Wang Wei had no shoes, leaving only his white socks on the deck. He looked at Qin Tao with doubts in his eyes: "Mr. Qin, is this true?"
Qin Tao could only nod: "Yes, from now on everyone will call him Xiang De, the Chinese name he gave himself. However, how to understand the beauty of Xiang Demei has nothing to do with me."
"Mr. Qin, don't think about staying out of it. You brought up the idea of "beautiful thinking". My name is Xiang De. You are welcome to give me a nickname. You can call me "beautiful thinking" freely. I I'm very happy with this nickname, I just want it to be beautiful."
“These shoes cannot be hung in such a place, as they will change the aerodynamic layout.” A technician in charge of the drone said: “If it does not fly after ejection, it will fall into the sea, and it cannot be stuck here.”
As he spoke, he pinched it with **** and took out the shoe.
"It's a pity that there are no shoelaces. If there were shoelaces, he could be tied to the ejection shuttle." Delano said while looking around. The deck was clean and there was nothing extra. After feeling around in his pocket, he finally found something: a piece of network cable!
Delano was satisfied and tied two pairs of shoes to the ejection shuttle. They would move forward with the ejection shuttle, but when the ejection shuttle slowed down, they would be thrown out again, thus completing the entire ejection process. Although it changed from steam ejection to Although the electromagnetic ejection was blocked, Delano still did it very quickly. It seems that he must have done this kind of thing before.
On the ship island, Zhang Zhen looked at everything below with great interest in his eyes.
"Captain Zhang, that wild dog is messing around again. He took off Captain Wang's shoes and hung them on the ejection slide." The first mate came over and said, "Our first ejection experiment should be very grand. , it’s a bit vulgar to be **** by him like this now.”
"Yes, it's a bit vulgar." Zhang Zhen said: "However, we not only need Yangchun Baixue, but also lower-level people. The U.S. Navy has decades of experience in operating aircraft carriers, and the traditions they left behind also have a positive effect, at least After this ejection, everyone will remember this pair of shoes worn by the Kings, and perhaps, this can become a tradition of our navy in the future.”
Zhang Zhen actually has this attitude! The first mate was surprised.
Makarov on the side spoke: "Yes, there are three to four thousand people on an aircraft carrier. It is like a city on the sea. Everyone lives step by step every day, and it will become mechanical, like It's like a puppet. The spring of the clock is always tightened, which is bad for the clock. Our spring cannot always be tightened, and it needs to be relaxed sometimes."
The navy has not had this kind of experience before. The largest warship can only carry a few hundred people. Although the 001 aircraft carrier has been commissioned, the nature of the training is more, and the number of people is not as large as the one in front of you.
Three to four thousand people, their nerves are tense all the time, which is too tiring. When tired, it is easy to make mistakes, so there must be time to relax.
The U.S. Navy has already explored this. They regularly hold barbecue activities on the deck, etc., just to relax these tense nerves, so that they can live and fight better. To develop, the navy in the East must also learn these valuable experiences.
“Report, the catapult is ready!”
“Sail at full speed, prepare to eject, and irrelevant personnel leave the deck.” Zhang Zhen gave the order.
Hearing this order, Delano did not disobey, but strode towards the ship island.
The sea trials of an aircraft carrier are very important. Every system must be tested and all kinds of evidence must be retained, which naturally includes a large amount of video data. Now that it is ejected for the first time, such a glorious moment, of course it must be recorded. The ship island has already There was a high-definition camera pointing at the deck, and what Delano rushed into was, of course, the control room. From here, he could clearly see the entire ejection process.
He was the first one, and many more people came in from behind, making the small monitoring room full.
“Hey, what are you doing here? We can put the surveillance footage into the conference room. There’s a big screen there.”
“That’s right, go to the conference room!” Everyone ran away again.
Every day's take-off and landing training of aircraft carrier-based aircraft must be videotaped, and then these videos will be put in the pilot conference room, and the officers on duty on that day will comment, give points, etc., so of course the network is connected, and this Each warship is already equipped with an advanced network. As long as there is a corresponding password, any terminal can see these scenes.
However, the clearest thing is still the ship island. The protruding observation window on the aviation bridge can overlook the entire deck most clearly. Wang Wei, who had temporarily changed into a pair of slippers, stood there, looking at the drone that was about to eject and take off, with a complicated expression on his face.
He was robbed of his leather shoes just like that, but he didn't say anything because he knew that the U.S. Navy really had this custom. Our first aircraft carrier did not have a catapult, so we couldn't do it like this. This time it will be fine. The key is Yes, the captain didn't stop it!
This will probably create a historical record. The whole country and the whole world will remember this day, and the motherland navy will never forget it, because it records a new history of the development of the motherland navy: On November 10, 2001, the Eastern Navy 002 aircraft carrier No. 17 conducted the ejection experiment for the first time during sea trials!
What was ejected was just a drone, which was placed in the hangar before going to sea, but this is the arrival of a new era!
I just don’t know if this sentence will be added when recording: Also ejected at the same time was a pair of leather shoes belonging to the captain of the carrier-based air wing! What does this mean? The pilots of the Eastern Navy can fly and kick away any invading enemy.
Even if there is no record, it is estimated that future aircraft carrier sailors will pass it on by word of mouth. This is how Wang Wei is remembered.
Wang Wei looked at the ejections below with complicated eyes, listening to the reports coming up one after another.
“The drone engine has started!”
“The autonomous flight control program has been loaded!”
“Energy storage completed!”
“Ready, eject!”
The hot impact of the engine hit the flame shield and flew into the sky again. It is hard to say how much power this thing can increase, but at least it is safe at the back and will not turn into a roast chicken. The electromagnetic catapult below makes a buzzing sound. , the ejection slider suddenly released, with a whooshing sound.
Just like shooting a slingshot, the drone jumps forward quickly driven by the catapult, getting faster and faster. Before it reaches the end, it already wants to fly. When the slider When decelerating, the drone's wheels left the deck and took off successfully.
"It's a waste of time. Even if we have adjusted it to the minimum thrust, it is still too powerful for the drone." Wang Wei said, "It's easy to take off."
“Okay, great!”
There were excited sounds and applause below. Wang Wei sighed in his heart. After all, this is the first ship-based ejection. It is normal for everyone to be excited.
However, before he finished thinking, another voice sounded from below: "The shoes flew several kilometers, beautiful! Judging from my experience of ejecting shoes hundreds of times, this time is the farthest. This electromagnetic catapult is really powerful. ah!"
Actually cheering for shoes? Wang Wei was speechless for a moment. This Delano has been in the East for several years and his Chinese is getting better and better. Now, just by listening to his voice, it is no longer possible to tell that he is a foreigner.
The drone continues to fly forward. To it, it may be just an ordinary flight, just like a small step taken when walking normally, but to the Eastern Navy, it is equivalent to a big step!
“Unfortunately, the wings of this kind of drone cannot be folded, making it difficult to board the ship. I don’t know when our navy’s professional drones will be able to board the ship.” Zhang Zhen sighed with emotion.
“Yes, our electromagnetic catapult can perfectly eject drones. When encountering dangerous targets in the future, drones will be used in the first wave of attacks.” Wang Wei also sighed with emotion.
“Reset the ejection slider!” The next command was issued.
If it is an ordinary steam catapult, after the ejection is completed, the slider needs to be hung on a special reset trolley, drag the slider below to reset, and then prepare to eject the second fighter plane, but it is not used for electromagnetic ejection.
Without anyone touching it, the slider in the electromagnetic ejection guide slowly moved backward from the front end of the angled deck track, and returned to its original position easily.
At the ship island, testing continues.
"Data tracking is normal." The radar soldiers entered into intense work.
There is a lot of content in the test, with the ship hull and the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft being the focus. Of course, the ship-borne electronic equipment cannot be missed.
A four-sided phased array radar is installed on the island of the 002 aircraft carrier, and it is also a liquid-cooled flat-panel antenna. Although this antenna has been used on the 052D, after all, the 052D has not yet entered service, so the performance has not been tested. Now it is equivalent to the first Everyone was very nervous when testing this upgraded 346A radar.
The ejected UAV flies according to the established route, which can also provide a good target for the 346A radar. After the UAV takes off, the radar focuses on this target and tracks it meticulously.
It is a piece of cake for the advanced Loongson computer to process this kind of data. The computer's fan is not rotating, indicating that it is running at low power at this time.
“Shield conversion, data is normal!”
The Sky Sentinel radar developed by Lao Maozi is also a four-sided phased array, but they do not have the ability to connect the data from the four sides together. Each one works its own way, which is equivalent to four systems. After that, whether it is Aegis or Eastern Aegis, They are all integrated signals together.
Each antenna is responsible for a ninety-degree airspace. When the drone flies through this ninety-degree area, it enters the area of the other antenna. This time involves a series of issues such as data switching. Since it is already mature and reliable system, so there is nothing unusual.
“Report, suspicious echo found on radar, distance 500 kilometers.”
Five hundred kilometers, suspicious echo! Zhang Zhen asked calmly: "What's the heading?"
“It’s flying in our direction.”
Ordinarily, five hundred kilometers is far enough, but for an aircraft carrier, five hundred kilometers is its warning range. Moreover, there are supposedly no aircraft in that airspace under normal circumstances. Now that they are flying here, they must be problematic.
“Notify the land-based aviation immediately and request to take off for reconnaissance.” Zhang Zhen said.
It would be better to have a wasted trip than to have any problems. During the sea trials of this aircraft carrier, there will definitely be many pairs of eyes staring at it. Zhang Zhen is very vigilant.
"Unfortunately, we still don't have fighter jets on this aircraft carrier. Now that we have finished testing the drones, it is time to deploy the fighter jets in an orderly manner. This way, if there is a problem, we can solve it by ourselves at any time without having to contact the land-based aviation force. "At this time, Delano came up. After hearing the news, he immediately suggested: "Next, should we conduct a carrier-based aircraft landing test?"
“No, we must test according to normal subjects. We must test scientifically and we must not rush the progress due to external influences.”
"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything. I was thinking beautifully." Delano said, walking down, planning to go to the aircraft carrier deck to have a look.
This catapult is really great. The steamy scene on the deck before is no longer there. The deck looks cleaner and tidier. He is looking forward to the scene of the warship being loaded with carrier-based aircraft and imagining the future.
An hour later, he was called back to the ship island.
“Our superiors have instructed us to arrange carrier-based take-off and landing experiments as soon as possible, so that we can effectively deter certain people. Therefore, we are now planning to conduct carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing tests as soon as possible.”
Hearing Zhang Zhen's words, Delano's face showed excitement: "Really? This is really good news! It seems that the target that appears at 500 kilometers must be my former colleague."
Zhang Zhen did not answer his question. Wang Wei said: "According to the plan, we will first be light, then medium, and then heavy. So, should we start with the training aircraft first?"
UAVs are the lightest. Apart from UAVs, they are also trainer aircraft. Delano helped get a T-45 back then. With domestic reference, they used Jiaoba to improve the carrier-based trainer aircraft. It has always been the main force in naval training. Now Wang Wei believes that it is safer to start with training aircraft.
"No, no." Delano immediately shook his head: "I don't think this is the right choice. The electromagnetic catapult is perfect. Our ejection of drones has verified the reliability of these systems, so next, directly eject the medium-sized drone The J-32 is enough, there is no need to start with a training aircraft, we can already run, do we still have to learn to walk?"
"However, we only verified the catapults on the oblique deck, not the catapults on the right-angle deck. Next, we will conduct a large number of ship-based ejections, and catapults on the right-angle deck will also be used. We can directly launch medium-sized aircraft Is there any risk? "
"If you are afraid of the risk, you can eject the shoes first. The captain's shoes are still on his feet."
Zhang Zhen’s expression changed.
"Ahem." Ma Ming said from the side: "Everyone, we have a lot of experimental data in the first ejection. Although the two catapults on the right-angle deck have not been tested yet, we think there is no problem. Our electromagnetic catapult The system's fault tolerance is very high, and once a problem with the ejection is discovered, the ejection can be terminated at any time."
Steam catapults do not have this kind of fault tolerance. To put it simply, as long as the Yellow Vest makes that style, the ejection and take-off will enter the irreversible stage. The fighter jet will run at full power and eject and take off with the help of the catapult. If it suddenly finds that the thrust is insufficient , cannot meet the ejection needs, then the pilot can only parachute. On the US Navy aircraft carrier, such accidents can be seen. It does not matter if the fighter plane falls into the sea, as long as the pilot is safe.
After all, a conventional steam catapult is a steel cylinder piston. Once the steam starts to be injected, there is no way to change the state and can only be used in one go. But the electromagnetic catapult is different. Every module of this thing can be reversed.
Forward direction means acceleration, reverse direction means deceleration. Just adjust the direction of the current.
In fact, on the ejection track of more than 100 meters, the last few meters are in the opposite direction. You need to stop the slider and then slide back. Otherwise, the slider and the aircraft will have the same speed and fly out directly.
The thrust is insufficient during ejection. You can find out from the moment you eject. When the system detects that the acceleration is not enough to take off safely, it will brake at full speed to stop the aircraft. It is as simple as that.
"After so many experiments on land, there was not a single failure. When I got to sea, I tested one of them again. I think the remaining two must be fine. I have full confidence in Eastern Manufacturing." Delano said: "You guys If you don’t dare to fly, then I will fly.”
Zhang Zhen thought for a while, and then said: "Take out the spare ejection car and test the two bow catapults. If there are no problems, we will use the bow catapult again, but the take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft cannot be stopped." It’s delayed, organize it as soon as possible.”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhen looked at Makarov: "Old Ma, is it okay to test like this?"
"No problem, we can make adjustments and continue to complete tests of other projects while the carrier-based aircraft is taking off and landing." Makarov said: "The emergence of this aircraft carrier has stimulated the sensitive nerves of some people, and they want to Come and cause trouble for us, we just have to continue working, speed up the progress, and have this aircraft carrier complete sea trials and be delivered to the troops as soon as possible!"
After the meeting, the carrier-based helicopter on the 054 frigate took off and landed on the large deck of the aircraft carrier, taking Delano and others away. However, Wang Wei still stayed on the aircraft carrier, waiting for the carrier-based aircraft to land. Guidance and other tasks.
After seeing off the helicopter, Wang Wei and others went to the back of the deck to check the Fresnel light box, electromagnetic arresting cable and other equipment.