Super military empire

The Republic’s own research and development capabilities are not strong, which is the most criticized thing in a certain period of time.

Even the Chinese are very aware that the Republic’s own design capabilities are not strong.

Even so, but the Republic’s imitation ability is so strong that the whole world feels terrible.

Any technology, once copied by China, becomes not very valuable.Because the cost in China is lower!

Liu Yijiu wants to change, but does not want the Republic to develop the entire military industry by imitating other countries' weapons and equipment.Therefore, from the beginning, he must cultivate the design ability and innovative thinking of the relevant technical personnel of the Ninth Academy.

The J-11 is an imitation. Although it is said that the Republic has also been produced and improved a lot, its performance has been improved a lot, but it cannot be said that the technology is Chinese.In the end it will be said to be a cottage...

The J-10 equipped by the Republic is a light single-engine fighter with only three generations of performance, and it is not of the more advanced type. It is produced in large quantities because it is designed and developed by the country itself.

Even if the technology of this heavy-duty version of the J-10 is foreign, it has been digested and can be said to be China's own technology.

Otherwise, how could Liu Yijiu be so concerned?

"Didn't you produce three? Why did you only use this one for test flights? Don't the other two test flights?" Xia Fei couldn't help being curious when he saw that there was only one on the airport runway.

Simon Love nodded, "Chief, the other two planes are also going to be tested. Only this one has flown for the first time in a few years. The other two have not completed ground tests. After all, they will be produced later. If the first flight succeeds. , There is no problem with the other two. And this one will be transferred to the test workshop for static damage test..."

Now that he has acquired Chinese nationality, Simon Love is not awkward.

The chief called a Shunliu.

"There is still a static destruction test? This prototype should be more expensive than that over there?" Long Yaohua felt a little heartache when he heard this.

"Just static damage is not enough. After the pilots are trained, they will have to drop a few planes!" Liu Yijiu said with a smirk.

Fighter, it is impossible to accumulate more experience without dropping a few.

After successful research on any fighter aircraft, only by conducting long-term uninterrupted flight can we know whether the fighter design is completely reasonable.

The Republic’s first self-developed J-10 has been equipped with troops for many years after its appearance. After the economy improves, the training time of pilots has doubled. As a result, the fighter planes have more time to fly, and some designs cannot be checked. The hidden faults that come out will become very obvious, which will easily cause plane crashes.

This cannot be avoided.

The prototype of the first flight will be used for the static destruction test, which is also indispensable in the production process of the fighter, no matter how high the manufacturing cost is.

Seeing the ground crew and technicians who had already started to evacuate above the airport runway, all of them had different expressions.

"Today, your kid won't have a moth, right?" During the last test flight of the J-11, Liu Yijiu was blindly commanding here, causing Long Yaohua and others to have a heart attack.

In case he messes up like this again today, he thinks he will really have a heart attack.

Liu Yijiu explained the significance of the J-10 to them many times, and the military is also very clear. Liu Yijiu hopes that the Air Force can be equipped with this type of fighter, rather than the imitation fighter that has been designed and finalized.

Liu Yijiu shook his head solemnly, "This is not the last experiment. If our assembly technology failed last time, in such an environment, the fighter would probably be disintegrated. In such a situation. It’s better to test it once, especially for the engine.”

"Today is no different from last time, is it?"

"This fighter is a brand-new design! For the first flight, even the landing gear is afraid to put it away. Although it is said that it will be subjected to a static destruction test after the first flight is completed, the first flight must be successfully completed!" Liu Yijiu didn't give too much explanation.

The chiefs of the Military Commission are very clear that whether the performance of a fighter plane is advanced or whether the design is successful is not determined by the fighter plane being manufactured on the ground, but it must be flying in the sky.

If you can't fly, everything is useless.

Long Yaohua was very satisfied with Liu Yijiu's answer.

For the next thing, from Liu Yijiu’s actions, they were also very satisfied. Liu Yijiu also delegated the command to Zhu Hon Dao. He was a spectator on his side. Simon Love had a language problem and was flying in the fighter plane. If there is a problem in the sky, it is impossible for the translator to translate it for him again.

The test pilots are also from the test flight brigade. They are different from the test flight J-11, but a few pilots from the test flight brigade who have been training from the beginning.

Liu Yufei, Yin Qingyuan and others wanted to test the flight, but their main energy was on the J-11.

This test flight mission fell on Feng Gang, deputy captain of the test flight brigade’s oldest flight test brigade. This is the oldest test pilot in the entire flight test team. The flight time is longer than that of Liu Yufei and his people are more secure. He has participated in the J-7. Even during the test flight of the J-7, several times risked his life to fly the fighter back.

He was involved in the work of the J-10 from the very beginning of its design. He did not participate in the test flight of the J-11, but learned the operation of the J-10.

There is a slight difference in operation between the J-10 and the J-11. In order to ensure the success of the test flight, the people on both sides were not allowed to participate in the training together, and they had not even flown the F-14, let alone the J-11!

One can imagine how much pressure the test pilots are under.

At 10 o'clock, all preparations were ready, and only a lone fighter plane was left on the runway at the airport. Feng Gang was already ready. Various systems inside the cabin had been turned on. As long as he gave an order, he The ignition command will be pressed.

"Countdown to take-off, 10, 9...2, 1, fire!" Zhu Houdao looked at the watch on his wrist, and looked at the test pilot in the cockpit not far away. When he saw the test pilot After the thumbs up, the countdown started.

Feng Gang quickly glanced at the various instruments and indicators in the cockpit at the last countdown to ensure that his negligence would not affect the test flight.

No problem. When he heard that there were three seconds left, he took a deep breath, and when the "ignition" command came from the headset, he lightly pressed the green on the fighter console that controls the engine start. Button.

"Woo..." As the start button was pressed, the fan in the front part of the engine began to rotate, gradually driving the supercharged turbine behind it to also start to rotate.

The oil pipe has started to supply oil. As the pointer on the engine pressure gauge turns rapidly, the pressure rises sharply. He is estimating the time for the ignition device inside the engine to start.

"Boom!"

The ignition was successful.

The engine has begun to provide thrust to the entire fighter. Although the thrust is not strong enough, it gradually drives the fighter to slide forward slowly. Then, the flame at the rear of the engine is getting higher and higher with the pressure provided by the turbofan, and the combustion chamber is due to the high pressure. And the foggy fuel sprayed violently, the combustion reaction became more and more intense, and the color of the flame sprayed toward the back became deeper and deeper...

With the deafening roar of the engine spreading around the entire airport runway, the fighter plane slid faster and faster toward the front.

Feng Gang in the cockpit is now like a tensioned spring, staring at the display on the speedometer. When the speed of the fighter reaches 180 kilometers, he has to pull the joystick to make the fighter Lift your head.

People watching by the runway found that the faster and faster fighter planes on the airport runway ran only about 300 meters from the point of departure to the front, and the front wheels of the fighter planes had begun to gradually leave the ground!

At more than 400 meters, the front wheel of the fighter was already 20 cm away from the ground...

"This is shorter than the takeoff distance of the J-11! It is faster. Have you changed to a more powerful engine?" Xia Fei asked Liu Yijiu in disbelief when he saw this.

The thing on the opposite side does not have a weapon system and does not have much fuel. This is a monster weighing more than ten tons!

Liu Yijiu smiled, "The same turbofan-8 engine is used, which can have a shorter take-off and run distance than the J-11. It is not because the engine has greater thrust and faster speed, but the one in front. For the canards that are not very large and the side strips connected to the large delta wing, they provide greater lift during the taxiing process, allowing the nose to rise... When the J-11 takes off, it needs to reach 220 kilometers. A speed of 230 kilometers can take off, and the J-10 only needs to reach a speed of 180 kilometers!"

This is the advantage of the canard layout.

It can provide more lift for the fighter aircraft during takeoff!

Xia Fei and the others had a lot of doubts in their hearts, but at this moment, they didn't ask any more, but raised their telescope and said a few words to them and looked at the fighter plane that had completely flown into the air.

Just as Liu Yijiu said, the landing gear of the flying fighter was not put away at all!

Moreover, the speed of the J-10 in the air is not too fast, and there is no irregular behavior in the flight.

It seems that Liu Yijiu's emphasis on this fighter far exceeds that of the imitated one!

Several big guys exchanged eye contact, and they were all clear in their hearts.

During the first flight, there was no thrill, which made Xia Fei and others who watched the J-11 breathe a sigh of relief in a somewhat lonely mood.