Rule department scholar

"what happened?"

Zhao Yi said, "It's just a try. Anyway, the design alone won't cost much, right? What if it works?"

"……Right?"

"Then it's settled. I'll apply, and you want to pass it?"

"Ah, yes, no problem!" Liu Jiankun nodded affirmatively.He was stunned for a long time, looking at Zhao Yi's leaving back, his brain seemed to have stalled.

Because the finalized design of the fighter jet has delayed the manufacture of the prototype, why not just design a fighter jet?

This……

Seems logical?

Chapter 453 Airplane Model

"Academician Zhao is not joking, is he?"

"I must be joking!"

"It should be a joke, it's impossible! Designing an engine and designing a fighter are completely two concepts..."

"So, academician Zhao just complained about the delay in the design of J-31, and simply said, 'You can't design it, I will design it myself', just to put pressure on the J-31 design..."

"That makes sense!"

After Zhao Yi left the office, Liu Jiankun sat on the chair in a daze, thinking about this matter carefully, the more he thought about it, the more abnormal he felt, maybe Zhao Yi just wanted to put pressure on the J-31 design side, hoping to shorten the waiting time one time.

This is also understandable.

After the design of any engine group is completed, it is hoped that the prototype can be produced directly instead of being constrained by the aircraft design team. The internal system of the aviation group is like this for the time being. Of course, adjustments can be adjusted. Such a large adjustment will definitely require a very large meeting , Need to do a lot of preparation and discussion, the revision of the system cannot only target the Warhawk group, but all the engine-related research and development groups should be separated and integrated together.

This adjustment will involve many existing system and personnel issues, which cannot be resolved immediately, and may take longer.

Of course, there is another way to give the Warhawk team special treatment, but the production of engine prototypes involves too many departments, and he cannot decide on special treatment alone.

Either nod to the superior leader, or hold a special meeting for this purpose, and coordinate with various departments to make a decision.

Liu Jiankun kept thinking about the solution, and finally decided to wait for a while.

The design of the J-31 is indeed delayed, but for the new fifth-generation aircraft, it is not a good thing to quickly finalize the design, which means that more work needs to be done in the follow-up. It is better to design it steadily, months or a year. For the fifth-generation aircraft, it is not a drag at all.

Liu Jiankun's prediction in his heart is, "It will be very successful if we can realize the test flight of the J-31 prototype within five years, finalize the design and determine the production quantity within ten years!"

This estimate is high.

There is still a certain gap between domestic self-owned technology and research and development compared with international ones.

Internationally speaking, country M’s famous F-35 fighter jet started pre-research and scheme bidding in the 90s of the last century. The model development was confirmed in 2000, and the air force F-35A took its first flight five years later. The navy-military- The test flight of the Marine Corps and Navy carrier-based F-35B and F-35C has spanned another five years. Up to now, the three types of F-35 are still in test flight, and it is expected to wait until two or three years later. , before it was determined to start production and service.

This time span is 20 years.

Compared with international standards, the domestic independent research and development of fifth-generation fighters still needs to overcome many design and technical difficulties. Even if the time budget is shortened, ten years is quite amazing. Frankly speaking, it is not enough at all.

Therefore, the J-31 design took a few months or a year, which is not a big deal at all.

Liu Jiankun thought for a while and checked the time, then hurried to other things, forgetting what Zhao Yi said about designing fighter jets.

……

three days later.

Liu Jiankun couldn't help but grow his mouth when he looked at a project application sent by a staff member. He read it carefully several times before he was sure of what was reflected in his brain.

Academician Zhao typed the application report!

The statement in the report is to establish a "War Eagle Special Research Group" to specialize in engine R&D and design, and the application project is to develop a medium-sized fighter or carrier-based aircraft named "War Eagle-1"?

"I really applied!"

"This one……"

"What exactly is Academician Zhao thinking!" Liu Jiankun looked at the application and was scratching his head. He remembered that he agreed to Zhao Yi's application. In addition, there was no way to refuse Academician Zhao's application.

First of all, the application for funding is not much!

The budget indicated in the report is only 2000 million RMB. Compared with the design of fighter jets, 2000 million RMB is far from being a lot. For other fighter jet designs, various equipment needs to be debugged to record parameters and many experiments have been done. to complete the design.

Even if it’s just a design on paper, without any experiments, and without equipment consumption, the design team for a top fighter jet has dozens of people, and the design time period is calculated in years, even if it’s only one year , The salaries and benefits of dozens of people are tens of millions, plus a large amount of work reimbursement, 2000 million is almost consumed.

In addition, it is the influence of Academician Zhao himself.

If it is a designer of its aircraft design institute, the application report submitted does not have a detailed description, and the rejection is directly rejected, but the rejection of Academician Zhao's application may be known by the superiors, and they will personally ask about the situation.

This is what influence does.

Zhao Yi's influence is really too great. He is a person who can reach directly to Tianting. Compared with his contribution, let alone 2000 million RMB, even if it is 20 million or [-] billion, the funds are directly drained. Piao, no one will say anything more.

So, can't refuse.

Of course.

Liu Jiankun didn't intend to refuse. He and Zhao Yi had a good personal relationship, and he personally agreed that he would agree. It was only 2000 million R&D funds, and he had the right to directly decide.

Most importantly, he felt that the application was sloppy.

"Academician Zhao, you probably didn't know much about it, so you just applied for it?" Liu Jiankun quickly noticed the model name of the fighter plane being applied for.

Warhawk-1?

This name is quite good, but there is no Warhawk series aircraft at all. All domestically developed and self-produced fighters are named according to established rules. You can almost tell what type of aircraft it is by just looking at the name.

For example, the head of the fighter stands for the fighter plane, the head of the bombardment stands for the bomber, the head of the straight head stands for the helicopter, and the head of the strong head stands for the attack aircraft, and the modification will add A, B, C, D, W, H, G, X, etc., and later the Latin letters Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, etc. IV naming.

So what does 'Warhawk-1' stand for?

"The first aircraft designed and developed by the War Eagle Special Research Group that Academician Zhao applied for?" Liu Jiankun rubbed his forehead with his hands, feeling a little headache, thinking of putting 'War Eagle-1' in the ranks of 'J', If you think about it carefully, it is not suitable, because the fighters in the word "J" are all fighter models officially approved for research and development by the Aircraft Research Institute of the Aviation Group.

The 'War Eagle-1' that Zhao Yi applied for also has a high probability of not being able to be designed, and it is directly listed in the ranks of the word 'J', which is tantamount to acknowledging that the research and development is a regular fighter research and development project approved by the aviation group.

"That can't be done!"

"In case nothing can be researched and a joke is made, the whole group will lose face, and even the country will lose face."

"or……"

"'War Eagle' is just 'War Eagle'. It's okay if you can't research it, it's just Academician Zhao's personal hobbies."

As for researching it out?

Liu Jiankun didn't think about it at all. He felt that it was impossible in a short time. If there were any changes in the future, he would consider it again. For the time being, the model of "War Eagle" was approved as a model specially approved by the aviation group. Anyway, it is not the main research and development model. in ranks.

soon.

Zhao Yi received the application approval, and there were two staff members who came with him. Liu Jiankun gave him a lot of support. The staff brought a lot of fighter jet research and development materials. They will also work here for a long time, responsible for the Warhawk R&D team and The connection with other departments of the aviation group is equivalent to opening up the channel of the war eagle special research team and other technical research institutes of the aviation group.

This is very important.

The scale of the aviation group is very large, with dozens of research institutes under its umbrella, some develop aircraft, some develop helicopters, early warning aircraft, and more are auxiliary technology research institutes, such as radar technology, power system, mechanical research institutes, Aeronautical accessories, electronics, survival gear, and of course engine design, and more.

The research and development of an aircraft needs to refer to various technical parameters, and it is necessary to communicate with various departments to see whether they can provide the required technical equipment and the performance parameters of the equipment provided.

The engine is of course the most important. It can be said to be the heart and core of a fighter jet, but the engine is only one of them.

Zhao Yi was very satisfied with the support of the aviation group. Not to mention the direct approval of the application, he even sent someone to help.

"It seems that Manager Liu is also optimistic about my research and development!"

He thought, "Liu Jiankun! He deserves to be the general manager, he just has vision!"

Zhao Yi gave Liu Jiankun a lot of compliments in his heart, and directly called to thank Liu Jiankun for his support and trust, and then he planned to start designing fighter jets with full confidence.

This is a whole new challenge!

A new challenge means that there are many things that cannot be started. Zhao Yi thought carefully, "Where should I start?"

He quickly settled on two jobs.

The first is to look at the data. The aviation group has provided a large amount of aircraft research and development data, including fighter jets, helicopters, and various equipment performance parameters. If you want to design an engine, you must have an understanding of these.

The second is to recruit people, recruit professional people.

In this regard, Zhao Yi has already considered it. He needs professional aircraft design talents, as well as talents in other fields. There is no way to recruit talents from outside, and they can only be found within the group.

So when he saw the person sent by the aviation group, he proposed to recruit internally.

"Look for other places to ask. I need to recruit at least two professional aircraft designers, and I also need talents in aircraft power, electronic equipment, automatic control, and radar technology."

"I'm not in a hurry for the rest. The most important thing is the aircraft designer. You don't need to be too high-level. You have participated in aircraft design projects and have a certain foundation."

This is not difficult.

There are several aircraft design institutes under the Aviation Group, the most famous of which are Shencheng Aircraft Institute and Wucheng Aircraft Design Institute. The two institutes are responsible for the development of fighter jets starting with the word 'J'. There must be many in the institutes. aircraft designer.

The people sent by the aviation group quickly told the two research institutes about the matter.

The response of the two institutes was also very fast.

They knew that Zhao Yi had applied for a special aircraft development project, and named it 'Warhawk-1'. They just thought it was very interesting, because the development of an aircraft is very complicated, and various issues need to be considered. Specifically, 'Warhawk-1' What type of aircraft it is is a secret, but they don't think Zhao Yi can really research anything, maybe they are just interested in participating?

However, not optimistic does not mean not support.

Zhao Yi is very influential.

The same is true within the aviation group. The aero-engine design done by the team led by him has been highly praised. Even if he is not optimistic about his aircraft design, he should support it out of face.

After a simple communication between the two research institutes, they decided to send a person from each institute.

soon.

People from both institutes were selected, and they were sent to the capital to join the War Eagle Special Research Team for future work.

……

at the same time.

Zhao Yi is in the process of rapid learning. He has checked a lot of materials and has a certain understanding of the design of advanced fighter jets.

Now the world's top fighter jets are not as most people imagined. The greater the maximum power provided by the engine, the faster the fighter jet speed, the better.

The advanced degree of a fighter is directly related to the engine, but the engine is not a complete determinant, and the maximum speed is not an indicator to measure the performance of a fighter.

As early as the 60s of the last century, the fighter jets represented by the MiG-25 of the former Soviet Union and the YF-12 of the M country had a maximum speed exceeding three times the speed of sound, a combat altitude of 3000 meters, and a weight already More than thirty tons.

However, later war-war practice showed that most of the air combat of the supersonic destroyer mechanism was carried out at medium and low altitudes at a speed close to the speed of sound. Air combat required the aircraft to have good maneuverability, that is, turning, accelerating, decelerating and climbing performance. , The weapons equipped are both machine guns and missiles. In other words, it is of little significance to greatly increase the speed, weight, and altitude of fighter jets.

In the future, the newly designed fighters no longer pursue high flight speed and altitude, but focus on improving the aircraft's mid- and low-altitude maneuverability, and improving airborne electronic equipment, weapons and fire control systems.

Early jet fighters were equipped with machine guns for air combat. The fifth-generation fighters have a maximum flight speed of 3000 kilometers per hour, a maximum flight altitude of 20 kilometers, and a maximum range of more than 2000 kilometers without auxiliary fuel tanks. Up to 5000 kilometers or more.The aircraft is also equipped with advanced electronic countermeasure equipment.It is mainly used to annihilate enemy planes and other air raiders in the air. It is characterized by high speed, fast ascent, high ceiling and good maneuverability.

In order to obtain excellent aerial combat capabilities, today's fighter jets have some new and improved features in terms of performance, shape, power plant, airborne equipment, weapon equipment, and fire control systems.

For example, highlight mid- and low-altitude transonic maneuverability, increase the stable turning rate and instantaneous turning rate near the speed of sound, the instantaneous acceleration capability of high-altitude flight, the maximum rise rate of sea level, and lower altitude for super-speed flight, reducing aircraft take-off and landing roll distance, and so on.

In a simple summary, while fighter jets have basic performance (such as supersonic cruise), the most important design considerations are explosive capabilities, flexibility, long-distance navigation capabilities, and advanced equipment and weapons.

Explosive capability and long-distance navigation capability mainly rely on engines and related power devices.

Flexibility depends largely on the engine and design.

Advanced equipment and weapons are not considered, and fighter jet design does not need to consider equipment and weapons.

That is something other relevant departments consider.

"Therefore, the design work needs to be completed, and the design needs to consider various component parameters, some need space components, and space must be arranged. These comprehensive factors are put together to make a complete set of external and internal designs."

"If the design scheme encounters problems that cannot be solved, it is necessary to break through technical difficulties..."

"These are all right."

"But... where do I start?" Starting from nothing is the most difficult thing. Even a framework can be the starting point. When there is nothing, where to start is really a problem.

……

A week later.

Two aircraft designers sent by the aircraft design institute came, one named Lei Yong and the other named Bao Enhong.

Lei Yong is a middle-aged man in his 40s. The standard Mediterranean haircut makes him look a little old; Bao Enhong is a female designer in her early thirties. She is short and has long hair, which makes him look a little weak.

One of them flew over from the south, and the other flew over from the north, but they arrived at about the same time. When they arrived, they all came directly to Zhao Yi, intending to settle the work first.

The two met in the mechanical laboratory building, and under the guidance of the staff, they came to Zhao Yi's office together.

"Please come in!"

A voice came from the office.