Chapter 588 Accident Handling
"Who are you?" Zhang Ye was a little confused after being scolded all over the face and couldn't help but ask.
"He is the founder of our navy's aircraft carrier formation." A voice came: "Although he is not a soldier, he is really qualified to criticize you."
Zhang Ye looked over following the sound and saw a familiar figure: Li Yan, the captain of the 001 aircraft carrier!
“Our navy now has carrier-based fixed-wing aviation, which is entirely due to President Qin.” Another voice said, it was Wang Wei who was following Li Yan closely.
Hearing the words of the two people, Zhang Ye opened his eyes wide: "Are you Mr. Qin of Mingzhou Group?"
"Yeah." Qin Tao nodded: "However, don't take their exaggerated introduction to heart. Our navy's ability to have carrier-based aviation is the result of the efforts of countless people. I just pushed it. It's all about me. But we can’t afford to create such a big pomp.”
After all, Wu Shengli was older and walked slower, so he fell behind. At this time, hearing Qin Tao's words, Wu Shengli was very satisfied. As his son-in-law, he would never take credit or be arrogant. What he said now made it very clear. good.
"Mr. Qin, don't be too angry. Most people can't understand the pilot's feelings for the aircraft. The pilot flies the War Eagle, and the two are like brothers. When encountering such a malfunction, the pilot's first reaction must be to save the aircraft. Plane, save national property. This is the instinct of a pilot." Later, Wang Wei spoke again.
"Damn it, you heard the order to parachute, why don't you parachute?" As soon as Wang Wei finished speaking, Delano came up angrily. Because of his anger, his raised right hand was shaking, and his words became more and more weird.
After staying here for a long time, many Americans have learned to speak Chinese, but the tone is always a little different, and now it is even weirder because of anger.
"Pilots are the most precious, and planes are nothing! Once you encounter danger, don't hesitate and choose to parachute immediately! Especially our carrier-based aircraft pilots are dancers on the tip of a knife. If you are not careful, your plane may crash. If the plane is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, but if the people are gone, then there is nothing!"
Different countries have very different ideas. The cultural differences between the East and the West have always existed.
However, when it comes to the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots, there are no two standards!
As their instructor, Delano yelled at this time: "You are really an idiot, a hopeless idiot. If it weren't for Lao Maozi's advanced ejection seat technology, you would have become a meat pie on the ground at this time." It’s disgusting to us every day!”
Even American carrier-based aircraft catapults do not have this kind of performance! If it were at sea, if it was ejected in the same posture just now, it would still land on the water, waiting for the helicopter to salvage it. But now it is on land, and if it was ejected in that posture, it would hit the ground directly!
At that time, Delano was also in a cold sweat. When he saw the ejection seat drawing an arc with the pilot, he realized that it was Lao Maozi's famous K-36 ejection seat.
In the world, only this kind of ejection seat can save the life of a pilot!
"Yes. Thanks to this ejection seat." Wu Shengli finally spoke: "At the beginning, when we were going to build a carrier-based aircraft, President Qin repeatedly suggested that we must not install our own ejection seats, but install old ones. Damn it, so our Navy gritted its teeth and equipped these aircraft with K-36 ejection seats. After all, the pilots we spent a lot of money to train are more valuable than the aircraft. Now, it seems that our pilots are safe and sound. , which shows that our choice at that time was not wrong!”
Is this all thanks to myself?
Qin Tao also lamented that no matter what, although the plane crashed this time, the pilot was still alive. What a blessing among misfortunes!
"Domestic ejection seat research and development institutions should also work harder. They must not only copy the K-36D ejection seat, but also improve it. Combining the advantages of the East and the West, we can develop advanced ejection seats. come out."
So far, domestic ejection seats are still relatively backward. The HTY-5 ejection seat developed for the J-10 is already the latest model, but it is just fine for use on the J-10. It is used on the two-seat Flying Leopard fighter-bomber. , is often unfriendly to front-seat pilots. After all, its reaction time is 0.6 seconds. It takes 1.2 seconds for a two-seat aircraft to eject from the front and rear, while the K-36D's ejection seat time is only 0.4 seconds.
The most important ejection seat in the West is the product of Martin-Baker Company, and its life-saving rate is not as good as that of Lao Maozi's product. Of course, both of them have their own advantages. Martin-Baker's product is light in weight and has advanced sensors, while Lao Maozi's product The disadvantage of Maozi's ejection seat is that it is heavy and has lagging sensors.
Therefore, it is not only necessary to imitate, but also to use advanced technology to improve. After all, after the collapse of the Red Empire, Lao Maozi started to rest on his laurels, and there will not be much improvement.
The K-36 ejection seat has been designed since 1961, and in 2020, its modifications are still being used.
"Yes, we can't keep using imported goods. They are too expensive. During the negotiations to introduce the Su-27, Lao Maozi did not give us the technology to eject the seats. We have no other choice but to use the old method. First Imitation, then improvement.”
After saying this, Wu Shengli frowned again and looked at the fighter plane whose flames had been extinguished: "However, this plane crashed. Such a serious second-class accident must be investigated carefully."
"Of course it has to be investigated." Qin Tao said: "This time it is a telex failure. We must have technical personnel from the 601 Institute come over to clarify the cause. Before that, all J-15s must be grounded to avoid another similar situation. Flight accident.”
In the past, airplanes were hydraulically operated, just like the brakes of a car. When you step on the brake pump, you can still press hard even if there is no power assist.
Today's aircraft are operated by fly-by-wire. The operating lever directly converts the pilot's operation into an electronic signal. After being interpreted by the computer, it is transmitted to each control surface and engine. This is like the brake of an electric car. When you step on it, it just An electronic signal will not directly act on the wheel. Whether to perform this action depends on the analysis and judgment of the computer.
The current telex failure occurred during the intermediate analysis and judgment. It was discovered that the aircraft was tilting up, and Zhang Ye was pushing the control stick forward hard. However, the rudder surface of the aircraft did not perform this action and continued to tilt up!
The computer has run erratically, or the computer has taken control of the pilot. This is very dangerous, and this fault must be resolved!
The experts from Institute 601 arrived before dawn in the early morning. When they saw the wreckage of the crashed fighter plane, the expressions on their faces were solemn.
Sun Chang and Luo Yang looked at each other, and then said: "We need to carefully understand the pilot's operations at that time."
"Of course there is no problem. In order to study whether the carrier-based aircraft pilot's landing action was qualified and what needs to be improved, we specially installed a video device in the cockpit." Wang Wei introduced: "You can watch the video at that time."
Any aircraft has a black box, but the black box only records data, at most plus the sound of the radio call at the time. There will be no video, and ordinary fighter cockpits will not record, except for the training of their navy's carrier-based aircraft pilots!
With the video, everything is clear. After investigating the black box, the technicians came to the conclusion that the pilot's action of pulling the control stick backward caused the aircraft to tilt up: You see, the data here shows that the pilot was tilting backward at that time. Pull the lever!
If there is no video, it is the electronic signal that has the final say whether the brakes are applied.
"Don't move the wreckage of the plane for the time being. You can cover it with a camouflage net first. We have to study it carefully. Now, let's go see the video and black box first." Sun Chong said.
It would be best for this kind of accident not to be known to the outside world. Anyway, the accident happened last night. As long as a camouflage net is put up before dawn, no one will know about it.
“Okay.” Li Yan nodded: “We will ground all J-15s until we find the real cause of the malfunction and make improvements.”
When he heard this, Sun Chong immediately frowned: "Why?"
"Since there are signs of malfunction, of course all flights must be grounded for inspection." Li Yan said: "This is a common practice. It is not easy to train our carrier-based aircraft pilots, but a similar situation cannot happen again."
“What if it’s an operational error?”
“That will have to wait until a comprehensive appraisal.” A stern voice sounded.
Yesterday, Wu Shengli worked until midnight, so Wu Shengli got up late this morning. When he heard that experts from the 601 Institute were coming, Wu Shengli hurried over. He happened to hear Sun Chong's words and immediately became angry.
What operational error? Our pilots have missed precious time to parachute in order to protect the aircraft! You actually want to shirk responsibility?
"Not only your technical staff from the 601st Institute, but also some experts from our Air Force's equipment department will form a joint investigation team to jointly investigate the cause of this accident." Wu Shengli said, just based on those words, he was worried Yes, you need to add an extra layer of insurance.
"Leader Wu, please rest assured, we will investigate clearly as soon as possible." Luo Yang said: "The fighter planes we produce must ensure the absolute safety of the pilots, and similar accidents must not occur."
Luo Yang is the person in charge of the J-15 project. He is under a lot of pressure at this time, but he knows that this kind of thing cannot be rushed and must be cautious.
When the sky in the east began to light up, a video was played in the office of the base.
The video recorder is located on the instrument panel, so you can clearly see the pilot's every move, and you can also see part of the scene outside through the canopy.
The fighter plane is landing skillfully, and the pilot is operating the plane calmly. Although it is flying at a low altitude, the pilot is still wearing an oxygen mask and is meticulous. His resolute eyes can be seen through the helmet and mask.
Falling, continuing to fall, suddenly, the nose of the aircraft began to tilt up, and the pilot quickly pressed down the control stick. However, the nose of the aircraft was still tilting up. You can easily see the nose-up movement by rotating the sky on both sides. !
“117 report, telex failure!” the pilot called while continuing to press the control lever and push the control lever forward with all his strength, but it made no sense!
“117, skydive, skydive immediately!”
The sound that came over the radio was also recorded, but the pilot seemed not to have heard it and was still trying to save the plane.
The field of view outside the cockpit is still changing, and the lights on the land can already be seen, indicating that the plane's elevation angle has exceeded 90 degrees!
Skydiving, skydiving! The sound was still ringing, and the pilot finally stopped hesitating and pulled the ejection ring, and then his field of vision was filled with red.
“Now, can you still say it was a pilot error?” Wang Wei’s tone was cold.
"There is no problem with the pilot's operation." Luo Yang said: "It seems that the fault did occur in our fly-by-wire control. Different from the analog fly-by-wire control on the J-11, we use digital on the J-15 Telex, there is probably a bug in the code."
"Luo Gong! Don't jump to conclusions casually!" Sun frowned in a hurry.
"Yes, the conclusion has not yet been determined. Next, we should check all the data and conduct a system analysis to find out why the telex system performed the wrong operation in the first place."
“What if it’s an accident?” a fellow technician asked.
There has been an accident and all flights have to be grounded! For them, this is a major blow, and what's even more annoying is, what if it is an accidental failure and the cause cannot be found?
This is just like a computer. If it runs for a long time, it may crash. This thing is completely unpredictable. After investigation, no reason can be found. After restarting, the fault disappears.
If they have to find the reason to go around, then what if they will never find it?
"Accidental malfunctions are not acceptable, we must find the cause, and we must be responsible to the end!" Luo Yang's attitude was very firm.
Qin Tao is very satisfied with Luo Yang's attitude. This is the attitude that a technical person should have!
Qin Tao is a shipbuilder, so he doesn't know what's wrong with the plane. He has a specialization in the industry, and this is the attitude he wants.
The analysis that follows is destined to be boring. It is difficult to find what happened at that time in the massive code and data. Everyone looked at it for a while, which was a waste of time, and then left.
When the navy personnel left, the voices of discussion inside started again.
“The research and development of the J-31A carrier-based aircraft is progressing smoothly.”
"Yes, after all, this is under the banner of a fourth-generation stealth aircraft. Is the Navy interested in this aircraft and trying to find a reason to get rid of our aircraft?"
Luo Yang frowned and looked at the technician who made the comment: "What are you thinking in your mind?"
Originally it was just a technical issue, but now it has turned into a conspiracy theory!
"The prototype of the J-15 fighter we are producing now was obtained by Mr. Qin. If it weren't for those prototypes, we would never have been able to develop the J-15 so quickly. We couldn't even fold the wings. You don’t even know!” Luo Yang’s tone became serious: “Mr. Qin is not as miserable as you think. In his heart, Mr. Qin pretends to be the navy, national defense, and the country!”
The technicians lowered their heads. They had never seen Luo Gong so angry!
"If one day, President Qin proposes to replace our J-15 with the J-31A, it will not be for profit, but for the development of the navy. After all, our aircraft are not stealth aircraft. Do you know how many other people's aircraft have been exported? Has it been flown? The order can be scheduled for ten years! Can you still see the market for these dozens of aircraft for the Navy? However, although that kind of aircraft is good, it is a medium-sized aircraft after all. Our J-15 is currently the most suitable for the Navy "." Luo Yang looked at his subordinates with stern eyes: "Don't think about this now, just mind your own business."
A sneeze...Qin Tao sneezed. He touched his nose. Was someone praising me or scolding me?
“Taozi, are you catching a cold?” Wu Shengli asked.
"It's okay." Qin Tao said, "I'm still young and in good health."
“I don’t know how long it will take to find the cause of the fault.” Wu Shengli said: “If by that time, we can catch up with your J-31A finalization…”
Hearing this, Qin Tao quickly shook his head: "Dad, our navy's carrier-based aircraft are not suitable for replacement at the moment. The navy needs dual-engine heavy-duty fighters that can carry a large amount of ammunition to take off. The J-31A is just a The internal bomb bay of a medium-sized aircraft cannot even accommodate a large anti-ship missile, so it is destined not to be the main force of the navy."
Qin Tao is still self-aware.
With the limited number of aircraft carriers, the cost-effectiveness ratio of heavy fighter aircraft is one step higher than that of medium and medium-sized aircraft. They have strong combat capabilities, long airborne time, and large amounts of ammunition. The J-31A is not suitable for the time being.
“Well, what you said makes sense, but I don’t know how long their accident investigation will take, and whether it will delay the development of catapult-type fighters. Our electromagnetic catapult is still waiting.”
“Well, if the ejection-type J-5 cannot arrive in time, we can use our J-31A instead, and let these people worry.” Qin Tao said.
He is not afraid of being scolded. As long as he can solve the current problem as soon as possible, it is worth being a villain.
“Okay, let’s do it like this. By the way, speaking of the J-31A, the relevant departments are really interested in letting you take over Factory 162. The procedures should be processed, and it is estimated that it will take some time.”
Hearing what Wu Shengli said, Qin Tao became interested: "That's really good news. There's nothing going on here now. I'll go to Factory 162 to have a look."
Qin Tao couldn't wait any longer.
"Aren't you going to listen to what your superiors want?" Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao who was eager.
"What other conditions can there be? The worst thing is to ask for more money." Qin Tao said: "Our Mingzhou Group is not short of money and we can agree to any amount we want. However, if we are not allowed to purchase it with full capital, we will not even have more than 100% of the shares." We will not agree to 50%, and I made it clear last time that we would rather build an aviation factory from scratch than accept control from others."
Wu Shengli nodded: "Wholly-owned procurement is not possible. The plan currently negotiated by superiors is that your group will invest 500 million yuan, occupying 51% of the shares, and Factory 162 will use all the production equipment for the remaining 40%. Nine shares, the controlling right is in your hands."
The price of 500 million yuan is indeed not expensive, that is, the price of the production equipment. However, if it can be packaged and brought out as a whole, it will be much easier to directly produce fighter jets than starting from scratch.
"We require that the proportion of production workers exceed 95%. The idle staff will be transferred when they need to be transferred, and they will be laid off when they need to be laid off." Qin Tao said: "What we want is a brand new factory, and we cannot use the same old customs. Come on, I don’t want to deal with the farce of cliques.”
"This is definitely something we have to discuss. The other side should agree to your request, as long as you agree to their request."
"any request?"
"Within five years, the output value of the aircraft factory controlled by your Mingzhou Group will account for half of the province's output value, and it will drive the economic development of the entire province." Wu Shengli said: "If your Mingzhou Group takes over, it will definitely be It needs to be moved out of the ravine, but it must be moved to your province, but the entire aircraft factory cannot be moved to Huating or Mingzhou."
Your province is poor. It is full of ravines and ravines, making it difficult to develop. If it had not been for the third-line construction, your province would not have had any opportunities to develop industry.
After the country opened, the 011 base located in Shangougou was suddenly in the tragic situation of a father who did not love his mother. The fate of the third-line military factories was also similar. Fortunately, there was a famous local war in the 1980s. They can still make some money from foreign trade.
However, after entering the 1990s, it became difficult to develop further.
“This condition is very reasonable and we can agree to it. However, the leaders of your province must coordinate with us and allow us to move to the provincial capital.” Qin Tao said.
Although it is a mountainous area, the development prospects of the provincial capital are still good. If they want to relocate, of course the provincial capital is their first choice.
"Taozi, if you go there for inspection, the local government will definitely welcome you, and you can negotiate terms with them then." Wu Shengli said, "I won't go."
This matter really has nothing to do with the navy. Wu Shengli is also very busy. With the recent flight accident, he has a lot of things to deal with. He can't leave. Moreover, it would be bad if he had to go.
Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, let's go there."
011 base! It’s really an emotional place.
What was the slogan back then?
Be prepared for war and famine for the people, and good people will be on the third front immediately!
Inspired by that slogan and inspired by the times, a large number of outstanding aviation talents and 100,000 worker cadres, intellectuals, and People's Liberation Army soldiers, with the belief of "aviation serving the country", walked into the dangerous distance from Northeast, East and North China of the motherland. A 011 base was established in the wild mountains of Guizhou.
In addition to the 011 base, there are also the 061 base and the 083 base. The three bases form a triangle and have become the country's last resort.
Everything starting with 0 has the highest level. If you need people to give people, if you need money, give money. If the original money is used to develop the economy...
Forget it, I have never experienced that era, so my feelings are meaningless.
(End of this chapter)