Chapter 540 Reporter from Jane’s Defense Weekly
“What suggestion?” Sokolov became serious.
“This newly designed aircraft carrier will definitely use side elevators. No matter what method you use, you must ensure that the original design remains unchanged. The length of the elevator cannot exceed 18 meters and the width cannot exceed 8 meters.”
Why should we restrict this condition? Sokolov was a little curious, but he was still smart after all, and he quickly realized: the width of the folded wings of the MiG-29K is 7.46 meters, and the length of the aircraft is 17.3 meters. What Qin Tao said is completely true. It is tailor-made for MiG-29K.
This also means that on the aircraft carrier they helped design, it is impossible to operate other carrier-based aircraft. In the future, Ah San will have no choice but to purchase MiG-29K!
There are not many aircraft that Asan can choose from. The American Hornet is 18.3 meters long and 9.32 meters wide when folded. As for the French Rafale, the wings cannot be folded, so it is even wider.
“Mr. Qin, your thinking is really rigorous. I thank you for your suggestion.”
Qin Tao smiled: "You and I are friends."
In later generations, many people said that the Chaori King modified by Asan could only operate the MiG-29K, and other aircraft could not be lowered into the hangar. In fact, this was an injustice to Da Mao. Chaori Wang The foundation of the aircraft is not good enough. The Kiev-class was originally designed to operate the Yak-38, and the elevator was designed according to the size of the Yak-38, so this is a big problem.
However, the elevator of the "Vikrant" aircraft carrier built by Asan himself can only accommodate MiG-29K. It must be said that Lao Maozi has a dark heart.
Since it is a side lift, the length is not an issue. The worst is to extend the nose or tail of the aircraft, but if the width is insufficient, there is no solution.
Later generations, Asan, was tired of the MiG-29K and wanted to purchase other carrier-based aircraft, but this elevator was really annoying.
By doing this, Qin Tao not only deceived Asan, but also made Sokolov grateful, which was also a gain.
Sokolov left, and Yang Dawei breathed a sigh of relief: "Mr. Qin, you just scared me. I thought our design office had to work overtime to make detailed design drawings."
The International Defense Exhibition was already in a tight schedule, and the design department of Mingzhou Group did not have time to do detailed design. Besides, even if there was time, there was no need for it!
After all, there are no real customers coming to the door. They only need to draw a general structure diagram, so why bother with detailed design? This requires no effort at all. This double-ship island structure is a conceptual diagram. No one will pay attention to it. Domestic aircraft carriers must burn boilers.
If the other party asks to purchase detailed design drawings, they will really be confused. Even with the strong strength of the Mingzhou Group Design Department, it will take about a week to work day and night.
Fortunately, after Mr. Qin’s deception, the other party only needed to purchase the overall design drawing.
“You still have to work overtime.” Qin Tao said.
Still have to work overtime? Yang Dawei is not afraid of working overtime, he just thinks it is unnecessary.
“Why do you work overtime?”
“Change our overall design to make the front heavier.”
More weight in the front?
Yang Dawei's eyes widened: "Mr. Qin, if you do this, the ship will be top-heavy and it won't tilt forward when it goes down?"
"Yes, this is what we want. Leaning forward is nothing. Some design units have designed submarines where the gravity is greater than the buoyancy, and they will sink if they fall down." Qin Tao said.
“Won’t doing this affect our reputation?”
"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "We designed a high-end electromagnetic catapult. When the customer gets it, they will definitely switch to a ski-jump take-off plan. They made a lot of changes privately, which resulted in an increase in the weight of the bow. , What does this have to do with us?"
“Don’t they know how to calculate?”
“Then they have to have this time.” Qin Tao said.
Qin Tao doesn’t know whether the Neva Design Bureau will be fooled or whether Asan will build an aircraft carrier with a raised butt. In short, since it is prepared for Asan, he must do some tricks!
The Neva Design Bureau's construction schedule will be very tight. They are originally short of manpower, so they may not have time to calculate the center of gravity of the entire ship. They have to rush the work! Therefore, there is a high possibility that they will be tricked.
If they don’t jump into the trap, they will almost have to start over from scratch, which will cost a lot of energy. In short, these have nothing to do with the Mingzhou Group. Our original design is fine. Who asked you to change the jump deck?
With Ah San’s character, despite the small displacement of the aircraft carrier, he hopes to design the deck as big as possible. All the changes are requested by Ah San, and the responsibility is still Ah San’s!
Frigates have pitfalls, and so do aircraft carriers. Qin Tao relied on his own strength to paralyze Ah San's entire naval fleet. Thinking of this, even Qin Tao himself felt a little complacent.
“Qin, you have so many good things at this defense exhibition!” Just when Qin Tao was about to leave the Mingzhou Group’s booth and walk around, a voice rang out.
Qin Tao looked over with surprise on his face: "Nicholas, are you here too? Why don't you notify me in advance and I will pick you up!"
“We have a flight early this morning. You’ve been very busy these days. How could I bother you to pick up the plane?” Nikolay said with a smile: “I’ve already gone around in a circle. The scale of your defense exhibition is really not small!”
At the defense exhibition, there will inevitably be a large number of military personnel from other countries coming to inspect the exhibition. Officers from Lao Maozi are first come first served, so they should come on the first day, especially those from the Far East.
However, Nikolai was very busy dealing with the affairs of the Super Sun King a few days ago. It was not until yesterday that the Super Sun King was finally towed away by Ah San. The matter came to an end and he had the opportunity to take the ship with him. A large group of military officers came to the International Defense Exhibition in the East to watch the excitement.
That is, today, after today, there will be a large number of ordinary tourists visiting tomorrow. There are so many people here that it is not suitable for Nicholas and others to visit.
“Of course. Since we are going to hold an international defense exhibition, we cannot make people laugh. Come and take a look at our booth. We have a brand new aircraft carrier model.”
"Well, your design is refreshing." Nicholas said: "Your Mingzhou Group has finally reached this point. There is no weapon and equipment for the navy that you cannot produce."
"It was all a fluke." Qin Tao was very modest: "Take that aircraft carrier as an example. We really had no intention of converting it into an aircraft carrier. Who would have thought that if the situation worsened, we would have to drag it out and use it as an aircraft carrier."
Nicolas smiled and made no comment.
"I came over there and saw your domestically produced gas turbines. You have made great progress. You have solved the heart problem of this warship. Now, we in China have no motivation to build brand new warships. An embarrassing situation for the system.”
During the Red Empire, the only design and production organization for naval gas turbines was in Ermao. Now even if Da Mao wants to build large warships, it will face the problem of not having gas turbines.
“There are so many aero-engine institutions in your country. It is not difficult to solve the problem of ship gas turbines.” Qin Tao comforted him.
Looking around the world, most naval gas turbines are improved with aero engines. Lao Maozi has a lot of high-power aero engines, and any one can be modified.
In fact, this is also the case. Lao Maozi's M90 gas turbine has already been developed in the Saturn Production Complex. However, their economic situation is not good, and the military has no plan to purchase new warships. Therefore, their gas turbine has not been developed at all. Due to the urgency, the research and development was not officially completed until 2017, and the power was not high.
So, if Lao Maozi wants to build warships, the best way is to buy them from abroad. If the relationship with Ermao is not good, he can only purchase them from the East.
“By the way, Nicholas, my friend, why did you come here today? Is there anything important?”
Nikolai had some helplessness on his face: "It wasn't because of the Super Sun King that Asan was having trouble and refused to continue improving in our shipyard. We had to go through a lot of struggle to tow the aircraft carrier back. , but in the end we had to agree to their request. Of course, they wanted to take away the warship. We didn’t say anything, so it’s impossible for us to get a refund.”
“They towed that unpowered aircraft carrier away?” Qin Tao was also a little surprised. He didn’t expect Ah San to be really brave. He was unwilling to be slaughtered by Lao Maozi all the time and actually wanted to take it back.
“Yeah, towed away.” Nicholas nodded: “It’s not bad, at least Asan has invested several billion.”
"No, I mean, this route is not stable. There is currently a tropical storm brewing in the Pacific. Our computer analysis shows that the storm may come westward." Qin Tao said.
There is a tropical storm! If this thing comes, even a powered warship will be uncomfortable. An aircraft carrier without power? Shouldn't it be sunk?
Qin Tao's eyes rolled. If the time is right, he could make a lot of money! The Mingzhou Group has high income and a lot of investment. It would be great if they could take advantage of this opportunity and continue to kill Asan.
“Your aircraft carrier is really advanced in design, but is this electromagnetic catapult reliable?” Nicholas has become interested.
"Of course, you will be able to see it when our domestic aircraft carrier is launched in a few years. We have decided to bypass the steam catapult and directly develop the electromagnetic catapult. Old friend, this is still a secret and cannot be revealed. .”
Nicola nodded.
So Qin Tao spent the day walking around with Nicholas. As for things like signing a contract with the Neva Design Bureau, Yang Dawei and others could handle it without him having to worry about it.
When he arrived in front of the J-31A, Nikolai was very interested, so Qin Tao made an exception and let Nikolai get closer to the aircraft to observe, and even got on the aircraft to experience it.
Beside the aircraft, there is the engine exhibition stand.
"Although our fighter jet that is about to take off for the first time takes off and land in an ordinary way, our vertical takeoff and landing system has been under development, and now this system is being gradually improved." Qin Tao pointed to the set Nice powertrain says.
Since there are many eye-catching things, and the J-31A has been announced to the public a long time ago and has been building momentum, there are not many reports about the J-31A. In fact, this aircraft is the one that should be paid more attention to. The power system next to it should attract more attention.
These are not models, but actual displays.
Behind it is a huge turbofan-15 engine, with a tail nozzle, becoming a big thing with a total length of nearly six meters and a diameter of more than one meter, like a thick oil pipeline.
In front of it is a transmission shaft, which is as thick as an arm and has a metallic luster that shines extremely brightly under the light.
In front of the transmission shaft, something like a normally placed gasoline barrel is the lift engine. On both sides of this thing, there is also a pipe extending several meters to both sides. This is specially used during the take-off and landing stages. The wing nozzles used to control the attitude are also found in vertical takeoff and landing engines.
The entire power system is displayed. Of course, we also want to tell the outside world that although our first flight was in an ordinary way, our research and development of vertical takeoff and landing has not stopped and has continued.
"The solution of using a lift fan can avoid the problem of the tail nozzle ablating the deck to the greatest extent, and it should be the best solution." Nikola looked at the power system in front and sighed with emotion.
At the height of its glory, the Pacific Fleet had two Kiev-class aircraft carriers, both of which used Yak-38 carrier-based aircraft. However, it was not long before they were used on land. Even with an extra layer of special durability riveted on the deck. High-temperature materials cannot avoid this problem.
“Yes, we think this vertical take-off and landing fighter will become the best aircraft in the world.” Qin Tao said: “Even the same type of aircraft in the United States is definitely not as good as our products.”
Qin Tao was very proud, but when he said this, a reporter not far away who was taking photos of this power system had a different view: "The most mature vertical take-off and landing fighter in the world is the Sea Harrier. , shouldn’t the X-32 developed on the basis of the Sea Harrier be the best?”
Qin Tao looked at the reporter over there with some surprise: "Are you familiar with these?"
"Yes, I am Reuben Johnson, a special correspondent for Jane's Defense Weekly. I went to Boeing for an interview last month. Their X-32 had already been tested at the end of last year. It is better than yours. Aircraft are much earlier, and the United States has strong scientific and technological strength. How can the products they develop be inferior to yours? As far as engines are concerned, currently only the United States in the world has a jet engine with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 10!"
Among the global military magazines, Jane's Defense Weekly is definitely the most influential. Although it was founded in 1984, a British man named Fred T. Jane published the famous "Jane's Defense Weekly" long before World War I. Battleship Manual. Up to now, Jane's has become a multinational military strategic information analysis company controlled by a Canadian company. It owns a series of famous military information magazines, including "Jane's Defense Weekly", "Jane's Warships" and "Jane's Warships". Although Jane's Global Aircraft, Jane's Intelligence Review and Jane's Foreign Affairs Report are just media outlets, their information analysis has always been regarded as authoritative among Western media and governments. Therefore, the magazines are very expensive. There is still no shortage of users, and their databases are widely purchased by governments and intelligence agencies of various countries.
Even if it is to put a spy hat on this agency, it is very appropriate, and this agency does have some shortcomings.
They don’t have many regular employees, but they have a large number of special reporters. These reporters are pervasive, have obtained a lot of professional intelligence, and write strong analytical articles.
Now that Reuben Johnson has recognized the person in front of him, of course he has to shout loudly to attract the other person's attention, and then extract some useful information from it to write a valuable manuscript.
Qin Tao only took one look and knew what the other party was up to. However, at this time, he couldn't encourage Boeing and tell Boeing that it was on the right track and continue research. He had to brag about his own aircraft.
"The engine is only one reason. There is a saying in the aviation field that as long as the engine is powerful, bricks can fly into the sky. In this regard, the United States is indeed the strongest, and we admire it." Qin Tao talked to the other party: "However, this does not mean that we have no chance. The aircraft is a whole. If the engine is not good, we can make up for it through excellent aerodynamic layout. Regarding this point, we can compare the Mirage 2000 and the F-16. Although the Mirage 2000 still uses It is a single-rotor engine, but when it comes to flight performance, both sides have their own merits. Compared with air defense and interception, even the Mirage 2000 will be better."
The power is not aerodynamic enough, so countries with weak engines cannot have hope.
"Countries with powerful engines will lie down and sleep on the engine, thinking that a good engine is enough. The aerodynamic layout is designed like a piece of shit. Sorry, please forgive my wording, that aerodynamic layout of a flying toad, It’s just too bad.”
Reuben Johnson's heart was excited. Okay, now we have the subject matter. Mr. Qin of Minzhou Group called Boeing's X-32 a piece of shit! This will definitely be more likely to trigger a reaction from Boeing!
“So, you think the design of this aircraft is excellent? But it has a conventional layout! Isn’t the canard layout popular among third-generation aircraft now?”
"American aircraft designers are saying that the best canards are on enemy fighter jets. The canard layout will also greatly increase the radar reflection area. Of course, our fourth-generation aircraft must adopt a conventional aerodynamic layout." Qin Tao retorted casually and dug a hole at the same time.
When the J-10 test flight is completed and the equipment is finalized, the 611 Research Institute will start to develop a dual-engine heavy-duty stealth aircraft, using the canard layout. Now Qin Tao said this, he is deceiving the outside world, the canard layout cannot be invisible!
"Moreover, an aircraft with a canard layout must use a delta wing. The delta wing is very large and can hold a lot of fuel. Unfortunately, it cannot be folded." Qin Tao said: "Our aircraft must have a carrier-based aircraft. It’s a carrier-based aircraft that can’t fold its wings. Wouldn’t it make people laugh if you tell it?”
The Flying Toad is very impressive and has already begun test flights of its prototype. It uses either a canard wing or an ordinary delta wing structure. Therefore, Boeing engineers encountered a big problem: How can it get on the ship if the wings do not fold? How to store fuel when folded?
Looking around the world, there are very few carrier-based fighter jets that do not fold their wings. The Tomcat fighter does not fold, that is because they can sweep back and retract directly. The Rafale fighter does not fold, there is no way, the French have to turn the aircraft forward and backward. Place them alternately, with the nose of the plane side by side with the tail of the plane next to it, to reduce the size.
What about Boeing? How do they plan to solve the flying toad's wing problem?
Of course it’s a complete revision!
Qin Tao looked at the reporters in front of him and made his own prediction: "I think that even if the X-32 has made its first flight, it will have to undergo a lot of modifications. After their modifications, the layout will change from a delta wing to a traditional Way."
Reuben Johnson opened his eyes wide: "Mr. Qin, are you serious? For an aircraft, modifying the aerodynamic layout almost means starting from scratch!"
“That’s none of my business. That’s a headache for Boeing’s technical staff.”
Across the ocean, Boeing Company.
"The Air Force has officially made a judgment on our aircraft. They believe that our existing design has seriously insufficient lift." Designer Hudson's face was extremely ugly: "Damn it, we have already said that it is the engine. The problem is, as long as the engine specially designed for this project arrives, our power will be no problem, and the take-off and landing characteristics will be greatly improved."
They were the first to make the first flight and the progress was the highest, but they did not expect that they would encounter such a problem.
What should I do if the lift force is insufficient?
The only way to do this is to significantly modify the wings!
They have always insisted that the engine is not powerful, and that the problem will be solved when a more powerful engine is available. However, those in the Air Force do not buy it.
“Then what should we do?”
“If we want to satisfy those people, we can only change the design and significantly modify the wing, changing from our original delta wing structure to a normal structure, reducing the main wing area, and adding a horizontal tail.”
The originally beautiful delta-wing fighter has become a conventional aerodynamic layout again!
"Such modifications mean that we have to start all our projects over again." Someone began to complain: "We have to re-blow the wind tunnel, we have to redesign the flight control software, and as a result, our wing area is reduced , which will cause the fuel load to drop too much.”
“Yes, these are big problems that we have to face, but the good thing is that our opponents are also having a hard time, and their aircraft have encountered more problems.” Hudson said.
“What? McDonnell Douglas is also feeling uncomfortable?”
"They have already begun experiments on the power system. The problem of deck ablation caused by the lift engine solution is almost unsolvable." Hudson said: "At present, McDonnell Douglas seems to be considering using the lift engine Change to a lift fan.”
What?
Everyone was shocked. Is it the same as Lockheed’s plan? So Lockheed also failed miserably during the original bidding process, right?
(End of this chapter)