In the propeller era, fighter take-off and land on aircraft carriers is no different from landing, and it relies entirely on the pilot's own superb flight technology.

When taking off, the throttle is fully opened and rush forward. The aircraft carrier will also turn to the wind and move forward at full speed, making the takeoff of the carrier-based aircraft smoother. Some aircraft with good performance can even be pulled up without even reaching the end of the deck.

The same is true for landing. It relies on the pilot's own technology to accurately slide down on the aircraft carrier. Therefore, ordinary naval pilots look down on the army or air force pilots, and they think their skills are more superb.

After entering the jet era, relying solely on one's own technology will not work, because the jet's take-off and landing speed is faster, and the narrow aircraft carrier deck can no longer meet the requirements.

At this time, innovation is needed.

According to the corresponding technology, Cialek has long put forward guiding opinions. For example, when landing, the tail light box is used to determine whether his sliding line is correct. This has been installed on previous aircraft carriers, greatly improving the pilot's landing safety, especially at night.

In the past, it was almost impossible to land at night, but with this kind of equipment, it was easy to land at night.

As for takeoff, it depends on the catapult.

Catapults have always been present in this era. In addition to aircraft carriers, other warships also need to carry seaplanes. There is no space for these aircraft to take off, and the catapults are completely used to eject the aircraft.

However, since it is a seaplane, the takeoff speed is very low, and it is enough to rely on a low-performance hydraulic catapult. The catapult jet must be an advanced and powerful steam catapult.

Historically, in order to get the jets on board the ship, many hard-working explorations were carried out. The British Navy even tried to use the belly of the aircraft to make the deck as flexible as rubber, but unfortunately it was left unresolved and had no practical value.

With Cialek's guidance, German jets don't need to take these detours when boarding the ship. Just follow the technical route determined by Cialek and advance steadily.

The wind and waves in the North Sea are not very big, the waves are only half a meter high. On the sea, an aircraft carrier is emitting black smoke and moving forward with full force against the wind.

Whether it is taking off or recovering fighter jets, the aircraft carrier needs to be headwind at full speed. Take off can increase the speed, and landing can reduce the relative speed, making it convenient for takeoff and landing.

Although they are all called Earl Zeppelin-class, when the previous ship was developed, in order to effectively operate the jet, the designers magnified the aircraft carrier.

The standard displacement is increased to 40,000 tons, while the full load displacement is about 55,000 tons. The first benefit is that it greatly increases the area of ​​the flight deck, which facilitates dispatching and take-off and landing.

In the design of the aircraft carrier, the jet was fully considered when it was designed. At the same time, there was no much experience in the past. After years of continuous operation and accumulated rich experience, we can continue to build such a large aircraft carrier.

The total length of the deck is nearly 300 meters and the width is more than 50 meters, which is one-third larger than the previous deck area. In this way, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is safer, and the deck adjustment operation is also convenient and effective.

At the same time, the increase in displacement has greatly increased the fuel carried by aircraft carriers. Compared with propeller aircraft, jets consume more fuel.

Therefore, although for the sake of confusion in the intelligence system, this aircraft carrier is still called the Earl Zeppelin class, which can actually be regarded as a new class. Therefore, it is also very ironic that the warships after the first class are often collectively called the Moscow class.

Now, the aircraft carrier is in a sea trial state. In addition to some naval officials, there are more employees of the shipyard, as well as a large number of technicians and engineers who operate the aircraft carrier.

This test flight was also completed by Wolfgang Speter, a test pilot of Messerschmitt Aircraft Company.

As an excellent test pilot, Wolfgang has been testing jets since the me262 and has had several years of flight experience. After the Stormbird was made, Wolfgang was completely obsessed with this kind of aircraft.

Flying like a swallow, this plane did it. Compared with the previous propeller planes, the jet made him feel what it was to feel refreshed!

He tested many subjects, including the very dangerous stall tail spin. Now, he is also flying the take-off and landing test flight of carrier-based aircraft.

How dangerous is it to be a jet ship? It can be explained from a set of data that in 1949, the US Navy began to try to board an aircraft carrier, but the result was that the jets had poor low-altitude and low-speed maneuvers and were difficult to control, and accidents occurred frequently. Nearly 1,000 pilots died in two years. In 1953, the US Navy lost more than 700 aircraft and 423 pilots died. In 1954, the US military lost another 776 aircraft and 535 carrier-based pilots.

It was not until 1988 that the accident rate of the US Navy dropped to the same as that of the Air Force.

A larger landing speed means that the pilot will be given a shorter operation adjustment time, and every wrong operation will have a catastrophic impact.

"Moscow, Moscow, the birds requested a simulated landing." Wolfgang shouted in the radio in the cockpit of the fighter.

The first landing must be steady. Before actually landing, several simulated landings must be carried out to see whether the plane's descent line is appropriate and whether there is a possibility of successful landing.

"Received, you can simulate landing, please be careful."

"clear."

Wolfgang turned his head and glanced at the wings on both sides.

In order to improve the low-speed performance of the aircraft, this latest aircraft has an automatic slat on the leading edge of the wing. The slat is completely automatically controlled and opened or closed according to the aerodynamic being received. When the slat is sliding forward and opens, the airflow speed flowing through the upper surface of the wing can be accelerated, which can increase lift and reduce stall speed. At high speed, it can be closed and reduced drag.

Now, the automatic slats on both sides are in an open state, and everything is normal. Wolfgang's confidence is even more secure. He flew towards the aircraft carrier in the distance. At this time, the aircraft carrier was on the sea, like a leaf.

As he slowly approached, the aircraft carrier became larger and larger, and whether it could successfully land the ship began to be determined from the distant descent line.

If you want to enter the sliding line correctly, just look at the light box at the rear. This idea is really amazing!

Wolfgang's plane, landing along the correct sliding line, landing.
Chapter completed!