Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

The meeting room was bustling with activity. For each technical indicator of the H-16, a show of hands was raised and the indicators were finalized.

Xu Huasheng also participated in the process, and his vote was particularly important. Because Xu Huasheng had a far-sighted vision and provided a lot of technology, although Xu Huasheng was not a soldier, his identity was very special.

The reason why the H-16 project has become like this is entirely because of Xu Huasheng's suggestions.

One by one, the technical indicators were voted and finalized. After several hours of meetings, the various technical indicators of the H-16 were officially finalized.

After the formal finalization, the entire project entered the formal R&D stage. The entire R&D was divided into many project teams, each of which had its own special project, and everyone worked together to develop the H-16 project.

This research and development is very difficult. Although there are ready-made aircraft, the entire H-16 is completely different from the White Swan. The internal system has been completely changed. In fact, the H-16 is just a reference to the White Swan. Some designs are used. There are too many changes in the internal system, and even the aerodynamic shape has been changed. Because China is building a super-large wind tunnel, after this thing is built, the aerodynamic shape of the H-16 will be better.

The engine will also be greatly optimized, and the radar and avionics systems will be completely replaced. The fuselage material will be replaced with composite materials, and the internal space will be optimized.

The H-16 will also use a skin made of radar-absorbing materials. Although it cannot achieve the effect of complete stealth, the radar reflection area will be greatly reduced.

This is no longer a magic modification, it is simply a reconstruction.

The H-16 and the White Swan are completely different aircraft. The White Swan is just a strategic bomber, while the H-16 can be called a strategic air strike platform.

The White Swan emphasizes its own strike capability, while the H-16 emphasizes platform characteristics. These two settings are generational differences in strategic direction. It can be said that the two aircraft are not products of the same generation.

Of course, with such changes, the difficulty of research and development has also increased significantly. With China's current technical reserves and research and development capabilities, the H-16 project may be able to serve in ten years, which is considered fast.

However, good things are not afraid of being late. Let alone ten years, the capabilities of the H-16 will not be outdated in thirty or even fifty years.

And this thing is actually not built for this era. After all, China's current drone technology, electronic warfare technology, and ultra-long-range supersonic missile technology are not very advanced.

These technologies will continue to improve during the development of the H-16. When the H-16 is put into service, these technologies may have been updated for several generations and can be used as a supporting device for the H-16. At that time, the H-16 can show its powerful combat effectiveness.

"Xiao Sheng, what's the matter? Are you interested in this thing?"

After the meeting, Xu Huasheng suddenly said that he wanted to see the giant An-225.

Then several old men and Xu Huasheng came to the hangar where the giant was hidden. In the huge hangar, the giant was parked there quietly, which was very shocking. People seemed extremely small in front of it.

Although this plane is very quiet now, in fact, Chinese researchers have already dismantled it. All the parts of the whole plane have been mapped, and after the mapping is completed, they reassembled the plane. Many technologies on this plane have been borrowed by China.

"Mr. Song, what do you think of this plane?"

Xu Huasheng couldn't help asking Mr. Song beside him.

"It's very powerful, it's simply an industrial miracle, but it's useless from a strategic perspective. This plane is too big, it's also a fuel guzzler, and the maintenance cost is also high. From the perspective of a military transport aircraft, this thing is not practical. At most, it can only be used as a special aircraft, and it can still be used to transport some special large items by air."

Mr. Song said directly that some things are not the bigger the better. The same is true for military transport aircraft. The An-225 is too big, and it is difficult to take off and land. It can't take off and land at small airports.

And the six engines are a fuel guzzler from Mr. Song's perspective now. Two years ago, Mr. Song and his team were still dreaming about this thing.

However, in the past two years, China's various technologies have made great progress, and now Mr. Song simply doesn't look down on this engine. It's too crude. Although the thrust is good, the bypass ratio is too small, only 5.6.

China is developing a high bypass ratio engine for the Y-30 project, with a bypass ratio of up to 12. In terms of thrust, the engine used on the An-225 has a thrust of 23 tons, a deadweight of 4.1 tons, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of only 5.7.

The high bypass ratio engine to be used on the Y-30 has a deadweight of 5.3 tons, but a thrust of 45 tons, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8.5.

In other words, if the general grid of the An-225 is replaced withThe high bypass ratio engine used by the Y-30 can easily propel it into the sky with four engines, and there is no need for six engines.

After all, the thrust of the six engines of the An-225 is only 138 tons. The thrust of the four engines of the Y-30 is as high as 180 tons.

Backward, now in the eyes of Mr. Song, the An-225 is not only useless, but also backward. Except for its size, this thing seems to have become useless.

Although the An-225 has a larger load capacity, it is not used at all for the military. A smaller aircraft is enough. After all, you can't put a missile launcher into the aircraft. And with such a large size, the battlefield survivability is too weak. Such a large target can be easily detected by radar. After all, you are the largest and easy to hit.

If the transport aircraft is the bigger the better, the United States would have built it long ago. For the United States, it is no problem to build such a large aircraft.

Song Lao's words made several people nod their heads. This thing is good, but it is indeed too useless. Xu Huasheng laughed after listening to Song Lao's words.

"Mr. Song, this thing is really useless as a military transport aircraft. But if we change our thinking, there may be different results..."

Xu Huasheng's words made the accompanying elderly people look at Xu Huasheng curiously, wondering what suggestions Xu Huasheng had.

"Mr. Song, this plane has such a large load capacity, it can carry 200 tons of cargo on its back, and the maximum load capacity is close to 300 tons. What do you think if we turn this plane into an early warning aircraft? It is completely possible to install a large radar on this thing, and it is probably no problem to get a smaller shore-based radar. With our current radar technology and development trends, if this thing is turned into an early warning aircraft, the detection distance can easily reach 3,000 kilometers, or even 4,000 kilometers. We can carry a radar on our back, and attach a common patch radar to the fuselage. The huge cabin becomes a control center, and some large electronic devices can be hung under the wings and belly. Pod. Replace the engine with our high bypass ratio engine with greater thrust and more fuel efficiency, and use stronger composite materials for the fuselage. The fuselage may be expanded. If six of our engines are used, according to the takeoff limit thrust-to-weight ratio of 0.2, the takeoff weight of the aircraft can reach 1,300 tons. The current deadweight of the An-225 is 175 tons. Even if our deadweight reaches 200 tons after modification, there is still 1,100 tons of margin. There is too much room for this load capacity..." Xu Huasheng's words were like the devil's temptation. When he said this, everyone widened their eyes and stared at Xu Huasheng.