In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 98: The super luxurious fighter jet design team gathered together to launch the Tenth Master Plan in advance?

"Of course, these are just directions and goals, not something that must be achieved right now! The specific level of technology that can be achieved and how to deploy it will be determined after all the people supporting the school arrive and we discuss it!"

What Xie Wei proposed now is just a direction. If we want to realize it, there is a huge gap in foundation and it is not an easy task.

But he couldn't help it.

The purpose of proposing this plan is to allow the backbone personnel selected by the school to further improve the entire plan, so as to retain technical personnel from units such as 601, 607, and 611.

As the principal said, once you come, don’t think about leaving.

Harbin Institute of Technology is a school where outstanding technical personnel will never leave once they come.

"Okay, that's it. You can further refine and improve these according to the school's foundation and the situation you have. This will become the basis for the school's cooperation with relevant units in the aviation field. Otherwise, the project's leadership will be in trouble."

Xie Wei didn't want to continue talking.

Seeing everyone's strange looks, he said irresponsibly: "This is the principal's intention. I am just passing on the message... If you have any opinions, please go to the principal. After all, I am just a freshman."

Li Rui made life difficult for me, so how could I let him have an easy time?

"..."

Seeing Xie Wei's shameless faces that were exactly the same as the principal's, everyone felt helpless.

That’s all I’m going to tell you today. I’m a freshman.

Don’t you feel guilty?

Do you want face?
Xie Wei ignored everyone's thoughts and turned around and left the meeting room.

Just like Li Rui irresponsibly threw the task to himself.

There is no psychological burden at all.

What he said has actually determined the direction. The framework has been built, and then the key issues will be tackled step by step. Finally, when all the technologies are assembled, a new third-generation fighter will be born.

Before that, the J-8 modified version, the J-9 modified version and other models will become verification platforms for new technologies.

"Thank you, monitor. If the principal knew about this..."

Yuan Zhenyue quickly caught up with Xie Wei and reminded him worriedly.

Mainly, he wanted to give Xie Wei a heads-up so that he wouldn't think that he had reported him to the principal.

"Just to let him know! I did it on purpose! The old man is not letting me have an easy life, so there is no need for me to let him have an easy life, right?"

Xie Wei felt that Yuan Zhenyue's reaction was abnormal.

Looking at him puzzledly: "Old Yuan, what are you worried about?"

Hearing Xie Wei's address, Yuan Zhenyue was so moved that he almost cried.

He really wanted to tell Xie Wei: I'm afraid of you!
He was once cheated by the cunning old silver coin. If it weren't for the principal, he would still be herding sheep on the border, ready to use his flesh and blood to block the torrent of steel at any time.

I have long been traumatized by the old silver coins.

Xie Wei's deep thoughts are far more serious than his previous tricks on himself. How can Yuan Zhenyue not be worried?

"No, I just feel..."

"That's fine since there isn't one. The principal messed around, so you can't blame me. I followed his requirements and pointed out the research direction. People are here to complete the task. As for whether the technology can be developed later, that's not something I need to worry about."

"what?"

Yuan Zhenyue widened his eyes and looked at Xie Wei in disbelief.

Isn’t it Xie Wei who wants to make fighter jets?

Xie Wei had no idea what Yuan Zhenyue was thinking. He just wanted to get to the laboratory as soon as possible to get the perfluoroalkyl compounds and improve the production quality of integrated circuits at Shanghai Radio Factory No. 14 so that they could produce the chips they needed as soon as possible.

With photoresist, the production capacity and quality of Shanghai Radio Factory No. 14 can be rapidly improved.

The business will naturally grow rapidly.

With business, there will be funds for technology upgrades, thus avoiding the situation where high-cost domestic chips lose their market after international low-end and mid-range cheap chips enter the domestic market, and the integrated circuit factories either go bankrupt or transform.

"Old Yuan, if you have any questions after everyone is here, come and find me in the chemistry lab. Each project has a person in charge. You can ask them to talk to the relevant personnel. This will give you a much better result than if I go and talk."

After saying this, Xie Wei went to the chemistry laboratory.

Soon, Yuan Zhenyue found the principal to report the situation.

I can't say that Xie Wei wants to make the principal have a hard time.

"In that case, there is no problem. Ask the logistics department to arrange a basement dormitory for the comrades in 607. Living in a guest house is a waste of money. The school budget is limited, and every penny must be saved."

After receiving Yuan Zhenyue's report, especially Xie Wei's attitude, Li Rui was not surprised at all.

"Also in the basement?"

Yuan Zhenyue looked at Li Rui with an expression of resistance on his face.

He didn't want to participate in the logistical work.

"If not the basement, where else can we live? The basement is the only empty space! We can't ask the students to vacate their dormitories for them to live in, can we?"

Li Rui glared at Yuan Zhenyue with dissatisfaction.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to provide better accommodation for the comrades who come to support the school.

The school dormitory is already tight, and several independent dormitory buildings are prepared for female students. In order to vacate the dormitories, young faculty and staff of the school are required to rent houses outside, with the school providing partial rent subsidies.

"Tell them that the school is trying to find a way to change the dormitory to one with a better environment if there is a chance."

Seeing that Yuan Zhenyue did not leave, Li Rui added another sentence.

When the school was expanded in 58, many of the planned buildings were not built, especially several dormitory buildings.

Later, with the rapid development of Harbin Institute of Technology, the school’s funding continued to decrease and it has never been rebuilt.

Money is needed everywhere.

There are not even enough classrooms now, and there is no money invested in the construction of student dormitories.

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"Director Zhu, it's not like the school doesn't have any projects..."

"If you have a project, why are you leaving us hanging like this?"

Director Zhu interrupted senior Wei Guosong with dissatisfaction.

He really wanted to find out whether Harbin Institute of Technology had any projects. If not, he would go back early as it would be a waste of time here.

"The school didn't mean to leave you out. The school didn't know that the 601 Institute had invited you. Now that you're here, some plans and work arrangements have to be adjusted."

Wei Guosong explained.

He was assigned by the school to be the leader of the radar project. After he knew the research direction and how to use the 204 radar as a basis, he took the initiative to come to Director Zhu.

"Since the school has a project and we want to participate in it, there is no need to keep it secret from us, right?"

Director Zhu was even more dissatisfied.

I'm afraid I don't even believe the excuses the other party makes.

"Integrate 204 radar circuits to miniaturize them; research new materials to increase the power of transmitters and receivers... Use advanced data processors to increase signal processing speed..."

"..."

The project plan and research direction revealed by Wei Guosong left Director Zhu stunned for a moment.

"how?"

"Do you know how difficult this is? How much money and time is needed to integrate the radar's signal transmission circuit into an integrated circuit? Have you ever considered it? Especially data processing chips, which are not available domestically and cannot be obtained through special channels. Such advanced chips are absolutely banned."

The professionals immediately pointed out the difficulties in the plan revealed by Wei Guosong.

Miniaturization not only involves the circuit integration of signal transmission channels, but also requires more advanced materials, processes, integrated circuit manufacturing technology, etc.

"Old Zhu, I have to remind you that schools and research institutes are different. The products of research institutes are developed to match certain models or have clear requirements and performance indicators from the beginning. What schools need is to cultivate students' experience in professional fields during the process of technology research and development..."

Wei Guosong reminded Director Zhu.

Unless necessary, the school's research is only responsible for the research and development of specific technologies in various aspects, and does not require an overall technology package.

Li Rui warned all the people selected by the school: Before the project starts, it is necessary to tell the partners that certain existing technologies will be used as the basis, but it cannot be done completely according to the existing basis.

What the school needs is actually quite a bit of preliminary research!
This is a matter of project leadership.

"I haven't told you that the school is also considering how to coordinate the needs of the institute and the school. Internationally, radars with a detection range of more than 70 kilometers and stronger data processing capabilities have begun to be equipped... If we continue to focus on improving the 204 and making a complete machine, it would be better not to cooperate."

Wei Guosong's words made Director Zhu understand: the other party thinks the 204 radar is too backward!
"What is the school's estimated detection range?"

Director Zhu asked.

“探测距离60公里，跟踪距离在48公里以上……可以同时跟踪8个以上目标，并且在40公里的距离可以同时锁定/攻击4个以上目标……”

"Suck~"

Director Zhu looked at Wei Guosong in amazement.

He didn't ask the other party how they came up with such high performance indicators. They all said that they didn't want to make the whole machine!
"This is just a direction. Unlike the research institute, the team does not have to achieve a certain level by a certain time." Wei Guosong comforted Director Zhu.

"Senior, although the 204 radar has not been finalized, it is indeed outdated. The performance of the research institute is not as high as that of the school, but it does not affect the cooperation between the two sides."

Director Zhu pondered for a moment and expressed his thoughts.

Must cooperate!

Wei Guosong's expression instantly became much more relaxed.

"Senior, can you tell me how to solve the problem of high-performance chips for data processing?"

"Don't worry, you will know soon."

Wei Guosong smiled and said, "If you are willing, you can settle down in school first. We can start the discussion tomorrow, combining the technologies and opinions of several parties, and start with the simpler sub-projects."

"It's still early, we can do it now and move to the dormitory in the evening."

Director Zhu has been impatient for a long time.

"Let's get the comrades settled first. I still have to prepare some materials. Let's try to have a discussion tonight."

"Fine……"

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"This is?"

When they saw the fighter model that Lin Qiang took out, all the 611 technical backbones, including Director Song, were stunned.

Unlike the J-9, which has a single-seat, twin-engine structure, air intakes on both sides, a thin upper wing with a large sweep angle, a closely coupled triangular middle and lower wing with a large sweep angle, and a pair of ventral fins, the model in front of us uses a similar layout, but the appearance is very different.

The mid-range coupled canard takes into account both vortex lift and trim and pitch control.

The slender shape design plus canards can take into account both high-speed maneuverability and the high trim lift coefficient required at low speeds.

The trailing edge of the delta wing is slightly swept forward, which makes the center of lift relatively forward, which is more conducive to improving maneuverability than the J-9, although this layout will sacrifice some maximum speed.

The design of the model in front of us not only generates vortices on the canard to increase lift, but also makes the force distribution of the entire body structure more even. Even pitch control and yaw control are taken into account.

"A new aerodynamic shape. All the school's aircraft technology projects are centered around this model. The model has already undergone preliminary wind tunnel tests..."

Lin Qiang was very satisfied with everyone's shock.

When Institute 601 first saw the model, it sent a team led by its deputy director to the school.

Professionals know more clearly what this model shows.

Based on the model provided by Xie Rou, the school asked the metalworking workshop to scale it up and conduct wind tunnel experiments.

Logically, Xie Wei would not have access to the aerodynamic design of the J-9.

Naturally, he did not dare to say that this fighter model was improved based on the aerodynamic appearance of the J-9.

If it weren't for the 611's more than ten years of research on the J-9, there would be no later J-50th, J-th, or even the sweet little J-.

In Xie Wei's eyes, Li Rui, who was messing around, came to 601 because of the model, so he asked the wind tunnel laboratory to start conducting wind tunnel experiments on the model.

After not having any contact with the project team or technical foundation for several days, Director Song became more and more suspicious that the school had no projects and prepared to go home.

Lin Qiang, who was assigned to the fighter aircraft technology project and was responsible for the aerodynamic project, obtained the wind tunnel test data and understood Xie Wei's ideas. He sorted out the relevant information and then appeared in front of everyone at 611.

Once he takes action, it will be a blast!
"The school is planning to launch a new fighter jet project?"

Director Song looked suspicious.

Having worked on fighter jets for decades, he naturally knew how difficult it was to make an advanced fighter jet.

In terms of fighter jet design experience and theoretical level, Harbin Institute of Technology cannot compare with 611 at all.

Besides, how much money would it cost to realize the current model?
Can Harbin Institute of Technology afford it?

"To be precise, we are preparing to work on advanced technology sub-projects related to fighter jets. For example, this canard has a larger delta wing and an aerodynamic layout with wing-body fusion, which can provide greater lift when the engine power is insufficient. And our aerodynamic project needs to solve the problem of how to achieve this..."

Lin Qiang introduced the specific project situation to everyone.

The aerodynamic layout of the J-9 was finally determined after years of research and comparison.

The use of canards is also due to insufficient engine thrust and the superiors' requirement to achieve a maximum speed of Mach 2.6.

How could they not know that the country before them had given up higher speeds and instead sought high-altitude speed and mid- and low-altitude maneuverability?
"The fire control radar needs to have a detection range of at least 60 kilometers. The comrades from 601 and your radar team need to get involved."

"The thrust-to-weight ratio of the turbofan engine is above 8. The school's metal materials research laboratory has made some technical breakthroughs in nickel-based and cobalt-based high-temperature alloys. These high-temperature alloys can allow the combustion chamber to withstand higher temperatures..."

"The direction of the control system is four-degree-of-redundancy fly-by-wire control. At present, the technical reserves are insufficient and the personnel do not have enough experience. We will first develop analog signal fly-by-wire technology to accumulate experience..."

After Lin Qiang's introduction, the people in 611 didn't even have the desire to refute.

Not only did they stay, but the entire team was reorganized into the school's project group based on their original departments.

I previously suspected that the school had no projects.

Now not only has the aerodynamic model been brought out, but there is also data from the wind tunnel.

What made 611 unable to leave was that the model that Lin Qiang took out was consistent with 611's idea of ​​improving the J-9's maneuverability at medium and low altitudes.

After the people from the 601 Institute came, the people from the 611 Institute had further improved the research and development preparations for various technologies together with the school and the people from the 607 Institute, so that there were no doubts in all the items: the research direction was clear, and the basic technologies were listed one by one.

How to question?

All the technologies are also required for the major modification of the J-8. After understanding the project situation, 601 no longer hesitated and also dispersed personnel into various sub-projects of the school.

"Isn't this good? Why did you come to see me?"

Xie Wei learned from Yuan Zhenyue that after the people from 601 arrived, they did not fight for the dominant power. Instead, they integrated the personnel with the school and 611 people, and there were no disputes. They had already thrown themselves into the preliminary preparations without him having to fool them anymore, and he was in a very good mood.

It saves trouble.

"The principal asked you to go to his office."

"Isn't there nothing for me to do? Why are you going to his office? I'm busy here."

"People from Factory 410 are here too. The principal is really confused."

Yuan Zhenyue did not hide it and sent more than 410 technical backbones from the Liming Engine Factory to the school, asking them to participate in the school's fighter jet power system development project. As a result, Principal Li was overwhelmed.

If all the units are added together, the school can completely develop fighter jets independently based on this.

"Isn't it what he wanted to have a complete fighter aircraft development team?"

Xie Wei became interested.

The reason why Li Rui was interested was not because he was troubled by the WS-6 engine team that unexpectedly came to the school to participate in the project, but because the entire school now has the technical backbones of the 601 and 611 institutes, the two domestic units with the richest experience and strongest strength in fighter design; at the same time, it has the most advanced radar team and engine team in the country...

The father of the Tenth Master and the father of the Eighth Master worked together to design the overall plan.

Zhu Kexin, a top expert in pulse Doppler radar, and the radar technical backbone of the 607 Institute and the core team of 410, which has the most experience in domestic turbofan engines.

Such a super luxurious team was gathered together at Harbin Institute of Technology...

Perhaps, we can start the design and development work of the J-10 now?

As soon as this thought came into his mind, Xie Wei quickly shook his head to get rid of the idea.

He understood why Li Rui was so troubled!

Lack of money!

Developing a new fighter jet requires the whole country's efforts and has taken decades.

Harbin Institute of Technology is just a school!

Even if we put in all the annual funds, it wouldn’t work.

"Captain Xie, what are you doing?"

Seeing Xie Wei shaking his head, Yuan Zhenyue asked hurriedly, "The principal is waiting for you, why don't you go first and come back to continue your work?"

"Let's go and have a look."

Xie Wei was very curious whether the old principal really had the idea of ​​developing a complete fighter model. If he wanted to do it now, he should draw a clear line with him and keep his distance as soon as possible.

"People from 410 are here, willing to provide the full set of WS-6 technology..."

As soon as Xie Wei entered the room, Li Rui, with a gloomy face, spoke.

"It has nothing to do with me, right?"

really.

The old man is worried about money.

"Who said it has nothing to do with you?"

Li Rui glared at Xie Wei. Seeing that he was trying to find an excuse to refuse, he said with a straight face, "All teams have listed the relevant basic problems. Currently, all projects have a common key problem: chips! So, when can your chips be solved?"

what?
Li Rui's words surprised Xie Wei.

Not because of money?
(End of this chapter)