Chapter 720 Su 27's performance
Viktor Pugachev, the young Sukhoi test pilot, was calm in his heart as he looked at the falling horizon on both sides.
Pugachev wanted to be a pilot since he was a child. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Yeisk Aviation School. In 1968, Pugachev flew into the blue sky for the first time in a Ra-29 jet. In the same year, the aviation school established the Su-7Β aircraft training team. Since then, Pugachev has been working as a flight instructor here.
It was not until 1973 that Pugachev submitted a human-school application to the Test Pilot School of the Ministry of Aviation Industry. After several years of waiting, in 1977, he finally waited for the admission letter from the Test Pilot School. In 1980, Pugachev became a glorious test pilot, and later, Pugachev was transferred to the Sukhoi Design Bureau. In history, Pugachev was appointed as the main test pilot of the Su-27 aircraft project in 1982, and tested the T10-15 aircraft, and began his brilliant life.
But now, the Sukhoi project is progressing rapidly. After entering the Sukhoi Design Bureau, Pugachev began to test flights of T-10! Now, his flight time on the Sukhoi has exceeded 1,500 hours! He is as familiar with the Sukhoi fighter jet as his body. Now, he is testing the Sukhoi K, which is the carrier-based type of Sukhoi. This time he is going to perform at the Moscow Air Show, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau sent him here.
Since we are here, we must fully utilize the performance of Su-27! Pugachev is full of confidence.
The fighter plane did not disappear from everyone's sight. Just after taking off, the plane turned three times and re-pointed the runway.
What's going on? Are you going to land? No, if you land, you have to turn on the landing gear! Gent Lar suddenly felt shocked in his heart. Could these crazy Soviets be doing low-altitude and high-speed openings?
Just when he thought of this possibility, the Soviet fighter jets had already begun to open up the field! From a distance, it seemed to be stuck on the ground, with a height of no more than 5 meters! This is definitely a crazy guy!
Everyone had their mouths opened in a round shape and their scalp was numb.
Ultra-low altitude flight is a skill that every pilot dreams of. It is not only about stimulation, but also about those who can achieve extreme ultra-low altitude. Those who are good at technology, good mental quality, and good aircraft must also be good, otherwise the plane will be destroyed and the people will die. Before this, the minimum pass that the Americans could achieve was about 20 meters, while the Soviets lowered to 5 meters!
The plane flew past everyone's sight, then pulled up again at the end and climbed up. This action made everyone cheer. It was so wonderful!
Soon, the plane came back! In their sight, they saw the plane start to pull the angle of attack, which became larger and larger, and reached incredibly 90 degrees!
No, the angle of attack is still increasing, and it has exceeded 90 degrees. Now the nose is facing backward and the tail is facing forward! In this case, their plane has not yet stalled and crashed!
Everything in the movie is real. The Soviets did not play stunts in the studio, but played stunts in the sky!
Everyone on the ground was shocked. Heaven, is this an airplane? It’s simply an alien flying object!
Even the military blind people know that the fighter jets in this situation are simply impossible!
"Cobra, Cobra!" A reporter called out. This action looked so much like a cobra!
In the air, Pugachev, who was overloaded, was operating the fighter plane with all his attention. At the beginning, General Andrei pulled a big angle of attack on the simulator, the Sukhoi Design Bureau did not pay attention to it. However, later, when Pugachev was testing in the sky, the angle of attack exceeded 90 degrees!
At that time, Simonov immediately ordered Pugachev to jump, but Pugachev did not. At an altitude of 800 meters, Pugachev changed it. Only then did he discover the unique high angle of attack performance of Su-27 and invented this cool action, called Cobra maneuver, which is based on the appearance.
Some people also want to call Pussychoff Cobra Mobility, but Pussychoff definitely disagrees. If you want to call it, you have to call Andre Cobra Mobility. After all, this is an action that General Andre made on the simulator first!
No matter what the name is, in short, when this action flew over, the people below were shocked. They had forgotten the unpleasantness of the crash in the United States just now, and were dedicated to enjoying the performance in the air.
The reporters' cameras are constantly shooting towards the sky, and many people are already thinking about manuscripts in their minds. The Moscow Air Show special article, the most prominent title is Cobra Maneuver!
The next performance is still exciting, with six consecutive death rings, bucket rolls, tail rushing...
Those who have never watched the flight performance were dazzled at this time. They watched the fighter jets in the sky constantly flip, climb, dive, and move one by one, which was very exciting! And the expert people were analyzing the performance of the fighter jets through these maneuvering actions, climbing rate, instantaneous rotation performance, stable hovering performance, etc. The data they got in their minds surprised them. The maneuverability of this fighter jet is overwhelming in all aspects!
Even if the flying person is not an ace pilot, ordinary pilots will have advantages if they fly such fighters to fight with their own side! In particular, the Soviets have made more progress in the development of large off-axis fighting missiles. If their own air force confronts the Soviets, they have no chance of winning at all!
The first to come up with this conclusion was Gent Lar, as a trump pilot during World War II, who had a keen intuition about air combat. In order to deal with the rolling armored torrents of the Soviets, NATO's countermeasure was to use air force to save his own disadvantages. But now it seems that it is impossible for his own air force to effectively seize air supremacy.
This air show is a sword drawn by the Soviet Union! The Soviets were telling Western Europe that if the war broke out, the Soviet Union would be fully confident and win with an absolute advantage!
Until the fighter plane landed and the speed reduction parachute was released, all the audience was still fascinated and could not control themselves.
"The expressions of these Westerners are quite good." Andrei stood in the tower and said: "Our air show is to show the achievements of our aerospace industry to the West and put invisible pressure on them. Under the pressure, some Western Europeans will change their previous concepts and attitudes. I think that among these audiences, Gent Lar is a breakthrough. The KGB can focus on this guy and maybe win him over. In this way, our problem in Germany will be easily solved." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!