Chapter 269 The difference between the Yun-8 transport aircraft and the Yun-9 transport aircraft
The development of the Yun-8 transport aircraft began in early 1969.
As of today (2013), it has been 44 years.
Although it is rare for an aircraft to remain in service for decades, for example, the Yankee B-52 Stratofortress bomber, the first prototype flew in 1952, and in 1955 Mass production models have been delivered.
But to this day, it is still the main strategic bombing force of the US Air Force.
And the U.S. Air Force now budgets to keep the B-52 in service until 2050.
This gives the b-52 bomber a service life of up to 90 years.
However, the Y-8 transport aircraft has seriously lagged behind in terms of avionics system, power system, aerodynamic layout, etc.
After all, the predecessor of the Y-8 transport aircraft is a copy of the former Soviet Union's An-12 medium-sized transport aircraft.
The An-12 medium-sized transport aircraft is a product of the 1950s.
The world has fallen seriously behind.
However, on January 26 this year (January 26, 2013), the 'Pang Niu' Y-20 Kunpeng strategic transport aircraft successfully made its first flight. It is still two or three years away from large-scale service in the army. .
So in the next two or three years.
The Y-8 medium transport aircraft is still the main transportation force of the Republic Air Force.
Limited by the vast land area and the number of active troops of two to three million.
So although the Air Force has a large number of Y-8 medium transport aircraft, as well as other transport aircraft such as IL-76.
But it is still stretched thin.
Many units are vying to allocate transport aircraft for use.
Feiyuan is just a college of Kongda.
Now I can actually apply for a Y-8 transport plane to transport more than a hundred students to Xinyang.
It’s already a big enough deal.
However, the appearance of this Y-8 transport aircraft seems to be somewhat different from that in the data.
It seems bigger.
Jiang Chen didn’t pay too much attention to these details.
After all, he had never seen a real Y-8 transport aircraft before.
Just thinking about it for a while will probably make me suffer for several hours.
He has never been on a transport plane.
But in my last life, I heard some veteran pilots of Sichuan Airlines brag that the transport aircraft they said was no different from a tractor.
Think about it.
Not only will I have to ride on a tractor for a while.
And the tractor compartment was packed like a sardine can.
Where is the comfort level?
Fang Kai naturally heard the complaints of these students.
So he immediately said loudly, "What are you yelling about? Open your eyes and take a good look. Is this Luck-8?"
"Old Fang, please don't lie to us. It’s not like we haven’t seen Yun-8 before?” A student immediately retorted.
“That’s right.”
“Old Fang is deceiving people again.”
“Brother Fang, hurry up and report to the hospital. There are so many of us crowded together. Yun-8 is too dangerous.”
“What if I fall overweight?”.
Most military school counselors are different from ordinary college counselors.
He will not be arrogant and bossy.
Treat students like cattle and horses.
Because although military school counselors are also soldiers, they are basically civilians, or officers transferred from the front-line troops for various reasons.
But after graduating from military academy, they are also officers.
There is almost no big disparity in identity between the two sides.
So most military school counselors don’t show off too much.
Quite the opposite.
I will also mingle with the students.
Because no one knows which of these young boys will soar into the sky.
Especially since these people are future pilots.
The same is true for Fang Kai.
It’s just that Fang Kai is not only a counselor of the 12th grade, but also a member of the teaching and research team of the college and the scientific research director of the simulated flight course. The professional title is the same as that of junior and senior junior and senior beginner and intermediate flight instructors.
Belongs to the middle-level cadres of Feiyuan.
Rookie Sun Zhigao is not at the same level as others.
So if Fang Kai is willing, he can actually let these students 'become cattle and horses'.
However, although Fang Kai is strict, he is usually easy to get along with.
Naturally mingle with the students.
So when he heard the students’ doubts, he was not angry.
He pointed to the plane parked on the tarmac and said, "This is the Yun-9, which is an improved version of the Yun-8. Not to mention that we only have more than a hundred people, even if there are dozens more people. Fit it in.”
"Stop yelling, monitors of each class, organize each class to board the plane." Fang Kai waved his hand and said again.
After listening to Fang Kai’s words.
Jiang Chen suddenly realized this.
No wonder I looked weird at this ‘Yun-8’ just now.
It turns out that this is not ‘Lun-8’, but the younger brother of Lun-8, Lun-9.
Yun-9 is also a medium-sized transport aircraft.
And like the Yun-8, the Yun-9 has also been changed into a carrier for various types of aircraft, such as early warning aircraft, aerial tankers, anti-submarine aircraft, etc.
The famous Air Police-200 uses the Y-8 transport aircraft as a carrier.
The improved KJ-500 uses the Y-9 as the platform.
Yun-8 and Yun-9 are like twins.
It's hard to tell the difference.
This is because the Yun-9 is deeply improved on the basis of the Yun-8f600, so its appearance is very similar to the Yun-8 series. Difficult to distinguish.
But the two are different in appearance.
For example, propeller blades, because the Y-9 is equipped with a turboprop-6C engine, it has 6 blades.
The Y8 series uses a turboprop-6, which has only 4 blades.
And because the power of the Yun-9 has been increased from the original 4250 horsepower to 5100 horsepower after being replaced with the turboprop-6C, and the integral wing fuel tank is used, the range of the Yun-9 is compared with the original Yun-8 The driving range has been increased from 3,100 kilometers to 5,000 kilometers, and the cargo capacity has also been greatly increased.
The heads of the two are also very different.
Yun-9 has two pieces of glass on the front, each with a larger area and a better view.
Yun-8 has four pieces of glass on the front.
The cockpit of the Y-9 has also been redesigned and changed to a two-person crew, reducing the number of seats for the pilot and mechanic. The tail of the aircraft has eliminated the rear cannon.
Therefore, the Y-9 has a more modern design and is more like a regional airliner.
But if you don’t understand these two models, there is no way to distinguish them in detail.
Sure enough.
Wait until Jiang Chen boarded the plane with Class 3 and entered the cabin.
He discovered that the cabin was indeed larger than that of the Yun-8.
And the cabin is very empty.
Although two classes have been crammed in now, nearly a hundred people.
There are still many places left.
If it were a Yun-8, the cabin would be very crowded with a hundred or so people crammed into it.
"Jiang Chen, please come with us." Chen Xuanxuan led Class 3 into the cabin. Seeing that everyone else had found a seat to sit down, she waved to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen didn't refuse.
I picked up my luggage bag and walked over.
Put your luggage bag down.
He nodded to Chen Xuanxuan and said, "Thank you, monitor."
Then he sat down.
The transport plane is not a commercial airliner. How can there be a seat for you?
So everyone was ‘sitting on the floor’, or sitting on their luggage bags.
Chen Xuanxuan and the other girls are not very particular either.
Sitting on the ground like the other boys.
(End of this chapter)