shook his head helplessly: "Of course it is impossible. The two engines of the Hawkeye AWACS cannot compare with the thrust of one of your engines. However, in this way, the fuel consumption of your aircraft will increase, right?"

  The higher the power of the engine, the higher the fuel consumption, which may shorten the range.

For carrier-based early warning aircraft, a hard indicator is that it must be able to fly for more than six hours, so as to ensure that four early warning aircraft can provide the entire aircraft carrier with 24-hour uninterrupted air early warning capabilities. If it includes take-off and landing time, It would take at least seven hours to be suitable. Now, the power of the early warning aircraft in front of me must also mean a lot of fuel consumption. If the range does not meet the standard, it will be tasteless.

   "We can add two tons of oil." Without Duan Yi asking, Qin Tao gave the answer directly.

  Add more water to the noodles, and add more water to the noodles. If we want to increase battery life, then we need to carry more fuel. This kind of early warning aircraft is heavier, not only the volume increases, but also additional fuel must be added.

   Delano nodded: "What about the radar performance? How far can cruise missiles be detected?"

Speaking of early warning aircraft, there will always be people who will talk endlessly about how far the search distance of this early warning aircraft is. In fact, talking about the search distance without specifying the target is a layman's term, just like talking about the fuel consumption of vehicles without talking about road conditions. , there is no comparison at all.

Take the E-2C early warning aircraft commonly used by the U.S. Navy as an example. Although they are all called E-2C, they have undergone many modifications. The first one used was the APS-125 radar. It has many different data in terms of the detection distance of the target. , For example: the detection range to high-altitude bombers is 741 kilometers, to low-altitude bombers is 463 kilometers, to low-altitude fighters 408 kilometers, to low-altitude cruise missiles 269 kilometers, to ships about 360 kilometers and so on.

   Later, APS-138 and APS-139 were replaced successively. The latter strengthened the ability to detect small targets in the underground palace, and was sure to find cruise missiles 300 kilometers away. In the later stage, the advanced APS-145 radar was replaced, but this type of early warning aircraft Delano has never been in contact.

  So, in his mind, the most advanced early warning aircraft of the U.S. Navy can detect small ultrlow-altitude targets on the sea surface at a distance of 300 kilometers. This data is already very high.

   "If we converge all the radar waves to the place where the threat is coming, we are sure to find this kind of target 400 kilometers away." Duan Yi said: "I don't know if this performance is still up to standard?"

   "Four hundred kilometers? How is it possible? Even the U.S. Navy can't do it." Delano was surprised.

   "Because our early warning aircraft technology is a generation ahead." Qin Tao said: "Draenor, are you still satisfied with our early warning aircraft?"

   "A generation ahead?"

   "Yes, we are not using backward Yagi antennas, we are using active phased array technology." Qin Tao said: "We can better find the target by converging the radar beams together."

In normal times, the shoulder pole inside the mushroom dish can be rotated, providing a 360-degree search capability. When it is necessary to strengthen the target detection capability of a certain place, it can be directly fixed at the corresponding position. The control array is also a phased array.

The U.S. Navy is still using the Yagi antenna. It will not be replaced until the E-2D by the ADS-18 (Advanced Detection System, ADS) passive solid-state electronic scanning array antenna developed by the L-3 Group. The detection range is better than that of the APS-145. doubled.

   It's just that this kind of early warning aircraft was developed after the new millennium, and the troops have been equipped with it in 2009. In this decade, the Eastern carrier-based early warning aircraft technology is definitely stronger than that of the US Navy.

   Yagi antenna? It has been outdated for a long time. There are eight parallel antennas on a pole, just like the old TV antennas. What's so good about it? The only advantage is probably the Meepo system, which can detect stealth machines, right?

   (It is also said that the Yagi antenna is not eight pieces of wood, but invented by an islander named Yagi.)

  Draenor opened his eyes wide: "That's right, I'm very satisfied. In the future, it will be easier for our fighters to fight under the command of this kind of early warning aircraft, especially the stealth aircraft!"

  The most common tactic of stealth aircraft is not to turn on the airborne radar, and under the guidance of the rear early warning aircraft, sneak up on the target, launch an attack suddenly, and run away after hitting the missile!

   Land-based stealth aircraft have land-based early warning aircraft to provide guidance, but what about the navy? Without the early warning aircraft, the combat power of the stealth aircraft can only be brought into play by half.

   Now, with the high-end early warning aircraft, future operations will be easier! Cruise missiles that detect low altitudes have a search range of 400 kilometers, and targets the size of fighter jets in the sky can be more than 500 to 600 kilometers at least!

  Draenor can already imagine the battle scene in the future, and he is full of anticipation: "Can I go up and see the advanced equipment?"

"cannot."

   "Why?" Draenor was taken aback, are you still wary of me and won't show me the most advanced equipment?

   "You can go up, but you can't see these equipments, because this plane is only used for take-off and landing training. It does not have radar and electronic equipment installed inside, but uses counterweights." Qin Tao continued to explain.

No? empty?

  After Delano went up, he saw the counterweight in the cabin: the simplest cement block!

   "When will the full-state AWACS arrive? We are still waiting to study the tactics."

   "After the aircraft carrier is launched, Draenor, don't worry, there is an early warning aircraft in advance, and it is useless without an aircraft carrier."

  Draenor nodded, expressing his understanding, but when he saw the scene of this early warning aircraft ski jumping off, he was not calm again: Why is there no aircraft carrier, we have it!

But now, he didn't think much about it. He looked at the crew members wearing flight suits: "Do you have experience in taking off and landing carrier-based aircraft? If you have difficulties, I can help you with training. I used to have E- 2C takeoff and landing experience."

   "What? Aren't you a fighter pilot?" Qin Tao became curious.

"Yes, I am a fighter pilot, but once, I was banned from flying after I disobeyed the captain's order, but if I was completely banned from flying, my flying skills would be unfamiliar, so, for a while, they If I'm not allowed to fly a fighter jet, I can only fly an early warning aircraft, that kind of plane is too boring to fly.”

"You are really an all-rounder. However, our pilots don't need it. They have trained many times on flight simulators. Moreover, you have never flown our early warning aircraft, so you are not proficient in the performance of this aircraft. .”

Even if it is a car, you have to get used to the depth of the brakes and accelerator pedals when you change to another car, let alone an airplane. Different airplanes have a complicated process to change to fly. For a genius like Delano, It may not take too much effort to change from J-15 to J-32, but it still takes repeated training to change from a fighter to an early warning aircraft.

   "Okay, then I can be the ship guidance officer." Delano said.

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