Chapter 926: From Xifei to Shenfei
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Just as Kusai was already preparing to acquire the weapons that were cut by the Soviet Union, another good news came: Cheng Fei proposed to Iraq in writing that he was willing to work with Iraq to develop a new fighter jet for the 21st century!
The most important thing for the Shenfei, Shenfei, can be transported to the J-82 fighter jets that have just been developed and replaced with air intake on both sides to the United States for modification. Then, Chengfei attracts foreign capital and jointly develops a new fighter jet. This proposal finally received the approval of the supreme leader.
The country is in a mess, and all walks of life are waiting for capital investment to achieve stable economic growth. Therefore, relying solely on national investment, this fighter will definitely develop slowly. If it cooperates with Western countries, it is not in line with the interests of the country, and Iraq and China have no direct conflict of interest. On the contrary, the two countries have carried out close cooperation in recent years. In the military industry, it is precisely because of Iraq's capital investment that many domestic projects have been carried out, and there have been breakthrough progress in many aspects, such as TWS 6 and YT 10. These projects cannot be separated from Iraq's support.
Although the confidentiality of domestic new fighter jets is very important, if they are closed, the road will be very tortuous. The country does not know whether it can guarantee complete research and development funds. It will take a long time to solve various technical problems. Although Iraq's R&D capabilities are weaker, Iraq has always been in contact with the most advanced Western technology. Therefore, cooperation with Iraq is also in line with domestic needs.
In the West, in order to share costs, joint development has begun to show signs. For example, the Fierce Wind fighter is the product of cooperation between the two countries.
In this way, after careful consideration, Iraq participated in the No. 10 Project and finally passed.
The ancient city of Xi'an.
This place was once the ancient capital of many dynasties, and in the new era, it also emitted new brilliance.
The Xi'an Aircraft Research Institute, located here, has been striving for the national defense cause of New China. Now, they are responsible for the design tasks of fighter bombers. J-H-7.
After experiencing difficult labor in later generations, it finally became a flying leopard. Now, this fighter has initially revealed its sharp teeth at the end of 1985.
After the Iraqis joined, they followed the engineers from the Institute of 603 to complete the design stage of this model. In the design stage, they were not only stealing their skills, but also put forward many of their own insights.
The three-piece windshield in front is already quite behind and will seriously block the pilot's vision. It should be replaced by a single-piece streamlined windshield.
At the same time, lift the cockpit slightly. Although it will increase the windward area, the pilot will gain a better view, and let the pilot in the back seat be higher than the front seat, so that the rear can also gain a certain field of view.
Joystick. To be designed more scientifically, various buttons can be placed on the operating lever to achieve the operation of the hand that does not leave the lever. These are all small aspects.
On the big side, the Iraqis insisted on letting this fighter use B data bus technology, so that various distributed electronic devices can be connected to form a comprehensive avionics system. On Iraqi fighter jets, the Phantom 4000 and F-20 are all such avionics systems, and for the designers of Westward Aircraft, this is almost all brand new.
Now, these advanced avionics equipment are still in the R&D stage. It is very risky to use these avionics before they have achieved complete success. In the end, under the wise leadership of chief designer Chen Yijian, it finally decided to use this avionics system that is still under development!
Chen Yijian is very innovative. During the design process of the J-H-7, he insisted on introducing paperless computer design solutions from the West, which was proved to be a very successful choice. Now, when there is no fighter in China using this avionics system, he resolutely decided to use this avionics. (The Super Seven is an export version, and the J-82 project has not yet begun).
Another thing that pleases them the most is the imitation of the J-H-7 power and the turbofan-9 engine.
The J-H-7 uses the British Spey MK202 engine. After years of investigation, China finally made up its mind to introduce dozens of engines in stock from the other party, and at the same time introduce a full set of production equipment and processing technology, including training of its own technicians. This project has cost China valuable funds, 500 million US dollars!
After experiments, Chinese personnel could use British-made blanks to process qualified engines, but later, the project encountered great resistance, and the imitation work was intermittent, and the more important thing was that the financial support was lost. As a result, all the equipment purchased for huge funds was idle there. The domestic project could have narrowed the gap with the world's advanced power with this project, but this project was almost abandoned. In later generations, the imitation of the WT9 was not completely imitated until the first ten years of the new century, so that the later-produced fighter jets had to use engines imported from the UK that had been sealed by the other party.
However, since Kusai participated in this project, he would never tolerate the huge loopholes in this project, and could not solve the heart problem, and nothing would be done. Therefore, Iraq's capital investment also entered the J-H-7 subsystem and the localization of the WSN 9.
Although some problems arise with the use of domestic rough processing components, this project is still underway and has not relaxed. It is expected that this engine will mature after the J-H-7 completes the test flight.
During the development process, Chinese and Iraqi designers have developed very good relationships.
But now, the situation has changed a little, and many of them have received the order to leave Xifei and turn to Chengfei.
Kusai is very supportive of the project of Project No. 10, but it is almost impossible to send a large number of experts again.
Now, the J-H-7 has completed the model development, entered the stage of manufacturing prototypes and preparing for test flights, so he decided to draw out most of the personnel from West Flight to enter Chengfei and participate in the development of the No. 10 Project.
Although it is also very important to expose problems and improve them in the later test flights, there are fewer people needed, so more than 20 people were left, led by Hataki, the deputy captain of the Iraqi team, to continue flying in the West to carry out the J-H-7 project. The remaining nearly 80 people, led by Captain Wicks, were transferred to Chengfei.
These designers include more than a dozen senior Arab engineers who returned from the West, and Captain Wicks is an engineer who once worked for Lockheed in the United States. The rest are more than fifty graduates from Iraq. Some have studied abroad, and some are elites from Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The team they now form is still very technically. Especially after more than two years of co-design at West China Aircraft Corporation, they have already had a clear idea of the design of a specific project.
Before entering Chengfei, Wicks returned to Iraq and was kindly received by President Kusai. Now, on the plane, he is still recalling President Kusai's teachings.
"The project of Chengfei is of great significance. It is a key project in Eastern countries. Moreover, the results of this project are also very gratifying. In the world, there will be an excellent aircraft of the same level as the f-16, MiG-29, and Phantom 2000." Kusai said.
"Yes, we will definitely work hard," said Wicks. He knew what President Kusai meant. When this project was completed, they also needed to have full development capabilities.
"From this project, we need to learn the development process of an advanced fighter aircraft. Among them, the shortcomings of our existing technology are mainly in the design of the fuselage and flight control. I hope that after our team completes this project, we can understand all the technologies of our Phantom 4000 and make improvements based on this." Kusai said.
Only then did Wicks realize that the president was indeed far-sighted. Now that he introduced the production line, it does not mean that Iraq has all the technology. If they want to turn all of this fighter jets into their own, they can only use this method, reverse surveying and mapping, and understand the principles thoroughly.
"And, when China designs this fighter, we can add some of our opinions at the appropriate time, such as reducing the radar reflection area as much as possible, such as shielding the engine fan blades, and reducing the probability of being discovered by the enemy." Kusai continued.
The current fighter design has not taken into account stealth performance. For example, the Su-27, this fighter looks tall and mighty, as if it is riding on two engines. The engine's intake duct is relatively short, and the turbofan blades in front can reflect many radar waves, increasing the radar reflection area.
The comprehensive invisibility like the F-22 is not yet possible, but after local details are processed, it can still have a good effect.
Hearing President Cusey's words, Wicks had known for a long time that the president had a long history, but was still surprised by him. Invisibility was the aspect that the United States began to pay attention to. (At least, people now think so, they don't know that F-117 has appeared.)
Of course, President Kusai also has something that he cannot consider. After listening to the president's instructions, Wicks asked carefully: "President Kusai, if we want to have complete R&D capabilities, we need to introduce some large R&D equipment at the right time."
"What equipment?" asked Kusai.
"Wind tunnel." Wix said: "Only with the wind tunnel can we study the aerodynamic shape of an aircraft. The aerodynamic shape of a fighter aircraft has the most direct factor in the performance of the aircraft."
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