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Chapter 498 The cottage tomcat takes off

"We have conducted hundreds of tests, and the flight control system is completely normal." Hearing Mhamad's question, a Chinese technician next to him said, "He was tall and had a pair of glasses on his nose, and his expression was calm. He learned that Pakistan was going to test flights, so Yang Wei, the flight control designer who came from China, rushed over.

Although this is a copycat, not all the technologies are copied and improved, the focus is on digital telex!

Excessive digital telex will give fighter jets more powerful handling performance, which is already the standard configuration of third-generation aircraft. In order to develop its own No. 10 aircraft, China is also conducting technical research on digital telex. At the same time, it simultaneously matches Pakistan's copycats.

Pakistan provided a Tomcat fighter jet, allowing China to modify digital telex and conduct various experiments. After hundreds of test flights in China, the flight control software was optimized several times, and it has been fully mature.

At the same time, the modification of digital telex for Pakistan is also a promoting effect on the development of Project 10. Before the fighter jets of Project 10 were first flight, they could test the hardware manufactured for digital telex.

Now, when he heard Mhamad ask about the flight control system, Yang Wei, who was standing by, immediately made a statement, there was no problem at all! He was very confident.

"As long as the flight control is confident, our fighter plane will definitely fly smoothly!" said Mhamad.

Kamal and his own radar operator entered the cockpit, sat on the ejection seat, and the ground crew came up to help check if the canopy cover was locked, and then moved the ladder away.

Although it is completely made by itself, in fact, some parts are still imported. For example, this ejection seat needs to be ensured to be successfully ejected under various conditions. Pakistan does not have any experience in manufacturing ejection seats, so this seat is still imported from the United States. Some chips of various electronic systems are temporarily imported from the West when Pakistan cannot produce them themselves. As for the material of the landing gear with a strong structure, it was originally a big problem, but now Pakistan has high-strength steel, so it is completely fine to use it to manufacture landing gears.

When the tower command came from the headphones, Kamal turned on two engines in turn. The tail flame of the f110 engine was completely normal. After receiving confirmation from the ground personnel, Kamal released the brakes and the fighter began to slide rapidly forward.

Originally, if it was a brand new fighter, the initial test was a ground skiing test, and the speed gradually accelerated until it finally reached the take-off speed, which was to verify whether the aircraft's structure was reasonable, whether the aerodynamic layout could pull the aircraft up, etc.

Now, this Tomcat is a completely counterfeit fighter jet, and the aerodynamic layout is completely fine. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about the structure, and it will fly up for the first time.

Like the fighter jets they were flying before, Kamal operated the fighter jets and gradually accelerated. He watched the horizon retreat quickly, and then gently pulled up the operating lever.

In the past, Tomcat fighters were all hydraulic, but the Americans' assist system was designed very well. The operation of the fighter was easy, not as heavy as the MiG-29. Now, the flight control has become a telex, and the operating lever in his hand only controls electrical signals, which makes it even easier.

The landing gear in front was gently lifted up, and then the landing gear behind also left the ground. The entire fighter plane, like a huge eagle, flew into the sky.

Flying up! Flying up! At the scene, many technicians cheered.

Although it is just a copy, it has become a huge improvement in Pakistan. After all, this is a Tomcat fighter jet built by Pakistan itself!

Later generations, for example, China introduced the Su-27, which introduced a complete set of production lines and then produced them by itself. Now, the United States will never export Tomcat production lines to Pakistan, and there is no technical information to manufacture. This fighter jet was completely produced by Pakistan itself! This is a great progress!

For this progress, Pakistan has done a lot of work. In addition to reverse mapping of Tomcats with Chinese technicians, it has also traveled abroad and conducted many cooperations.

In the process of the Swedes developing the Gripen and the South Africans developing the sculptor, Pakistani technicians participated and gained a lot of valuable experience. These experiences played a great role in the process of reverse mapping of tomcats.

Although the production of fighter jets is called a production line, many parts are actually installed manually by technical workers. How to install and arrange each part is very particular. Pakistan used to learn a lot of experience when overhauling the tomcat. Now, all the experiences are combined and we have accumulated a lot of effort, and we have finally achieved what we are today.

After passing the test flight of this reverse tomcat, after passing the test flight of various projects, Pakistan will enter a low-speed production stage, with an annual output of about four or five aircraft.

Now, watching the tomcats he made fly into the sky, Mhamad also felt it.

Without air supremacy, there is nothing! The Tomcat fighter is an excellent fighter. When I bought the Tomcat, I just wanted to be able to produce it on my own.

Now, we have worked hard to obtain engine production technology and racked our brains to overcome technical difficulties such as radar, just for now!

"First-class quality!" Kamal in the air was also extremely happy and suppressed his excitement. Kamal reported on the radio.

When Tomcat was just introduced, the Tomcat fighter had to be careful because of the defects of the TF30 engine. Now, the f110 engine is used and the telex is modified. This fighter has become more sensitive! With a gentle push of the operating rod, the fighter began to fly in the direction he needed!

"What are our technicians' plans next?" While looking at the fighter plane in the sky, it was the first test flight and it would land in three turns. Mhamad asked the person in charge next to him.

"This fighter jet is designed completely in accordance with the requirements of the naval carrier-based aircraft, and is designed in many aspects with aggravated design. We plan to equip some fighter jets with Air Force, which can reduce weight in structure." said the person in charge.

In order to adapt to the huge overload of ejection takeoff and the brutal collision during landing, many components need to be strengthened, such as the main landing gear, body structure, etc., as well as the additional measures taken to adapt to the corrosion of sea salt, resulting in the weight of the carrier-based aircraft being heavier than the exact same air force fighter. If the wings are folded, the additional weight is needed.

For example, the American-made f/a-18 increased its weight by 1,340 kilograms in order to take off and land on the aircraft carrier, while the Su-33 improved with the Su-27 increased eleven percent of the weight compared to the prototype, which was more than one and a half tons. Therefore, under the same engine, the performance of the carrier-based aircraft was lower than that of the land-based fighter.

The Tomcat fighter itself is a carrier-based aircraft. These introduced by Pakistan include ship hooks and can be boarded at any time. Pakistan now produces it itself, but not only for the navy, but also for the air force.

The fighter jets used by the Air Force naturally do not need extra weight, the landing gear does not need to be strengthened, the landing hook does not need to be included, and the body is only designed based on the land-based design. In this way, the Air Force's tomcat can at least reduce the weight by one ton!

Mhamad nodded: "This idea is good, but you must do things according to scientific laws and you cannot lose weight too much for weight loss."

If you have to keep losing weight and it will be reduced to Su-27's cartilage disease, it will be troublesome. After all, this Pakistani fighter is imitated, and there is no original technical information. I don't know the original design idea. This is the biggest disadvantage of reverse copycat. If you want to fully master the technology of this fighter, you may have a long way to go.

"Yes, the static test of our first aircraft now is to verify the ability of all parts of the fuselage." The person in charge said: "We must act according to scientific laws and create the powerful fighter jets that our Air Force needs."

The Air Force and the Navy, each using its own, will have better performance! This is the goal of Pakistan's airlines in recent years.

"When our production officially comes on track, we will further cooperate with Huaxia to develop our medium-term improvement model, with the focus on improving stealth capabilities." The person in charge continued: "Our stealth coating has made breakthrough progress, especially the development of new processes to facilitate the processing of coatings."

Stealth coating! That was brought back with his nails when inspecting the American stealth fighter. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough for technical personnel to study it. On the one hand, studying the composition of stealth coating is to make it practical, and on the other hand, this involves specific processes!

Mhamad is also very happy to be able to make progress in stealth coating technology so quickly. Mhamad has chosen Pakistan's future fighter jet, which is a stealth aircraft with variable sweep wings!

The variable swept wing is absolutely not outdated! The fighter it gives has the best aerodynamic performance in various states, and is simply an all-around fighter! The stealth fighter, on the one hand, is the design of the body, and on the other hand, is the stealth coating.

"Oh no, keep it steady!" At this moment, Yang Wei, who was standing beside him, suddenly shouted loudly and ran towards the radio next to him.

Everyone's eyes gathered in the sky and saw the tomcat that was preparing to land, which seemed to be swaying.
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