Four Olympus TM3B gas turbines, all working at full speed, burst out with a total power of 72.5 megawatts, pushing the Invincible to accelerate.
Although the United Kingdom has lost its glory, it has always stood at the top of the world in certain areas, such as ship-based gas turbines.
In fact, even for fighter engines, the United Kingdom is in an advanced position. As a veteran industrial power, the United Kingdom has a powerful engine company, Rolls-Royce. Like Germany, they are the first to put turbine engines into practical use. At the same time, the United Kingdom is also the first country in the world to use gas turbines as the power of ships, and it is also the first country to change aero jet engines to naval gas turbines.
As early as 1947, Britain installed the G1 gas turbine modified from aero jet engines on the 100-ton motor gunboat MGB-2009 for testing.
After the first taste of the sweetness of gas turbines, Rolls-Royce continued to work hard, and soon after they took out one of their iconic products, the famous "Olympus".
As early as 1947, Rolls-Royce first launched the "Olympus" turbojet engine development program. This engine was not officially finalized and delivered until July 1956, and became the driving force of the "Vulcan" strategic bomber in the British "3V" bomber plan at that time.
At the same time, this engine is also the driving force of the "Concorde" airliner, successfully achieving the first supersonic civil aviation flight in human history. This honor is undoubtedly worthy of the pride and pride of the British.
At the same time that the aero engine was successfully developed, the modification of this engine, the "Olympus" ship gas turbine, was also developed, which is mainly composed of two parts: a gas generator and a power turbine.
Among them, the gas generator has not changed much in the overall structural plan, mainly because better heat-resistant alloys and corrosion-resistant materials are selected to meet the requirements of long-term heavy-load operation of ship power plants and resistance to sea salt spray erosion. .
After ten years of development, in 1973, the Type 21 frigate equipped with the "Olympus" TM3B ship gas turbine was put into use, and the "Olympus" ship gas turbine began its triumphant journey.
Since then, the British Navy has been quite satisfied with this naval gas turbine and decided to fully popularize gas turbineization in its navy.
From the earliest Type 14 "Blackwood" class frigate F84 "Exmouth" to the main Type 82 destroyer "Bristol", the Type 21 "Women" class frigate has a single power of 25,000 horsepower; 42 The type "Sheffield" class destroyer, and then to the current "Invincible" class aircraft carrier, all are this gas turbine.
In addition to its own use in the United Kingdom, this engine has also been widely exported, such as the French "George Legge" class destroyer (, the Belgian "Willingen" class frigate, etc., "Olympus" is also a very successful China’s marine gas turbines were almost even introduced by China.
Like the United Kingdom, the United States also has a famous LM2500, which is GM.
Needless to say, in the 1980s, even in later generations, Britain’s own Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier used Rolls-Royce’s MT-30 gas turbine with an output power of more than 40 megawatts and an overhaul life of up to 12,500 hours.
Now, the British themselves use their own gas turbines, four gas turbines, and four propellers on the 20,000-ton Invincible class. In the splash of water at the tail, the aircraft carrier is getting faster and faster. On the bridge, The British Navy’s Pozi flag, hunting and hunting.
"The speed has reached the highest." The captain shouted from inside the bridge: "We have reached 28.5 knots!"
The design speed of warships is only at design time. This speed will be affected by many factors. For example, the aircraft carrier is now considered empty, with shallow draft and low resistance. Naturally, the maximum speed can be slightly increased, but it will not increase too much.
Now, the maximum speed has been reached.
Major General Wu Huade nodded: "We have reached the scheduled sea area, now let's start the experiment!"
The experiment begins!
Wuhuad's order was quickly conveyed, and at this time, Nathan was already sitting in the cockpit of the Tomcat fighter, and completed all the checks before take-off.
The experiment begins!
With the toggle switch, with the help of the power car on the ground, the two TF41 engines at the rear made a roar.
All the gauges were normal, Nathan pushed the throttle stick steadily, opened the afterburner, and then began to slide on the runway.
The Tomcat fighter is a carrier-based aircraft, but it only gets on the carrier when it leaves the base. Usually it is on a land base. Therefore, ordinary pilots actually take up a normal number of takeoffs from the ground.
When taking off on an aircraft carrier, the feeling of pushing back is extremely strong, while in the base, the feeling of pushing back is very low.
After sliding for a few hundred meters, Nathan successfully pulled up the fighter and flew into the sky. The Tomcat fighter unfolded its wings. This scene was so familiar.
Emily did not go anywhere. When Nathan left, she followed and came to the runway silently. From her, you could clearly see Nathan driving the fighter plane to take off.
If you apply, Emily can actually go aboard the Invincible and wait to see Nathan's landing, but Emily didn't do that because it would be even more worrying.
When Nathan took off, Emily's heart followed that plane and flew away. If you fall in love with a man who likes to work hard, it is destined to be like this, you will worry about it all your life, and will be upset all your life.
Nathan didn't know Emily. When he got into the cabin, Nathan had only one belief in his brain, landing!
The deck of the Invincible class aircraft carrier is quite narrow. When landing, as long as the attitude is slightly wrong, it may fall into the sea or hit a bridge. For the Tomcat fighter, this is a difficult maneuver, just like being at high altitude. Tightrope walking is average.
But Nathan has no choice. Every carrier-based pilot, every landing, is like this.
Invincible sailed not far, almost just a dozen nautical miles out of the port. After the plane took off, Nathan climbed to a kilometer in the air and needed to start preparing for landing. At this time, the aircraft carrier was in him. In his eyes, it was just a small boat.
"Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger, this is the invincible landing officer, I am the crow, please answer if you receive it." At this time, Lieutenant Clive's voice came from the headset.
Clive had already seen Nathan's Tomcat fighter from the distant sky.
"The Lone Ranger received it."
"Please enter the landing route."
"Understand." (End of this chapter)