You were asked to repeat your senior year of high school, and you took advantage of the opportunity

Chapter 507: The FC-31 has a double-wheel front landing gear? Is this going to develop into a carrier-based aircraft?
"coming?"

Chief Engineer Zhao looked at Jiang Chen and said with a smile.

Then he grabbed a rag, wiped the oil stains on his hands, and walked straight to Jiang Chen.

He completely ignored Cheng Ziang who was standing next to him.

Let alone Cheng Ziang.

He even "did not take into consideration" Zhou Jianhua, who had a higher military rank.

"Hey!"

Cheng Ziang waved his hand in front of Chief Engineer Zhao.

He joked, "Are you saying 'beauty is in the eyes of the beholder' or something? We are all here, why do you only have eyes for Little Orange?"

Chief Engineer Zhao glanced at him.

He said unhappily, "Besides causing me trouble, can you provide any other emotional value? My ignoring you is already the greatest reward for you."

Cheng Ziang was so angry that his face turned green.

But they are used to joking around in private.

Another old colleague of many years.

Just a few jokes.

It will not affect the 'GM' friendship between each other.

Jiang Chen also woke up from the shock of the "fifth-generation aircraft" at this time and quickly looked at Chief Engineer Zhao.

He asked questions like a rapid-fire cannon, "Chief Engineer Zhao, is this the prototype of the FC-31 Falcon? Is it 001 or 002? Why is the front landing gear a double-wheel design? This seems to be a design only for carrier-based aircraft, right? And the nose radar cover looks smaller than that of the J-20 Vily. Does it mean that the fire control radar performance of the FC-31 Falcon is worse than that of the J-20 Vily?"

A hint of appreciation appeared on Chief Engineer Zhao's face.

This kid.

He is indeed quite capable.

Although he is a little impatient, he is able to grasp the key points.

He asked these questions.

No question is without purpose.

All the questions hit the nail on the head.

So Chief Engineer Zhao answered patiently, "This is certainly not the No. 001 prototype, or even the No. 002 or No. 003, because the FC-31 Falcon had already successfully completed its maiden flight in 2012, but the prototype had many problems, so we went through a lot of improvements later."

"So this prototype should be codenamed the fifth version, or Unit 005."

"Since it is already aircraft No. 005, its reliability has been greatly guaranteed, and no major safety accidents will occur during the test flight."

"As for the dual-wheel design of the front landing gear, we do have the idea of ​​expanding sales to the navy, but currently we are mainly exporting it. And who says that only carrier-based aircraft use dual-wheel design? The F-35 Air Force version also has dual wheels."

"As for the smaller radome at the nose, the FC-31 Falcon's airborne radar design is indeed smaller than that of the J-20 Vily Dragon. There is nothing we can do about it. When the aerodynamic layout was designed, the appearance was fixed when it was taken to the wind tunnel. But you have to believe in my country's radar system industry. The fire control radar used by the FC-31 Falcon is a third-generation active phased array fire control radar, and its performance is not bad."

"In addition, the FC-31 Falcon is also equipped with EODAS (Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System), EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System), and electro-optical fire control system similar to the J-20 Mighty Dragon. The belly ammunition bay is large enough to carry four PL-4 medium-range missiles, and the underwing fire sea is designed with an additional six external attachment points to carry large air-to-ground weapons in a non-stealth state."

"In other words, the definition of the FC-31 Falcon is not simply summarized as naval aviation or air force, but a multi-purpose fighter that focuses on air-to-air combat and seizing air superiority, while also taking into account ground/sea strike capabilities."

"Our goal is not to compete with the J-20, one is a medium-sized aircraft and the other is a heavy-duty aircraft, which are completely different. The FC-31 Falcon is positioned to replace the J-10 Raptor and become the first stealth medium-sized aircraft of Dongda."
Chief Engineer Zhao was very proud.

We talked for several minutes.

Jiang Chen listened attentively while carefully examining the yellow-painted aircraft.

Some time ago.

This FC-31 Falcon was photographed by netizens on the way from the Shenfei factory to the "Yaodongdong" station and posted online because the aircraft was wrapped tightly at the time.

So it got the nickname "Zongzi Machine".

"Is the engine of the FC-31 Falcon still the Russian AL-31F?" Jiang Chen asked again.

Chief Engineer Zhao shook his head and said, "It's the Russian engine, but it's not the al-31f, it's the RD-93, which is the export version of the RD-33."

Jiang Chen curled his lips and said, "When will our core engine technology be mastered? The engines sold to us by the Russians are all castrated versions, and if we can't master engine technology, we will always be strangled by them."

The RD-93 is notoriously bad, famous for emitting black smoke.

An aircraft engine is emitting black smoke?
This is really hard to imagine.

However, developing an aircraft engine with mature performance is not an easy task.

Take the ill-fated WS-10 'Taihang' engine.

The project of this engine was launched in 1986, and its initial goal was to be used in the J-10 Raptor.

As a result, the Raptor has been put into service on a large scale, but the WS-10 has not yet been developed, so the J-10 Raptor can only use the Russian al-11f engine together with the J-31b.

It's 2005.

The WS-10 finally passed the design finalization review, but several major accidents occurred after the finalization, so it was not officially put into service until 2009.

2010 years.

The WS-10 won the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Finally, it got recognition at the highest level.

Moreover, the performance of subsequent improved WS-10b/c has also become more mature.

Therefore, the subsequent J-10c, J-11b, and even the J-16 multi-purpose fighter jets have been equipped with the WS-10c on a small scale.

But it has been nearly 20 years since then.

It took 20 years to develop a medium-thrust aircraft engine.

This is also due to the fact that Dongda has a solid foundation in the aviation industry.

This can be seen.

How difficult is it to develop an aircraft engine with mature performance.

"It's not our turn to worry about the engine." Chief Engineer Zhao said with a smile.

Then he pointed outside the hangar and continued, "The most important task of the test flight team recently is to test the latest WS-606C engine for the 10th Institute. So far, everything is going smoothly. So it should take less than a year or two for the WS-10 to be completely stable, and then we will be able to use it."

"Oh, the domestically produced RD-93, or WS-13, has been successfully copied. Its performance is similar to that of the RD-93, but it does not emit black smoke. The future aircraft engine of the FC-31 Falcon should be the domestically produced WS-13."

Jiang Chen curled his lips, "Your request is too low, aren't you satisfied as long as there is no black smoke?"

Chief Engineer Zhao spread his hands and said, "I would like to ask for higher standards, but can I ask for higher standards?"

He finished.

This one is old and the other is young.

Unexpectedly, they all sighed deeply at the same time.

oh~~~
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ps: We all went back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year these two days, so I drank a few more glasses with my childhood friends yesterday, and I was completely dizzy before 10 o'clock, so I didn't update for a day yesterday. Sorry, sorry, it's my mistake. I will resume updating twice a day today.

In addition: Today is New Year's Eve, and it will soon be the Year of the Snake, which is also Xiao Jianjun's zodiac year. Xiao Jianjun would like to wish all book friends good luck in the Year of the Snake, happiness to the whole family, and good health to the family members. I hope that 2025 will be smooth sailing and blessed with good fortune.

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