Red Soviet Union

Moscow, Mikoyan Design Bureau.

This is not the first time Andrei has come to Mikoyan Design Bureau, but every time Andre comes, it is an unforgettable experience for Mikoyan Design Bureau. Under the encouragement of Marshal Lie again and again, it has been continuously developed.

In the past, the Mikoyan Design Bureau was still very guilty, because the progress of their fighter planes had been constantly delayed! And now, they can finally muster up the courage to meet Marshal Andre, because they have already handed in a satisfactory answer sheet!

Marshal Andrei, very welcome to the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Belyakov, the chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, said to Andrei: After our intense research and development, now, our MiG 1.44 project , can finally be finalized!

stereotypes! Now that the Su-37 has served on the aircraft carrier, and now that the American f-22 has also begun to pose a threat to the Soviet air defense force, the Mikoyan Design Bureau has worked hard day and night, and finally condensed this Soviet aviation. The fighter plane with all the painstaking efforts of the industry has been successfully developed!

The canard layout of the fuselage emphasizes the performance of high angle of attack, and the instant disk is definitely the first in this era! The nose is diamond-shaped, the air intake is specially treated, and the entire aircraft is quite similar to the J-20 of later generations!

At the same time, MiG 1.44 is just the project code name. After the fighter jet is finalized, there will be an official production model. Now, the aircraft of the Mikoyan Design Bureau should use the MiG-33 number.

In the numbers of Soviet fighter planes, there is a very peculiar phenomenon. For example, the familiar MiGs are almost all singular numbers, such as MiG-15, MiG-17, and MiG-31. It is an odd number, which is a tradition. At the same time, it is also very simple. The rule is that the singular number is empty, and the even number is other.

Under the leadership of Belyakov, Andre and others went straight to the hangar and saw this very familiar fighter plane.

First of all, at first glance, you can find a problem. This plane is neither black nor yellow.

The yellow skin is the primer painted on the fighter plane after it is manufactured, while the black skin is the color after the wave-absorbing coating is applied. Now, the color of this exterior is gray, almost the same color as the hazy sky.

Our stealth coating technology has improved again? Andre asked.

Yes, after we got the wreckage of the American f-22 fighter plane, we studied the stealth coating on it. We were deeply inspired and developed our own stealth coating. The previous black coating, only Suitable for night use, painting our air superiority fighters black is only a matter of last resort.

Stealth, not only radar stealth, but also visual stealth! Why are ordinary fighters gray? To be hard to spot in the sky of course!

The Su-37 is painted black for radar stealth. During the day, this kind of fighter is easier to be spotted visually. In the clear sky, that little black spot is too eye-catching!

It’s not that the Soviet engineers didn’t want to paint it in another color. It’s just that this kind of absorbing coating is too difficult to make. After debugging, they found that changing the color would greatly reduce the absorbing ability.

The advantage of the United States in stealth technology is quite obvious. American stealth aircraft have matured since the f-117 era. Now, various wave-absorbing coatings are emerging in an endless stream.

Last time, the f-22 crashed into Turkey. Under the pressure of the Soviet Union, Turkey had to give in to the Soviet Union and agreed to the Soviet Union to salvage the fighter. In addition to discovering that the fighter was carrying a nuclear bomb, the Soviet dismantled and analyzed the fighter Thoroughly.

For the Soviet Union, the advantages of American aviation technology, one is stealth technology, and the other is the engine! These all require continuous technology accumulation!

In addition to the stealth coating, our engine has also matured. Belyakov continued: Our progress has always been limited by the engine.

In the past, we were also forced to use the d-30 engine for test flights. However, after carefully analyzing the American engine, the Rurika Design Bureau improved some designs. The thrust of the engine has fully reached the predetermined design. There is still a lack of longevity.

engine! The engine with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 10, especially the intermediate thrust, that is, the thrust without extra force, is used for supersonic cruise. The development of this engine is full of twists and turns! After the Rurika Design Bureau got the f22 engine, it also made rapid progress!

Andre nodded. Now, this plane of our own is definitely better than the American f-22. It has absorbed the strengths of the other side and also condensed our own advantages. For example, in terms of electronic systems, our own is definitely better than the American f-22. height of!

The enthusiastic Andre stepped on the gangway and sat in the cockpit, watching the gleaming gold-plated canopy, and the cockpit inside was also different from the previous Soviet cockpit.

It didn't meet the standard of one level and three down. There were only two large LCD screens. At the same time, there were some mechanical instruments between the LCD screens to ensure the basic flight capability in case the electronic display failed.

In the first few prototypes, we still used ordinary mechanical instruments. This is already the sixth prototype. We have made a bold treatment, mainly relying on liquid crystal displays, with mechanical displays as a backup. Belyakov said: The aircraft is considered a pre-production model and will be flown to Zhukovsky for test flights.

In addition to the instrumentation, the joystick is also different. Like the American f-16 fighter, the sidestick is used.

In the previous aircraft, the operating lever was between the legs, and the throttle lever was on the left side, but now, the operating lever between the legs has been transferred to the right side, and the advantage of this is that the inclination angle of the seat can be increased, It is convenient to operate under large overload.

Seeing Andrei's enthusiasm, Belyakov was also sweating, afraid that Marshal Andrei would propose to fly this plane around the sky. Back then, Marshal Andrei took Su- The 37 ejected directly from the deck and drove back! And before that, Marshal Andre had never had experience taking off from a deck.

Marshal Andrei loves airplanes very much!

Fortunately, Marshal Andrei swayed in the cockpit for a while, but still came out.

The current situation is hard to say. If our aircraft has no defects and is finalized, it can enter the initial pre-production. At the same time, we must quickly train our qualified pilots. Ander Lie said: We must be prepared to switch to wartime production at any time.

Turn to wartime! This sentence stunned everyone who heard it, thinking about the current situation, is there really going to be a third world war?