The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 610 Panshan Engine

The first thing Liu Tao solved was the J-10 avionics system.

Based on the avionics system of the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft, certain upgrades have been made. Such an avionics system is already very advanced and sufficient for the J-10.

Monitors are specially manufactured and produced. They are different from civilian ones and their outstanding features are safety, stability and strong anti-interference.

The inertial navigation system directly introduces the Beidou Navigation System, which enables it to provide navigation for the J-10 anywhere in the world. At the same time, it can provide comprehensive information such as the aircraft's real-time position, pitch/roll, attitude, heading, acceleration and speed together with the attitude/direction reference system.

The electronic warfare system can provide threat warning and electronic countermeasures against selected threats at the same time. The towed decoy is used to counter modern radar-guided missiles as a supplement to traditional radar jamming methods. The decoy can simulate enemy radar signals and trick the guidance head into locking on itself instead of the aircraft.

The multifunctional pulse Doppler radar has a detection range of 190 kilometers and a tracking distance of 100 kilometers. It will play the role of "clairvoyance" for the J-10 fighter, and can detect enemy aircraft early, and launch an attack when the enemy aircraft enters the attack range of the J-10 fighter's air-to-air missiles. At the same time, it can look down to search for targets, and use the Doppler effect to prevent the target's signal from being covered by ground noise. It can track small and high-speed targets from out of sight to close range and treetop height.

In terms of avionics systems, it can be said that the J-10 is far superior to the J-7 and J-8 series fighters. They are not at the same level at all.

After completing the avionics system, Liu Tao also took on the responsibility of developing high-performance aircraft engines suitable for the J-10 fighter.

Song Wencong and others, on the other hand, devoted all their efforts to modifying the aerodynamic layout structure of the J-10.

Liu Tao went to Panshan Machinery Factory, which has the most advanced machining center in the country.

Liu Tao first designed a larger turbofan engine based on his understanding of the WS-2M.

For an advanced aircraft engine, the development of the core engine alone takes five to ten years, and the development of the verification engine takes several more years. Finally, the engineering engine takes at least a dozen years.

This is also why the number of countries in the world that can develop high-performance aircraft engines can be counted on one hand.

Other countries may have the ability to develop advanced fighter jets, but they have to import aircraft engines.

The price of aircraft engines is definitely not cheap.

But for Liu Tao, it is different. With the golden finger, he can save a lot of time and money.

It took one month to produce a large aircraft engine.

Liu Tao placed his hand on this large aircraft engine, and a virtual panel appeared.

[Item: Panshan Engine]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV1 (0/10)]

[Upgrade Points: 2500]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

Seeing the 2500 upgrade points, Liu Tao was amazed. He developed such an aircraft engine by himself, and it actually had 2500 upgrade points.

The level of development of aviation engines is regarded as a concentrated reflection of a country's comprehensive national strength, industrial base and scientific and technological level. It is praised as the concentration of the most cutting-edge technology and the most advanced industrial success in modern industry, and there is a reason for it.

An aircraft engine is very complex, using many advanced materials and having very high processing requirements.

The most commonly used materials here are aluminum alloy and titanium alloy!

Aluminum alloy has outstanding advantages such as high specific modulus and specific strength, good corrosion resistance, good processing performance, and low cost, so it is considered to play a vital role in the aviation industry. The main application locations include engine compartments, cabin structures, load-bearing wall panels, beams, instrument mounting frames, fuel tanks, etc.

Titanium alloys have the advantages of high strength, good corrosion resistance, good fatigue resistance, small thermal conductivity and linear expansion coefficient, etc. They are mainly used in compressor blades, casings, engine compartments and heat shields of aircraft engines.

As for other new materials, there are as many as a dozen.

Then, Liu Tao started testing.

It is not cost-effective to spend upgrade points directly at the beginning. You still have to accumulate experience points and upgrade by starting up the computer first.

As long as the experience points were sufficient, Liu Tao would upgrade. It took a full month, and the engine ran for 744 hours without interruption. Liu Tao upgraded the engine compartment, cabin structure and other parts.

Then he started smashing the upgrade points.

Brush brush brush~~~
Tiny rays of light flickered.

This aircraft engine looks like it has streams of light on its fuselage.

When the faint light disappeared, the "Panshan Engine" in front of us had undergone some inexplicable changes.

The lines are smoother and more beautiful!
Liu Tao started the 'Panshan Engine', and the engine let out a shocking roar.

From this sound, Liu Tao immediately knew that the power generated was much stronger than before.

After running for about half an hour, Liu Tao turned off the engine.

At the same time, Liu Tao's virtual panel appeared:

[Item: Panshan Engine]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV10 (not upgradeable)]

[Upgrade Points: 500]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

Liu Tao pondered for a moment as he looked at the note behind LV10 that said it could not be upgraded. He knew that even though the materials used for the aircraft engine were very good, it was still not enough to have the potential to be upgraded to level 11.

If you want to upgrade to a more powerful one, you have to rebuild one according to the standards of this aircraft engine. However, by then it will be a brand new aircraft engine, and upgrading it will be just a re-upgrade.

Liu Tao looked at the detailed data: thrust-to-weight ratio is 7.86, maximum thrust with full afterburner/without afterburner is 144.6/86.2kN, mass is 1837kg, bypass ratio is 0.68, air mass flow rate is 124.7kg/s, total compression ratio is 33.3, temperature before turbine is 1750~1800℃, maximum diameter is 1.18m, and length is 4.8m.

The service life of the engine reaches 3500 hours.

It can be said that the performance of this aircraft engine is very good. Even at the boundary of the J-10's flight envelope, the engine thrust is very strong, enough to give the J-10 powerful power.

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Suddenly, drawings appeared automatically on the virtual panel, which were the design data of this "Panshan Engine".

This includes the material formula, processing technology, etc. for each position.

After the analysis was completed, Liu Tao began to arrange people to conduct a series of professional tests on the 'Panshan Engine' and produce several more 'Panshan Engines'.

Engine testing is very multifaceted, including testing the engine's life, normal and maximum thrust, engine stability, etc.

After Liu Tao made all the arrangements, he set off for Institute 611.

Now that the engine issue has been resolved, the J-10 prototype can be manufactured.

The J-10 prototype was manufactured not in Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation, but in Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation.

Of course, this does not mean that everything about the J-10 is manufactured in Chengfei. For example, many of its avionics systems are produced in Panshan Group and then transported to Chengfei.

There is also the 'Panshan Engine', which is also produced by Panshan Group, and the entire unit is finally transported to Chengfei for installation.

Chengfei should be said to be the final assembly of the J-10 prototype.

(End of this chapter)