At that time, only durability tests were performed, proving that this engine could meet the number of flight hours. However, designers would not have expected how the pilots on the front line would operate violently.

Instantly increasing and decreasing the throttle, various complex maneuvering actions... No fighter pilot will fly a fighter as a civil aviation aircraft! The current F100, although it is better than the TF-30 of the Tomcat fighter, will not frequently experience pants, but the compressor stalls have always troubled the pilots of the F-15. Although it is very simple to change it, one is stalled and the other can work normally, leveling the aircraft, cooling the turbine, and starting it again in the air, it is changed.

However, in the fierce air battle, stalling means death, and the opponent will not give you a chance to change it! If you fly in a level for a few minutes, you will be the target!

Just stalling has already put the pilots on the front line under heavy pressure. Now, there is another one more, and the compressor blades are broken!

If the engine stalls, it means that the engine is turned off, and the compressor blade breaks, it is not easy! The blades rotate at high speed. After the break, the speed of centrifugal flight is already higher than the bullet! Hit the blades behind, hit the combustion chamber, break the engine shell, and break various pipelines... The F-15 engine just caught fire just now because the blades broke, broke the hydraulic oil pipeline, causing the hydraulic oil to catch fire!

If Major Dick was brave enough at that time, he could have completely controlled the plane to stop. After all, it was not fuel fire, and he still had a chance. Unfortunately, the fear of death made Major Dick make a big mistake. What's more, the American rule is to protect the person first and then protect the plane!

During the test run, the f100 engine suffered from overcompressor blade cracks. Later, during the formal production, the standard for selecting materials was higher through strict processes. Pratt & Whitney once thought this problem had been overcome!

However, since the F-15 engine was equipped with the Far Eastern Force, it has been flying training at high intensity. After all, they faced war head-on and used frequently, making this problem again during the lifespan of the F100 engine!

"Because our F100's performance indicators have made a qualitative leap compared to the previous generation, the fighter has strong maneuverability and a wide flight envelope. It is precisely because of the high maneuverability characteristics of the F-15 that it is required to push back and forth quickly and pull the throttle lever during use, which causes the engine speed and temperature to change sharply, resulting in the main components being subjected to variable stress cycles." On the other side of the phone, engineers from Pratt & Whitney were still chattering: "When the Air Force made the request, it did not specify a reliability experiment. Our company noticed this problem as early as 70 years ago, but unfortunately it was delayed by the Air Force. We apologize for what is happening now, and hope that the general can do work for the White House, allocate funds to us, and conduct durability research."

"Get out! Go!" Lieutenant General Paul couldn't help but get furious at the other side of the phone. He was completely angry! Until now, Pratt & Whitney still thinks about their own interests and does not care about the prestige and security of the US Air Force at all! This group of blood-consuming capitalists!

Lieutenant General Paul was completely speechless, he was the only one in the family! Lieutenant General Paul still heard about some domestic affairs.

When the engine was first fixed, it was mainly to evaluate the engine's high-temperature working ability within the longest steady state time, rather than to evaluate the working ability under multiple cycles. As a result, various faults in current actual operations were caused.

The US Air Force is like an ant on a hot pan. In fact, there is no need for now, last year, or even two years ago, the troops equipped with F-15 fighter jets realized the reliability issue and asked Pratt & Whitney to make rectifications. However, Pratt & Whitney's answer made people angry!

"We have met the model specification requirements set at the beginning. Now our company is responsible for helping maintain the engine, which is already a very loss. The maintenance of these engines is quite expensive. Now, our company can help the military solve these problems, but the fees required need to be provided in full by the government!"

When the fighter jet is finalized and the troops are first equipped, the maintenance work is first done by the company's people, and it is slowly overwhelmed by the ground staff of the Air Force. Pratt & Whitney Company helps maintain the engine, and feels that it is a disadvantage. If you want to improve and solve new problems, the government needs to pay!

This made the already very angry Air Force generals feel the arrogance and irresponsibility of Pratt & Whitney, and of course they will not agree to Pratt & Whitney's request.

However, when the Air Force looked back, it was discovered that they had no backup engine to choose! And their third-generation aircraft, the F-15, and the upcoming F-16, could only choose the F100 engine!

It is precisely because Pratt & Whitney knows this that the Air Force has no choice! He has acted like a rogue, just one word, drag it down, if the Air Force doesn’t give you money, it’s impossible to improve! The Air Force must make concessions!

In history, it was delayed until 79 years, and the Air Force was disappointed. Pratt & Whitney Company used the excuse of a strike between two major subcontractors of engines, deliberately compressing production capacity and leaving the engine in a shortage, so that the newly-departed F-15 had no engine at the time of delivery! I wanted to force the Air Force to make concessions in this way.

Unfortunately, the Air Force is already heartbroken. It is definitely not a good thing that the power of the third-generation aircraft is dominated by Pratt & Whitney! The depressed Air Force began to support General Power in developing engines.

At this time, Pratt & Whitney suddenly changed its attitude and needed high R&D funds. Instead, it formulated various preferential policies, with the premise of squeezing General Motors. At this time, the Air Force was unmoved and insisted on letting General Motors develop its f101 engine into an f110 engine, becoming another driving force for the third generation.

Without competition, there will be no development! In later generations, the United States has always adhered to the competition mechanism, especially the Air Force, which is the lesson learned from this.

Now, other engines have not yet been seen, and Pratt & Whitney is in a state of being so arrogant that it is asking for prices. Now, the engine has serious failures, and they are still making demands for the interests of their company!

It would be great if you didn't send you to the military court for trial! Lieutenant General Paul, who put down the phone, looked gloomy and terrible. His fists were tightly clenched, and his veins bulged. Look, he could run to the Sanze base at any time to beat those Puhui guys!

"Order, all F-15 fleets are grounded and check the engine." After slowly letting go of their fists, Lieutenant General Paul still issued this order. He knew that making such a choice would mean giving up Hokkaido. However, if the fighter plane is faulty, it will definitely not take off. Fly over and give the Soviets experience and increase the results of the battle?

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Chapter completed!