The navy and the air force compete severely, and now both sides want to get orders from the bs country.
For the navy, due to the financial crisis of Grumman, it is going to go bankrupt. If there is an order from the bs country, it can survive the crisis.
For the Air Force, their F-15 is also facing big problems. Among them, the quality of the engine is not good enough. As a result, the fighters often lie down. If there is an order from the BS country, there will be sufficient funds to improve the engine.
Both sides want it.
Then, if you know the performance data of the Air Force fighters, it can be perfectly suppressed. The Navy does know some data, but it is definitely not as much as intelligence personnel like Emily.
"Don't embarrass Emily." Nathan said: "She also has her principles. I don't need her to say, I know our disadvantages."
Don't embarrass Emily, she must be against principle to do so.
Sure enough, after Nathan had finished speaking, Emily looked at him with grateful eyes. Nathan continued: "The biggest disadvantage is the engine. The F-15 uses the F100 engine. This third-generation engine has a very abnormal thrust-to-weight ratio. When the afterburner is turned on, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the whole machine exceeds 1. This makes it a very good vertical climb."
The third-generation engine of the United States is quite powerful, how powerful is it? The American engine of this era is already the same standard as the Taihang of later generations, and Taihang has fallen behind for thirty years!
Even the Su-27 engine can’t be compared with the American engine in terms of fuel consumption and lifespan. Although the American engine is still very bad, after all, it already exists against the sky. The Americans are in aero engines. , It is as if there is a Zenith Star technology.
The F-15 fighter can easily make a vertical climb, which is the most eye-catching, but the Tomcat fighter is not easy. The thrust of the TF30 engine is seriously insufficient.
At this moment, Nathan's mind suddenly thought of a temporary substitute. In this era, the British Spey engine is quite mature, so mature that even the United States can praise it. In history, the Spey engine has A planned modification of the TF41 is intended to be used on the Tomcat fighter, but unfortunately the F110 engine has matured.
And now, I wonder if it can be done like this
Forget it, I'm not a senior navy leader. It's up to the top to make decisions about this kind of thing. I'm just a small pilot, and I don't need to take everything to myself.
"Then how do we solve it?" General Thomas asked.
"We can put less fuel." Nathan said, and everyone present suddenly laughed.
Fighters have a fuel capacity of several tons at every turn. The MiG-25's nearly 20 tons fuel capacity is the most dangerous existence, and the Tomcat fighter aircraft has 7.3 tons of fuel capacity in the aircraft.
If only a small amount of fuel is carried, the weight of the airframe will be greatly reduced, and of course the aircraft will be more fluid and flexible when moving.
Sure enough, Nathan's brain is clever.
Lieutenant General Thomas nodded: "Yeah, we just did it. Originally, the kings of the bs country were all attracted to our Tomcat fighters. The air force must be able to confuse them. This time I will show them some colors and let the air force know that our navy is available. It's not easy to bully."
Nathan has abused the Air Force as a navy before, and this time he will start to abuse the Air Force again.
"Then what are the advantages of our Tomcat fighter?" Thomas continued, and he found that Nathan's brain was not so flexible.
If you want to win orders from the bs country, you must have an advantage. Compared with the Air Force fighters, where is your advantage
"The biggest advantage is the combination of our Tomcat fighter jets and Phoenix missiles." Nathan said: "The bs country is vast and the borders are all high mountains. No matter how many radars they build on the top of the mountain, they can't have dead spots. At the same time, in the event of a war, those radar stations are the first targets to be cleared."
Generally speaking, post-service fighters have more technical advantages. The F-15 should be more powerful than the F-14, but radar is not the case. For radar, an unchanging truth is that The larger the caliber, the better the radar's detection performance.
The AWG-9’s radar has a caliber close to 1 meter, while the APG-63’s is only 84 cm. It reflects the detection target. If the former can be found at a distance of 160 kilometers, the latter can only be found at a distance of 100 kilometers. Find.
This kind of long-range interception capability has always been the most envious of F-15 pilots, and this is what the bs country needs most.
It can help the bs country better guard their sky.
In addition to this biggest advantage, that is the beauty of the variable swept wings. In later generations, the Tomcat retired, and the bs national cat is dying. A group of military fans are quite sorry to be the Tomcat. When the wing changes, that kind of beauty is pleasing to the eye. It has repeatedly appeared many times in the movie Top Gun. Now, the king of the bs country is definitely a tomcat fan.
As long as he sees the performance, he will definitely choose. Besides, this has been a completely successful arms purchase project in history. How can Nathan be under pressure
Although what happened later made the BS Cat to become an opponent of the U.S. Navy, but those are funerals, and the future things, let’s talk about it later, now make the order first so that the Tomcat can continue to develop.
"Well, Nathan, if this project is completed, you will once again contribute to Grumman and the U.S. Navy." General Thomas said, "We will also carefully consider your application for boarding. ."
For Nathan, the days at school are boring. He prefers to take off and land on an aircraft carrier and the feeling of conquering the sea and the blue sky, rather than coaching a group of rookies.
"The position of the squadron captain of the carrier-based aircraft is beckoning to you." When he finally left, General Thomas said these words.
Nathan’s military rank is no longer low, but the naval aviation is special. Maybe the colonel’s rank is still a first-line pilot. Now, Nathan’s contribution is unparalleled, and the technology is quite superb. The potential to become a squadron leader.
At the same time, when he became the squadron leader, he was still working as a coach. He wanted to teach the entire squadron the fighting skills and improve the rookie level.
The navy really knows how to calculate!
Watching Thomas leave, Nathan looked at Emily next to him: "Let’s go, have a drink, even if it’s to see you off." (End of this chapter)