Chen Fei slightly operated the joystick, aimed it, and then landed towards the deck.
His goal was to stop on the second arresting rope, and he succeeded in the first attempt.
These blocking cables can bring a fighter jet with a speed of 230 kilometers per hour to a complete stop in 2-3 seconds.
This thing looks simple, but it is actually very simple.
Many people think it is just a steel cable, but there are only four countries in the world that can build this thing.
This is the most expensive rope on the aircraft carrier, with one piece costing millions of dollars. Without it, the powerful aircraft carrier would be just a pile of scrap metal.
Looking around the world, only 4 countries can produce it.
An aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft is like a tiger that has lost its teeth. It can be said that carrier-based aircraft are the guarantee of the aircraft carrier's combat effectiveness. However, the difficulty of landing a carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier is several times that of an ordinary fighter jet landing on land. Modern aircraft carriers
The weight of the aircraft is more than 20 tons. If you want to successfully land at a speed of 200 to 300 kilometers per hour, you need a runway with a length of more than 1,000 meters.
The arresting cable is the lifeline for carrier-based aircraft pilots. Once it breaks, the consequences will be disastrous.
On January 24, 2022, an F-35C fighter jet aboard the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier crashed into the sea during landing. Foreign media reported that this accident caused all four arresting cables to break
, causing injuries to 7 deck staff. This is not the first arresting cable break accident on a U.S. aircraft carrier.
On March 20, 2016, when an E2C "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft on the "Eisenhower" aircraft carrier was landing, the arresting cable suddenly broke. The pilot successfully went around with his superb driving skills, but the eight staff on the deck
His legs were broken by a broken blocking rope and he was left disabled for life.
What exactly is an arresting cable? Why is it so important to aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft? The aircraft carrier arresting cable is not a simple rope. It is the navigation rigging with the highest technical requirements and technical content in the world. It must not only have high strength and good
Flexibility, corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, high humidity resistance and other characteristics.
The arresting rope commonly used on aircraft carriers around the world is composed of 6 strands of steel wire rope. Each strand of steel wire rope is twisted into 12 main steel wires, 12 intermediate-sized steel wires and 6 thin steel wires arranged in a triangle. Each strand of steel wire rope is twisted
There are also connecting steel wires in between, and the core of each steel wire rope is also equipped with oil-impregnated hemp fiber.
On the surface, the aircraft carrier arresting cable is indestructible, but in fact the arresting cable is a consumable item. When an aircraft carrier is performing combat missions and training, the number of carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing can be as high as hundreds of times a day. When the carrier-based aircraft lands on the ship, it may cause
The huge impact force and high-intensity use times will cause "fatigue" in the arresting cable. After reaching a certain level of use, it is extremely easy to break. This requires the staff to conduct inspections on the arresting cable after each carrier-based aircraft completes its landing.
The cables should be inspected, maintained regularly, and the blocking cables replaced.
The principle of aircraft carrier arresting cables seems simple on the surface, but the comprehensive scientific and technological level is very high. Countries with arresting cable technology regard them as core secrets and are prohibited from providing them to other countries. At present, there are only a few companies in the world that can independently develop and produce arresting cables.
Countries include China, the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom.
When we were developing aircraft carriers, we were once "stuck" by the arresting cable technology. Some Western countries even arrogantly said that we could not produce qualified arresting cables. In the end, we slapped the Western countries hard with our actual actions.
Not only did it create blocking ropes, but it also reached the world's top level.
At this time, Chen Fei was not going to land on a real deck. It was just a simulated flight deck. A frame was drawn. As long as it stayed in the frame, it meant that the landing was passable. Therefore, the psychological pressure of landing this time was not that great.
, but Chen Fei did not regard this training as training, but as a practical exercise. He assumed that there was a vast sea outside the box, and he would die if he qualified, so he concentrated on it without blinking.
"Standard descent line, hold on!" the commander's voice sounded on the radio.
"Understood!" Chen Fei replied, observing the area below with his naked eyes. He did not look at the optical landing assist system.
The optical landing assist system is usually used at night and consists of two major parts: two inverted "T" light strips on the suspended platform on the left side of the runway, four yellow luminous panels in the middle, and the left side of the ship building on the right side of the runway.
A series of marking lights on the outer wall allow pilots to judge the relative position of the fighter aircraft and the landing area.
Generally speaking, when landing on a ship and the guidance of the fighter jet is handed over to the deck landing signalman, the pilot usually passively accepts the instructions, such as the glide angle, flap position, speed, etc. All he has to do is follow the instructions.
.So many people often say that the failure of a ship is not the fault of the pilot.
But in fact, the pilot always plays the most critical role, even if the landing signalman provides sufficient and accurate data.
Chen Fei's goal is to become the first quasi-flying shark to hook the correct blocking rope on the first real aircraft landing. The correct blocking rope generally refers to the second and third lines. In the past few years, flying shark training has grown from scratch.
In the past two years, only a few pilots have hooked the arresting rope when they landed for the first time, and they were all on the first and fourth lines. There has never been a case where the first real aircraft landing has been done in one go.
A student who hooked the correct blocking rope.
Chen Fei wants to create a record.
"Yaodongyao, hold on, you are in good shape now!"
"clear."
Chen Fei looked outside and inside for a while, while he was calculating quickly in his heart.
Dai Ming and the others have worked out a set of relatively practical data, and he feels that he can make slight adjustments on the basis of other people's data to make the data more optimized.
boom--
The two tires of the rear landing gear gently rubbed between the second and third blocking cables. The tail hook accurately hooked the second blocking cable, and the simulated blocking cable broke immediately.
Perfect!
Extremely perfect!
Unprecedented perfection!
The most perfect landing since the base was built.
yeah--
There was a burst of cheers in the tower, and everyone was extremely excited. This success not only proved that the skills everyone had summarized before were no problem, but also, the most important point was that Chen Fei had raised the standard again. In other words, everyone just needs to train seriously
, we can definitely do better, we can definitely fly a more perfect route.
Among all the people, the most excited one was the chief of staff. He shouted excitedly: "Have you seen it? Have you seen it? The political commissar has raised the standard again? The political commissar has raised the standard again. In other words, we can still do it.
Get better!"
"How about it, Lao Lin, do you believe me now?" Li Jing walked in with a smile: "I have told you before, you can actually do better!"