"Comrade Simonov, I am also very happy to see that our latest generation of fighters is about to enter service. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Andrei looked at the sky, the fighter plane that had just left, from the outside, was quite similar to the T-50 of later generations, and it could be regarded as the same destination.

"Yes, the most important thing for our generation of fighters is to achieve a good combination of stealth performance and combat performance, and all this, on our fighters, has been realized." "Although it is not as good as the stealth performance of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, it is also incomparable to our existing fighters," Simonov said. ”

Stealth, an important criterion for measuring advanced fighters, until now, Soviet fighters, have been realized, not using sci-fi plasma stealth technology, but using a scheme of shape and coating. Now, the plane is still yellow, because there is no coating, and when it is painted, the plane will turn into a gray-black fighter!

Andrei nodded: "The sky of the future belongs to stealth aircraft, and we must make great strides forward and continue to defeat Western fighters with a crushing attitude." ”

Crushing posture! Back then, when Andrei piloted the MiG-25, it was considered to be crushed, but only pilots like Andrei could fly out, and now, any pilot in the Soviet Union can fly out of the attitude of crushing, equipment is not omnipotent, but without advanced equipment, you will be backward and beaten on the battlefield!

"Yes, Marshal Andrei, you are quite right." Simonov said: "We are where we are today thanks to your help. ”

Andrei shook his head, all this is for the Soviets!

"The aircraft of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, it seems that there are still many difficulties that cannot be overcome?" Andrei asked Simonov: "Now, why is our fighter able to test fly so soon?" Ready to finalize? ”

Andrei suddenly had such a question, after all, they are all fighters of the same generation, and technically, there should be many of them encountered together!

Hearing Andrey's words, Simonov was a little embarrassed: "This, the main thing is that we lowered the indicators. We had planned to use the Al-41 engine, but, until now, we have not been able to receive a qualified engine, so for the time being, we can only use the D-30F-6M engine. Although the thrust is enough for us, the fuel consumption rate has still increased to a certain extent. ”

Suddenly, Andrei was speechless.

Developing a completely new engine is not so simple, with the scientific and technological strength of the Soviet Union, it is quite difficult to break through the thrust-to-weight ratio to 11, in the history of later generations, Al-41 has never really been realized, even if the Soviet Union does not disintegrate, it will take at least ten years to make this engine mature.

In later generations, after the disintegration of Russia, when developing the T-50, it still encountered engine problems, and the so-called F117S was not a new engine in the real sense at all, or it was repaired on the basis of the Al31. The Al41 engine of later generations is no longer the engine with advanced technical indicators in the Soviet era.

The Soviets, now still facing problems with engines, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau, in order to send the Su-37 into the sky as quickly as possible, could not wait for the Al-41, so it could only replace it with the D-30F-6M engine first!

This kind of engine is also mature, because this is the engine used in the MiG-31, modified on the basis of the D-30F-6 twin-rotor turbofan engine developed by the Solovyev Design Bureau, the engine of this prototype has a single afterburner thrust of 152 kN, a maximum state thrust of 93 kN without afterburner, an engine thrust-to-weight ratio of 6.6, a bypass ratio of 0.4, a fuel consumption rate of 0.073 kg/Newton hour without afterburner, and an afterburner fuel consumption rate of 0.194 kg/Newton-hour.

The volume of this engine is very similar to that of the Al41, so it can be replaced, and, after improvement, the afterburner thrust has been increased to 170 kN, and the thrust without afterburner exceeds 100 kN, which is installed on the Su-37, and the maneuverability of the fighter is no problem, the only difference is that it is more fuel-consuming!

In later generations, the test flight of the S-37 Golden Eagle was equipped with this kind of engine!

The Navy is very eager to want this kind of fighter, so it can only be replaced by this engine for the time being, and the Air Force hopes that the performance of the MiG 1.44 will not be compromised, so the MiG 1.44 is still waiting for the Al41 engine!

Andrei expressed understanding.

"Are there any other areas where the standards have been lowered besides the engine?" Andrei asked.

An airplane, mainly composed of three parts, the fuselage, avionics, and the engine, each of the three accounts for about one-third of the entire aircraft cost, now, the problem of the engine, temporarily replaced by other engines, and the fuselage, it seems that there is no big problem, the other main aspect, is avionics!

Hearing Andrei's question, Simonov said: "The only problem we are facing now is the engine, except for the engine, other projects are progressing smoothly, especially our avionics system, and now, our radar has completed the development of an active phased array radar, and now it is already a full-state active phased array radar installed on the aircraft." ”

Active Phased Array Radar! This is the future direction of radar, because this kind of radar can change the beam at any time, concentrate all the beams in one direction, and is more helpful for detecting stealth aircraft. Moreover, some of the components are damaged, and the radar is still usable, with a high degree of redundancy.

The electronic technology of the Soviets was originally backward, but after absorbing the advanced electronic technology of the island countries, coupled with the advantages of the economic system of the Soviet Union, a lot of money could be invested in research and development, so the T/R component has long been a breakthrough, and now, this active phased array radar has been installed!

After all, the active phased array radar of the United States in later generations was also developed after the introduction of technology from island countries! Now the United States is lagging behind the Soviets in this regard!

Andrey was very happy, and at this time, there was another roar in the sky, and the fighter could be seen, flying over in style.

"What is the subject of today's test flight?" Andrei asked.

"Change out after entering the tailspin." Simonov said.

Stall tailspin? Andre was stunned for a moment, this subject is quite dangerous! After all, stall tailspin is a problem that has been plaguing every pilot since the birth of the aircraft, and even after rigorous training, half of the pilots cannot successfully change out, and finally the plane is destroyed! (To be continued.) )