Red Soviet Union

The visit to the Mikoyan Design Bureau was very rewarding. Every time he thought of the black silk belt, Andre was also very excited. After visiting the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Andre came to Sukhoi the next day design bureau.

Simonov was naturally extremely excited about Andrei's arrival. He also knew that the project he was competing with Mikoyan Design Bureau would determine the future of the two design bureaus. The bureau has gained more trust from General Andre. It is said that when General Andre saw the fighter plane of the Mikoyan Design Bureau yesterday, he was full of praise!

Compared with the Mikoyan Design Bureau, although the project of the Sukhoi Design Bureau was carried out later, because it was improved from the Su-27 series, the project progressed faster. For example, now, two The first prototype was tested statically, the second took off from the factory in Komsomolsk, and went to the Gromov Flying Test Institute in Zhukovsky for flight testing, and the third is also under manufacture. middle.

Although the Mikoyan Design Bureau started early, they almost overthrew it and re-improved the original design in stealth, wasting time, while the Sukhoi Design Bureau has been running steadily and fast .

In particular, just after General Andrei came back, he finalized the navy's carrier-based aircraft. The range of the MiG-29k was too short to be used by the navy's aircraft carrier. The Su-27k became the unique carrier-based aircraft. The Gaoyang Design Bureau originally had sufficient advantages in the MiG-23k, and thought that it could also have hope in the MiG-29K. In the end, it was still the Sukhoi Design Bureau!

Therefore, the Sukhoi Design Bureau is of course more confident in the development of a new generation of fighter jets! Moreover, the Sukhoi Design Bureau is not just a plan! Sukhoi is more fully prepared!

Andre is quite sorry. After all, he can only see the first static test aircraft. From the appearance, it is very similar to the T-50 of later generations. After all, this is a stealth aircraft improved from the Su-27. There is a lot in common between the two.

General Andrei, if you want to watch the flight of our fighter, you can go to the Gromov Flight Academy. Simonov said: The current flight test has been proceeding smoothly.

The development and test flights of fighter jets are carried out in different places. The Gromov Flight Academy has the most experience in test flights, and it is the place where various Soviet aircraft were flown.

Andrei nodded. When he went to the Gromov Test Flight Academy, he could see more air force equipment, just to see the style of Sukhoi's new generation of fighter jets.

However, just when Andre looked away from the static test plane, he saw a wooden prototype being formed on the other side of the factory building, which made Andre stunned.

What's this? Why is it also a fighter with a duck layout? Moreover, from the appearance point of view, it is also designed for stealth,

Could it be that the Sukhoi Design Bureau has launched a new project?

Sukhoi's canard-style stealth aircraft? In Andre's mind, that confusing project in history quickly emerged.

Su-44!

The reason for the confusion is mainly because the existence of this project is unknown. The only source for future generations is a presidential address written by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America on April 9, 1997. It stated that in the Cold War era, Report on the Soviet Union's fourth-generation Su-44 project.

Su-44, the Soviet Union's new generation of heavy fighter development plan to replace the Su-27 series, that is, the cfx plan, NATO codename nosferatu (vampire).

The appearance of this fighter is very different. Similar to the Su 33, it adopts a wide lifting body layout consisting of wing-body fusion and twin engines under the wings. The nose is slightly tilted, and the cockpit adopts a front hemisphere frameless design, and the cockpit can be significantly lowered by special metal coating. Partial radar reflection.

The foldable canards on both sides of the front fuselage are four-sided wings with a large sweep angle. The leading edge of the main wing has a large sweep angle and the trailing edge is swept forward at a small angle. The canard and the main wing form a close-coupled canard layout.

The air intake is suspended at the lower end of the central wing. The hexagonal air intake naturally forms an S-shaped turn inside the upper and middle magazines, which blocks the blades of the turbofan engine and lowers the forward direction of the airframe. Radar and infrared signals; the small-area double vertical tail adopts a camber design, which cooperates with vector thrust to achieve heading stability.

It can be said that this aircraft has a relationship with the Su-27, but it adopts a duck layout! This aircraft takes into account the stealth performance, but also has outstanding maneuverability.

However, the most perverted thing about this aircraft is its weapon system! Different from other fighters, this fighter uses the way of the rear bomb bay, which is loaded with 12 all-round multi-purpose missiles (admm), and it is still launched vertically! I really don't know how the Soviet technicians solved the problem of vertically launched high-temperature gas.

Moreover, this aircraft has another weapon, the ultra-high-speed electromagnetic rail gun! The technology of this electromagnetic gun is derived from the large electromagnetic rail gun chandelier developed by the Soviet Union to defend against intercontinental missiles. The initial velocity of the muzzle can exceed 3500m/s, and it is infinitely powerful whether it is against the air or against the ground. !

However, it is precisely because the technical data of this aircraft is too advanced, so when Andre of later generations saw the introduction of this aircraft, he actually looked at it as a pastime, and it is very likely that the US side continued to fool It was concocted by the government to increase the budget.

After all, the declassification of this kind of aircraft was done in 1997. Moreover, after the Americans concocted this report, the Sukhoi Design Bureau did not stand up and say anything. Besides, if the Sukhoi Design Bureau really has this kind of thing, then what is the t-50, and just move this plan out, wouldn't it be enough?

Therefore, Andre never cared about this report that was made out of nothing, but now that he saw this wooden prototype, which was so consistent with the memory of later generations, Andre was of course shocked!

The Mikoyan Design Bureau gave Andre a shock, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau gave Andre another shock!

What is this plane? Andrei asked Simonov.

I'm sorry, General Andrei. Simonov first expressed his apology, and then said: We know that you are strongly opposed to canard fighters, but the Central Institute of Fluidics still insists on their point of view that the canard layout has already It is mature. Moreover, after careful analysis, we believe that the canard layout will not significantly increase the radar reflection area. Now this wooden prototype is an alternative for us. We want to choose the Come up with the most suitable plan. We must not lose the project of the new generation of fighter jets! (To be continued.)