Chapter 887: Modified "Tomcat"

The No. 10 project of the Chengdu Institute requires computer-aided design, but there are only 50 computers in the whole institute. Converting paper drawings into electronic files will take a year of exhaustion. "Holy Light" supported hundreds of computers in the past, and it was completed in three months.
The use of computers has greatly accelerated the progress of many scientific research projects, and the "Holy Light" has strengthened the domestic military industry system.
The No. 10 project originally started to build prototypes in 1994, but it started in early 1993 and is expected to be completed by the end of 1994, and the test flight will begin next year.
What was even more unexpected by Zhou Qingfeng was that the ‘Red Tomcat’ was criticized by the American experts he had obtained for nothing, and he gave him a ‘Red Bird of Prey’ with his backhand.
This is too powerful.
No one dared to think about it!
At the Hongdu Factory, Zhou Qingfeng saw the old Jones he had pulled from the Davis Mengshan base, who was good at engine maintenance.
The old man has been in the factory for half a year. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng, he laughed, hugged and pressed his face, "Zhou, I really have to thank you. Your medicine has rejuvenated me, as if I had lived again."
Zhou Qingfeng knew the reason for the old man's enthusiasm. The two sides walked around the factory side by side and chatted casually, "Have you received the medicine for the second half of the year?"
"Received." Old Jones patted his chest cheerfully, "It's great, the magic drug gives me plenty of motivation. Do you want to see the team I lead? All of them are excellent."
Old Jones was followed by several trainees from all over the world, followed by learning the maintenance of aero engines, and at the same time had a deep understanding of design and manufacturing.
Zhou Qingfeng glanced and smiled broadly, but then lowered his voice and asked: "Mr. Jones, what do you think of the latest carrier-based aircraft plan in the factory?"
Old Jones immediately shrugged, "This is a huge adventure, and I personally don't agree with it. Let alone the engine, do you know how difficult the monolithic canopy of the ‘ATF’ project is and how expensive it is?"
Zhou Qingfeng shook his head, really not sure.
"Even if it is produced in a US factory, it takes a month and a half to produce a bubble cockpit cover using pressure forming to laminate multiple layers of acrylate and polycarbonate. The cost is more than 400,000 US dollars.
And what does your aircraft canopy look like? "
Old Jones pointed out that there was a top five in the corner of the factory that was waiting to be delivered. "This kind of frame structure canopy was completely eliminated by the U.S. military thirty years ago."
"So you are opposed to projects that are too advanced?"
"No, I'm just saying it's very difficult. I don't have confidence in others, but I have confidence in you." Old Jones patted Zhou Qingfeng on the shoulder, "You can attract me, so naturally you can attract other people."
Old Jones came over to say hello and went busy again. Zhou Qingfeng obtained several batches of aviation aircraft from the aircraft cemetery, including many F110s. This is what the other party is working for.
The Air Force is planning to upgrade the 12 Tomcats on hand, replacing the old and unreliable TF-30 with these aircraft, and upgrading its avionics and radar.
At present, the "Tomcat" that Zhou Qingfeng evacuated from Iran has become the most powerful equipment in the hands of the Air Force. But as long as you think about this is something the US military is eliminating, anyone will feel uneasy.
Compared with the "Red Raptors" that are as difficult to ascend to the sky, it is much easier to modify this batch of "Red Tomcats". Among those recruited by Zhou Qingfeng was an old engineer from Grumman, who was not only familiar with this fighter, but also knew how to improve it.
What makes the Air Force even more delighted is that Iran has volunteered to be a guinea pig with the conversion funds. In the past two years, the Hongdu Factory has refurbished more than forty F-14As for the Iranian Air Force, earning more than one billion U.S. dollars.
Some of these were repaired by Zhou Qingfeng, but many of them were done by Hongdu Factory. This small amount of money gave the factory a taste of the sweetness and tried every means to provide customers with more in-depth services.
Grumman’s veteran engineers provided a modification plan for the F-14D. The Hongdu Factory could not copy all of it, but at least it could upgrade the avionics and radars that were finalized in the 1960s in accordance with US military regulations.
If the modification of the Persian cat is successful, the domestic air force will definitely require the same upgrade of twelve of its own F-14A-the batch of Tomcats obtained by Zhou Qingfeng was officially handed over to the air force last year, and the other party paid money's.
The avionics of the U.S. Army in the 1960s used electron tubes, not to mention crude benzene, and the operation was particularly complicated. No matter how bad the domestic electronics industry is, it can be completely replaced.
Although the flight control program needs to be rewritten for this reason, Grumman's engineering staff will provide guidance, and the country just has a deep understanding of the control and test flight of carrier-based aircraft.
This work has been going on for half a year. Zhou Qingfeng also met an'old acquaintance' at the Hongdu Plant, Satari of Iran Aviation Manufacturing Company. This old Persian man brought a team from his own country to ‘assistance’, but basically it’s just fine if he doesn’t help.
Ma Qianshan was responsible for accompany the old man on a tour and let him see what he should see. When he met Zhou Qingfeng, Director Ma joked and ran over, "These Iranians have finally gotten to know the importance of taking out real money."
A modified "Persian cat" was running for a test flight at the airport of the factory area, and the scream of the engine shook the heart. Zhou Qingfeng could feel the surging power of the turbofan engine from far away.
"It's great to spend other people's money to refit yourself, right? I also accumulate flight test experience by the way and accumulate data for the next generation of projects." Zhou Qingfeng asked with a smile.
Director Ma laughed straight and didn't admit it. He only happily said: "This is a big business, if it can be done, it will be hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. The Iranian Air Force equipment is too old and it has reached the point where it can't live without repairs."
"Hundreds of millions of dollars, not much."
"For the Iranian Air Force, this is already money squeezed out of the teeth."
"That's true, it is indeed squeezed out from between the teeth."
After making complaints about the Iranian Air Force, Ma Qianshan lowered his voice again and said: "The situation in the southeast has been a bit tense recently. The Air Force lacks the equipment to suppress it and intends to transfer the'Blue Army' to the town."
"Public appearance?"
"Appear in public. Didn't you still get an F-16C? We did an internal air combat test. The radar and avionics rear end of the F-14A were replaced. Suppressing the F-16A should be no problem."
"No need to change the flight control?"
"Add the weight, the traditional arts."
"makes sense."
"In fact, two of them have been modified urgently and have flown to the southeast front."
"Oh, why did you tell me this suddenly?"
"Because in the first half of this year, the band of rebels accepted an E2T early warning aircraft. To be honest, we are not afraid of not being able to use the medium-range F-16A, but the early warning aircraft is really annoying."
"Oh, but what does this have to do with you suddenly coming to tell me?"
Ma Qianshan blinked his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Zhou, there was a bizarre air battle in the Persian Gulf two years ago. Not only did the US lose two F-15Cs, but also shot down an expensive E-3 early warning aircraft.
This air combat case has been studied countless times all over the world. We asked the Iranians many times, and finally confirmed that it was not the result of their pilots. Think about it..."
Ma Qianshan stared at Zhou Qingfeng, "We know that Miss Arce's skills in driving the F-14A can be described as proficient, so I want to ask if she has any experience in dealing with early warning aircraft?"
Zhou Qingfeng immediately turned his head, "You asked the wrong person. Goodbye!"