Poor countries also have to protect the sky and perform various tasks, but even second-hand jet fighters, like the MiG-21, are not affordable for them. The high maintenance costs prevent them from flying into the sky. Rainbow
When China saw this situation, it invented this unique aircraft, the so-called AHRLAC, which is simply a fighter jet from a poor country.
But... do poor countries really need this kind of aircraft? UAVs are not good. There is no need to train pilots, and it can save a lot of expenses.
Qin Tao didn't ask his question, because it would be very impolite. He just looked at this kind of aircraft introduction with curious eyes. Wait, he seems to have been deceived?
Customers are here to buy aircraft carriers. We don’t need customers to introduce their fighter jets from poor countries.
An upper monoplane, twin tail booms, and a rear-mounted engine. The shape of this aircraft... is not ordinary ugly!
"An aircraft like yours is small in size, and our elevators and hangars can meet the needs." Qin Tao said: "The take-off and landing characteristics of propeller aircraft are also very good, but we are still not sure whether this aircraft can be used on the aircraft carrier.
Taking off and landing on the deck, if catapults and arresting cables are needed, it will be a huge modification task."
Propeller aircraft are more suitable for flying on warships, but there are preconditions for that. Qin Tao has never been exposed to this kind of aircraft, so he is not sure whether this kind of aircraft is suitable for aircraft carriers.
"I will introduce the takeoff and landing characteristics of this aircraft next." Mayer continued: "This aircraft has short takeoff and landing performance. It can carry two crew members, fill the aircraft with fuel, and carry an external 800
With a kilogram payload, the maximum take-off weight can be reached at 3.8 tons. In this case, the take-off run distance is only 550 meters."
Qin Tao listened to the previous words very seriously and nodded repeatedly. This means that the weight of the aircraft is only more than two tons, which is really good, and its external capabilities are also very strong. At 800 kilograms, it is not only the reconnaissance equipment, it can also carry bombs for bombing.
target, but after hearing the end, he couldn't help but shake his head.
550 meters, are you kidding? The total length of the deck of our 100,000-ton aircraft carrier is only about 300 meters, and the deck of the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier is about 200 meters. Where can I find such a long runway for you?
A propeller plane actually needs such a long take-off distance, so what's the use?
"If you remove the 800 kilograms of plug-ins and just take off with full fuel, the rolling distance will be shortened to 200 meters." Mayer continued.
The fault is entirely caused by the plug-in. The actual weight is not much, but in comparison, it is equivalent to an increase of a quarter of the take-off weight, and the rolling distance will of course be greatly increased.
However, the aircraft on the aircraft carrier must have combat capabilities. Now this aircraft can only take off from the deck without external plug-ins. If it has external plug-ins, it cannot fly. So what's the point?
etc!
Qin Tao suddenly thought of something. The biggest difference between an aircraft carrier and the ground is that it can move and provide deck wind for the aircraft!
"If you want to take off with a full load, how much deck wind is needed?" Qin Tao asked.
"The deck wind of thirty knots is more than enough." Meyer said: "At the same time, at this speed, the aircraft can stop at a distance of about one hundred meters. In order to adapt to domestic conditions, our aircraft has a sturdy
The landing gear can fully adapt to the impact of the aircraft carrier deck, and it also has a reliable braking system."
The biggest advantage of propeller aircraft is their low speed. Fighters generally land at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. The best Super Hornet has a landing speed of 225 kilometers per hour, which is quite low. But what about propeller aircraft? Completely
You can land on the ship at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, and the rolling distance will naturally be greatly shortened.
This is also when the 075 sailing in the Red Sea was operating a drone, it also used a propeller engine version, and in terms of weight, it was about the same size as the manned aircraft in the Rainbow Kingdom.
"For a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier, it is not easy to reach a speed of thirty knots." Qin Tao said: "In terms of the choice of power system, you can no longer rely mainly on diesel engines. You need at least two four-wheel drive engines.
A ten-megawatt gas turbine, coupled with two diesel engines as auxiliary engines, requires careful ship design.”
This can be compared with the Invincible-class aircraft carrier. The Invincible-class aircraft carrier uses four Olympus TM-3B gas turbines with a total power of 112,000 horsepower to allow the Invincible-class aircraft carrier to reach a speed of 28 knots, while two 40-megawatt turbines
The gas turbine only has 110,000 horsepower, which is about the same as the Invincible.
Does that mean the aircraft carrier cannot reach thirty knots?
This is not necessarily true, it depends on the design of the boat. Anyway, the amphibious assault ship does not need to have too much external float. It can completely lengthen the aspect ratio appropriately, so that it can reach a speed of thirty knots under the same power.
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In this way, half the deck length is used for no-load takeoff, and the full length is used for heavy-load takeoff. This saves the catapult and saves a lot of money.
"Mr. Qin, can we design a ski jump deck in the front, so that it can take off with a heavy load with only half the length of the deck." Mayer continued.
"Of course, no problem." Qin Tao nodded: "We can design the ski jump deck to be modular. If it cannot take off with a full load, we can add it. If it can be realized after the test flight, we don't need to add it."
"Yes, this design is the most perfect." Mayer nodded.
"However, as a result, the cost of building the warship will rise significantly. Even if your equipment is used on it, it will probably cost one billion US dollars."
"That's worth it." Mayer said: "One billion dollars is just the price of an export-type air defense ship. Buying an aircraft carrier at this price is a very good deal."
The exported 052CE is also priced at the same price. Where can I find such an aircraft carrier? With the aircraft carrier, their navy can be upgraded to a blue water navy!
Qin Tao didn't say anything else. Just think it's a good deal. Using a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier to operate a propeller plane is wasteful, but as long as you're willing, it's fine.
"President Qin, you are welcome to come to our Rainbow Kingdom when you are free in the future." Meyer continued to extend the invitation: "When the aircraft carrier starts construction, launches and enters service, we all hope you can be present. By the way, the Glorious Years Shipyard
There should be other warship construction projects."
"Okay." Qin Tao nodded.
Anyway, this is not the first time I have been to Africa, and it is very safe with Wana protecting me.
After talking about these two aircraft carriers, the next one is the aircraft carrier of the Guinea Navy, but... Qin Tao looked at his watch: "It's already noon, let's go have a meal first, and then continue after the meal."
"good."
As a result, a black man appeared in the private room of the Mingzhou Group Guest House restaurant. They looked at the dishes on the table and opened their eyes wide.
"They are all common dishes. Everyone can eat whatever they want. In the evening, we will have a big meal." Qin Tao was very modest.
Is this still a common dish that is eaten casually? The black men felt that their mouths were watering. They picked up the knives and forks and started to eat. It was still too difficult for them to learn to use chopsticks in a short time. A knife and fork was the most convenient.
"Come, let's drink. This dish is ordinary, but this wine is extraordinary. This is our national wine. We only use it to entertain our best friends."
The black men picked up the wine and took two sips. Then... they felt a fire burning in their mouths and almost spit out the wine.
"Quickly, eat a few mouthfuls of vegetables to calm down the shock. Just drink alcohol. If you don't eat peanuts, you will get drunk easily."
The black men ate the food quickly. After a few mouthfuls of food, the wine in their stomachs began to be slowly absorbed. They felt warm all over and gave a thumbs up.
"Not bad, not bad, it tastes really good!"
"That's right, the national wine of the East is really delicious!"
After two glasses of wine, the black men were soon lying on the table.
Americo, who hadn't been drinking much, had a smile on his face: "Mr. Qin, they shouldn't wake up until tomorrow. Let's sign the contract for the 076 aircraft carrier this afternoon. The down payment has already been sent."
"Okay." Qin Tao nodded: "We will sign the contract this afternoon. By the way, let me introduce this warship to you."
"No need, Your Excellency Vitalia has already seen it, it's fine as long as she has seen it."
"How can that be done? After all, it is in your name. You have to know it. Besides, the aircraft carrier will also be yours in the future. You must be familiar with it."
Americo felt grateful in his heart.
That afternoon, in the conference room, Americo looked at the aircraft carrier drawings introduced by Qin Tao with bright eyes.
This aircraft carrier is awesome!
The displacement has reached 60,000 tons. Now, how many ships in the world have a displacement of 60,000 tons? None in France!
The number of aircraft it can carry has doubled. In particular, it can carry more J-31A fighters and a tilt-rotor aircraft. The performance of these aircraft is powerful, and it is definitely not the type of aircraft in the Rainbow Country.
Fabi’s!
Moreover, the quantity ordered is also very large. Although there is only one aircraft carrier, the number of fighter jets can equip two aircraft carriers!
Your Lady Vitalia is so rich!
Américo felt extremely emotional.
At the same time, news of a new wave of warship orders quickly spread throughout the world.
This cannot be concealed. When the construction of five amphibious assault ships starts on the slipway of Mingzhou Group, it will definitely attract countless people's thoughts, and countless people will throw dirty water. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of this now.
If we have the opportunity, we will announce the project of these five amphibious assault ships. This may attract more orders.
Moreover, these arms sales are fair and aboveboard, and there is no need for outsiders to make blind comparisons.
In the Indian Ocean, the weather is calm, and an aircraft carrier with a jump deck on its bow is sailing on the sea. Compared with before, it is finally in a completed state. There are no holes on its island, all equipment is installed, and its deck is also painted.
There were various sign lines, and even two shit-yellow tractors were parked on the side of the ship island.
"Our aircraft carrier has finally completed all sea trials. As long as it completes the takeoff and landing of carrier-based aircraft, it can be declared into service!" Sunil said very excitedly on the ship island: "With this aircraft carrier, we will
To be among the top three in the world!”
"That's right, our aircraft carrier is the third in the world, except for the United States and..." Alex suddenly stopped.
Who is second? The second one is of course Dongfang. When Dongfang's 003 aircraft carrier was launched, they knew that their own aircraft carrier could not beat Dongfang's aircraft carrier no matter how much they could defeat it. It had nuclear power, 100,000 tons, electromagnetic ejection, and all-electric propulsion.
, which technology is not better than them?
However, you can't say these words, otherwise you will hurt your self-esteem. At this moment, the roar of an airplane was heard in the distance.
"The carrier-based aircraft has arrived, look at the wonderful performance of our pilots!"
In the distance, a carrier-based aircraft is approaching rapidly. It has a wide main delta wing that extends all the way to the end. There is a pair of canards in front. This is the most suitable canard layout!
Moreover, the distance between the canard and the main wing is very close, and it is almost used as a vortex generator. If you look at the two rib air inlets and the unique canopy, you can tell that it is a French Rafale fighter jet.
Lao Maozi's MiG-29K cannot support the future of Asan's carrier-based aviation. Therefore, Asan Navy has to choose a new carrier-based aircraft. After repeated comparisons, they finally chose Rafale!
This is the best carrier-based aircraft in the world! It can cruise at supersonic speeds, it has advanced avionics, and it also has partial stealth technology! Ah San thinks he made the right choice. The deck of the aircraft carrier is shaking left and right, but for the carrier-based aircraft
For an aircraft pilot, these don't matter. No matter how the deck moves, he will use his superb flying skills to land on it.
However, there were no waves on the sea today, and the aircraft carrier could still rock back and forth, especially back and forth, as if it was kowtowing all the way, which is really speechless.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The pilot complained while continuing to get closer and closer. The voice of the landing director continued to come from the earphones. He also kept adjusting his posture. He was getting closer, closer!
Carrier-based aircraft pilots are dancers on the tip of a knife. Every time they land, they feel like they are fighting death.
Boom! Finally, the landing gear of the carrier-based aircraft landed steadily on the deck, and then continued to slide forward. Then, there was a huge overload, and the arresting cable was pulled behind, and the landing was successful!
At this point, it is supposed to be time to relax. However, as long as the plane does not stop steadily, we must not take it lightly. If there is an accident while blocking the cable, we must find a way to go around.
The pilot's left hand was still on the throttle lever, ready to go at full speed at any time. Fortunately, the plane stopped without any accidents, and the pilot let out a long breath.
A large number of people came out of the ship island, some of them holding flowers, obviously to welcome the pilot.
"Mr. Kloosterman, thank you for your significant contribution to our Asan Navy!" Sunil looked at the people in the cockpit excitedly.
"I'm honored too." Kloosterman said: "This aircraft carrier is great. It can fully operate the Rafale fighter jets. By the way, where is the ramp?"
Although Asan has already bought a Rafale fighter jet, the pilots are still undergoing training. Therefore, the first time the Rafale fighter landed on the ship, it was handed over to a French pilot. Kloosterman was a test pilot of Dassault Company and landed.
There was no problem getting to the aircraft carrier, but at this moment he was extremely embarrassed. Where was the gangway? How could he get down without the gangway?
"Quick, ramp!"
"Report, we only have the ramp for the MiG-29K."
So, Kloosterman looked at the welcoming crowd below and waved directly: "Then I won't go down. Drag me to the take-off point and I will fly away directly."
"No, no, we need to take some photos and take a group photo first. Mr. Kloosterman, please wait a moment."
So, after various posing, half an hour later, the Rafale fighter jets entered the take-off point.
There are two take-off points on the Blue Sky Guardian, both on the port side and both in the landing area, so take-off and landing cannot be carried out at the same time. Even the take-off point of the heavy load is still in the area of the arresting cable. I don’t know who the designer is.
No matter how it is designed, fortunately, the heavy load take-off point is not commonly used, and the light load one is enough.
The Rafale fighter's engine has very strong thrust and can carry a large load for takeoff and landing even at a lightly loaded takeoff point. At this time, Kloosterman was still confident about taking off.
On the ship island, Sunil looked down at the Rafale fighter jets and was very satisfied. As for the insufficient elevator size, we will talk about it later. Let the Rafale be able to take off and land first.
Since it is originally on the port side, the fighter's engine tail nozzle is directly facing the side of the ship, so it does not even have a flame deflector. Only Asan's aircraft carrier in the world does this. The two engines roared, and Kloostermann released the brakes.
, the Rafale fighter jet was like an arrow off the string, swooping towards the bow of the ship, getting faster and faster!
"Not good!" Everyone on the ship island suddenly realized that something was wrong. During the process of sliding forward, the gust gradually deviated from the take-off line and moved more and more to the right! What's going on?
"There's a crosswind!"
This ski-jump take-off method is greatly affected by crosswinds. The crosswind must have blown the carrier-based aircraft astray!
what to do?
It's too late to brake! Even if I brake now, I can't stop. I will definitely fall into the sea, so I can only do it in one go! Klostermann also discovered the sliding error, but he had no other choice but to continue.
Accelerate, he has already slid onto the cocked deck! Accelerate!
The gust of wind continued to veer to the right, and before it reached the top of the nose, it had already left the deck from the right side of the nose. In everyone's eyes, the plane did not fall, but continued to fly and pulled up with difficulty.
Success!
"It's great. Our Blue Sky Guardian has finally successfully achieved the takeoff and landing of the first carrier-based aircraft. Immediately inform the world about the news and play some videos. By the way, don't show the take-off video." Suni
I made arrangements immediately.
The people under him immediately went to do it, but Alex was still frowning there. He looked at the direction of the flag flying on the outside of the deck, and finally said hesitantly: "Just now, there was not a strong crosswind. Normally,
It won’t cause that big of an offset.”
"What's going on? There is no crosswind, how can the carrier-based aircraft veer to the right?"
"Is it because our ship body shakes too much horizontally during high-speed sailing?" Alex said: "A small initial offset will be amplified in the subsequent taxiing."
After understanding what he meant, everyone frowned.
When their aircraft carrier is sailing at full speed, the hull will shake involuntarily, and jagged waves will appear on the tail. But there is no way, the hull is already built, so they can only make do with it.
They thought it would not have much impact, but now it seems that is not the case. It will seriously affect the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft!
If every time you take off and land, you will find that you deviate from the route, and it is not fixed at all. It may go to the left or right, then how can it be used?
Fortunately, there was a gust of wind and the thrust of the engine was strong, so I successfully took off with the help of powerful flying bricks. The next time I changed to a MiG-29K, I might have fallen down.