The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 163

Chapter 163 Let's try the J-8C

In the hangar, an aircraft with a radome painted green has completed electrical testing and begun to hang bombs.

The J-8D was officially put into service at the beginning of this year.

Compared with the old model, the biggest improvement is the increased ability to receive fuel in the air. There have not been many updates in other aspects, especially the electronic equipment.

The new continuous wave irradiator was replaced just to adapt to the domestic Pili 11 missile.

The pilot responsible for this target practice is called Feng Lin. He has participated in almost all test missions since the introduction of the bomb. At this time, he was reporting on the pre-flight preparations to Yang Fenghata and Guo Liqiang.

“I still want to thank you comrades in the aerospace system for finally satisfying Lao Feng's wishes over the years.”

A captain officer at the trial training base next to him said with emotion.

"ah?"

Chang Haonan looked at the other party with a confused expression.

There is a hint in this words that others are going to lose.

“Lao Feng will reach the age of grounding in two months. He has told us several years ago that he hopes to personally shoot our country's own radar bombs before the grounding.”

The young captain said as he took out a cigarette, put it under his nose and smelled:

“As a result, this Perak 11-year-old just heard that there is such a thing, but there is no sign of it. We all thought that he could not catch up. But...hey, you came at the right time.”

Before Chang Haonan could say anything more to this guy who was obviously from Jinmen, the sound of the target shooting experiment getting ready to begin came from the loudspeaker.

“Plane No. 19 is preparing to start taxiing. Please ask irrelevant personnel to evacuate the runway area.”

Flight safety is no small matter. Regardless of the people who design airplanes or missiles, they are all irrelevant personnel at the airport.

So he followed the others and retreated to the command center of the tower.

For Chang Haonan, this was not the first time he watched a fighter jet take off from this position with the best view. The novelty at the beginning had long since disappeared, so his attention was quickly drawn to a piece of equipment that was considered huge in this era. CRT display attracted.

The above display should be the situation detected by ground radar.

“Unit No. 19 has entered the test airspace and the radar is activated normally!”

On the radio, Feng Lin's voice was unusually calm.

The tower commander is also reporting the situation to the test pilots in real time.

“The drone has taken off and is expected to enter the target area in two minutes…”

“Estimated to enter the target area in one minute…”

“The drone has entered the target area and can start searching for the target!”

This time, the radio was silent for a moment before Feng Lin's answer came:

“The radar failed to intercept the target, please reconfirm the target location.”

One sentence made everyone in the tower feel excited.

Perak 11 is a semi-active radar guidance. If the radar cannot even intercept the target, there will be no need to conduct any weapons tests.

“The target is located directly in front of you at 12 o'clock, 17km away.”

　　There was also some tension in the commander's voice.

Chang Haonan frowned slightly.

He probably already remembered what the problem was.

Logically speaking, this is a target shooting test of a new missile. According to the conventional process, a mature model should be used as the carrier aircraft.

Wait until the missile is finalized, and then use new aircraft to attack it.

But the situation of J-8B/D is quite special.

Their seemingly huge nose is still stuffed with the ancient 208A fire control radar, and its detection capability is not much farther than the visual distance of the pilot on a clear day.

That's not all. Although the power of this radar is very low and the detection range is long, its power consumption is very high. The generator power of the old model turbojet 13 is only a pitiful 6kw, which is not even enough to provide power at the same time. The radar and the improved continuous wave illuminator provide enough power... In short, based on past or future experience, the ultimate working distance of this combination after it goes to space is just over 10 kilometers.

　　Although it has barely reached the threshold of "beyond visual range", its practical significance is not very great.

The ultimate range of Thunderbolt 8 is 15 kilometers...

In short, the effective range of the Thunderbolt 11, which is about 40 kilometers, is completely wasted. Even from an exam perspective, it is difficult to pass.

Since it takes several seconds from the radar interception of the target to the launch of the missile, if the interception distance is only a little more than 10 kilometers, there is a high probability that by the time the missile is launched, it will not meet the minimum shooting distance requirements in the assessment project...

At this time, Feng Lin's report also verified Chang Haonan's guess:

“12km, radar captures target!”

Obviously, it is not that the radar is faulty, but simply that its performance is too poor.

A few seconds later, Feng Lin's voice sounded again:

“Missiles ready!”

But at this time, the target distance displayed on the big screen was only 9km.

The tower commander had no choice but to order:

“The launch distance does not meet the test requirements, the launch procedure is aborted!”

Missile target testing is not a one-time deal. As long as both the missile carrier aircraft and the target drone have sufficient fuel, the test can be repeated multiple times.

However, until the target aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed, Feng Lin's No. 19 aircraft failed to complete the target lock at a distance of 15km three times in a row.

Ten minutes later.

The No. 19 aircraft carrying two PL-11 missiles landed on the runway of Dingxin Airport and was towed back to the hangar by a tractor.

Staff from Institute 601 and the Second Bureau of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering came here again, but the atmosphere at the scene became much more depressing than about an hour ago.

When Feng Lin climbed out of the cabin, even Chang Haonan standing far away could feel the regret in the old pilot's mood.

Under normal circumstances, it takes several months from the time a target test fails to the time the problem is identified, solved, and then the next target test is conducted.

At that time, Feng Lin, who had reached his age, obviously no longer had the opportunity to participate in the experiment.

“Mr. Yang.”

Chang Haonan squeezed through the crowd and came to Yang Fenghao, who was about to communicate with the pilot:

“The failure of this target test is obviously a problem with the aircraft. The output power of the continuous wave irradiator is not enough, which makes it impossible to intercept the target at a long enough distance.”

“In this case, why not just let our J-8C prototype shoot this bomb?”

Feng Lin, who looked gloomy, naturally brightened up. If he just changed the plane and re-tested, it should not take a few days before he would have a chance to realize his wish.

Yang Fenghata just lowered his head and thought silently.

The people on both sides of the Mechanical and Electrical No. 2 and No. 607 Institute looked nervous. After all, the problem was on their side.

“But if the new machine is equipped with new ammunition..."

The leader of the trial training base next to him was a little hesitant. The last time they equipped the new aircraft with new ammunition, they used the J-8B to test-fire the Aspider. As a result, all three shots missed the target, which has left a psychological shadow...

Chang Haonan also knew that his proposal seemed a bit out of tune, so he found a small blackboard from the side and repeated the analysis he just made while writing.

Finally, he specially concluded:

"The J-8C is not only equipped with the 1471G radar with better performance, but more importantly, the turbojet 14 after our improvement can drive a generator with a power of up to 18kw, and the two generators have a total power supply capacity of 36kw, which is the current power supply capability of the J-8C. Three times the size of 8D!”

“Sufficient power supply is also the main reason why I think the J-8C is fully capable of serving as a target test carrier!”

These two sentences became the last two straws that affected the decision-making.

Yang Fenghao thought for a moment and nodded slowly:

“Even if the worst happens, it's just another remaining bullet. There's nothing to worry about!”

“Remaining bomb section” is an optimistic statement from the trial training base regarding the result of the aircraft landing with bombs due to failure to complete the test.

“Let's try the J-8C.”

(End of this chapter)

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