NovelTags Chapter 244
Chapter 244
June 5, 1939.
The joint development of a supersonic fighter by the Huaxia Air Force and the Navy successfully completed its first flight.
The maiden flight of this JF-8 fighter also marked the birth of the second generation of jet fighters.
Compared to the previous JF-5C fighter.
This JF-8 fighter is much more powerful.
This can be judged from the fact that it is equipped with two 8-ton turbojet-5C afterburner engines.
The intermediate thrust of a single unit is 6 tons, and the afterburner thrust reaches 8 tons.
And also equipped with two.
It brought its maximum take-off weight to 28 tons.
And the maximum take-off weight of the fighter of the JF-5C fighter did not even exceed ten tons.
From this maximum take-off weight, you can know how big the gap between the two sides is.
The fighter also learned many of the lessons of the JF-5 in its design.
For example, due to the use of nose air intake, it is impossible to install a large airborne radar.
So its intake tracts are designed on the left and right sides.
The part connected to the body line also has a gap to divide the airflow.
The aerodynamic layout has also been optimized, and the design is more reasonable, capable of supersonic flight for a longer time.
And this fighter is also a two-seater fighter.
Air-to-ground capability.
517 This is a veritable supersonic heavy fighter.
It is also a high-tech crystal of the current Huaxia aviation industry.
In terms of armament, as a new generation of fighters, the configuration is still very rich.
Due to the large body buildup, the engine is powerful.
Therefore, it can be equipped with a more powerful radar and has a longer detection range.
Its avionics are in addition to the airborne single-pulse radar.
There are also air data computers, communication systems, identification systems of friend or foe, radar altimeters, full-altitude bombing systems, navigation computers, inertial navigation systems, weapons delivery systems, radar homing and vigilance systems, automatic fire control systems, and so on.
Its onboard avionics systems are still quite abundant.
This is also thanks to significant advances in avionics technology.
And this fighter also carries an infrared equipment, which can reach a range of 30 kilometers.
Its radar is also much more advanced than that of the JF-5C fighter.
The FR-40 airborne radar has completely replaced tubes with transistors and solid-state circuits.
Not a single tube can be seen on the entire radar.
So its technological content is very high.
It is a multifunctional radar with multi-purpose (CJBA).
Also the main component of the airborne FR-40 fire control system.
and infrared search and tracking systems form an all-weather interception capability.
This also makes it a supersonic fighter with missiles as the main means of attack.
The Northern Ordnance Industry Group specially developed the KK-5 close-range combat missile and the KK-7 semi-active radar-guided missile for it.
Among them, the KK-5 close-range combat missile adopts infrared guidance method.
The range of action is within 3 km.
However, the current hit chance is not very high.
There is only about a sixty percent chance of hit.
Of course, this is based on the JF-5C fighter.
Mainly because the current infrared guidance technology is not very mature.
There is a lot of room for improvement in materials.
The KK-7 semi-active radar missile, using a continuous wave semi-active guidance method, can reach a combat distance of 20 kilometers.
It has some long-range attack capabilities.
And it's also very fast, up to Mach 2.5.
The ability to attack around the clock is already available.
With the blessing of these two missiles.
The JF-8 heavy fighter's combat capabilities have been greatly improved.
In addition to missiles, a precision-guided missile was developed for it.
Visual radio guidance is still used.
Although the error is still relatively large, it can only be used in good weather.
But it already has some practical value.
In addition to air-to-air missiles, precision-guided missiles, universal aerial missiles.
It is still equipped with two 20 mm cannons with a stock of 800 rounds. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
The JF-8 is a second-generation high-speed fighter favored by both naval and air forces.
In addition to its extremely advanced avionics equipment.
Its flight performance is also invincible.
It is equipped with two turbojet-5C engines with 8-ton thrust.
Its maximum speed can reach more than Mach 2 and reach Mach 2.
The thrust-to-weight ratio has reached 0.6.
In terms of combat range, it also caught up with the P-51 Mustang fighter, reaching 2800 kilometers.
That is, a combat radius of 1400 km.
High speed, high range, high power, all prove the JF-8 fighter's strong combat capabilities.
Both the Air Force and Navy were pleased with its performance.
None of them have yet to undergo a finalized test flight.
The Navy directly began to place orders for the first batch of 30 aircraft.
Although the carrier-based version and the land-based version are different.
But the production line is basically the same.
It is also normal for the Navy to be in such a hurry.
Now the Midway-class aircraft carriers are being refitted.
For example, adding a beveled deck, adding a steam catapult, etc.
This was quite a complex retrofit, especially the addition of a steam catapult.
That is, under Huaxia's strong shipbuilding capabilities, it can be completed in about a year.
And now it only takes Huaxia a year to build a Midway-class aircraft carrier.
In the past two years, Huaxia has completed the conversion of four Midway-class aircraft carriers.
The method of refit two ships at a time is adopted.
This ensures that the Navy remains strong.
But there are aircraft carriers, and carrier-based fighters still use F4U old propeller fighters.
Even carrier-based attack aircraft use A-4 Ravager jet attack aircraft.
So the F4U fighter is unusually dazzling in the eyes of the Navy.
It simply cannot bring out the full combat capabilities of the upgraded Midway-class aircraft carrier.
So how can the Navy not be in a hurry.
The reason why you are in such a hurry to order a batch.
It is to carry out synchronous landing experiments at the same time as the test flight.
The maiden flight of this JF-8 fighter can be regarded as making up for the last big shortcoming of the Navy.
When all aircraft carriers are replaced with this fighter and form a preliminary combat effectiveness.
So where are the four oceans of Blue Star going.
Whether it's the Home Fleet of England, the Combined Fleet of the U.S. Kingdom, or the Pacific Atlantic Fleet of Eagle Sauce.
None of them are opponents.
After all, this is a heavy carrier-based fighter with a maximum take-off weight of 28 tons.
Not only with powerful anti-air capabilities.
The same has not weak sea attack capabilities.
At least there is nothing too wrong with carrying anti-ship missiles of air-launched models.
However, this air-launched anti-ship missile has little to do with the FJ-35.
Rather, a completely new family of light anti-ship missiles.
There are both air-launched and ship-launched types.