NovelTags Chapter 204
Chapter 204
The C120 large intercontinental passenger aircraft has a maximum payload range of 6,500 kilometers and a maximum transition range of 9,500 kilometers.
Not to mention anything else, just this voyage was enough to shock everyone.
In their opinion, the C100's 3500 km range is amazing enough.
After all, many airlines are barely able to build aircraft with this range now.
And reliability, fuel consumption and other aspects are very worrying.
This is also a major reason why other airlines' passenger aircraft are difficult to compete with COMAC.
Although the horsepower has caught up, the performance in other aspects is still a cut behind.
Although all are piston engines.
But there's a lot of technology they haven't mastered.
For example, the new C-100A replaced four engines with new piston engines with equal horsepower.
Although the horsepower is all the same.
But a new type of electronic fuel distribution technology has been added.
Although the tube is still used.
However, it can save at least 20% more fuel.
The range has also increased to 4,000 km.
This is the commercial aircraft can monopolize the world civil aviation passenger aircraft market.
The main reason why other aviation giants are difficult to compete.
At present, the civil aviation passenger aircraft of various countries are almost catching up in terms of flight range and passenger capacity.
So COMAC naturally launched this new passenger aircraft.
It is used to enhance COMAC's reputation and strengthen market competitiveness.
Now that this C120 passenger aircraft can be launched on the market by COMAC.
Then the economic fuel properties of the engine are naturally in line with market standards.
After all, civil aviation and military are still not the same.
The main consideration is safety and economy.
These two points are also very important to 060 by COMAC.
After all, once there is a problem with the reliability of the aircraft.
It would be devastating to COMAC's reputation.
After getting some main data.
After the first flight of the day.
Major airlines began to place intentional orders with COMAC.
Today's maiden flight went very smoothly.
It also gives major airlines a lot of confidence.
After all, the fame of Huaxia Commercial Flying is here.
Both the C100 and C110 airliners operate quite steadily.
There is no problem in obtaining an airworthiness certificate.
Therefore, the intention order of up to 167 aircraft was received on the same day.
Although only an intentional order.
But at least more than 100 can be sold.
Now the market for intercontinental air transport is also active with the recovery of the economy.
So for this ability to fly intercontinentally.
In particular, intercontinental passenger aircraft that can directly cross the Atlantic Ocean are still in great demand.
However, the price of this C120 passenger aircraft is not cheap.
A single rack sells for up to 5 million RMB, or $1 million.
It costs three times as much as the C100.
But the price is very well worth it.
In two or three years, you can basically pay for yourself.
The intent order alone amounted to $167 million.
It can also be seen how strong the aviation industry's ability to make money is.
It has even surpassed the miracle medicine of penicillin.
Although now the price of penicillin has been reduced a lot.
But exports still exceed $100 million a year.
If the C120 completes all flight test projects and obtains the airworthiness certificate for the market.
Then COMAC's (CJDC) annual revenue capacity may be able to reach more than $200 million.
In addition to the fact that this C120 airliner is in test flights.
Another military aircraft is also undergoing synchronous test flights.
The military aircraft is in service with 800 units in the Air Force.
Until the jet bomber comes out, it will remain in service with the Air Force.
It is the backbone of the Air Force's bomber echelon.
However, the current B-29 does not quite meet the needs of the Air Force.
One is that the bomb load is too low.
The second is low engine reliability and high cost of use.
The third is that the avionics system is too rudimentary.
So the West Flight Company of Huaxia Aviation Industry Group began to upgrade this bomber.
There are two main upgrades.
The first is the engine.
The B-29 now uses the original R3350 engine.
The life of this engine is less than 500 hours.
The Air Force required the new engine to last more than 2,000 hours without cutting power.
However, the Air Force also requested an upgraded bomb load.
Then the engine must use more horsepower.
Cutting power is certainly impossible.
The second is avionics.
In terms of engines, Xifei decided to abandon the piston engine and go directly to the turboslur engine.
Although the fuel consumption of the turbo engine is a little higher.
But it has a higher cap and is easier to upgrade.
And thanks to the improvement of the material, the service life can easily break 2000 hours.
To meet the requirements of the military, new engines are naturally needed.
Then this task finally fell on the side of Hangfa Group.
In less than a month, a new solution was launched.
It is to improve on the basis of the vortex-20 Nujiang and engage in a low-power version of the vortex-20.
That is, the turboslur-20LP now equipped on the new H-29K heavy bomber. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
The power of the vortex-20LP was reduced.
With only 4,000 horsepower, it shrank by a full 1,000 horsepower.
However, it also greatly reduces its fuel consumption.
The new H-29K bomber has also received a leap in performance.
After all, the original R3350 engine has less than 3,000 horsepower.
Together, the four turbolet-20LP engines increased their power by four or five thousand horsepower.
So it also made its maximum take-off weight reach the 70-ton class.
At the same time, its maximum flight speed has been increased from 574 miles to 650 kilometers per hour.
The bomb load has also been increased from 9 tons to 15 tons.
And its range has been greatly improved.
The combat range of 5,600 kilometers has been increased to 7,000 kilometers.
That is also a combat radius of 3500 km.
The increase in power will inevitably lead to an increase in speed, bomb load and range.
For the Air Force, its biggest upgrade is in avionics.
In addition to equipping an upgraded version of the airborne radar bombing system.
The bombing accuracy at an altitude of 10,000 meters was further improved to less than 20 meters.
It will also be equipped with weather radar, navigation radar, automatic turret, autopilot, etc.
Among them, autopilot, weather radar, navigation radar are all a set.
It can help pilots significantly reduce the intensity of work.
Just set the route, altitude, speed, etc.
The presence of weather radars can help bombers avoid areas with complex meteorology.
Automatic turrets will also replace manned turrets.
The automatic turret will be connected to the fire control radar.
As soon as an enemy aircraft approaches, it is within 3 km.
The fire control radar will lock onto the target and fire automatically.
Only two people are needed to operate the 5 turrets on and off the entire aircraft.
There were 12 12.7 mm machine guns and a 20 mm tail turret.
This will also greatly improve the bomber's self-defense capability.
After all, an automatic turret operated by a fire control radar is much more accurate than a remote-controlled turret.
This can also significantly reduce the pressure on escort fighters.
This upgrade is mainly aimed at the more than 800 H-29 bombers in service.
The Air Force will no longer spend money on new aircraft.
After all, new jet bombers are already in development.
In a few years, it will be able to enter service, replacing the active H-29.
Why spend money on new propeller bombing.
However, this does not mean that the Air Force will not be equipped with turbojet bombers.
At present, there are four projects on bombers in the Xifei Group.
The first, of course, was the H-29K bomber.
The second was the heavy jet bomber used to replace the H29 bomber.
The third is a jet strategic bomber with long-range intercontinental bombing capabilities.
And the fourth project is a long-range intercontinental bomber powered by turboram engines.
It's just that this fourth project is just a spare tire for the third jet strategic bomber.
In the event that the development of the long-range intercontinental jet strategic bomber project fails.
And this vortex-powered intercontinental strategic bomber on top.
After all, compared to turbojet engines.
The turbo engine is not bad in terms of power, and it is much lower in terms of fuel consumption.
The development difficulty is relatively lower and more secure.
This can also be seen from these four projects.
The current Air Force is still very rich.
Ambition is also very big.
The Air Force wants to enter the era of full-scale jetting.
The naval side is naturally not far behind.
The jet carrier-based attack aircraft project was developed jointly with the Air Force.
It is divided into land-based version and carrier-based aircraft version.
And the words of jet carrier-based fighters are different.
The Navy's carrier-based aircraft are more ambitious than the Air Force.
Supersonic + weather + use + two-seat is the most basic requirement of the Navy.
This also led to the fact that the fighter has not progressed very quickly.
If you want to serve, you have to wait at least a year or two.
The main problem is the lack of engine thrust.
Now the power development of turbojet engines is still being dug deeper.
Want to meet this demand of the Navy.
At least 7 tons of thrust and more engines are needed, and moreover, two.
There is also a higher difficulty in the field of carrier-based aircraft.
There's also more to consider.
But the Navy is not in a hurry.
Now they are equipped with F4U and F8F two carrier-based aircraft with very advanced performance.
At the moment there are no opponents on the sea.
As long as the jet carrier-based attack aircraft can enter service smoothly.