#1659 Carrier Jet

In the era of propellers, fighter jets taking off and landing on aircraft carriers are no different from taking off and landing on land, relying entirely on the pilot's own superb flying skills.

When taking off, the throttle is fully open and it is enough to rush forward. The aircraft carrier will also turn against the wind and move forward at full speed, making the take-off of the carrier aircraft smoother. Some aircraft with good performance can even be pulled up without reaching the end of the deck.

The same is true for landing. Relying on the pilot's own technology, he accurately glides to the aircraft carrier to land. Therefore, the general navy pilots look down on the pilots of the army or the air force, and they think that their technology is more superb.

After entering the era of jets, relying on one's own technology is completely useless, because jets take off and land faster, and the narrow aircraft carrier deck can no longer meet the requirements.

At this time, innovation is required.

Corresponding technology, Cyric has already put forward instructive opinions. For example, when landing, use the light box at the tail to determine whether his glide line is correct. This was installed on previous aircraft carriers. This greatly improves the pilot's landing safety, especially at night.

In the past, night landings were almost impossible, but with this kind of equipment, night landings are very easy.

As for takeoff, it's up to the catapult.

Catapults have always existed in this era. In addition to aircraft carriers, other warships also need to carry seaplanes. There is no space for these planes to take off, and the planes are ejected entirely by catapults.

However, because it is a seaplane, the required take-off speed is very low, and it is enough to rely on a low-performance hydraulic catapult, while the catapult jet must be an advanced steam catapult with full power.

Historically, in order to get the jet on board, many hard efforts have been made to explore, and even the British Navy has tried to use the belly to land and make the deck as flexible as rubber.

With Cyric's guidance, the German jets on the ship do not need to take these detours, as long as they follow the technical route determined by Cyric and advance steadily.

The wind and waves in the North Sea are not very big, and the wave height is only half a meter. On the sea, an aircraft carrier is smoking black smoke and is advancing at full speed against the wind.

Whether it is taking off or recovering a fighter, the aircraft carrier needs to be at full speed against the wind. The take-off can increase the speed, and the landing can reduce the relative speed, which is convenient for take-off and landing.

Although they are all called Count Zeppelins, when the last one was developed, the designers enlarged the aircraft carrier in order to effectively operate the jet.

The standard displacement is enlarged to 40,000 tons, and the full-load displacement is about 55,000 tons. The first advantage of this is that the area of ​​the flight deck is greatly increased, which is convenient for scheduling and take-off and landing.

In the design of the previous aircraft carriers, the jet boarding operation was fully considered. At the same time, there was not much experience in the past. After several years of continuous operation, a wealth of experience was accumulated before continuing. Build such a large aircraft carrier.

The deck is nearly 300 meters long and more than 50 meters wide, which is one-third larger than the previous deck area. In this way, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is safer, and the deck maneuvering operation is also convenient and effective.

At the same time, the increase in displacement also greatly increases the fuel carried by the aircraft carrier, and the fuel consumption of jets is higher than that of propeller aircraft.

Therefore, although for the confusion of the intelligence system, this aircraft carrier is still called the Count Zeppelin class. In fact, it can be counted as a new class, so the warships after the first class are often referred to internally as the Moscow class. , is a great irony.

Now, the aircraft carrier is in a state of sea trials. In addition to some naval officials, the aircraft carrier is operated by shipyard employees, as well as a large number of technicians and engineers.

This test flight was also performed by Messerschmitt aircraft company test pilot Wolfgang Speight.

As an excellent test pilot, Wolfgang has been flying jets since the ME262. He has several years of flying experience. When the Stormbird was built, Wolfgang was completely obsessed with this kind of aircraft. .

Flying like a swallow, this plane did it. Compared with the previous propeller planes, the jet made him feel what it is like!

He has tested many subjects, including the quite dangerous stall spin, and now, he is also the one who conducts the take-off and landing test flight of the carrier-based aircraft.

How dangerous is it to get a jet on a ship? It can be explained from a set of data that in 1949, the U.S. Navy began to try jets on aircraft carriers. As a result, the jets had poor controllability at low altitude and low speed, were difficult to control, and had frequent accidents. Nearly 1,000 pilots died in two years—1953, The U.S. Navy lost more than 700 aircraft and 423 pilots died; in 1954, the U.S. military lost another 776 aircraft and 535 carrier-based pilots.

It wasn't until 1988 that the U.S. Navy's accident rate dropped to the same level as the Air Force's.

The greater the speed of the landing, the less time is left for the pilot to adjust the operation, and every wrong operation will have a catastrophic impact.

"Moscow, Moscow, the bird has requested a mock landing." Wolfgang shouted over the radio in the fighter's cockpit.

The first landing must be steady. Before the actual landing, several simulated landings should be performed to check whether the glide line of the aircraft is appropriate and whether there is a possibility of a successful landing.

"Received, you can simulate landing, please be careful."

"clear."

Wolfgang turned his head and glanced at the wings on either side.

In order to improve the low-speed performance of the aircraft, this latest aircraft has automatic slats installed on the leading edge of the wing. The slats are fully automatic, opening or closing depending on the aerodynamic force. When the slat is slid forward, it can speed up the airflow over the upper surface of the wing, which can increase lift and reduce stall speed. At high speed, it can be closed again to reduce drag.

Now, the automatic slats on both sides are in the open state, everything is normal, and Wolfgang's heart is more confident. He is flying this flexible fighter towards the aircraft carrier in the distance. At this time , the aircraft carrier is like a leaf on the sea.

As he slowly approached, the aircraft carrier became larger and larger, and whether it could successfully land on the ship was determined from the glide line in the distance.

And if you want to enter the glide line correctly, just look at the light box at the rear. This idea is absolutely amazing!

Wolfgang's plane, on the correct glide line, landed.