Chapter 714 The fate of the Zhi-8 early warning aircraft
"There is no problem taking off without a load." Looking at the take-off scene, Duan Yi said: "We will continue to increase the weight to test until it is fully loaded. Now there is no deck wind. When we get to the real aircraft carrier
, with deck wind, takeoff will be easier.”
"Yes, there should be no problem taking off with a full load on the ski jump deck. It can be experimented on the aircraft carrier later!" Delano said: "I hope that a complete form of early warning aircraft equipped with radar equipment will arrive as soon as possible to practice with our fighters.
Coordinated tactics.”
After solving the problem of take-off and landing, the existing 001 aircraft carrier can be used. Delano can't wait to demonstrate the tactics of the early warning aircraft.
After all, as a former U.S. Naval Aviation pilot, he was still accustomed to fighting under the command of AWACS aircraft. Without AWACS aircraft, it was like missing a pair of eyes. Although there were no longer restrictions and he could fly freely, he still felt that he was not at ease enough.
"Leader Wu, if this happens, will the development of our ship-borne early warning helicopter project be in vain?" A leader of the base said: "At present, our base has just completed the Zhibay collaborative exercise. This helicopter has already been
It is planned to be used on our 001 aircraft carrier."
Zhiba Y is progressing faster. The last time Qin Tao saw it, this aircraft was already under development. Recently, this carrier-based helicopter conducted a drill at the Huangdi Village base. How to dock on the aircraft carrier deck and how to dispatch efficiently.
The highest, etc., these all need to be explored in the wasteland villages on the land before they are deployed on the aircraft carrier. Although the suffix is an English letter y, it is not actually English, but the first letter of the Chinese pinyin of the Chinese word for early warning.
.
I just didn’t expect that the domestic early warning aircraft would develop so rapidly. Even before the Eighty-Y has been put on the ship, the Air Police 600 can already be put on the ship.
At this time, following the instructions of the base leader, everyone's eyes turned to a helicopter parked on the side of the island on the simulation deck. If it had not been pointed out specifically, no one would have noticed that it was an early warning helicopter.
There is no difference in appearance from other helicopters. There is no big ball on the side of the Sea King, and there is no big fence under the belly of the Ka-31. Only when you go around the back of it will you notice the small cylindrical rotatable radar antenna.
With Qin Tao's intervention, the Navy did not purchase the worthless Ka-31, but the Navy's equipment progress was still too fast. Doesn't even the Zhiba Y have room to play?
Leader Wu looked at Qin Tao: "Mr. Qin, what do you think?"
"Of course it was not developed in vain." Qin Tao gave a clear answer: "Even if this kind of Air Police 600 can be deployed on 001, it is absolutely impossible to carry four of them. That would take up too much precious space. At most, it can be mounted on
Two aircraft are enough, but it will definitely not be able to provide round-the-clock uninterrupted air warning capabilities. During the breaks of the air marshal 600, we still need our Z-8Y to provide early warning."
The 001 aircraft carrier did not remove the anti-ship missile launcher on the front. Qin Tao had planned to transform it into a supermarket before, but it was still retained. Now with the development of supersonic anti-ship missiles and anti-ship ballistic missiles, that part of the space
A special missile system must be installed. In this way, the hangar area below is very limited. In addition, a lot of area is wasted by the bow jumping deck. The carrier-based aircraft cannot be docked on the slope, which results in
The carrying capacity of the 001 aircraft carrier is very limited.
Even if the Air Police 600 can fold its wings, it still occupies a large area. It can be replaced with the J-15 on a one-to-one basis. If you carry one more Air Police 600, you have to carry one less J-15. Therefore, it is too much
It's definitely not cost-effective.
Zhibay, it occupies very little area, and the aircraft carrier definitely needs to deploy certain helicopters. Whether it is rescue, anti-submarine, transportation, etc., helicopters are needed.
Going straight up in this way also facilitates scheduling and maintenance. After all, the parts are universal.
Wu Shengli nodded, fully convinced of the plan proposed by Qin Tao.
"In addition to aircraft carriers, when we build more 10,000-ton destroyers in the future, we can also carry our Z-8Y early warning helicopters. In this way, when our escort formations perform missions, they can also provide low-altitude early warning capabilities. After all,
Our aircraft carriers are limited in number and cannot appear anywhere. In ordinary combat missions, they are mainly driven by escort formations."
At present, there are two main types of carrier-based aircraft carried by destroyers and frigates: light warships are equipped with Z-9, which is small in size and light weight after all; heavy-duty warships or imported from Lao Maozi are equipped with Ka-27. This kind of helicopter is ten
The ton-class helicopter can perform more tasks. The two helicopters cannot be mixed and matched, because the former is longer and the latter is taller, and the hangars are different.
Only supply ships and the like can carry the Zhiba because this helicopter is larger. The initial model had a take-off weight of more than ten tons. Later, the Zhiba G developed to a take-off weight of 13 tons. The later Zhiba L was even said to have a take-off weight of over ten tons.
It has reached a take-off weight of 15 tons.
The greater the take-off weight, the greater the load capacity, but at the same time, it also means that a larger deck area and a larger hangar area are required. Only 10,000-ton warships can carry it.
There are no domestically produced warships of this level yet, but there will definitely be in the future. By then, they will be able to carry this kind of Z-8Y early warning helicopter. A large 10,000-ton destroyer will carry out several other destroyer and frigate missions. It will definitely
It is necessary to make up for the blindness at low altitude. At that time, the Zhiba Y can be launched into the air, which will make it more convenient to perform the task.
Therefore, straight eight y will definitely not be wasted.
"Yes, Mr. Qin is right." Delano spoke from the side to express his support: "Without a strong maritime aviation force, it would be impossible to protect the safety of our maritime formations. More than ten years ago, the British
The battle that was fought at sea was due to the lack of the ability to detect low-altitude sea-skimming targets. No matter how high a warship's shipborne radar was, it could only detect such targets at a short distance. There was only one chance to intercept at most. Once it failed to intercept successfully, the consequences would be
Very scary."
The U.S. Navy does not need it, because it has air supremacy. No matter where it goes, it will overwhelm others. Why does it need to build professional littoral combat ships? Isn’t it just to have confidence? If it were any other country, it would not dare to approach the enemy’s coastline.
Fight?
Other countries have to consider the ability to intercept low-altitude targets. The British feel the deepest. The method they use is to put a ball on their head, the higher the better. The lessons of that naval battle are too profound. They are afraid of being bitten by a snake once.
Well rope, I have to do this.
Domestic air defense ships are still quite satisfactory, and the detection distance of low-altitude sea-skimming targets is not particularly far, so this kind of early warning helicopter is very important.
While he was talking, Air Police 600 had already circled the sky above Wasteland Village and then landed on the runway. It skillfully hooked the blocking rope and stopped smoothly. Without Delano's command this time, the pilot still flew smoothly.
Very stable.
"This flight mission is over. There is no flight window for today. Just wait for tomorrow." Wu Shengli said: "You must use a scientific attitude, try little by little, and constantly discover problems. Don't be too anxious. If
If you find that you have reached your limit, don’t try again.”
"Yes." Duan Yi nodded.
While Wu Shengli was talking to Duan Yi and others, Qin Tao strode towards the position of the blocking rope because he was surprised to find an acquaintance.
Ma Ming was communicating something with the operator of the blocking rope, recording it in a notebook very seriously, and did not notice Qin Tao's arrival at all.
"Horse, when did you come?"
"This morning, a routine return visit." After Ma Ming finished speaking, he raised his head. When he saw Qin Tao, he suddenly felt excited: "Mr. Qin, why is it you? I haven't seen you at the Wasteland Village base for a long time!"
"Well, I came yesterday. Wait, what do you mean by your routine return visit? Could it be that our blocking cable has been blocked by electromagnetism?"
Although Qin Tao always talked about electromagnetic interception and electromagnetic ejection together when he was trying to fool people, in fact, the development of technology cannot be achieved overnight. In order to complete the development of ejection aircraft carriers, they first tackled electromagnetic ejection.
Technology, as for electromagnetic interception, existed in imagination at the beginning.
At that time, Qin Tao was very interested in the electromagnetic catapult project. In the eyes of many leaders and experts who supported steam catapult, Qin Tao seemed to be a bit radical. But later, the electromagnetic catapult was successful, and everyone was very emotional. Mr. Qin
As expected, he is really powerful. Whatever he sees correctly, he is absolutely right!
But later, after the electromagnetic ejection was successful, Qin Tao got busy with other things and forgot about it. If Air Police 600 had not come to test this time, Qin Tao would not have come to the wasteland village.
But now, he finally realized that in addition to the electromagnetic ejection, the electromagnetic blocking system has also been built!
"Of course it has to be built. After all, our 002 aircraft carrier uses electromagnetic ejection, and of course it has to be equipped with electromagnetic arrest. If we don't work hard now, when the aircraft carrier is built, will we still use the hydraulic arrest system to make up the numbers?"
Electromagnetic arresting and electromagnetic ejection are a perfect match, because it can not only adjust the strength of the arresting cable according to the landing weight of different carrier-based aircraft, but more importantly, it can convert the energy lost by the carrier-based aircraft during the arresting process into electrical energy and store it, which is just right
Use it for electromagnetic ejection, which saves energy.
Just like some electric vehicles, they are forced to turn on kinetic energy recovery and cannot be turned off, so that they can achieve a relatively high cruising range. This is because they need to store any lost kinetic energy in order to extend their cruising range.
User feelings? They don’t care.
"When was this thing made?" Qin Tao asked.
"It was installed at the end of last year and at the beginning of this year. It has been running smoothly. I come here every half month to fine-tune the control program based on various operating data to try to make it run more smoothly."
Qin Tao nodded. The construction of the aircraft carrier will take several years. These few years are enough for the electromagnetic arresting system here to be perfectly tested and improved through a large amount of data.
"Ma Gong, you are the biggest contributor to our 002 aircraft carrier!" Thinking of this, Qin Tao said with emotion.
"No, no, Mr. Qin, please don't praise me. You are the biggest contributor to our 002 aircraft carrier and the biggest contributor to our navy's construction." Ma Ming said: "Without your support, these projects would not be possible at all.
Maybe we can continue it.”
While the two were complimenting each other, Wu Shengli and others came over and looked at the re-tightened blocking rope. Wu Shengli was also very emotional: "Currently, there are no more than five countries in the world that can produce this kind of blocking rope. We
This is one of them, and this is the confidence of our great country."
"Yes, our blocking ropes are not only for personal use, but can also be exported, and the profits are very high."
The blocking rope has a lifespan and needs to be replaced after hundreds of uses. In this way, there will be a steady stream of profits, not to mention the original Mingzhou Group customers such as Football Country. Even Ah San would never have thought that they would never
The blocking rope purchased by Lao Maozi was actually produced for them by Juli Company in the East.
A small blocking rope with a big question.
"Our military research and development costs a lot, so it's a good thing that we can sell it." After Wu Shengli finished speaking, he looked to the other side: "Taozi, if there is a chance in the future, it would be great to sell our steam catapult."
During the bidding process, relevant domestic departments also developed a steam catapult and conducted some tests. After testing, they found that the performance of this catapult could not be compared with electromagnetic catapult, so it was abandoned.
It would cost a lot of money to dismantle it, but it might still have other uses, so the steam catapult was retained, and now a long shed has been erected directly on it to protect it from the sun and rain.
There is no need to use it for yourself, it would be great if it can be sold.
Qin Tao frowned a little: "There are not many countries in the world that have the ability to own aircraft carriers. Most of them directly use the ordinary ski jump takeoff method due to lack of funds. Steam catapults are too complicated. At least they need to be on medium-sized aircraft carriers."
There are too few international customers to use it, so we can only wait for opportunities.”
Apart from the United States and France, are there any other countries that use steam catapult aircraft carriers? The United States produces its own products and France imports them from the United States. They will definitely not come to purchase them from the East. The French are so arrogant. Even if they are cheated by the United States, they will have to
Purchased from the United States.
Therefore, it is too difficult to sell steam catapults. Qin Tao did not suggest it at the beginning, and now Qin Tao has no way to help clean up the mess.
"Yes, this thing is difficult to sell." Delano said: "Even the U.S. Navy has begun to develop electromagnetic catapults. Steam catapults are indeed outdated and there is no market for them."
Although he was unable to leave in the East, Delano was also very concerned about the U.S. Navy. He also noticed the electromagnetic catapult used by the U.S. Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier.
"They are starting to develop electromagnetic catapults now?" Qin Tao was stunned. Isn't this too fast?
"The East already has it, how can they fall behind?" Delano said: "Even if this project is launched in a hurry, they still have to get started. What's more, this project has already started in the 1980s."
This is the advantage of a former U.S. Navy pilot. He knows many secrets of the U.S. Navy, even if it is just hearsay. Now that he has stayed in the East and cannot get out, of course he knows everything.
In fact, during World War II, the U.S. Navy studied it. The technology at that time was of course immature. In the 1980s, they finally started to work on it. For example, in 1988, they developed a 366-meter-long model and also carried out electromagnetic ejection.
, braking and recovery tests.
After these tests, they felt that the technology was gradually maturing. In the late 1990s, they decided to use electromagnetic catapults on the new generation 21 aircraft carrier. It can be said that even without the stimulation from the East, the Americans would do it.
Now, of course, we have to speed up.
The East has begun to do so with great fanfare, and the Americans certainly cannot lag behind! Now, they have found General Atomics and Northrop Grumman to start research on electromagnetic catapults. Then they will select contractors after comparison.
This is the benefit of the United States. The East needs to devote all its efforts to joint development, but others can choose the most suitable solution through bidding. Of course, even if it is a bidding, it will not be as good as the East, because the routes are different.
"What technical route are they using?" Qin Tao asked.
"Medium voltage AC," Delano said. "Same as ours."
"Yes, it's the same as ours." Qin Tao nodded: "They are plagiarizing our products, we have to protest!"
Dongfang's electromagnetic catapult was manipulated when promoting it. In terms of technical route, it did not expose its medium-voltage DC route. It always said that it was medium-voltage AC, and it was already running smoothly. Therefore, the United States always
Nothing to say, just follow along.
Only after they develop a concrete prototype and carry out formal testing will they know how many problems this design has. Then let them have a headache! Qin Tao was secretly proud in his heart.
However, this incident also gave him a new reminder: with the rapid development of naval equipment in the East, some countries will be stimulated and will accelerate their development. However, we have no other way and must seize the time.
, to create a powerful navy, what others do is theirs, it is enough for you to do your own thing.
After saying this, Qin Tao continued chatting with Ma Ming with great interest: "Mr. Ma, you only come here occasionally. What do you usually do?"
"Currently our Golden Sun Motor Company is very busy." Ma Ming said: "We are developing electric vehicles according to your requirements, which will be the biggest source of profit for our Golden Sun Motor Company. Only when we make money can we invest funds.
into military research and development projects.”
For many projects, the military will not allocate funds, or will not allocate funds in advance. It has to wait until the project is approved. The funds for advance research must be prepared by oneself. Therefore, Ma Ming has become more practical and has a very high demand for funds.
high.
"There are also military research and development projects?" Qin Tao was very curious, and this curiosity even exceeded his concern for the electric vehicle project.
"Yes." Ma Ming said: "You have also mentioned this project before, which is the electromagnetic gun."
Electromagnetic gun?
Qin Tao found that he had been busy lately and failed to pay attention to many things in time. He actually forgot about such an important project!
"It's getting late, let's go have dinner." Qin Tao said to the people around him.
He is very interested, but there are too many people here now, so it is not suitable to chat in detail. After dinner, it is not too late to go to the conference room to chat again.
The wasteland village was very lively. After the Air Police 600 advanced to the hangar, other flight training began again, and the lively scene was restored. Seeing Qin Tao and others going to eat, Delano did not follow him and continued to train.
As a pilot, he can also find some pleasure in the process of abusing pilots.
Wu Shengli couldn't stay here forever. He originally planned to stay only for one day, and then went back after watching the first flight of Air Police 600. However, he stayed an extra day and watched the ski jump of Air Police 600. Then it was really time to go back.
"Taozi, will you go back with me?" Wu Shengli asked Qin Tao during the meal.
Qin Tao shook his head: "I went to Huating Golden Sun Company with Ma Gong to see the progress of their electromagnetic gun project."
It is much easier to talk when there are no outsiders at the dinner table.
When the electromagnetic gun was first proposed, many people despised it, thinking that this thing was only in the science fiction world. However, after the electromagnetic catapult was developed, the electromagnetic gun was no longer a fantasy in the moonlight.
Everyone can imagine that an electromagnetic gun is a smaller version of an electromagnetic catapult.
Qin Tao just hasn't paid attention to it recently. Now that he's heard about the progress of electromagnetic guns, of course he has to take a look.
"Then you should go back with me." Wu Shengli said: "After we go back, our Navy will hold a hearing on electromagnetic guns. Your Mingzhou Group is the main manufacturer of warships and is also qualified to participate."
"Okay." Qin Tao nodded immediately.
Ma Ming was also working, collecting recent data and optimizing relevant procedures. When Wu Shengli and his party returned in the afternoon, he also got into the cabin.
Although Qin Tao really wanted to talk to Ma Ming about electromagnetic guns right now, it was inconvenient after all, so he had no choice but to change the topic and talk about electric cars first.
"Are our electric vehicles making good progress?"
"Yes, the key motors, batteries, and electronic control systems have all been developed. According to what you said, we use a lot of batteries. This thing is too complicated. We have also specially designed complex power control chips. If
If there is a problem with one battery, it will be disconnected in time to avoid affecting other batteries." Ma Ming said: "The only thing missing now is the body, which we are not good at. At present, our idea is to let SAIC OEM."
Huating has an automobile industry, and the famous Santana was produced by them.
"Yes, we need to find a car factory specifically for the body. However, we should not cooperate with big manufacturers. We must have the power to operate independently." Qin Tao said: "Is there any car factory in China that is about to go bankrupt?