Dominate South Asia

"Mid-range air combat, the distance between the two sides is 60 meters. The No. 10 aircraft locks on the F-16 and holds it for five seconds." The ground has also synchronized the data.

Shen Fei's people were stunned for a moment, their eyes widened, how could this be possible?

Although the engine of the F-16 is a castrated version, the electronic equipment is still advanced. Even if it is locked, it is locked to the other party together. How could the No. 10 aircraft lock the F-16, but the F-16 does not lock the other party simultaneously? And, the lock remained on for five seconds! This means that if there is a real air battle, it will definitely be shot down!

Unless the two sides are not fighting head-on! That is to say, being locked this time has nothing to do with the plane, it is entirely the pilot’s problem! It seems that pilots recruited from the United States are not good either!

The people at Shen Fei thought about many situations in their minds, and in the end they didn't think that the No. 10 machine had such a big advantage. It must be a human problem!

It's a pity that we can't make substitutions now, so we can only continue to wait for the next battle.

"Okay!" Air Force Commander General Wang punched the table. Mid-range air combat is what the Chinese Air Force lacks most! Even China's most advanced J-82 fighter jet does not have suitable mid-range radar and missiles!

But now, the situation has changed. Chengdu Aircraft has developed an advanced third-generation fighter aircraft with complete mid-range combat capabilities! This kind of radar is advanced. At the same time, China will soon have advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles! Pakistan has been able to independently produce advanced active-guided air-to-air missiles, which will be exported to Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China.

In five seconds, the distance has gone from sixty to thirty. In this case, the medium-range air-to-air missile is completely ready to be launched! and. The chances of your opponent escaping are slim.

At the same time, both sides also came within sight range.

Air combat happens quickly, and an excellent pilot can accurately visually see the target at a distance of twenty kilometers.

Henry was still curious whether his own airborne radar just now should be able to detect the opponent's fighter plane. Have partial invisibility capabilities?

How far a fighter jet's radar can detect depends not only on the performance of the radar itself, but also on the radar reflection area of ​​the target, which is the RCS value. This improved AN/APG-66 radar has an upward-looking range of 90 kilometers for targets with an RCS value of 5 square meters. However, now, the opposite J-10 has reduced the radar reflection area by applying a stealth coating. To 3 square meters. Since it is only a temporary application. There are no other measures, so I want to reduce it to less than 1 square meter. It's absolutely impossible.

Even so, the detection range of the AN/APG-66 radar has dropped to within 60 kilometers! Therefore, at a distance of 90, the F-16 saw nothing and could only turn to search. As a result, the No. 10 aircraft took advantage of the loophole.

Unit 10 did not use radar immediately. Instead, it first used photoelectric radar detection. This passive detection method prevented the F-16 from detecting it at all. As a result, Henry did not find the target until it was locked by the radar.

Although locked, Henry was still not afraid. This was not a formal battle. Don't worry about being shot down, what you need to consider is how to lock down your opponent!

So, during the opposite flight, Henry began to use his own airborne radar. Try to lock down your opponent.

Lei Qiang had already been prepared when the opponent started to target him. Lei Qiang immediately operated the fighter plane and skillfully made a side turn to a position perpendicular to the opponent's radar beam. As a result, the opponent's pulse Doppler radar automatically filtered Lei Qiang's aircraft as clutter. Removed.

This set of tactics was taught by Pakistan. In actual combat, Pakistan often escapes from lock-in in this way.

When Henry found that his radar did not lock on the opponent and the light spot disappeared instead, he knew that he had encountered a more difficult opponent. Henry pushed the operating lever, hoping to follow the opponent's side turn.

At this time, Lei Qiang made another skillful side turn, made a serpentine turn, and once again closed the distance with the opponent, trying to use his radar to lock on the opponent again.

Both sides were first-class pilots. In this way, from a distance of thirty kilometers to five kilometers, they did not lock their opponents again.

At this time, the two sides were flying head-on. When the two high-speed planes were flying toward each other, everyone on the ground held their breath. Could there be a mid-air collision?

The moment they passed each other, Henry was in the cockpit, waving his fist at the other person and raising his middle finger.

Lei Qiang smiled back, the guy opposite would be violently tortured by him!

After the two sides passed each other, they both pulled the lever, pedaled the rudder, and made a horizontal turn. This is totally better than the ability to continuously hover.

Whoever has a strong hovering ability can turn around first and point his nose at the opponent's butt. This is the easiest way to get a lock.

The F-16 is a dexterous fighter aircraft with a normal aerodynamic layout of large side wings, a cantilevered mid-wing with a large available lift coefficient, low wing load, and a large instantaneous hovering angular velocity. When flying at low speed in ultra-low altitude, the instantaneous hovering angular speed can reach 25.5 degrees/second. At the same time, the stable hovering performance is also good. When the flight speed is M0.7, the hovering radius is only 650 meters.

This kind of aircraft is a fighter aircraft developed by the Americans after absorbing the lessons of the Vietnam War. It attaches great importance to maneuverability. Moreover, relying on the powerful aviation technology of the United States, it can achieve excellent performance using only normal aerodynamic layout.

It's a pity, it depends on who you compare it with!

If compared with normal aerodynamic layout, the F-16 is considered the best, but now, compared with the fighter with canard wing layout, it is completely at a disadvantage.

Not to mention the No. 10, even if it is compared with the Mirage 2000, the F-16 cannot keep up with the Mirage 2000 in circling. This delta-wing fighter has an instant circling angle of about 30 degrees per second! The aerodynamic layout of the No. 10 is even better, and its instant circling ability is stronger than the Mirage 2000! The No. 10 of later generations can reach an instant circling angular velocity of 37 degrees, and the maximum instant circling angular velocity can even reach 46 degrees! Of course, I don't know if the pilot can withstand such a huge overload.

In short, when it comes to circling, the F-16 can't compare with the No. 10.

However, if you want to turn around now, you don't need to hover instantly, but continuously. In continuous hovering, the power loss is very fast. Therefore, when it comes to stable hovering, a single-engine aircraft will never be able to compete with a twin-engine aircraft. A heavy air superiority fighter must be a twin-engine aircraft in order to quickly provide enough energy to maintain the speed of the aircraft.

Now, the disadvantage of insufficient power is still on the F-16 side! If it is an F-16 equipped with an F100 engine, it may be comparable to the stable hovering of the No. 10 aircraft. However, the F-16 is now equipped with a J79 turbojet engine! The power of this engine is only 80% of the original! Therefore, as it hovers, the speed is lost rapidly.

At the same time, the No. 10 aircraft is also circling quickly. It already has excellent hovering performance. Now, it has a powerful engine. While circling, Lei Qiang has already turned on the engine afterburner, so the aircraft can maintain enough power for circling and continue circling.

When the F-16 reappeared in Lei Qiang's front hemisphere, the opponent was still turning slowly. Seeing the opponent's appearance, Lei Qiang certainly would not be polite. Although he was uncomfortable due to overload, he still used his fire control to lock the opponent again!

Second lock! When the sound of being locked came again in the headset, Henry turned his head back hard in his cockpit, trying to see the airspace behind him. He was circling, so how could he be locked by the opponent?

Now, air combat theory is very developed. An important aspect of winning air combat is energy! No matter what maneuver is performed, sufficient energy is required!

Now, when being locked by the opponent, Henry has only turned less than 160 degrees, and the speed has dropped sharply. Without speed, there is not enough energy to get rid of the opponent. Therefore, Henry did not try to get rid of the lock by flickering left and right, but continued to accelerate forward. Only by increasing his speed can he turn around and fight with the opponent!

While accelerating, Henry was still a little angry. It was all because of this damn power. The power of the turbojet engine was not good, and General Motors put more than a ton of heat shield on the outside! This is obviously a pitfall. Now, Henry has really been pitted.

If it was the previous engine, Henry could still fight, but now, feeling the slow acceleration of this fighter, Henry suddenly felt a little unconfident in his heart.

Suddenly, a saying circulated in the aviation industry appeared in his mind, don't turn when encountering a phantom! In terms of hovering ability, aircraft from various countries are not as good as Dassault's Phantom aircraft, which has always been good at making delta wings! And the one we are fighting now is also a fighter with the same delta wing, and it has more agile canards!

If you don't turn when you encounter a phantom, you can't turn when you encounter this No. 10 aircraft. In terms of turning, the most advanced F-16 can keep up, but now, this castrated version of the F-16 has no chance of winning at all!

Lei Qiang regained his confidence through the turn just now. This time, he must show his power!

The fighter plane in front is almost facing Lei Qiang with its tail. Even with the domestic PL-7 air-to-air missile, it can be successfully shot down!

The opponent seems to have no tricks, just speeding up blindly. Is he trying to compete with himself in speed?

When the opponent speeds up, Lei Qiang continues to speed up until the lock is maintained for more than 5 seconds, then the lock ends and the third confrontation begins! (To be continued ~^~)