Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 154
On the issue of who should conduct the first test flight, Zhong Chengli rejected all opinions and let him be the test pilot of Suzaku-[-].

Because he is most familiar with the performance of Suzaku-[-], and has carried out thousands of simulated flights.

However, this decision of the project team was unanimously opposed by the company's leaders, Director Qian, and Director Luo, who believed that he should not be allowed to take risks and should be carried out by professional air force test pilots.

Zhong Cheng thought that he was more capable than an air force test pilot, perhaps because of this bout of irritability, he stubbornly went to the air force base for a comprehensive test.

The test results showed that his physical fitness and flying skills surpassed the level of a super pilot. After the leaders repeatedly confirmed the performance of Suzaku No. [-], they finally agreed to Zhong Cheng's request.

In fact, the leaders have already heard about the controlled nuclear fusion. They understand Zhong Cheng's current mood, and their hearts are equally heavy.

After Qin Wenyu assured that Suzaku No. [-] has a world-class escape system, let Zhong Cheng go for a while, let him relieve his mood.

At this time, Zhong Cheng was wearing a sea-blue air force standard flight gear, mainly including helmets, masks, anti-G suits and life jackets.

In fact, it is really unnecessary. The cockpit design of Suzaku No. [-] has a very complete constant temperature and constant pressure system, and has anti-overload measures, so it is no problem to drive in casual clothes.

But this is the condition for the leaders to agree to Zhong Cheng's test flight, so he has to be fully armed.

Along with Zhong Cheng were two Air Force special pilots, who had undergone special training and were familiar with the operation of Suzaku fighter jets.

They will also be the first pilots to fly the Suzaku.

Zhong Cheng used the remote control to lower the cockpit of Suzaku No. [-] to the ground, then waved to the leaders and colleagues at the scene, and walked into the cockpit with the two pilots.

Zhong Cheng sat in the main pilot's seat, and the two pilots sat in the weapon control position and the unmanned fighter plane control position respectively, but there was no unmanned fighter plane accompanying the test flight this time.

The seat is very elastic. When Zhong Cheng sat on it, his whole body seemed to be wrapped in rubber, and it was very comfortable. This is one of the main measures for the fighter plane to resist overload.

Zhong Cheng pressed the "close the cabin door" button, the cockpit door closed, then slowly lifted up and retracted into the fuselage, while the seat locked him tightly.

He pressed the "ready to take off" button again, and all the Zhurong electrics of Suzaku No. 45 started to start, and the angles of the jets of the five main engines were turned to a downward angle of [-] degrees.

The fuselage of Suzaku No. [-] began to tremble slightly, "ready to fly".

One minute later, Zhong Cheng received a notification from the command center "allowed to take off".

As the "mother's nest" of future Suzaku fighters, an air crew command center has already been built in the second phase of the East China Sea Project.

The air crew command center is responsible for the command and coordination of the take-off and landing flights of the Suzaku fighters, ensuring that the fighters will not have air traffic accidents with civil aviation flights or military aircraft taking off from other airports.

After the two pilots behind Zhong Cheng made a gesture of preparation, they pressed the "take off" button.

At this time, the locking mechanism of the supporting cylinders of Suzaku No. 16 was released, and the [-] cylinders instantly produced a huge upward rebound force.

Suzaku No. [-] was already almost lifted by Zhu Rong's electric push, and under the action of this upward force, it was ejected obliquely upwards.

Zhong Cheng only felt his body sinking, the seat cushioned the downward force, and he didn't feel uncomfortable. He gave Qin Wenyu a thumbs up in his heart, this girl has a good design!
Suzaku No. 30 was ejected into the air [-] meters under the action of Zhu Rong's electric push and cylinder elasticity.

The power of the five main engines was revealed, and the speed of Suzaku-0.2 had already been accelerated to [-] times the speed of sound.

The upward lift generated by Suzaku-[-]'s flying wings has exceeded its weight, and it plunged straight into the blue sky.

Suzaku-[-] took off successfully!
The crowd watching at the airport cheered, and the most dangerous process of the test flight passed safely!
At this time, Suzaku-[-] is in the state of automatic navigation, flying obliquely to the northwest, and its speed and altitude are rapidly increasing.

In order to ensure the safety of the flight crew, the acceleration is kept at the level of 5 times the acceleration of gravity.

Three minutes later, the speed of Suzaku No. 3 reached the cruising speed of three times the speed of sound, and the flight altitude also reached the stratospheric altitude of 3 meters above sea level.

At this altitude, there will no longer be any civil aviation aircraft, and all civil aviation aircraft fly within the designated flight altitude of 6000 meters to 12000 meters above sea level.

In mid-latitude regions, the stratosphere is located at a height of 10000 meters to 50000 meters above the earth's surface, and large civil aviation aircraft generally cruise at an altitude of 10000 meters above the earth's surface, that is, at the bottom of the stratosphere.

This is to avoid the airflow generated by convective activities in the low-altitude troposphere, so military fighter planes usually choose to fly at high altitudes in the stratosphere when running long-range attacks.

At this time, in addition to checking the flight parameters and performance, the test flight of Suzaku-3000 also included an attack performance test. The test site was in the uninhabited area of ​​the northern Tibetan plateau, more than [-] kilometers away.

Unlike last year, it took Zhong Cheng nearly five days and five nights to go to Xijiang by military column. This time, he can fly 3000 kilometers in one hour.

During the flight, Zhong Cheng and the other three also conducted air maneuver tests on Suzaku-[-].

The operation of the three pilot seats of the Suzaku fighter can be switched, and not only Zhong Cheng's main pilot can control the flight of the fighter.

The two super pilots respectively drove Suzaku No. [-] to demonstrate various difficult aerial maneuvers to Zhong Cheng.

Hovering, diving, jumping, sharp upward turns, somersaults, rolling, and flying upside down, demonstrate the stability and maneuverability of Suzaku-[-].

The two were greatly impressed by the performance of Suzaku-[-], and then impromptu performed the most difficult flight maneuvers of fighter jets, cobra maneuvers and falling leaves.

At present, there are only four fighters in the world that can perfectly perform these two maneuvers, the MiG-29OVT high-mobility verification aircraft of Big Bear, the Su-35, T50, and the F22 of the United States.

But it is not as easy as Suzaku No. [-] to complete.

Zhong Cheng knew that this was a "trick" by the Suzaku Fighter!

The Suzaku fighter is equipped with 12 rotatable Zhurong electric thrusters under the wings, and the machine control system can be used to assist and adjust the attitude of the fighter at any time. Those difficult flight maneuvers are really trivial.

If it wasn't for the fact that the pilot couldn't bear it, he would have been able to perform actions that were several times more difficult.

At this time, the air performance of Suzaku No. [-] was not only watched by the personnel of Red Star Company in the air crew command center, but even the leaders of the country and the army far away in the capital were paying attention.

The Suzaku fighter is China's main fighter in the future, and its first flight has involved too many people's concerns.

The performance of Suzaku No. 30 like a fairy in the air shocked everyone and won the applause of all the audience. This is not like a [-]-ton heavy fighter, but it is more flexible than those dedicated performance models.

It is worthy of the name Suzaku!

(End of this chapter)