Chapter 336 Simple Analysis

This thing is just to fool us! Hearing the other party's answer, Mr. Song was obviously quite dissatisfied. The J79 engine was originally the engine of the F4 fighter. Although it is mature, it is outdated after all. It is unimaginable that the newly introduced fighter will have this kind of power? The Americans already have advanced turbofan engines, but they are unwilling to introduce them to us!

"This air intake duct doesn't seem to have an adjustment device, right?" Mr. Song continued to ask.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts see the doorway. From the rear fuselage to the front, looking at the nose, Mr. Song was quite satisfied at first. The bottom of the F-16's nose is flat, which must be for the purpose of pre-compressing the air, but what about the back? The air intake does not seem to have any adjustment device, right?

When the speed increases, the forward speed can allow the fighter's engine to get sufficient air intake. At this time, the windward area of ​​the air intake must be reduced, otherwise the engine will not be able to bear too much air intake. The MiG-21 uses the air intake cone adjustment method, the F-15 uses the baffle method, and this F-16 seems to have seen nothing?

"Yes, by doing this we can simplify the fuselage structure and save more than 100 kilograms of weight, which will help us improve the performance of the fighter." Jackson continued, but he was hesitant in his heart. He was indeed an expert. He only looked at the most important parts and could see the shortcomings at a glance.

Mr. Song shook his head. It was a fixed air intake! This thing uses a fixed air intake to save weight. It will not have excellent supersonic performance!

The three-day visit ended, and everyone was heavy-hearted as they sat on the plane to the Soviet Union.

"The inspection in the United States is over. Let's conduct a simple analysis to see whether the American F-16 meets our needs." This time the team was led by Defense Minister General Xu, and it was his task to preside over the meeting.

"Let's start with Shen Fei first, Director Tang, what do you think?"

"We watched the flight performance of this aircraft and saw that its maneuverability is excellent, especially in the transonic range, which is the most commonly used range in air combat. If this fighter can be introduced for production, it will improve our country's overall industrial level and catch up with Western countries. As we all saw, the technology of the cockpit cover is something that the Soviets could not do. The United States' technology is superior to that of the Soviet Union. I think we can consider introducing the F-16," said Mr. Tang.

"Where is the Third Ministry of Machine Building?" General Xu asked the leader of the Third Ministry of Machine Building.

"We also think we can consider introducing it. We have experienced ten years of catastrophe, and our country has fallen behind the world level in all aspects. Now, we have such a good opportunity to drive the rapid development of our overall industrial level by introducing a fighter jet project and to be on par with the West. This is a good opportunity." The leader of the Third Ministry of Machine Building also expressed his opinion.

"What about Chengfei? Mr. Song, what do you think?" Seeing that both of them agreed, General Xu continued to ask Mr. Song.

Mr. Song hesitated for a moment. It was obvious that people from Shenfei and the Third Ministry of Machine Building had already praised the F-16. Shenfei was the backbone of the aviation industry, and the Third Ministry of Machine Building was their immediate superior. How should he express his opinion?

Regardless of offending the leaders of the Third Machine Department, we must stick to the principles! Thinking of this, General Song said: "General Xu, I don't think this fighter is our best choice. This fighter uses a fixed air intake. The air intake efficiency at high speed will be greatly reduced, resulting in poor high-speed capability and unsuitable for rapid interception. The engine exported to us is still a castrated version. The performance will definitely not be like what we saw in the flight show, and it will be greatly discounted. Moreover, the most important thing is that this fighter does not even have the ability to launch medium-range missiles! What do we need now? What we need is a high-speed fighter that can take off quickly and intercept enemy invading fighters, and it needs to cooperate with beyond-visual-range missiles to launch attacks! These performances are not available in the F-16. Although the Americans said that it can be upgraded later, our lifeline is all in the hands of the Americans, which is quite inappropriate. Therefore, I do not recommend the introduction of this fighter. If we choose one from the US arsenal, the F-14 or F-15 will be more suitable for us, but the high price of these fighters is also something we cannot afford."

Even for the F-16, the pre-sale price given by the United States is 30 million US dollars per aircraft! The price of introducing a production line and assembling it will not be less than 20 million, which is simply unaffordable for China!

General Xu nodded. As expected, the designers of Chengfei were more far-sighted. You know, they came here just for fun and had no intention of buying anything. However, the people from Shenfei and the Third Ministry of Machine Building had started to think about it. Fortunately, these remarks from Chengfei were enough to refute Shenfei's reasons.

Finally, General Xu turned to the Air Force Commander beside him and said, "Tingfa, what do you think?"

"This is not the fighter our Air Force needs. It has no long-range interception capability and no medium-range missile launch capability. If we only talk about combat, our J-6 can also do it. Why should we spend a lot of money to introduce this kind of aircraft? Americans are too unrealistic. Capitalism, is that the case? They are profit-driven. We should go to the Soviet Union and have a look." Zhang Tingfa said.

Without the ability to launch medium-range missiles and rapid interception capabilities, this thing is useless and flashy. As the main user, Zhang Tingfa knows what kind of fighter jets the Air Force needs.

"Well, let's keep our opinions to ourselves for now and make a decision after we complete our inspection in the Soviet Union," said General Xu.

Hearing this, President Tang immediately had an idea in his mind. It seemed that General Xu did not like to import American-made aircraft! In this case, I have done my best anyway, so I will not say anything more. I have come to GM to inspect it, and I can report to Bush. I have to be careful. If Chengfei is too conspicuous, and the new fighter jets are finally introduced in Chengfei, then I will be in trouble!

As he was thinking about it, he felt the urge to pee, so he stood up and walked to the back.

Just as he was about to enter the bathroom on the plane, the door opened and a tall and thin man walked out. He swung his hand and dropped water on Mr. Tang's face.

"What are you doing?" Mr. Tang asked depressedly.

"Hello, Director Tang, please come in." The man said respectfully.

Know him? All the people on the plane were members of the inspection team, so it was reasonable for them to know each other. However, he looked more familiar. Mr. Tang suddenly remembered, isn't this Wang Chao, the one who drinks all day in his factory? He missed many things because of drinking. If it weren't for his father-in-law, the factory would have fired him long ago. He was just a worker on the production line, so why would he come to the inspection team?

After solving the urgent problem, Mr. Tang turned on the faucet next to him, but strangely, there was not a drop of water?