Red Soviet Union

Our pilots have been trained on Nitka for more than 20 times. Tuhasky said: Now, the 20 aviation soldiers in the first training have been able to master the essentials of taking off and landing on the deck. Just waiting for the Minsk to complete the refit and go through the sea trials, and then do real takeoff and landing training at sea.

Taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier is quite difficult, and only the best airmen can train with skilled skills.

The take-off and landing were done together, landing first and then take-off. Just after the MiG-23K landed on the deck, under the command of the deck guide, it slowly taxied to the take-off point.

The original aircraft carrier Kyiv had a flight deck of 195 meters long. Now, in order to take off and land the MiG-23K, the angled deck has also been lengthened. The modified flight deck is 220 meters long. Left and right, the front take-off line is also divided into two, the short take-off line is 105 meters, and the long take-off line extends almost to the landing area at the back, 180 meters.

And now, this light-loaded MiG-23K is in the take-off area of ​​the short take-off line. The rear spoiler has been unfolded. The tail of the MiG-23K has become larger and the flames have become larger. Obviously, the pilot has turned on the afterburner. Getting ready for a short takeoff.

Following the guide's instructions, the MiG-23K rolled on the deck, and the speed became faster and faster. When approaching the leap over the deck, Andre couldn't help but sweat. At this speed, he could fly?

The fighter plane rushed to the jump deck, followed it up, and then the wheel left the runway!

At the moment of leaving, the fuselage seemed to drop. However, it does not affect the take-off of the fighter! Dragging thick black smoke. The MiG-23K successfully took off from the runway!

Wait until it takes off and land on the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier itself has speed and wind speed. Now we can take off from here. In theory, taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier is absolutely no problem. Tuhaski said.

This set of Nitka is stationary, while the aircraft carrier is in motion. When taking off the carrier aircraft, the aircraft carrier will accelerate to the maximum, making the takeoff of the carrier aircraft easier.

Andrei nodded and looked at the MiG-23K, which was dragging black smoke into the sky. murmured, This engine. Wouldn't it be an RD-33?

In later generations, every time there is an air show, other fighters are just strolling around, and the MiG-29 is like the old demon of Montenegro every time. There was billowing black smoke coming and going.

Looking at the appearance of the MiG-23K, Andre couldn't help but think of the MiG-29. Last year, the MiG-29 achieved its maiden flight, and the RD-33 has matured. Now, look at this MiG- The rear of the fuselage of the 23K has been modified,

It became two engines, Andre couldn't help thinking.

General Andre, you are a real god. Tuhasky on the side immediately admired Andre, saying that General Andre was very knowledgeable, as expected! Just by looking at it, you know the model of the engine!

This plane uses two RD-33 engines. Hearing this sentence, Andre also opened his mouth wide, darling, no wonder!

After watching the take-off and landing of the Nitka training system, the confidence in the take-off and landing of the Minsk greatly increased. Andrei, Marshal Gorshkov and others came to the hangar again. Several MiG-23Ks were in progress. maintainance.

For land-based fighter jets, an engine failure can still perform parachuting or forced landing, but the situation at sea is complicated, and it is quite dangerous for a fighter jet to land on the sea or parachuting. Therefore, the Navy's fighter jets generally use dual-release bureaus. -23 can be improved to double, which is the most suitable choice. Andrei said to Gorshkov, who was beside him.

As long as you look at the US carrier-based aircraft, twin engines are definitely the mainstream. Andrei's words also attracted Gorshkov's nod and praise.

The MiG-23K seems to have appeared in the Soviets in an instant. This kind of carrier-based aircraft, which has not been in service in history, is now too fast. You must know that improving the land-based fighter into a sea-based requires various improvements. , the workload is huge, especially this MiG-23K, also modified the rear fuselage. However, Andre knew that the appearance of the MiG-23K was a historical inevitability.

At the beginning of 1972, the Soviet Union decided to develop a new level 1160 Eagle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 80,000 tons. At that time, only the MiG-23 was the most suitable carrier-based combat aircraft. Although the Mikoyan Design Bureau wanted to develop a new type of carrier-based fighter, it was a pity that the time was limited. At the end of 1972, the development work was fully started.

So far, six or seven years have passed, and the appearance of the MiG-23K is logical, while the appearance of the MiG-29K and Su-27K will take at least ten years to make up for this gap. Moreover, the development of the MiG-23K, the improvement of the MiG-29K of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, will accumulate a lot of experience. Maybe, the future large aircraft carriers will choose the MiG-29K.

There is not much information about later generations, and Andre only knows that the MiG-23K used two engines with an afterburner thrust of 123 kN, which seemed to be turbojets. After all, the MiG-23ML widely used in the Soviet aviation units is also a 130 kN Tusmansky R-35-300 turbojet with an afterburner thrust. And now, the model of the engine is actually the RD-33 that has just been successfully developed! This kind of engine, the thrust of a single unit is 50,000 Newtons! And after the afterburner is turned on, it is 80,000 cattle! The two together, it is one hundred and sixty thousand cattle!

This kind of thrust is enough to make up for the weight increase caused by the improvement of the aircraft to a carrier-based aircraft, strengthening the body structure, strengthening the landing gear, increasing the landing hook, etc.! It seems that the Mikoyan Design Bureau paid great attention to this carrier-based fighter and used all the good things.

Can I go in and take a look? Andre was eager to try it out. Even if he couldn't fly such a fighter into the air himself, it would be quite good to feel it on the ground.

Of course you can, Tuhaski said.

So, Andre stepped on the ladder and climbed into the cockpit with great interest. The instruments inside were all simple and crude features of the Soviets, which were somewhat similar to the cockpit of the MiG-25. However, when Andre sat in At that time, I immediately noticed some differences.

What is this port for? Andre asked, pointing to an port on the seat.

This is the interface for the helmet sight. (To be continued.):