The simulation deck in the catapult takeoff training area has no height. In other words, the flight deck of the No. 3 ship is just drawn with lines. The various areas and markings are exactly the same as those of the No. 3 ship. Although the No. 3 ship is
Outfitting has not been carried out yet.
There is no ship island. The flight tower of the base serves as the flight command part of the ship island. However, there is a system to block the landing of the ship. The block landing system has not yet been completed, so it is vacant.
The electromagnetic catapult ejects the fighter plane, and when the pilot sees the designated marking line, he must decisively pull up the nose of the plane and climb to simulate the scene of the fighter plane leaving the flight deck.
The reason for adopting such an approach is entirely based on our army's equipment deployment principles of full testing, careful experimentation, bold deployment, and advanced design.
Therefore, the first step of the catapult take-off test training will be completed at this test base, and the advanced training will return to the Feisha Base. By then, the construction of the dedicated training area there will also be completed.
Luo Falcon took off second, and it was also smooth.
It was Li Hai's turn. The entire preparation process did not change much from the ski jump takeoff, except for the addition of the link between the nose landing gear and the hau catapult hook. After the preparations were completed, it could take off at any time.
Compared with steam catapults, one of the advantages of electromagnetic catapults is that they can work continuously and have higher efficiency in ejection and take-off.
In addition, energy, volume, structure, etc. are all superior to steam catapults. The biggest drawback is that they require huge power reserves. Therefore, it is generally believed that electromagnetic catapults can only be used on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
Academician Ma's integrated ship power system solved this problem, allowing conventionally powered aircraft carriers to use electromagnetic catapults, which has a worldwide impact.
Li Hai turned to look at the pilot, raised his hand in salute, and the pilot immediately gave the order to allow takeoff. The catapult controller pressed the start button, and the catapult's hook suddenly ran forward along the slide rail, and the fighter's nose suddenly lifted.
After being lifted up, he was carried away, reaching a speed of 260 kilometers in two seconds.
When Li Hai predicted that the marking line would appear in 0.5 seconds, he decisively pulled up the nose of the aircraft to climb. He pulled the lever to a very large extent, and the No. 583 J-15B almost climbed at an angle of 70 degrees.
At the same time, he turned on the afterburner of the engine. Before the inertia brought by the catapult disappeared, the two newly modified engines instantly burst out with strong thrust, arching the fighter plane into the sky.
In the tower, Commander Zhang's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but praise, "This takeoff is beautiful! It's very bold! Which pilot is it?"
Everyone is professional, so naturally we can see that this take-off action is bold and smooth, but also full of forward-looking courage, which represents the style of a pilot.
Zhang Xueyang quickly replied, "It's Lieutenant Colonel Li Hai of the Navy. We are taking off with standard fuel and no mounts. The newly modified engine has great thrust. It is feasible to do such an action while taking off from the ground."
He was worried that Commander Zhang would have a bad impression on Li Hai. After all, this was the first time to eject and take off, and everything was about stability. Zhu Wei and Luo Xun in front climbed steadily and orderly.
"That pilot who has been the frigate captain for a year, I know him, Li Zhan's apprentice." Commander Zhang nodded with a smile.
Zhang Xueyang said, "Yes, the chief, that's him."
While they were talking here, Mao Lele also took off over there. His movements were more cautious than those of Zhu Wei and Luo Xuan. He taxied for more than a hundred meters before pulling up the nose of the plane and climbing. This is allowed.
Beautifully finished as well.
All four sorties completed takeoff, which means that the People's Navy's first electromagnetic catapult takeoff was half successful. The four pilots circled the field five times in accordance with regulations, and then landed one after another.
Chief Zhang brought a group of people to greet them at the simulated deck runway. Some people sent flowers to Li Hai and others to express their congratulations. Taking off from the ship was not difficult, but landing was difficult. However, this was the first time that the People's Navy used
The electromagnetic ejection system took off, which was of great significance, so an on-site celebration ceremony was held to commemorate it.
Chief Zhang gave a simple speech at the scene, encouraged the experimental training team, and then left the test base directly on a business jet. Except for Fang Juemin who stayed, everyone else followed Chief Zhang, including Zhang Xueyang.
After all the leaders left, Li Hai and Mao Lele breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Wei gathered the people together and said, "Okay, let's fly hard next. Mr. Fang has given instructions. I hope we can increase the intensity of the catapult's work and fully expose the problem."
"yes!"
This is what everyone wants to hear the most, but they are afraid of not being strong enough.
So, before lunch, the four J-15B fighter jets of the experimental training team ejected and took off without rest. In order to increase the rhythm, after taking off, they climbed a little altitude and immediately turned to enter the landing route, as far as possible.
By shortening the entire flight path, four J-15Bs can just complete the closed loop, meeting the requirements for continuous operation of the electromagnetic catapult.
Judging from the radar screen of the tower, the trajectories of the four J-15Bs were elliptical. When Zhu Wei was taking off, Luo Falcon had completed the landing and was taxiing to the take-off position, while Li Hai was landing, and finally Mao Lele was landing.
Turn to join the landing pattern.
The four of us are just like running a 400-meter relay race, one stick after another, constantly moving.
After three hours, when the fuel was close to the warning position, the morning training came to an end. Li Hai calculated the fuel situation and made a suggestion to Zhu Wei to fly another round. Zhu Wei immediately asked Fang Juemin for instructions, and Fang Juemin asked for it and immediately approved it.
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As a result, the last round of ejection took off in the morning. When it was Li Hai's turn, after the catapult controller pressed the start button, the ejection system showed no response.
Fang Juemin immediately stopped takeoff, the fighter jets evacuated, and technicians immediately entered the site for inspection.
Li Hai and others had no choice but to drive the fighter planes back to the hangar. At this time, the falcons of the 131st Tactical Attack Squadron returned one after another to land.
The morning work at the test base was over, and the ejection takeoff test training team's originally scheduled afternoon training was full of suspense due to the failure of the ejection system.
During lunch, Li Hai saw that the tables for the ejection system team were empty. When everyone had finished eating, he did not see them coming over to eat.
The area where the test base is located has a huge temperature difference between day and night. The temperature during the day can exceed 30 degrees, and often drops below 10 degrees at night. The temperature at noon is the highest, and this is another hot summer. The surface temperature of the previous two days
It's approaching 50 degrees, and the eggs can be cooked in just a few minutes.
"Mr. Fang and the others didn't come back for dinner." Li Hai put away the bowls and chopsticks in front of him and said.
Zhu Wei chewed the beef and said, "The problem should be quite big."
"Team leader, I want to take a look." Li Hai asked for instructions.
Zhu Wei nodded, "Well, go ahead."
"Team leader, I'm going too." Mao Lele quickly cleaned the rice in the bowl and quickly put it away.
After the two took the dishes and washed them, they went to the car company and asked them to send a car. It was more than two kilometers from the canteen to the catapult training ground. It was a scary distance now with the scorching sun.
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A sergeant from the automobile company immediately drove Li Hai in a Warrior car and sent them there.
When he got there, Li Hai saw that the guide rails of the ejection system had been covered by the ceiling, but there were only a few technicians on the ground, squatting at the guide rail hooks, discussing something from time to time.
Nothing can be seen on the ground. Except for one guide rail, the entire ejection system is all underground. Twenty meters away from the side of the runway, there is a small bungalow, which is the underground entrance. In the bungalow,
There are double guards with guns, led by cadres from the base's confidential section, and everyone entering and exiting must sign.
Li Hai and Mao Lele signed and walked down the stairs that were inclined at a 45-degree angle. Even the stairs leading to the bottom were those on a simulated aircraft carrier.
After arriving below, Li Hai discovered that the ground in this area had been hollowed out, with a depth of at least ten meters. The electromagnetic ejection system could not use such a large space, and only the power storage and system control parts accounted for more
space, but compared with steam ejection, the entire system is compact in size, and its structure is simple and neat.
From this point of view, there must be facilities for other purposes below the electromagnetic ejection system.
They were brought to the system control room, and Fang Juemin told them bluntly, "There is a problem with the control program, and it will basically be unusable this afternoon."
Several technicians are busy working, some are typing on the keyboard to enter codes, some are running some kind of checking program, and some are calculating something based on data around a table. Apart from the sounds of their busy work, here
very quiet.
Fang Juemin saw Li Hai's disappointed look and felt it was necessary to talk more about the electromagnetic ejection system. He motioned Li Hai and Mao Lele to come over, then took two pieces of information and handed them to them. He introduced them and said, "Head of the troops
I didn’t expect that we could develop the electromagnetic ejection system in advance, and many years in advance. It is also because of this that the head of the army did not make any demands on us."
After a pause, he said, "But we set requirements for ourselves, and they are high requirements. What you see now are the technical parameters of our electromagnetic ejection system. We have the advantage of being a latecomer and have a high technical starting point, so we have formulated
The technical parameters comprehensively exceed those used in the USS Ford."
Li Hai couldn't understand the professional knowledge, but he understood the technical parameters. To put it bluntly, it was about how much combat capability this electromagnetic ejection system would be able to exert after it is put into service.
According to the calibrated parameters, this thing can eject the Y-20!
"Mr. Fang, this maximum thrust is too powerful." Li Hai gasped.
Fang Juemin was in a much better mood and said with a smile, "The higher the margin, the better. It can meet the needs for a long time in the future. You should have also seen that our thrust can be adjusted. Different ejection methods can be used to eject different aircraft."
The thrust can save electric energy. This is something that the steam ejection system cannot do."
"The problem is the thrust adjustment system, which can be solved this afternoon."
Hearing this, Li Hai said, "Mr. Fang, you can catch up on the test progress at night. We are all qualified for night ship takeoff and landing operations."
Fang Juemin thought for a while and said, "Of course I have no problem. This requires the consent of your team leader Zhu."
Li Hai and Mao Lele became happy. Zhu Wei had no reason to disagree! ()