The black fighter was facing the runway and slowly slid down with a steady slope. The special wheels rubbed against the runway, making a creaking sound.
This is a perfect flight.
The plane glided to the end of the runway and stopped firmly.
Nathan’s first Mach 3 flight experience is over. In fact, it takes less than a minute to fly to Mach 3 in the air. Now, sitting in the cockpit, Nathan actually has a feeling of not wanting to get off. a feeling of.
I really want to experience it again. When I see the vastness of space, the feeling is so wonderful, and when I see the edge of the earth, it is so peculiar.
"Major, you can go down now," said Graham in the front cabin. "Tonight, what a pleasant flight!"
If there was no Nathan, Graham would not tease the dispatch of the flight control center, and when he finished saying that, Graham actually felt a kind of pleasure in his whole body. Well, no wonder Nathan always likes to do it. Something out of the ordinary, this really can arouse people's physical and mental pleasure.
"Yes." Nathan said, "Graham, today our radio recording will be spread throughout the base soon."
The plane has a black box, and the fighter plane will export the data every time it comes down. When the analyst hears their conversation, haha...
Nathan can already think of it, it's definitely a funny joke.
"Major Nathan, how do you feel?" Just then, in the bushes in front, a person walked out, it was Emily.
At this moment, Emily, wearing a uniform of the CIA intelligence officer, looked lovely under the light, her long hair fluttering behind, making people have an urge to jump on it.
"Well, not bad." Nathan said, "This is a wonderful flight."
"Major Nathan, this is the first time you haven't had a fight with the Air Force." Emily said.
As a result, Nathan could only smile, and that was also divided, so Nathan hurriedly changed the subject: "How is that plane being dismantled?"
"Well, the engineers are very efficient. They have all been taken apart. When you change your flight suits, let's go and see." Emily continued.
Now Nathan is still wearing a one-piece flight suit. After taking off the flight helmet, he immediately feels more comfortable and can finally breathe a breath of fresh air.
The Blackbird reconnaissance plane was behind him, and Nathan turned his head to take another look. At this time, the fuselage of the plane, in many places, had already begun to leak oil, which was very different from the just arrogant and majestic posture.
Following Nathan's sight, Graham was very helpless: "I really don't know how the Soviets solved this problem."
"The Soviets' solution is very simple, we all thought wrong." Emily said: "Let's go and see."
The mystery has been revealed, the Soviets did not use titanium alloys, but stainless steel!
When several people rushed to the hangar where the MiG-25 was placed, the MiG-25 inside had been disassembled into a skeleton.
The outside of the plane is skinned. These are fixed with rivets. When the skin is disassembled, the inside is exposed. There is a skeleton like ribs. All the equipment is fixed on the skeleton.
Now, what is left is the skeleton. All the attachments have been disassembled, numbered, and photos taken for restoration.
They have been studying for many days, and now, there is no threat of bombs, so the progress is very fast.
"The Soviets used special steel, which occupies 80% of the entire body structure." Now, the detailed data has not yet come out, only rough estimates.
It is called stainless steel, which is a common name, but it is not ordinary stainless steel.
Specifically, this kind of "high-strength aerospace structural steel" is mainly VNS-2 and VNS-5, the full name of VNS-2 is high-nickel high-temperature martensitic steel, VNS-5 The full name is high molybdenum and high nitrogen austenitic stainless steel. Both types of metals are unique to the Soviet Union.
It can also be said that it is the new special stainless steel created by the Soviet Union to develop the MiG-25.
The Soviets used this method to solve the problem of high temperature. Compared with the American titanium alloy, it is simply a model of low-cost solution to the problem!
Everyone is sighing.
"It seems that we used to be trembling for the MiG-25, which is completely unnecessary." Graham couldn't help but said: "I thought it was so advanced in technology, but it was actually solved in the roughest way."
The MiG-25, a sharp sword hanging high above the head of the American aviation forces, when it first appeared at the Moscow Air Show, all Western countries were shocked, and now, the answer to the MiG-25, Finally completely unraveled.
Stainless steel brings the problem of structural overweight, which is solved by the engine with high thrust, and the problem of high fuel consumption of the engine is realized through the relatively high internal fuel load, MiG-25, just like this The clothes were untied, the pieces were taken apart, and they were thoroughly studied.
"Yes, the MiG-25 is not terrible, but we still have to be careful when facing it." Nathan said: "This aircraft is very bulky when fully loaded. Once the fuel consumption in the aircraft is large. After part of it, it will be extremely flexible. If it is not necessary, don't get into a fight with this aircraft."
Strategically, we must despise the enemy, and tactically we must pay attention to the enemy, just like in the past, to promote the Tomcat, Nathan burned out the fuel when performing performances. As a result, he achieved a good thrust-to-weight ratio and showed beautiful moves. 25 It would be quite difficult to consume overweight fuel.
To deal with it, it is best to release the missile from a distance, but unfortunately the current missile's hit rate is still not high, even if it is Phoenix, it cannot pose too much of a threat to the MiG-25.
What Nathan said, Graham nodded in agreement. Although Graham was currently flying a reconnaissance plane, he had been flying ghost fighter planes before he flew the Blackbird.
"So, we have to test all the performance of this aircraft." Emily said with a smile: "Nathan, when this aircraft is assembled, you still have a lot of flying missions."
Why did you ask Nathan to fly the MiG-25? Of course it's not just about making Nathan enjoyable.
There are many test pilots here, all of whom can fly various actions. However, in actual combat, Nathan has the most say. Therefore, Nathan driving can better display the performance of the MiG-25.
One of Emily’s duties is to collect data. She believes that Nathan will be able to fly this aircraft with more detailed and real data, and then she can specify a tit-for-tat plan to deal with this aircraft in battle. (End of this chapter)