Dominate South Asia

It is not a simple matter to change a different type of engine for an aircraft. Is the engine installation method appropriate, is the air intake matched, and can the control system perform at its due level? These are all tests of the technical level of aircraft designers.

At the beginning of the project establishment and design, the J-10 was based on the TF41 engine, which is the largest thrust turbofan engine that can be used in China, and the technology is mature. With this engine, the progress of the J-10 project will be quite fast.

However, the TF41 engine is a modification of the Spey, which is almost the ultimate model. If you want to continue to improve, the maximum is 110 kilonewtons. In terms of performance, it is completely incomparable with the new core engine F110 engine.

This is also the reason why Pakistan is trying every means to obtain the F110 engine technology. Only this kind of engine can support the future Pakistani sky.

Replacing TF41 with F110 seems to be just an idea. If you want to practice it, you must do a lot of work, and it cannot be completed without two or three years.

However, the people present knew that all this was not difficult, because the F110 was designed to be interchangeable with the Tomcat engine at the beginning! The positions of various casings and accessories are the same, which makes it very convenient to interchange. The design of the air intake can also accommodate both fighters.

When Yang Wei was developing the flight control of the Tomcat fighter with Pakistan, he was already familiar with the various performances of the F110. The engine is also fly-by-wire controlled, which requires the software in the flight control to cooperate. Therefore, whether the No. 10 aircraft can be equipped with F110 depends on whether Yang Wei can rewrite the program that controls F110 in the flight control software of the No. 10 aircraft. Add it in.

Yang Wei is fully confident that if the F110 is installed, then the confidence is 100%.

Now, President Song has made a decision. What Yang Wei needs to do is to contact Pakistan and ask them to provide an F110 engine to be installed in their No. 004 aircraft to prepare for the confrontation exercise with the F-16.

At this time. It was already April. Sitting on the train, Song Lao and Tu Lao were in a heavy mood.

If they were allowed to conduct an air confrontation, they would definitely be able to gain an absolute advantage. However, the most important thing now is to convince their superiors to let them conduct a confrontation exercise!

This task is very heavy, but it must be completed.

In the shaking of the train, the two came to the capital. At this time, the capital was already very lively.

Although the two were the general managers of Chengfei, but. Now with the impact of the economic tide, there has been a phenomenon in society that making atomic bombs is not as good as selling tea eggs. Chengfei’s salary is not high, and many people go into business and quickly get rich. Now, it can be used to encourage all Chengfei people to give up material needs and work day and night to do scientific research. It is the No. 10 aircraft! This is a fighter plane that carries the dreams of countless aviation people. If this model is abandoned, Chengfei will probably decline completely. Many of these deeply hit research and development teams will probably go to society and realize their own value in another circle, right?

And every time the two went on a business trip, they didn’t dare to spend too much. The research funds are limited, and the limited funds must be invested in the development of fighter planes! So now the two of them took the train first, then the bus, and came to the Third Ministry of Machine Building.

(The entire development of the No. 10 machine cost only 10 billion yuan. In comparison, a courtesy car of FAW cost hundreds of billions of dollars to develop. It turns out that the difficulty of developing a car is much higher than that of an airplane?)

Entering the gate of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, looking at the words "Serve the People" written on the front wall, Mr. Song felt depressed. Serving the people is definitely not an empty talk, but a real action, not for power and profit for oneself, but for the whole country and the people!

"Minister, we are here again." Mr. Song and Mr. Tu, who came from afar, saw the Minister of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, put on a smile, and said to each other.

"It's still about the funding, right? The Chairman has agreed. Now our focus is to introduce the F-16 fighter project. The funding for Chengfei needs to be temporarily postponed. Old Song, Old Tu, you must be mentally prepared!" said the Minister.

Mentally prepared? Want to make them give up this project? No way! Mr. Song said: "Minister, we are not here to ask for funding this time, but to challenge you."

Instantly, both Mr. Tu and Mr. Song straightened their backs. This time, they are here to challenge!

"War? What war?" The minister asked, and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

"Yes, it's a war." Tu Lao said, "We want to have an air confrontation, using our No. 10 aircraft to fight against the F-16!"

The smile on the minister's face froze for a moment: "You want to use the No. 10 aircraft to fight? That's not good, right? The No. 10 aircraft has not been finalized yet, and there are all kinds of problems. For such an aircraft, let alone fighting, even take-off and landing are full of unknown risks. Let's forget it."

"No, we have developed our own fighters, and we know that our various performances completely suppress the F-16!" Song Lao said, "We only ask for a confrontation exercise to prove the excellent performance of our fighters! If we fail, we are willing, and the No. 10 project will stop! If we win, it means that the performance of our fighters will exceed that of the F-16!"

Mr. Song's words were so resounding that the head of the Three Machinery Department frowned slightly, followed by Shu Zhang and said: "Okay, since you have such confidence, we can consider it. You should go back first. We need to discuss this matter." Take a moment and then make a decision.”

Coming out of the Third Machinery Department, Mr. Song's expression on his face was still solemn. He said to Mr. Tu: "Old Tu, although the Third Machinery Department defeated us, his answer was ambiguous. I think he might just be perfunctory with us, even if it's just It will be difficult to wait until the evaluation is completed and the payment is actually made to the United States for several months. "

"Yeah, I'm worried about this too. The Third Machinery Department might really do this." Mr. Tu said, "We have to think of other ways."

"Look, how about we go find the Air Force Commander?" Mr. Song said suddenly.

Air Force Commander! You must know that the first equipment target of these fighters is the Air Force, followed by the Naval Aviation. After all, the Air Force is the user. Although the current system determines that the Air Force will equip whatever aircraft the aircraft manufacturer produces, but after all, the Air Force It still has a certain say. If the Air Force is dissatisfied with the F-16 and reiterates its position to the chairman, the chairman will consider it.

Chengfei has a relatively harmonious relationship with the Air Force. The Air Force welcomes the J-7 fighters produced by Chengdu Aircraft. In contrast, the J-8 produced by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation has frequent malfunctions. Leng refuses to admit that it is a design problem. There was something wrong with the pilot's flying movements. It wasn't until an accident occurred that he had to admit it and go back and make improvements.

"Let's go, let's go find Air Force Commander General Wang!" Tu Lao said.

The commander of the Air Force at this time is still Wang Hai, this veteran pilot who once shot down four enemy planes and damaged five on the Korean battlefield! Such people are very upright, pay more attention to equipment, and have no bureaucracy! Moreover, General Wang has visited Chengfei several times for inspections and is a leader who attaches great importance to Project No. 10.

"Let's go!" With faith in Project No. 10, the two went to the Air Force Headquarters.

At this time, it was already afternoon. The two of them got off the train and hadn't eaten much. They could only take a few bites of the steamed buns they brought on the bus, drink a few sips of water from the glass, and look at the building. Air Force Headquarters arrived.

Over the past few days, the exhaustion of the journey had made their spirits a little sluggish. After all, they were both over sixty years old, but they still had to work on Project No. 10.

After getting off the car, the guard at the door saw the two people, looked at their IDs, and immediately let them go.

"General Wang, the two of us have come to see you with shameless faces." Seeing Wang Hai, Mr. Tu said with self-mockery.

The three of them were all about the same age, and Wang Hai's hair was already a little gray. Looking at the two of them, Wang Hai said: "Old Tu, Old Song, are you still doing this for the No. 10 project? I have already called my superiors. Reported, but the report was suppressed.”

Wang Hai is very concerned about the No. 10 project. After all, China needs a self-developed fighter jet. It can buy various advanced fighters, but it can never buy the power of the air force!

However, his support alone is not enough. The performance of the American F-16 fighter is indeed good. It has participated in many wars and tested the performance of this fighter. As for China's self-developed No. 10 Project, everything is now It is still unknown, so the support for the F-16 is also very high.

"Yes." Mr. Song said: "General Wang, our current fighter development has entered the test flight stage, and various problems exposed by the test flight have been improved. This fighter is an excellent fighter, and its performance is absolutely outstanding. Above the F-16, it is even better than the F-16/79 we are about to introduce. So now we want to speak with facts and hold a confrontation drill to defeat the F-16 in the confrontation!"

General Wang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Your aircraft is still in test flight, can you now conduct confrontation exercises with F-16?"

"Yes!" Mr. Song said loudly: "We are confident!"

"Okay, since you are confident, I will report to my superiors. We will first conduct a confrontation exercise internally to see if the American F-16 is more advanced than our own-made fighters!" General Wang said.

With the promotion of the Air Force, even the Third Aircraft Department cannot stop this confrontation exercise! (To be continued ~^~)