Great Power Fighting Falcon

The J-10A uses the original AL-31F engine, while the J-11B has used the domestic Taihang. There are some gaps in performance, but for the J-10A, the AL-31F is sufficient.

The J-10A two-plane formation only taxied for more than 400 meters before leaving the ground. It can be seen that the aerodynamic layout of this fighter is very excellent. It is said that the J-10 is more calm than the J-11 in completing the Super Cobra maneuver. It is said that at first the J-11 was pressed to the ground and rubbed by the J-10...

The J-11, also known as the B-type, has a greatly improved avionics system. The situation changed after this aircraft came out, but it is said that the situation is still not very optimistic when it comes to the J-10.

The J-10 was developed with the F-16 in mind. It can even be said that "developing a fighter aircraft comparable to the F-16" was the goal at that time. After simple conversion, the result is more obvious.

But as Li Zhan insists, the technical level of pilots is fully capable of making up for the technical gap in equipment. This is also one of the magic weapons for the Chinese army to achieve victory in all wars for decades. The Chinese military is the most adept at learning, and there is probably no doubt about this.

After taking off, Li Zhan turned due west, which is 270 degrees. At an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, the rising sun in the east is very eye-catching. Flying west can avoid the direct sunlight and get the best view.

The training airspace is 300 kilometers northwest of the site, which is also a national nature reserve. To the north is the sky above the source of Sanjiang River, and to the northeast is the Tanggula Mountains. Li Zhan and others have a very large airspace for confrontation, as long as the altitude does not exceed 8,000 meters, because there are many civil aviation routes in the airspace above 8,000 meters.

The two sides directly entered a dog fight.

Two two-plane formations rushed into the training airspace from two directions, and started a fierce battle.

Generally speaking, when fighting in a two-aircraft formation, the lead aircraft is responsible for attacking, and the wingman is responsible for covering and luring the enemy. But now it is a highly targeted dog fighting confrontation, so they separate to catch and kill each other.

Li Zhan faced Han Hongjun.

Comrade Xiao Han is under a lot of pressure. Others don't know the level of the captain. They, the people in the Falcon Brigade, know it all. The captain is a person who can drive a J-7E and beat the brothers who use third-generation aircraft to the ground. It's strange that the captain doesn't put much pressure on one-on-one beatings.

The greater the pressure, the greater the motivation. If you can defeat the captain of the country with one and a half moves, you will be able to brag about your awesomeness for at least several years after you return.

So he attacked hard as soon as he came up!

Relying on the better acceleration of the J-11B, it took the lead in making a ninety-degree turn.

Whoever completes the ninety-degree turn first will get the opportunity to fire first. This is almost the golden rule in air combat. This ability is closely related to the fighter's instantaneous hovering ability, so the instantaneous hovering ability is regarded as an important performance indicator of the fighter aircraft. In the final analysis, what ultimately matters is the nose pointing ability.

Li Zhan and Han Hongjun are relatively close, with the nose of the aircraft facing the nose of the aircraft. In close combat, the pilot will hardly choose to attack head-on, because the hit rate of general combat missiles is extremely low when attacking head-on. It was not until later that advanced combat missiles that met the requirements were developed. Only when the equipment was deployed did the troops begin to try this attack method.

Other fighting attack methods, such as over-the-shoulder shooting and rear-view shooting, which look very trendy and interesting, have limited research around the world because they are not supported by actual combat examples. This area has been doing theoretical research. Work. In the final analysis, it needs to be supported by weapons and equipment that meet combat requirements.

Therefore, at this time, both Li Zhan and Han Hongjun must occupy the attacking position through turning maneuvers. To put it simply, they must bite their tail.

To sum up, close combat is nothing more than a few main actions, tail biting, radius cutting, climbing, and using the terrain to take advantage of the sun's blind spot. However, it is not easy to place the enemy aircraft in your front hemisphere (also the attack range) during the implementation process. , unless encountering opponents such as the Indian Air Force and the South Korean Air Force.

The J-11B's horizontal maneuverability is not weak, which brings about the rapid pointing of the nose.

As an aside, the reason why the new attack method of helmet-mounted targeting attack is popular is that its emergence allows pilots to theoretically completely ignore the ability of the nose to point - the missile will be launched wherever the eyes look. Getting rid of the influence of the nose pointing ability, it can be said that the helmet aiming attack method has redefined the mode of close air combat.

However, the J-11B met the J-10A, which had better nose pointing capabilities.

Li Zhan did not choose to turn in the opposite direction.

At this time, the Han Red Army was turning to the southwest and drawing an arc path starting from the northwest and finally heading to the northeast. If Li Zhan kept his course, he would fly into the attack range of the Han Red Army, and he would be exposed. Lateral. So at this time, Li Zhan should turn horizontally in the opposite direction to Han Red Army, that is, keep turning counterclockwise with Han Red Army. This can ensure that he will not enter the attack range of Han Red Army.

The other is that Han Hongjun started turning before him, which means that when Li Zhan completed the turn, Han Hongjun may have already launched the first round of attacks.

So Li Zhan did not follow the usual rules, but chose to cut the radius, and pointed the nose of the plane in front of Han Hongjun's track in a very short period of time - that is to say, Li Zhan in turn pointed the nose of the plane at Han Hongjun. of the left side.

The J-10A uses a canard aerodynamic layout. From the outside, it has a pair of smaller canards than a pure delta-wing aircraft such as the Mirage-2000. This aerodynamic layout is by far the most conducive to dogfighting. The shortcomings of the canard aerodynamic layout are that it is extremely difficult to control, so early aircraft usually used conventional aerodynamic layouts. Later, with the support of advanced flight control systems, the difficulty of control was greatly reduced. Only then did the power of the canard aerodynamic layout come into play.

From a visual distance, Han Hongjun was shocked when he saw Li Zhan using rapid roll and cutting radius to press ahead of his trajectory. Like Li Zixin, he has never been exposed to the J-10, but they have fought against the J-10, but they have never encountered the current situation.

The plane is still the same plane, the key lies in the person flying the plane.

What does it mean when the front of the trajectory is pressed by the opponent's nose?

This means that the opponent can already enter the machine gun shooting process. It is like shooting a moving target with a rifle. The aiming point presses the front of the moving target's moving route, and then the advance amount is calculated to determine the impact point of the bullet before firing.

Of course, Han Hongjun's reputation was not in vain. He decisively stopped turning, turned on the afterburner and climbed at a large elevation angle with full throttle. Quickly gaining more altitude than your opponents is undoubtedly the right choice. Li Zhan has always taught them that "height and speed come first in air combat." Height is everything. With height, you can gain more speed and energy.

However, Han Hongjun's choice at this time carries the risk of causing a tail-biting situation by Li Zhan. However, for Li Zhan to form a tail-biting situation, he needs to climb at a very large elevation angle of 130 degrees and at the same time the attitude of the fighter plane is to tilt 35 degrees to the left. Big elevation, big bank, and certainly big sideslip.

Each one is a super difficult maneuver, and all of them are the actions that the engine dislikes the most.