Great warships

For a newly built warship, there will be many firsts, and for an aircraft carrier, there will be many unique firsts. The first landing of a carrier-based aircraft is Most memorable.

Although a helicopter has already landed on it, in the eyes of real carrier-based aviation, helicopters are nothing at all. Only the landing of a carrier-based fixed-wing fighter jet is called the real first landing of a carrier-based aircraft.

On this day, the test of the carrier-based equipment turned to the inspection of the landing assistance system. Everyone was very excited, and they were waiting for the arrival of the carrier-based aircraft.

However, Delano and the others left and returned to the wasteland village base to fly fighter planes and then land here. It must be done tomorrow. After all, this was a temporary decision, and the time was too short.

Although the deck is wide, it is divided into many parts. The bow and the front half of the angled deck are used to take off fighter jets. The landing area for carrier-based aircraft is actually very small, only behind the lined part of the beveled deck.

"At present, we have been able to use the radar equipment on the aircraft carrier to guide the carrier-based aircraft, allowing the carrier-based aircraft to approach two or three kilometers away from the aircraft carrier's deck, but then, the accuracy is not enough to meet the needs, and the pilot has to observe Fresnel You can help the landing mirror." Standing beside the Fresnel light box, Wang Wei said to Qin Tao: "We have calculated that in the final stage, the pilot has to perform two or three hundred operations based on experience to correct the aircraft status. The pilots put forward very high requirements. Mr. Qin, can we use technical means to reduce the difficulty of pilots landing on the ship?"

Qin Tao smiled: "If Delano is here, he will definitely say that he thinks beautifully. The pilot of the carrier-based aircraft is a dancer on the tip of the knife. The landing depends entirely on technology. If everything is handed over to electronic products, then we Aren’t the pilots of the pilots the same as those land-based fighter pilots?”

"That's right, so I have to say it while Delano is away." Wang Wei said: "We have skilled pilots, but we still hope to have technical means to help us solve some problems."

Qin Tao nodded: "At present, we are developing drone landing technology. This technology is not controlled by humans and can be solved by technical means. When the drone landing technology is mature, the automatic landing of manned fighter jets The technology will also be transplanted, so you don’t have to worry, just wait patiently.”

The relevant technologies are of course under development, but we should not be in a hurry. Americans have magic carpets, so of course we must have advanced technologies.

"Really? That's really great. I don't know what specific technology it is?"

"First of all, we still need to optimize our fighter technology. When we land, in order to control the aircraft's route, we need to precisely control the lift. For example, our fighter is equipped with a special thumb wheel on the throttle lever. Adjust the thrust of the engine more precisely, but with the development of technology, we can use the onboard computer to precisely control the flaps and ailerons of the aircraft to make precise adjustments, which is faster than adjusting the engine or pitch attitude. Wait until later, If our carrier-based aircraft enters the era of vectored thrust, it will be easier to control."

The landing procedure of the UAV is very simple, because the tonnage of the UAV is small, and it is easy to adjust the posture. The manned fighter can easily be [-] to [-] tons, with a large mass and high inertia, so it is difficult to adjust. Among all carrier-based aircraft, the Tomcat The fighter plane is the most obvious. Every time it lands on the ship, it shakes from side to side, because it cannot be adjusted precisely. If the attitude is changed slightly, the plane will adjust at a large angle.

Existing fighter jets need to upgrade their technology if they want to control them accurately. When the J-[-] is launched in the future, if the thrust vectoring technology is mature, it will be even easier.

"Under the premise of precise control of the aircraft, we can use a special high-precision radar to observe various parameters of the aircraft when it lands, and control the error within 0.01 meters. If the radar is not enough, we can also use lasers to solve it, and then put the Various data are displayed on the head-up display of the fighter plane, so that the plane can land more accurately. Most of the operations are handed over to the computer to control. The number of times the pilot controls the plane during landing has been reduced from two to three hundred times to Twenty or thirty times."

Wang Wei nodded: "Mr. Qin, we are full of expectations for this technology. It is difficult for naval carrier-based aircraft to land, especially at night. We hope that with the help of advanced systems, everyone can land at night, so as to improve our combat effectiveness. .”

Even in the U.S. Navy, not all pilots have the ability to land at night, so their large fleet attacks are usually dispatched in the middle of the night, and it will be dawn when they come back. As for Ah San, he keeps saying that he has dozens of The Navy, which has more than [-] years of experience in operating aircraft carriers, has never seen reports of carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing at night.

At this moment, an officer wearing a helmet next to the Fresnel-assisted landing light box shouted: "Report, we just received news from the bridge, let us be prepared. In five hours, the carrier-based aircraft will conduct First landing."

Five hours?

Wang Wei's face changed, he walked over, picked up another pair of headphones and a microphone, and shouted into it.

"Call the bridge, I'm the captain of the carrier air wing, does the wild dog request to land in the evening?"

"Yes, the wild dog is currently taking a special plane to return to the base. It will take about five hours to go back and forth. The base is preparing the plane according to his requirements, and it should be able to meet the needs of the time."

"Isn't this a little rushed?"

"The wild dog said that if the war comes, it will not choose the time we are ready for. Of course, it still depends on our preparations. If we are not ready, even if he flies over, he will not be allowed to land. You can Land at one of the nearby land airports first."

"We should be able to complete all the testing."

Five hours later, that is, after four o'clock in the afternoon, the atmosphere on the aircraft carrier was very tense.

The first drone ejection was carried out in the morning, and the carrier-based aircraft was about to land in the afternoon. Although it was a bit hasty, everyone was ready in a short time.

No one else could be seen on the deck, only a group of green vests were busy.

On the ship island, the voice of calling kept ringing.

"Attention wild dogs, the distance is fifty kilometers."

"The wild dog received it, and has seen the aircraft carrier visually."

This guy's eyesight is really good, I didn't say anything!

There are no flickering light spots on the radar screen of the aircraft carrier. This is of course because it is a stealth aircraft flying over. However, through the data link, the aircraft carrier can still accurately grasp the position of the carrier-based aircraft and other conditions, which is convenient for making various overall arrangements. .

"Turn against the wind, sail at full speed, and prepare to receive our carrier-based aircraft!" Zhang Zhen gave an order.

This is not the first time to sail at full speed, and there is no such impulse as before, only the strong sea wind blows over the aircraft carrier, and the flag hanging on the island is fluttering in the wind.

Light blue smoke rose from the chimney, and the aircraft carrier was accelerating, accelerating.

"Wild Dog requested to fly around the aircraft carrier three times to determine a suitable glide path."

"Got it, you can fly around three times."

Qin Tao raised his head and looked at the sky, trying to see the traces of the fighter planes, but after observing for a long time, he still didn't see the planes. It turned out that he was specialized in surgery, and it was really impossible to do this by himself.

In the sky, J-32 fighters with gray low-visibility paint are flying around the aircraft carrier. Although Dongfang has trained a large number of pilots, the one with the most experience is naturally Delano. His total number of landings is, This is more than twice that of Wang Wei, the student pilot with the most landings.

Delano was born to fly and had innate intuition. After flying three times, Delano finally felt it.

"Wild dog call, requesting to fly over the aircraft carrier deck!"

"Got it, you can fly over the deck of the aircraft carrier, pay attention to feel the feeling of falling."

"The wild dog is calling, requesting to open the landing gear!"

After the landing gear was released, bright spots finally appeared on the aircraft carrier's radar screen. At this time, the stealth aircraft no longer had the stealth capability.

In fact, if you send all the beams of the phased array radar based on the target position information transmitted by the data link of the J-32, you can find this fighter, but it is not necessary. This is almost equivalent to cheating. The J-32 The invisibility is perfectly verified in front of a radar.

"I saw it!" At this time, Qin Tao stood in the protruding porthole on the ship island. He finally saw the J-32 fighter jet flying from behind and gradually falling for the first time. He originally wanted to visit the deck, but he didn't. It was allowed. After all, it was too dangerous on the deck. This was the first time I landed on the ship. No one knew what would happen.

He could only stand here and watch, which also affected the normal work of others, but this was already the best position, and he didn't want to miss it.

"Before actually landing on the ship, the pilot must operate the fighter plane to descend according to the normal glide line, and just fly over the deck in the final stage, so that after flying several times, he can accumulate enough experience to prepare for the final landing " Makarov said on the side: "Back then, the Tbilisi we built, which is now the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, MiG-29K and Su-27K were made before landing. At that time, only ten days had passed since the end of the mooring experiment.”

Many times, Makarov still likes to recall the past, and now he recalls the passionate era.

At that time, the Tbilisi aircraft carrier was the first large-scale inclined-deck aircraft carrier. Previously, Lao Maozi was just a monster with half flight deck and half cruiser. Lao Maozi had never built a Western-type aircraft carrier. At the same time, Lao Maozi There is also no experience of carrier-based aircraft in blocking landings. The MiG-29K and Su-27K are both in the research and development stage. Therefore, whether it is an aircraft carrier or a carrier-based aircraft, it is the first time, and there are huge technical risks.

However, Lao Maozi's operating experience once again explained what Lao Maozi is.

On October 89, 10, the Tbilisi completed the mooring test and started the sea trial. On November 21, the MiG-11K and Su-1K went into the landing test, which was the first sea trial for about ten days. !
Now, Dongfang's 002 aircraft carrier has about the same time. It has started testing carrier-based aircraft in ten days. However, Dongfang already has a 001 and has skilled carrier-based aircraft landing pilots. But it was the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair!
The risk that the old man has to take is huge, but in the eyes of the old man, he never knows what a risk is.

On November 11st, at 1:13, Pugachev drove the Su-46K and completed the landing first, which became a milestone moment for Lao Maozi’s aircraft carrier. Of course, Lao Maozi was not called an aircraft carrier at that time, it was a heavy aircraft carrier cruiser historical moment.

Then, at 15:11, Aubakirov also landed with a MiG-29K carrier aircraft.

The competition between the Mikoyan Design Bureau and the Sukhoi Design Bureau was quite fierce. Under the circumstances at the time, the Su-27K was the first to land, so the MiG-29K had to be the first to take off. 16:48 At 29 minutes, Aubakirov drove the MiG-[-]K to successfully take off from the "Tbilisi" aircraft carrier, becoming the first carrier-based aircraft to take off from the aircraft carrier.

When they were all completed, the Su-25UBT carrier-based trainer plane also landed at 17:17, but they did not take off again, and the two planes did not fly away until the next day.The three fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft have all achieved complete success, but after the superiors heard the news, they were all shocked by their boldness and conducted investigations. They did not continue the test flight until the 10th.

Thinking of that era, Makarov's heart was filled with emotion, and when he was still remembering the past, a huge whistling sound came.

Delano is very brave and has the nickname of Mad Dog, but this does not mean that he is reckless. For the first time he flew, he would never risk landing. He continued to fly forward at a height of more than one meter from the deck, and kept flying. Flying off the entire deck, the engine sprayed a fiery red airflow, and the huge whistling sound echoed in the island of the aircraft carrier. The big guys all opened their eyes wide, watching this big guy go around and fly into the sky.

"So beautiful!" someone exclaimed.

"Wild dog, the landing process went smoothly without any problems. It is recommended to simulate a second go-around flight to find out the feeling again." Wang Wei's voice came from the radio.

Wang Wei is not on the island, but behind the Fresnel light box, where the landing guidance officer is. From this position, he can better observe the entire landing process.

It was already 04:30 in the afternoon, the sky was still bright, and it was a good weather for flying.

"Wild dog received." After Delano operated the fighter plane to leave the sky above the aircraft carrier, he made three turns and aimed at the tail of the aircraft carrier again, just like the first time just now. When he landed this time, his tires were lower, almost at the Twenty centimeters from the deck!The fighter plane was almost clinging to the deck, roaring away.

"Perfect!" Wang Wei was very happy: "Wild Dog, if you are sure, you can land the ship for the third time."

"Wild dog received, please set up the arresting wire, I'm going to land!"

The previous hydraulic arresting cable used springs to support the arresting cable so that it could be easily hooked by the landing hook. During this process, the tires had a certain chance of being pressed against the spring, but it didn’t matter, it was pressed, Then flatten it, and when it leaves, the leaf spring will spring up again, and one of the four arresting cables can always be hooked, and only the most unlucky will be able to go around.

Every time a carrier-based aircraft lands, the green vests still need to reset the arresting cable. If the spring leaf in it is broken, it also needs to be reset, and the arresting cable can be restored to its original state before the next landing operation can be carried out.

In the era of electromagnetic arresting cables, the arresting cables no longer need to be propped up by springs to leave the deck surface. The pulleys on both sides of the arresting cable can be raised and lowered. They can be raised when needed and lowered when not needed, which greatly facilitates use.

In the sky, the J-32 flew to the stern of the ship again. After two landings, Delano was already full of confidence. He operated the fighter plane and carefully started the first real landing.

The landing hook at the tail has been stretched out, and the landing gear has been released long ago. The J-32 fighter jet keeps approaching the aircraft carrier along the correct glide line. In Delano’s eyes, the light color of the Fresnel light box has not changed. Pass.

Come closer, keep coming closer!
If it is the first time for a pilot to land on a ship, the psychological pressure will be very high. In the distance, the aircraft carrier is like a leaf in the sea. The closer it is, the bigger it gets. However, the speed of the fighter plane is still very fast, and there is no error For thousands of miles, as long as there is a slight deviation, the ship will either fail to land, or the plane will be destroyed.

If the psychological quality is slightly poor, there will be huge fear in the heart. You can refer to "Top Gun". The Lone Ranger's companion was frightened and was unable to land on the ship. The Lone Ranger accompanied him by flying and guiding him before he landed.

Of course, these psychological pressures do not exist for Delano, he is a mad dog, and he has always been the most courageous. At this time, seeing the approaching aircraft carrier deck, he can only be excited.

Lower, keep lowering!From time to time, Wang Wei's guiding voice came from the earphones, and the J-32 fighter jet bravely crashed into the aircraft carrier deck.

Boom!
The main landing gear successfully touched the deck of the aircraft carrier, leaving two black rubber marks under the huge friction force, which is an important sign: the deck of the 002 aircraft carrier finally withstood the landing impact of the carrier-based aircraft for the first time!

The J-32 continued to rush forward and advanced on the inclined deck at a speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour. The landing hook at the tail slid against the deck and caught the first arresting wire. When seeing this situation, Wang Wei's eyelids started to twitch.

Fortunately, Draenor was the first to come down, and he was very skilled. If it was someone else, accidents might happen.

Large aircraft carriers have four arresting cables. Generally speaking, hooking the second and third is the most suitable choice. If you hook the first one, you may only give 5 point for a landing score out of 1 points, because this This means that if the pilot descends too early when flying the aircraft, if there is a slight accident, he may crash into the stern of the ship.

The experienced Delano never made such a mistake, and now that he hooked the first one, it means that the Fresnel light box needs to be fine-tuned!
The J-32 fighter continued to move forward, pulling the arresting cable, driving the conical wheels inside to rotate at high speed, and the turbine generators on both sides also rotated rapidly.The surging electric power rushed to the energy storage device of the electromagnetic catapult in front.