Doomsday Bunker Upgrade

It is still the runway 1 of the previous test Yun 9, but this time the prototype of the new fighter designed and manufactured by Chen Xin is parked at the end of the runway.

At this time, the aircraft was different from when Chen Xin saw it before. Not only had the avionics system and the railgun on the nose been installed, but the entire aircraft had also been painted.

Quietly parked at the end of the airport runway at this moment, it looks like a silent ghost, completely integrated into the darkness, only the light from the navigation lights can confirm its existence.

The cockpit of this plane is completely different from the traditional transparent cockpit. The canopy is a metal outer layer that is integrated with the avionics fairing of the nose. The interior is a display screen composed of several high-definition LCD screens. Several high-definition cameras of the company provide images for it.

The pilots sitting in the cockpit looked at the surrounding display screens, and they were not quite used to it.

As an experienced pilot and a test pilot, I have flown a lot of planes, and the habits brought by the traditional transparent cockpit will be difficult to change for a while.

Although not used to it, pilots quickly discovered the benefits of LCD screens.

If it is a traditional transparent cockpit, there is no light in the cockpit in the state of night flight, and some are just very faint luminous displays on the instrument panel, so that you will not be able to see the readings clearly.

And the line of sight is basically dark, and most of the operations are either guided by night vision devices or electronic systems, and cannot be confirmed with eyes.

This is a very technical test for pilots, because when you fly, the top and bottom are black, and it is easy to lose the ability to judge and cause the plane to get lost.

But now, a large number of auxiliary displays on the LCD screen can not only help you judge the situation, but also come with a smart high-definition display, which is much clearer than the pictures taken by the naked eye and night vision devices in the past.

Even if necessary, the entire picture can be switched to day mode, that is, night is turned into day by artificial rendering.

Of course, this mode will consume a lot of onboard computer resources, and the pilot will not turn it on if it is not necessary.

After checking the systems manually, after confirming that there was no problem, the pilot sent a signal to the tower to start this test flight.

Although I have spent a lot of time learning how to operate this new aircraft and how to use the new equipment on the aircraft, it is a new aircraft that is completely different from the previous aircraft, and the pilot is still a little small. Nervous, sweaty palms.

"Xiaofeng, this is the control tower. It is clear that we can take off." Just as the pilot was nervously holding the joystick and waiting, the sound of the control tower came from the earphones.

"The wind is received, prepare to take off!" The pilot took a deep breath, held the joystick, and began to steer the plane forward.

The new aircraft was named Xiaofeng, named after the third son of the nine sons of Longsheng, which means that Xiaofeng's life is dangerous.

According to Chen Xin's design, all three ion thrusters can allow the aircraft to obtain vertical lift by flipping the nozzle to achieve vertical take-off and landing.

But for the first test flight, everyone chose the more secure ski-jump take-off instead of vertical take-off.

The plane began to slide forward with the pilot's operation, and the speed became faster and faster, and the strong feeling of pushing back even pressed the pilot on the seat.

But under the action of the new anti-G suit, the pilots did not feel any pressure.

As the plane accelerated, the pilot pulled the nose, and the plane leaped into the air very lightly, not like a twenty-ton plane, but like a flying swallow.

"It's so beautiful!" In the tower, everyone applauded when they watched the plane take off smoothly.

Although everyone cheered in the same way in the previous Yun 9 test, this time everyone applauded Chen Xin.

A new fighter can complete the process from design to test flight in such a short period of time. Chen Xin's "ability and level" has deeply convinced these people.

However, Chen Xin just shook his head humbly. He didn't get lost in these compliments. He turned to the commander in charge of air traffic control and asked, "Did the two J20s in the confrontation take off?"

"Two J20s simulating enemy aircraft have taken off from the airport in Jincheng and are expected to arrive in the scheduled combat airspace in 30 minutes." The commander glanced at the display screen in front of him and replied to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin nodded and said to the commander: "Let Xiaofeng retract the reflection angle and test the effect of radar invisibility."

"Xiaofeng, this is the tower, I order you to put away the reflection angle and enter stealth mode." The commander repeated Chen Xin's instructions to the pilot of Xiaofeng.

In order to test the performance of the new fighter, Chen Xinli resisted all opinions and applied for two J20s to conduct simulated air combat exercises for the new fighter before it had a test flight.

After some discussion, the military still approved Chen Xin's application, transferred two J20s to him, and temporarily modified them to ensure that the planes could take off.

However, in order to protect the aircraft, the three fighter jets did not fly high, but kept the altitude below 8,000 meters.

According to the preset settings, Xiaofeng will approach the airspace where the J20 is located in stealth mode, and try to break through the interception of two J20s. This breakthrough of course includes the option of Xiaofeng "shooting down" two J20s.

Although the mocking wind did not carry ammunition as a test aircraft, and the J20 did not carry live ammunition, but as an exercise, as long as the radar irradiation and locking are completed, it means that the aircraft has been shot down.

After all, in modern air combat, being locked is basically the same as being unable to escape.

However, before the exercise started, Xiao Feng had a small problem first.

Because when the pilot of the mocking wind retracted the reflection angle as instructed, the entire plane disappeared from all radars.

This caused a little commotion in the tower. The commander switched to different radar bands, but no trace of the wind was found. If the communication had not been maintained, people would almost think that the new fighter had crashed.

But such a result is exciting, because if all the radars of one's own side cannot detect the mock wind, it undoubtedly shows that the stealth performance of the mock wind is quite excellent.

"Academician Chen, Xiaofeng's stealth performance is so strong?" An Air Force officer who came to watch the exercise asked Chen Xin.

"With special paint on the shape, I'm not surprised to see such a result." Chen Xin could only smile incomprehensibly.

Radar stealth is a relative concept, and there is no complete stealth. If the radar power is large enough, it can still be illuminated.

However, it also depends on how big the radar reflector of the target is. I remember that the reflector of the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyer seems to be similar to a roll of tin foil.