Xu Chongsheng is more concerned about the unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft than the medium- and long-range integrated reconnaissance and attack drones. After all, this thing is a real test of hard core capabilities.
If the drone has a range of more than 6,000, the control signal will be affected by the curvature of the earth. Satellite communication capabilities are a must.
Moreover, the ultra-long range also tests the reliability and fuel economy of the engine; after all, in order to ensure the range, the aerodynamic shape of the drone is strictly limited, and the internal fuel tank volume is fixed.
Furthermore, UAVs need a certain degree of autonomous decision-making ability and can handle unexpected situations on their own. Ultra-long-range unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft are out of action for 80 to 90 percent of the time during the voyage.
Due to the state of automatic control, this tests the performance of the automatic control system more than mid- and long-range UAVs.
The “Tasting Party” begins.
However, when he saw the shape of the unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft, Xu Chongsheng was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at Zhou Yan with a dumbfounded look: "Boss, don't tell me that excellent designs lead to the same goal through different paths..."
The drone that appeared on the screen was not exactly the same as the Global Hawk, but it was at least 80% similar.
"Look again..."
Zhou Yan switched perspectives.
"It really is……"
Only then did Xu Chongsheng discover that, except for the slightly different airfoil shape, the return angle and sweep angle of the main wing of the aircraft in front of him were very different from those of the Global Hawk.
Look again, although it is the same V-shaped tail, the angle between the two wings and the airfoil shape are different. Moreover, the shape of the fuselage is also different. The shape of the drone designed by Zhou Yan is smoother and flatter.
Perhaps due to the "optimization" of the design, Xu Chongsheng found that the performance data of the drone in front of him was better than that of the Global Hawk.
Of course, Xu Chongsheng is more concerned about the turbofan engine equipped on the aircraft than the overall parameters of the aircraft.
It is also a turbine gas engine. The performance indicator for measuring the performance of a turboprop engine is power, because the turboprop engine alone can only output speed and torque, and the multiplication of them is power; while the important indicators for measuring the turbofan engine are thrust and fuel consumption.
It may be that the aerodynamic design of the aircraft is better, and the engine seems to have applied more advanced technology. Although the thrust of the turbofan engine is only less than 10% greater than that of the Global Hawk, the size of the engine is slightly smaller, but the flight time is
Longer, up to forty hours.
Compared with the integrated reconnaissance and combat drone, the body frame of this strategic reconnaissance aircraft is slightly more "conventional", with a titanium alloy wing box, a conventional aviation aluminum alloy frame, and an all-composite skin.
The ultra-long range means that the fuel tank inside the fuselage takes up a lot of space, a full ten cubic meters.
However, the oversized drone also has sufficient internal space. Even if the mailbox is removed, the remaining space is enough to comfortably arrange avionics, control, communication, and reconnaissance systems.
"Mr. Zhou..." Xu Chongsheng observed it for a while and asked Zhou Yan curiously, "With a range of nearly 30,000 kilometers, what use does this thing have to our country?"
"Useless?" Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, "Anti-submarine, battlefield monitoring, relay communications, remote early warning, there are so many places where it can be used, but you think it's useless?"
"Too……"
Only then did Xu Chongsheng realize that the reconnaissance aircraft had a payload of nearly one ton more than the Global Hawk. With a conformal pod installed, it could do a lot of things...
Xu Chongsheng was not familiar with the remaining flight control and reconnaissance systems, so he did not take a closer look.
After flipping through the information, Xu Chongsheng rolled his eyes, turned around, and looked at Zhou Yan with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhou, should we get the engines of these two drones out first and test them early..."
"I will send you the design information and process documents later, and you can let the technical side sort it out..."
Xu Chongsheng nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "If progress is rapid, will we be able to participate in the air show in November?"
"This..." Zhou Yan calculated it carefully, "If everything goes well, we should be able to complete the first flight before the air show..."
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up..."
Then, the furious Xu Chongsheng stared at Zhou Yan and transferred a series of information to the company's data server: design brief, design information, reference materials, process documents, system principles and references of each control unit, flight control system framework,
Fly-by-wire control system framework, UAV autopilot system framework...
It took Zhou Yan more than an hour just to upload the data. Even if the network cable upload speed reached 300 megabits per second, Xu Chongsheng still felt it was a bit slow.
After waiting for Zhou Yan to finish transmitting the information, Xu Chongsheng ran back to his office, printed out a series of design briefs, signed and stamped them, and then returned to Zhou Yan's office, holding Zhou Yan's pen, waiting for Zhou Yan
signature.
"You..." Zhou Yan was so frustrated that he lost his temper.
After watching Zhou Yan finish signing, Xu Chongsheng turned around and left without saying a word.
"Wait a minute," Zhou Yan quickly stopped Xu Chongsheng, "We're going to visit the FAW No. 1 factory. Don't you want to bring some souvenirs?"
"What local specialty?" Xu Chongsheng didn't react for a while.
"Our engine, gearbox samples, and EFI system samples..."
"Okay, I'll tell Lao Chu and ask him to try his best to sort it out before going to Fengtian..."
A group of high-spirited technicians from Zhengxin Automobile will naturally not allow V6, V8, and V12 car engine data to take up space in the server. They will copy them when they have nothing to do, either to test or plan to improve. They are so idle that it hurts.
, and even designed the entire vehicle based on the engine.
Therefore, if you want to bring souvenirs to FAW, everything is ready-made, but you just need to sort it out...
After finding something to do for Xu Chongsheng, Zhou Yan could have some free time. He ordered the industrial software company to pack and encrypt the aircraft design software and make a few more copies for Northwest Industries.
"Finally we can..."
Halfway through the conversation, the phone in my pocket rang. I picked it up and saw that it was Barney, the bodyguard leader.
"Hello?"
"Boss, the retired senior commander of Mao Xiong you asked me to contact last time is here..."
Zhou Yan was a little confused: "All senior officers are on the monitoring list, how did he get out?"
"A man is poor but his ambition is short, and a horse is skinny but long-haired. As long as you think about it, there will always be a way. Nowadays, people are living in hotels. When will you have time to do an interview?"
All?
Zhou Yan was a little bit confused: "How many are here?"
"Three people, one is the former deputy mayor of the Guards Motorized Rifle Division, one is from the Marine Corps, and the other is from the Airborne Forces."
"Okay, let's make an appointment with Lao Mo at Jianda University in the evening!"
Contact with foreign veterans can be either big or small. Zhou Yan thought about it, picked up the phone, called Liu Jingguo and reported it.
However, what surprised Zhou Yan was that Liu Jingguo's performance was a bit dull, and even somewhat inexplicable...
"Did I hear wrongly?"
After hanging up the phone for a long time, Zhou Yan was still wondering what Liu Jingguo meant.
However, Zhou Yan was too lazy to think too much. After get off work in the afternoon, he called home and set off.
When we arrived at Lao Mo, before we could even park the car, Barney, the bodyguard leader, was already there to greet us.
"Boss," when Zhou Yan got off the car, Barney quietly approached Zhou Yan and whispered, "There are staff from relevant departments monitoring the surrounding area..."
