The two engines at the rear were successfully started, and this Tomcat fighter was already ready to go. Looking at the various dashboards in front of him, Nathan recalled all kinds of data he had known in his mind.
Generally speaking, to the layman, afterburner seems to be an action, but in fact, afterburner is also graded. The Tomcat fighter uses a tf30 engine, and its afterburner has five grades.
If you switch to Afterburner 5, you can burst out with a maximum thrust of 9490 kg. At this time, the power is the most surging. At the same time, it also means that the fuel will be consumed in a whistling manner.
How fast is it? Even if it is full of fuel, if the Afterburner 5 is kept on, the fuel is not enough for ten minutes.
With 5 levels of afterburner, the fuel flow rate is 907 kg/min. The fuel capacity of the f14 without the auxiliary fuel tank is 7,257 kg.
For the Tomcat fighter, the only weakness is probably these two engines, and Nathan is well aware of its shortcomings.
Now, after successfully starting the engine, with the roar from the tail, the instructor in the rear cabin, Major Lehmann, said: "Afterburner 5, take off at full speed!"
For navy carrier-based aircraft pilots, afterburner take-off is the most common. You must know that the ejection on the aircraft carrier takes off, the thrust to withstand is many times more than the afterburner takeoff.
"Understood." Nathan stretched out his hand to turn on the afterburner switch, and the roar of the tail suddenly became more intense, ejecting two orange-red air currents.
Then Nathan released the brakes.
Driven by the two surging engines, the huge Tomcat fighter opened its 19.54-meter wings and started to roll with the smallest sweep angle.
Fighters are like a group of roaring horses, rushing towards the runway!
Compared with later generations of fighters, the engine power of this Tomcat fighter is not sufficient, but it is much better than f4. The turbofan engine drives the fighter, accelerates, and accelerates!
Every time I see the f14 fighter take off, it will make people excited. This is a terrifying fighter with powerful combat capabilities and the cornerstone of the Navy!
The old general on the ground stood up and watched the fighter plane spread its wings. Tomcat, his pride!
"This Nathan's takeoff is so beautiful that it is hard to believe that he is the first pilot to fly a Tomcat fighter." said Lieutenant Colonel Mark, the squadron leader of the Gunners.
As the squadron captain of the training squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Mark witnessed the release of every pilot. Although they were all veterans, their first take-off would have various conditions, but Nathan’s take-off was a direct result. Tomcat veteran standards.
No wonder Nathan is a rare pilot who can fly passenger planes to dodge missiles and intercept Soviet bombers!
"Look at his landing again." The old general said, landing better demonstrates the qualities of a pilot than taking off.
At this time, the fighter plane had begun to climb and turned sideways. When it turned, it clearly showed in everyone's eyes. This huge figure is really beautiful!
The base was originally by the sea, and Nathan took off and flew over the Pacific Ocean while climbing.
The old general used the eyes of his former pilot to catch the huge fighter plane and watched it turn around the airport ninety degrees. As long as it turned back, it could land. At this moment, all of a sudden, everyone was standing. Woke up!
This Nathan, what does he want to do
Even Steve's eyes widened.
In the reloading of the aircrew, the pilot and the radar operator are trained separately. The pilot learns to drive the fighter first, and the radar operator first familiarizes himself with the operation process of the radar on the ground. After all, the powerful ap;amp; Whitney engine will Start coughing!
While he was already regretting it, he felt that the fuselage was slowly sliding to the side. Sure enough, Nathan had slipped sideways with the rod!
It's over, wait for the skydiving. For the novice, once the engine is turned off, it will definitely deal with disadvantages. Unfortunately, this expensive fighter plane will crash because of this reckless behavior of its own side.
Lyman put his hand on the ejection tab in the middle of the seat, and was about to ask Nathan in front of him to prepare for the ejection, feeling a little surprised.
Wait, it seems that there is no sound of a compressor stall from behind
Lyman felt that his back was getting soaked. He watched the plane slowly level off and started to return to the airport. He couldn't help asking: "Nathan, when did you turn off the afterburner?"
Just when climbing at a high angle of attack, the afterburner was still open, but when it was sliding, Nathan actually turned off the afterburner, as if he had known it in advance!
Nathan's lazy voice came from ahead: "Because I suddenly remembered that this is our navy plane, I have to save some gas."
As soon as the plane took off and landed, tens of thousands of dollars was gone. At this moment, Nathan actually thought of saving fuel
Nathan in the front cabin, with a secret smile in his heart, how is it, unhappy? Don’t you want to test yourself on the first day? Are you comfortable now
Lehman let out a deep breath: "Nathan, return to the airport and land, the general is still waiting for lunch." (End of this chapter)