Chapter 437

The new aircraft looks more like an armed helicopter, with three ion thrusters installed on its tail and wing, providing the aircraft with strong power up to Mach 3.

It is also because of such a strong thrust that the pilot of a new aircraft must wear a special anti-G suit similar to a spacesuit to withstand it. Otherwise, the instant overload acceleration during maneuver will endanger the pilot's life.

This kind of three engine design is very rare in fighter planes. Except for some prototypes with big brain holes or models in science fiction, this is the first time that a model with three engines has appeared.

Because of its strong power, Chen Xin didn't think much about the aerodynamic layout, but he had a systematic optimization. Although the plane looked a little square, it still had a good aerodynamic shape, so it didn't really have a lot of power.

In addition, Chen Xin also takes into account the needs of radar stealth, so it will appear angular and not so round. But in front of the radar, the reflection area of the whole aircraft is not as good as a piece of A4 paper.

The main power source of the aircraft is a 25MW micro nuclear reactor, which is installed in the belly of the aircraft to facilitate maintenance and repair, and to directly abandon the reactor in case of accident.

Because the demand of ion thruster for working fluid is not large, Chen Xin only opened a row of air inlets along the wing.

The flat air inlet can not only ensure the air intake, but also play a certain role in blocking the dust and particles, and can also blow away the dust blocked by the air inlet grille under the action of air flow, so as not to cause the air inlet blockage due to ash deposition.

The cockpit is a standard single cockpit, and the highly integrated intelligent control system is enough to ensure that the pilot can easily control the aircraft and perform various tasks.

In addition to the installation of nuclear reactors, the belly of the aircraft is also the main weapon carrying area. The four integrated weapon loading points can carry 16 missiles of various types, and can be put into the belly of the aircraft for secondary automatic loading when it is not in combat.

At present, no fighter can do this. All fighters must be loaded before they set out to carry out the mission. The ground service will hang the missiles on the mounting points. No aircraft can load itself when it is flying in the sky.

On the one hand, the aircraft's take-off weight is limited, so it can't carry so many missiles. On the other hand, the fuselage space is limited, so the automatic loading mechanism and the missile itself need to occupy a lot of space. In the case of limited aircraft space, there is no way to carry so many things.

However, due to the use of ion thrusters, the new aircraft does not need to insert a huge fuel tank into the fuselage, nor does it need to install an engine much larger than the ion thruster, so it naturally has more load and space for installing other things.

Although this set of automatic loading system can only complete one loading, it has been greatly strengthened for fighter, which is enough to enhance the combat capability of fighter more than twice and make it play a greater role in air combat.

Moreover, Chen Xin also designed another mode for the new aircraft, that is, instead of carrying secondary loading missiles and automatic loading mechanism, it will be replaced by a wheeled pylon, carrying eight bombs for ground bombing, and turning into a type of aircraft that can carry out ground operations.

In addition, under the nose of the fighter, Chen Xin also designed a magnetic rail gun for the fighter. Relying on the strong power provided by the nuclear reactor, the power of the magnetic rail gun is far more powerful than any aircraft gun currently equipped by Yanguo air force, and the ammunition load is far more powerful.

As for another important avionics system on the plane, Chen Xin didn't make any new things. He just upgraded the avionics currently used by Yanguo air force to a state that can be better integrated into the new aircraft.

Nevertheless, the electronic countermeasure capability of the new aircraft is still excellent enough to easily confront the fighters of any country in the world.

It can be said that the new aircraft is a versatile fighter with excellent performance. It is perfectly competent in air combat, ground attack, electronic countermeasures and air reconnaissance.

After the design of the aircraft, it is natural to make it.

As the chief designer of the new aircraft, Chen Xin is naturally responsible for the relevant work in this regard.

The design drawings were sent to the relevant production units, and various parts were quickly produced and sent to Chen Xin with detailed drawings and investment regardless of cost.

Although Chen Xin can use nano armor to turn into various processing tools to build the aircraft himself, considering that the aircraft needs mass production, Chen Xin still leaves the task of manufacturing parts to others.

In this way, when the country needs to mass produce the aircraft in the future, the production units of these parts also have relevant experience, and no longer need to spend time on technical research and production line adjustment.

The final assembly of the aircraft is a very complicated work. Fortunately, the combat readiness airport where Chen Xin is located has the conditions to assemble the aircraft, and the ground service technicians are at least experienced. It took Chen Xin a week to complete the bare metal assembly of the new aircraft.

The assembled bare machine didn't even paint. The metal skin of the whole plane was exposed in the primary metal color, which looked rough.In addition, the position of the aircraft's nose seems to be missing due to the fact that the avionics and magnetic railguns are not installed.

However, the aircraft is different from other aircraft's strong lines, as well as the unique three hair styling and slender fuselage, which make the aircraft exude a unique aesthetic feeling.

"Academician, the plane has been assembled, but the avionics system and the magnetic rail gun have not been delivered from the factory, and we can't do the painting of the fuselage here." A technician stood beside Chen Xin and reported the assembly of the plane to him.

For the lack of avionics and machine guns, Chen Xin clearly nodded, which was in his expectation.

"Avionics and machine guns are not in a hurry. It's difficult to manufacture these two parts. It's understandable that the construction period is a little slower. First, install the fairing of avionics." Chen Xin asked casually while checking the status of the plane: "where is the painting going to be completed? Is the pilot ready for the test flight? What about the pilot's anti-G suit? "

"The pilot has been selected and will come to receive relevant operation and driving training tomorrow. The anti-G suit has been inquired before, and the reply given by the manufacturer is that it will be completed within three days." When the technician heard Chen Xin's question, he turned over the record in his hand and quickly gave the answer: "as for spray painting, we have contacted the spray painting factory in Jincheng and they will finish the spray painting work."

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