Chapter 137: Amazing Skills
Due to the lack of experience in organizing such a large-scale exhibition, the exhibition organizers did not arrange any explainers in the huge venue, and relied entirely on paper materials produced by each exhibitor. and the knowledge base of the visitors themselves.
But military fans are not the only ones who come to visit the air show.
Some are organized collectively by work units, others live nearby and come to join in the fun, and there are also reporters like Lao Liu who need to come here to collect materials for their work, etc.
If these people don’t explain it, they can basically just watch the fun.
Therefore, the crowd around Xi Boyang became more and more dense, and even quickly formed a quite obvious gathering area.
However, the main purpose of his trip is still photography, and the engine noise when the plane takes off makes it difficult to hear other things.
So after the J-8C completed the circling action just now, Xi Boyang raised the camera again and rotated the zoom ring on the lens at the same time.
In the era of film cameras, photographers could not check the shooting results in real time, but based on past experience, he knew that he should have obtained several good panoramic photos, and the next step was to capture some details.
This time, the No. 04 prototype was obviously accelerating as it flew over.
It is not often that you have your head shaved by a fighter jet flying at a height of less than 100 meters. Therefore, the J-8C, which rushed towards the venue like a tiger descending from a mountain, gave the audience a great sense of oppression.
Many people even held their breath subconsciously.
However, experienced people like Xi Boyang know that it is impossible for the performance plane to really fly over the convention and exhibition center.
The crowd here is too dense. Once an accident occurs, the consequences will be immeasurable.
I just don’t know how this plane will change its flight path?
His right index finger rested lightly on the shutter.
As if to answer the question in Xi Boyang's mind, the No. 04 prototype suddenly made a lever movement, and the attitude of the entire aircraft changed from horizontal flight to vertical upward almost instantly, while the two engines roared. It is becoming more and more deafening.
People can even see the high-temperature gas behind the aircraft's tail nozzle, as well as circles of dazzling Mach rings.
“Are you trying to make...a Cobra?”
When the attitude of the aircraft changed, many people immediately thought of this super maneuver named by Pugachev.
But as a second-generation aircraft, this seems a bit outrageous.
"No, it's not super maneuvering. This is a single-plane climb at a high angle! And the plane is still accelerating!"
Xi Boyang's voice was completely drowned out by the roar of the engine and the cheers around him.
But the plane was still accelerating while flying vertically upward. This was visible to everyone.
Not everyone understands what this means -
In fact, before this, the Chinese Air Force had not equipped an aircraft with an actual thrust-to-weight ratio exceeding 1.
The paper thrust-to-weight ratio of the specially improved J-6 aircraft can be close to 1, but for an aircraft to take to the sky, it must be equipped with a pilot and aviation fuel, so the actual thrust-to-weight ratio is lower.
The first mass-produced fighter jet capable of accelerating in vertical climb should be the F15.
The single-seat versions of the F16, MiG-29 and Su-27 can also do this.
As a "quasi" third-generation fighter, the Mirage 2000 is not good at power. The Harrier fighter's vertical takeoff and landing relies on ground reflection airflow, and its thrust-to-weight ratio in flight has not exceeded 1< br>
Therefore, behind those four third-generation aircraft... it seems to be this J-8C.
However, it doesn’t matter even if you don’t know the twists and turns involved. This large-angle climbing and vertical plane 360° rotation of the bucket maneuver is visually shocking enough, and it is actually a machine. An important tactic in the era of gun fighting.
If he were not absolutely confident in the performance of the aircraft, the pilot would not complete such a maneuver at low altitude.
"Let me go, the climb rate of this plane just now... is a bit exaggerated."
The first person to recognize Di Boyang's identity just now held a telescope in his hand and kept talking. sighed.
Another person next to him seemed to know more. "Not only is the climb rate, the wing surface response of this aircraft is also very agile. It is not at the same level as the J-7 and J-8 I have seen before."
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"There is also the engine. From the beginning of the performance to now, even just through the sound, you can hear that the aircraft's engine thrust has been changing. Such frequent changes in the throttle valve position indicate the reliability of the power. It’s very sexy.”
“Then the person who first said that there was a second-class accident in Haojing was all nonsense?”
“I think so, otherwise, from now on? It has only been three months since August, and it is difficult to even complete the fault analysis, let alone improve the engine..."
"..."
While the two people were discussing each other, Xi Boyang had already used up his first roll of film.
While he opened the film compartment as quickly as possible, took out a new film from the bag and put it in, he recalled the details he had just seen through the lens.
After he changed the film, he immediately adjusted the optical zoom ratio in a targeted manner, focusing on a few parts that he had not seen clearly just now.
"Sure enough..."
"The wing of this aircraft is different from the old J-8B! It uses leading edge slats!"
"The engine... There is no change in the engine, but the fuselage and the tail nozzle are connected That part is different from before.”
During the gap between the two performances, Xi Boyang’s voice was heard again in the ears of the people around him.
“This aircraft...is very different from the previous J-8B, and has nothing to do with Grumman!”
“This aircraft...is completely our own , new plane! ”
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When Xi Boyang finally calmed down, he discovered that the film he had planned to use for this day had been taken in just ten minutes.
And just when he lowered his head and regretted his impulse just now, and was thinking about whether to break through the crowd and go back to the hotel room to get new film, there was some commotion in the direction of the air show center near the airport.
Due to the heavy crowd, Xi Boyang couldn't see clearly what was happening over there.
But the cheers of the crowd soon gave the answer.
The J-8C just landed on the runway of Xiangzhou Airport after the flight show!
Xi Boyang suddenly remembered that he had just seen a somewhat unexpected open space in the exhibition area of China Aviation Industry.
Obviously, this was arranged long ago.
Just as he speculated, soon, a trailer towed the No. 04 prototype that had just landed away from the end of the runway.
The on-site security personnel pulled up two human walls to allow the tractor and the aircraft to pass through the middle, and finally stopped at the empty space.
Two staff members wearing the uniforms of China Aviation Technology Company appeared immediately and tore open the stuck part of the sign in front.
Xi Boyang, who had already taken a good position, was the first to see the large characters written on the first line of the display board -
The J-8C fighter jet and the turbojet 14 engine it uses.
"Huh?"
This way of writing obviously means that the exhibit is not just one aircraft.
He raised his head again and noticed something tightly wrapped next to him.
The two people just walked over and lifted off the rainproof cloth on the surface.
In this way, an aerospace engine appeared in front of everyone.
“Fuck——”
(End of this chapter)