Red Soviet Union

During Andropov's ruling period, the aging and rigid style of work was eliminated. Andropov single-handedly promoted the establishment of the cadre retirement system. A large number of old guys who had been in the post for decades just left. An Xiang went to the post in his later years, and the newly promoted officials were all officials who had passed strict examinations. Among other things, at least in the crackdown on corrupt officials in Uzbekistan, even the top leader of the republic was taken down and shot. A large number of people, the previous bad atmosphere, was completely suppressed.

Now the Soviets are revitalized, the people are full of enthusiasm, and the old system of big pots of rice is gone. In an ordinary factory, every worker will be evaluated. Cleared.

The whole country is booming, and the pace of all kinds of work is very fast.

Now, on the third day after Andrei returned to Moscow, Andrei came to the base of the Zhukovsky Gromov Flight Test Research Institute on the outskirts of Moscow. Here, the chief engineers of the three design bureaus, with Their plans are reported again.

Seeing that Andrei attended the meeting, Simonov who walked in was overjoyed immediately: General Andrei, it's very nice to meet you.

Andre nodded, there is no denying it. At this time, it is still not possible to communicate too much with Simonov, otherwise, the other two families will feel that they are suspected of being partial.

As the leader of Soviet aircraft production, it was first introduced by Belyakov, the chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau.

The slide projector was turned on, and the blueprint of the Mikoyan Design Bureau's products appeared on the screen. Seeing this blueprint, Andre felt his eyelids tremble slightly.

This plan is almost the same as the one I saw in the Mikoyan Design Bureau! In other words, the Mikoyan Design Bureau did not take into account its own opinions! It seems that they are really stubborn!

The shape of our fighter is developed according to the suggestion of the Central Institute of Fluid and Aerodynamics. It adopts a full-motion canard layout, so as to relax static stability, improve structural strength and improve lift coefficient. Various schemes allow us to The fighter has excellent maneuverability and fully meets the requirements of our fifth-generation aircraft, Belyakov said.

How does your product deal with the problem of invisibility? Andre asked.

We will use a large number of composite materials on the airframe to reduce the reflected radar waves. Belyakov said: Then, coupled with the newly developed stealth coating, it will allow us to use this fighter. The stealth performance has been greatly improved, and at the same time, we have provided enough space for future plasma stealth equipment.”

After the wreckage of the F-117 was brought back to the Soviet Union,

Immediately there were professional institutions to imitate this coating, and so far, the progress has been smooth.

Belyakov did not change the overall design of the fighter, even if it was denied by Andre last time, Belyakov still did not change his original intention. Even if there are living examples now, the American F-117 is fully capable of actual combat, and can knock into the Soviet airspace anytime, anywhere!

However, if only relying on such a small change, the stealth performance cannot meet our requirements. Andre said: During the last Iraq war, the stealth aircraft of the Americans could fly around us without any scruples. Flying in the sky, we have no ability to detect them at all, the radar reflection area of ​​their aircraft is about 0.01 square meters, I doubt our current design.

The tall vertical tail and the exposed air intake are all huge sources of electromagnetic reflection. In all fairness, this aircraft will indeed be an agile fighter with unrivaled maneuverability, but its stealth will definitely not be too high .

After research, we believe that if a shape similar to the F-117 is adopted, although the radar reflection area can be greatly reduced, it will cause a serious drop in maneuverability. The most important thing about our fighter is that it has strong maneuverability. performance, so we cannot modify our current design, Belyakov said.

Belyakov was explaining to Andrey that the F-117 was stealthy enough, so what was the use of that? What our side needed was not an attack aircraft that could not even fly at supersonic speeds, but a fighter jet!

In this regard, Andre can only shake his head. The change of concept really cannot be solved in a day or two.

Belyakov continued to introduce this aircraft. Now, all kinds of drawings have been drawn. If the high-level officials decide to use the Mikoyan Design Bureau’s plan, they are sure to manufacture the first prototype within two years. Let it fly to the sky within a year!

Hearing this introduction, Andre seemed to understand that the Mikoyan Design Bureau was unwilling to revise the plan on a large scale, probably because of the progress issue! They don't want to start over and waste more time.

Because, the Sukhoi Design Bureau has come from behind!

After the introduction of the Mikoyan Design Bureau was completed, Simonov then showed his own plan.

When the picture of the slide was uploaded, Andre was overjoyed. Historically, when the Sukhoi Design Bureau was competing, it came up with a forward-swept wing plan, which also focused on maneuverability and ignored The product of invisibility. And now? What the Sukhoi Design Bureau took out is almost the same as the T-50 project of later generations, just like a flattened Su-27!

In particular, the vertical tail is cambered, similar to the F-22, and the butterfly-shaped wing is the final outcome after various compromises. The nose is also similar to the diamond-shaped nose of the F-22, and the overall shape is also You can see the shadow of Su-27.

The design of our fighter jet has been inspired by General Andrei, especially the several models given to us by General Andrei, which have benefited us a lot. Simonov said: We did not use the central For the latest canard aerodynamic layout given by the Fluid Research Institute, we adopt a conventional layout scheme, and the entire aircraft is still a lifting body. After all, we are best at this layout, and we have gone through complex wind tunnel tests and electromagnetic reflections The test, on the basis of our existing shape, plus the newly developed stealth coating, can meet the requirements of stealth, and at the same time, it also reduces the difficulty of our research and development. As for the maneuverability of the fighter, we believe that Lyurica The capabilities of the Saturn Design Bureau can provide us with a new generation of thrust vectoring engines, and with these technologies, the maneuverability of our fighters can surpass that of the existing Su-27 series fighters.