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"When will this aircraft be able to fly for the first time?" Seeing that there was no mighty appearance in front of him, and many places were empty helicopters, Liu Yijiu felt that the progress was already very fast.

This is not just a change in the aerodynamic layout and some parts.

Helicopters still have very high technological requirements.

When Liao Zhuojing saw Liu Yijiu and others coming over, he stopped his work and came over. Hearing Liu Yijiu’s question, he immediately replied, “According to the current progress, the assembly can be completed in one month. It will take about forty-five days to fly."

"Very good, much faster than I expected." Liu Yijiu was very satisfied.

The armed helicopters in the base also inherited the original coaxial twin-rotor design.

This design is simply incompatible with the current mainstream single-rotor and tail helicopter design in the world, so the military is not very satisfied with this design.I always feel that this design is too annoying.

When the Ninth Academy was approved before, Long Yaohua and Li Yunlong both asked Liu Yijiu to change the design of this coaxial twin-rotor helicopter to a single-rotor with tail wing, in line with the world.

Liu Yijiu didn't pay attention to it at all, and still went his own way.

Fortunately, Li Yunlong does not take this design as an example now.

No matter what kind of rotor method is used, what he requires is to equip the Blue Army Air Force with armed helicopters with powerful attack firepower as soon as possible, and to equip the logistics department with professional transport helicopters.

"What's not bad! The first flight is not design finalization, production finalization!" Li Yunlong can be regarded as a reassurance, as long as the first flight is successful, based on the previous experience and technology accumulation of the Ninth Institute, the problem of design finalization is easy to solve.

"As long as there is no problem in the first flight, the various flight tests are completed, and the weapon system is loaded, you can directly conduct combat flight tests in the Army Air Force in the future." Liu Yijiu gave the old man a glance, "The Blue Army originally had another one. The task is to conduct various combat tests for the various weapon designs of the Ninth Academy. The troops use and feedback information, we make various design modifications, constantly improve and enhance functions..."

The progress of the armed helicopter has exceeded expectations, while the progress of the transport helicopter has been slower, and the assembly has just begun.

In terms of transportation, many issues need to be considered, especially to increase transportation volume and reduce transportation costs.

This is a design of a heavy transport helicopter.

Li Yunlong has no opinion on the transport helicopter. What he wants now is equipment with huge attack firepower, not logistics support equipment that has little direct connection with combat.

"How about the design of the weapon system? Especially the data link transmission with other equipment, as well as the firepower..." They are satisfied with the progress, but they haven't done much research on the weapon system.

The Zhi-91 carries a 12.7mm machine gun, a 23mm rifled gun, and two 63mm rocket launching nests with 21 units. It is also equipped with black arrows and Houyi series of air defense or anti-armor missiles. It can also be equipped with a long-range weapon. Jian-01's short-range air-to-air missile.

This kind of weapon configuration is not bad compared to the firepower of a professional armed helicopter.

However, since the design of Zhi-91 mainly takes into account the overall performance, if you want to achieve the maximum transportation capacity, it is actually impossible to achieve the most violent firepower configuration; similarly, if the firepower is pursued, the transportation power will be reduced a lot.

This is an unavoidable problem for any armed helicopter.

In addition, the size is too large and the mobility is not very ideal.

Even if the maximum speed reaches 326 kilometers per hour, it will drop too much under load.

All data is fed back from the Iranian battlefield.

Therefore, the entire armed helicopter and transport helicopter, except for the most basic power configuration, aerodynamic layout, etc. have been redesigned.

To modify the aerodynamic layout, a large number of wind tunnel experiments have to be carried out.

Up to now, using the original Zhi-91 firepower configuration, because the transportation capacity is not considered, the firepower of these configurations can be maximized.

Therefore, the main thing is to consider more advanced fire control systems and airborne radars.

The longbow system carried on the American Apache has always been something that the armed helicopters researched by the Ninth Academy want to surpass.

The reason why the Longbow fire control radar is advanced is that this fire control radar can cover a range of 8 kilometers, scan once every 6 seconds, can identify, distinguish and display up to 256 targets at the same time, and screen out 16 primary targets for transmission. Display various parameters to the combat computer and the combat computer for the pilots to select and reference.

While striking the target, the "Longbow" fire control radar can also transmit information about the remaining targets to other helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft.

The research conducted by the Ninth Academy is not inferior to the United States in terms of basic projects, but in terms of fire control radar, even if it has more advanced computer processing chips than the United States, it is far worse.Fire control systems and radars do not solve problems with chips.

The fire control radar previously studied by the Ninth Academy can only track 64 targets, and only six can be locked at the same time.

What Liu Yijiu asked was that he could at least determine, distinguish, and display 128 targets at the same time, and track more than ten targets at the same time.

Moreover, it can connect with ground troops and exchange data.

These helicopters not only need to transmit information to other helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft like the American Apache, but also communicate with the armored clusters on the ground.The purpose of the helicopter is not only to help the armored clusters defend against low-altitude threats, but also to become the eyes of the armored forces.

"In terms of fire control, our base has come up with a plan that meets the design requirements. Whether it is appropriate or not can be known after the prototype is completed." Liao Zhuojing did not explain too much.

There is nothing wrong with his words.

The specifics will be clear after the prototype is manufactured. What is said now is nothing.

Li Yunlong, who was on the side, listened to these as if in the clouds, but he didn't say much.

"The test flight of gunship helicopters must speed up the progress. The Z-91's appearance is a bit larger, and its air mobility has been greatly affected. The performance breakdown of military equipment has long been carried out abroad. The reason why the Zhi-91 armed transport helicopter was first made, you should all know that the purpose is to let the troops get used to the combat mode of this equipment, and cooperate in combat... In addition, the transport helicopter must also speed up the progress. The Army Aviation Regiment has always been waiting for equipment. It is impossible to equip only helicopters such as Zhi-91 which are both transport and armed..." Although the sample production of both helicopters is about to be completed, Liu Yi Jiu still hopes to speed up the test flight of the helicopter.

The Blue Army is waiting for equipment, and the military's senior leaders also attach great importance to the establishment of an experimental rapid reaction force for the Republic.

Helicopters must be used in conjunction with armored forces to play a greater role.

Of course, the task can also be performed separately.

In China, the important role of helicopters in the army is still not paid attention to. Although the military leaders saw the power of helicopters and armored forces in the Iran-Iraq War, last year, in 1986***** ***Approval gradually for Army Aviation.

However, domestically, there are not sufficiently advanced and cheap helicopters. They only use the Zhi-5 and other helicopters that are in service in the army to form an army aviation corps that focuses on logistics.

Although the performance of the Zhi-91 of the Ninth Institute is at an advanced level in the world, the price is too high, and the transportation capacity is not too obvious.

In terms of armed attack, there is no professional helicopter at all.

Now the General Staff has established a special Army Aviation Administration to prepare for the establishment. Three Army Aviation Brigades were formed in advance, namely, the **** guarding the capital, the 39th Army, the most elite defense against the Soviet Union in the Northeast, and the 54th Army of the Nanjing Military Region.

Compared to the Blue Army, which already has an established Army Air Force, they have just started.

To change the domestic military thinking and to see the extent to which advanced equipment has improved the overall military power, they must be shown the power.

The Blue Army needs to have richer helicopter combat experience, which requires more powerful professional armed helicopters and more advanced military transport aircraft.

In the short term, it is impossible to develop a transport helicopter like Chinook that has undergone a large number of actual combat tests. However, it is not too big for China to develop a new generation of transport aircraft based on the Zhi-91. The problem.

Still have to solve the problem of existence first, and then catch up with technical performance.

"According to your technicians, our helicopters have reached the world's advanced level? That fire control system is really as powerful as the American Longbow?" Li Yunlong obviously didn't believe this.

Although I often come here, it is the first time I know the situation today.

Longbow system, which is the most advanced helicopter fire control system in the entire world.The military negotiated the introduction of helicopters with the United States, in fact, mainly for this system.

Helicopters are not being studied by the Ninth Academy.

"Whether it is so powerful, you have to wait until later experiments to know. Moreover, it needs to be used in actual combat to be able to know very clearly. The target tracked by our system will not be as large as the longbow system..." Liu Yi Jiu was noncommittal, seeing disappointment rising in the old man's eyes, Liu Yijiu quickly gave him a shot of a cardiotonic: "However, our system should be more advanced than the Longbow system..."