area51novel Chapter 191
Chapter 191
The Central Theater Command training ground covers an area of nearly 10,000 acres. It is a professional training ground that integrates shooting range, training, evaluation and assessment. It has everything except the runway! Of course, the biggest significance of adding vertical take-off and landing to fighter jets is that they can take off in various environments and get rid of the restrictions of the runway. When I knew Su Mo and Han Sanqiu, as well as many scientific researchers, after working all night and intensively. They actually made the vertical take-off and landing of fighter jets. Chief Zhao, who is deploying the training plan, as well as Chief of Staff Zheng, Political Commissar Lei, Deputy Chief Wu and many generals. While being extremely shocked, everyone was also excited and ready to go.
They quickly put down their work and came to the training ground impatiently.
“Major Tan!”
“Have you remembered all the precautions I told you?”
“During the test flight, if you encounter any unexpected problems, you must eject and parachute immediately!”
“Your life is far more precious than a fighter.”
Standing on the ladder, Su Mo’s face was serious.
He repeatedly reminded the pilot Tan Songming sitting in the cockpit.
The vertical take-off and landing of fighter jets not only tests the performance of fighter jets.
It is also a great challenge to the technical level of pilots.
And the pilots of Longguo are completely unfamiliar with this technology.
It’s like a novice who is going to take a driver’s license test.
The throttle and clutch, one is not coordinated well.
A grunt!
The engine will be suffocated and stalled.
And a fighter jet suspended in the air is not a car parked on the road.
If the operation is improper, there is a possibility of falling.
A fighter weighing more than 20 tons, even if it is very low to the ground.
If it falls, it will be a major accident.
It is impossible to continue the experiment, and it must be pulled back for overhaul.
Then all the hard work of this month will be in vain.
This is why Su Mo informed Tan Songming of this matter half a month in advance.
One is to make him mentally prepared.
The second is to let him practice vertical take-off and landing operations on the simulator every day during this half month.
At this time…
Listening to Su Mo’s detailed explanation, he paid special attention to his own safety.
Sitting in the cockpit, Tan Qiuming felt warm in his heart, nodded and said seriously:
“Don’t worry, Chief Su!”
“In the past half month, I just practiced those few movements in my dreams.”
“I have already mastered the steps of vertical take-off and landing of fighter jets.”
“If there is an emergency, I will start the ejection parachute.”
After hearing Tan Qiuming’s guarantee, Su Mo was relieved a little.
What he is most worried about now is not whether this experiment will succeed.
But what will happen after failure.
In order to save the fighter, Tan Qiuming is unwilling to parachute.
In Su Mo’s eyes, a fighter is just a machine made up of a bunch of parts.
If it crashes, just spend money to rebuild it.
But for many pilots, fighters are emotional partners.
Although fighters are extremely expensive, a crash is a heavy loss!
But the Dragon Air Force has always strictly prohibited pilots from exchanging their lives for fighters.
But at the critical moment, there are still many pilots who are unwilling to parachute.
Even prefer to disobey the commander’s parachute order, and try their best to save the fighter.
Almost all of them are unwilling to parachute until the last moment.
Ten minutes later…
Su Mo and Han Sanqiu, as well as many researchers.
Carry out a final inspection of this Dragon-15 fighter to ensure that there are no problems.
“The experiment begins!”
With the order of Chief Zhao.
Under the watchful eyes of dozens of senior military officers and hundreds of scientific researchers at the shooting range.
After closing the canopy, Tan Qiuming started the engine according to the familiar operating procedures.
“Boom!!!”
The deafening roar of the engine sounded, and two extremely hot blue flames spurted out!
The hearts of the people standing on the viewing platform also lifted.
In the cockpit of the fighter, Tan Qiuming took a deep breath.
Pull down the throttle valve and adjust the fighter engine to idle state.
Then, according to the training for the past half month.
In the cockpit, the steps of vertical take-off and landing were quickly executed.
In a few breaths!
I saw that the tail flame ejection nozzle of the fighter actually adjusted the angle automatically.
From the original backward direction, it became vertical downward.
After seeing this scene, everyone on the scene subconsciously clenched their fists nervously!
As the dashboard
After the nozzle angle displayed on the screen is in place.
Tan Qiuming took a deep breath and slowly pushed up the throttle.
The engine of this Dragon-15 fighter immediately roared.
The tail flame mouth pointing vertically downward also instantly ejected two hot blue flames!
Under the high temperature of more than 2,000 degrees, the yellow soil on the ground was roasted into a black color like charcoal.
As the engine power of the fighter increased, the blue flames ejected became more and more fierce!
The next second!
In full view of the crowd, only this Dragon-15 fighter weighing more than 20 tons was seen.
Without any gliding assistance, it actually took off vertically in a dry land onion-pulling posture!
In a blink of an eye!
The fighter rose to an altitude of nearly 100 meters.
Moreover, it could hover steadily in the air!
On the viewing platform…
With two generals on his shoulders, the calm and unhurried Chief Zhao suddenly stood up.
Deep eyes were filled with shock!
Political Commissar Lei, Chief of Staff Zheng, and Deputy Chief Wu.
Looking at the fighter plane that took off vertically successfully and hovered steadily in the air,
their pupils also suddenly contracted, and their faces showed ecstasy!
And Han Sanqiu and the researchers were so excited that their eyes were filled with tears!
“Report!”
“Vertical ascent height of 500 meters! Stable!”
“1500 meters! Stable!”
“2000 meters! Stable!”
Hearing the data continuously reported by pilot Tan Qiuming on the radio.
The leaders on the viewing platform were breathing more and more rapidly.
They tilted their necks and held binoculars, staring at the fighter plane in the air.
Su Mo had a serious face and kept analyzing the data transmitted.
The fact that the fighter plane can rise vertically stably does not mean that it is truly successful.
During the high-speed flight, the fighter plane did not have any problems due to the installation of accessories.
During vertical descent, the fighter plane lands safely, which means the experiment is successful.
Seeing that the vertical ascent is normal, Su Mo ordered in a deep voice:
“Tan Qiuming.”
“This is the command center!”
“Please follow the prescribed route and conduct the extreme flight test!”
After receiving the instruction, Tan Qiuming pushed the throttle valve!
This Long-15 fighter plane hovered in the clouds.
Like a sword out of its sheath, the nose of the plane was raised high.
At a nearly vertical angle, it pierced the sky like a rocket!
2500 meters!
5000 meters!
7800 meters!
20000 meters!
In the blink of an eye, the fighter plane climbed to an altitude of 20,000 meters!
Then, Tan Qiuming turned the fuselage.
From vertical downward to horizontal state.
Pushing the throttle valve again, at a speed of 2.4 Mach, it instantly pulled out bursts of sonic boom clouds!
Flying around the limit of Henan Province at a speed of lightning.
After testing various performances for nearly half an hour…
This Dragon-15 fighter equipped with vertical take-off and landing did not show any abnormalities.
Tan Qiuming also flew back to the Central Theater in the fighter.
The Dragon-15, like an eagle in the sky, appeared in everyone’s sight.
At this time, several leaders and hundreds of scientific researchers.
The heart that had been hanging for more than half an hour was once again tense!
Because compared to vertical take-off and hovering in the air.
The most challenging control technology and fighter performance is vertical landing.
Only a safe landing can be considered a complete success.