Chapter 257 Planning
Chapter 257 Planning
Dongyang, Pangu Base.
After returning from Yanjing, Kang Chi first suspended the project of the high bypass ratio turbofan engine, and began to carefully think about how to speed up and formulate a medium-term plan. Otherwise, he would be too passive if he always needed to do something.
In order to inspire himself, he even watched several science fiction movies and novels. Combined with the current actual development form and the direction of China’s armament development, he finally believed that the unmanned battlefield of competing for resources and economy is likely to be the trend of the future.
At the same time, this direction can also maximize the strength of China’s powerful and complete industrial system.
In fact, a long time ago, unmanned warfare was considered by various countries as a future trend. In the Mountain Country War, Old M was the first to put war robots into actual combat.
But it has been more than 20 years since the Mountain Country War. The development of unmanned equipment is not fast. The fastest developing is only drones, and most of them are disposable self-destructing drones.
Compared to B2, F35, C17 and other high-tech equipment, the technology content of the self-destruct drone is not that high to be honest. Its main feature is that it is cheap, easy to use, and available in large quantities.
Of course, relying on this advantage alone, it is enough for them to show their power on the battlefield. If it weren’t for this kind of thing, the battle in the north that lasted so long would have given people the same feeling as World War II.
So it’s not enough to have this kind of drone, other things must also keep up.
Kang Chi imagined a picture.
An aircraft carrier can have four catapults, each with a maximum ejection speed of once every 10 seconds, automatically ejecting a drone cluster from the inside of the hull to the outside, and the upper deck is mainly used to recover drones.
And the functions and models of drones are also more diverse than traditional aircraft carriers.
In addition to fighters, early warning aircraft, and anti-submarine aircraft, there must also be bombers, airborne transport aircraft, anti-electromagnetic interference communication aircraft, mother-and-child aircraft, etc.
If the imaginary enemy is set as an island, in this wave of attacks, fighters are responsible for protection and fighting, bombers are responsible for high-altitude washing and attacking anti-aircraft firepower, and mother aircraft are responsible for low-altitude bombing and precise attack on anti-aircraft firepower. Finally, airborne transport aircraft will scatter land combat robots on the ground like dumplings to carry out ground assault and occupation, so as to achieve a truly unmanned war.
Of course, this unmanned only refers to the real front line of the exchange of fire. There must be a large number of personnel on the drone carrier to maintain the operation and remote control of the aircraft carrier.
If the imaginary enemy is an aircraft carrier battle group, the principle is the same. Even if only a few land combat robots can complete the landing, the aircraft carrier that is said to be unsinkable by nuclear bombs has the possibility of being occupied and captured.
However, all this must be based on a basic premise: that is, the communication technology must be at least one level higher than that of the enemy.
Then consider the actual combat effectiveness of each type of equipment.
Otherwise, once someone launches electromagnetic interference, the entire combat cluster will be finished.
But each individual problem is not a problem for Kang Chi.
The difficulty he is facing now is that this whole system involves too many things, and most of them are extremely revolutionary and innovative designs. If he wants to realize it in the short term, his proficiency points will be very tight.
The second is the efficiency of R&D and production, which may not be able to keep up.
Finally, there is the issue of funds.
If you ask the military for money directly, you must first come up with a plan that can convince them, and secondly, you must consider whether their budget can cover it…
However, Kang Chi is not worried about the last problem. As a private enterprise, with absolute confidence, he can completely not inform the military in advance and directly pay for it himself.
After it is completed, he will sell the equipment to the military, so that the ownership of these technologies can still belong to him, just like the silver crane and super carbon fiber materials, he can authorize others to produce, and can also use them commercially.
Well, for something like building an aircraft carrier, he still had to give them a heads-up in advance, persuade them to pay him, and design and manufacture the hull according to Kang Chi’s requirements. Otherwise, how could he secretly build an aircraft carrier?
As for how to persuade them, it is actually very simple. As long as he first develops one or two shipborne equipment, he can start drawing cakes and asking for money.
After having a general mid- to long-term goal, the next step is nothing more than to improve the technology.One breakthrough after another.
[Drone aircraft carrier and carrier-borne equipment cluster research and development plan]
Kang Chi quickly typed this line of words on the computer, then listed the equipment and technology, and finally rearranged the time.
Because there are too many technologies and equipment involved, the entire plan cycle, even if Kang Chi can cheat, is estimated to take at least two to three years.
After all, it may take ten or even decades for others to develop an aircraft. If he can come up with this system in two years, it is estimated that China’s military strength will become the world’s undisputed big brother at least in the next fifty years.
When the time comes, most of the old M brothers who recognize the situation will immediately run over and call China daddy with a smile, and then take the initiative to propose to increase cooperation and trade efforts, and everyone will work together to fight against the traitors, strive to become stronger and bigger, and create brilliance together.
Then the selection list will naturally become a piece of waste paper.
Only then can Kang Chi truly enjoy the joy of harvesting technology.
After making the whole plan, Kang Chi turned his attention to the WS-30 high bypass ratio turbofan engine project that was underway some time ago.
This project was also listed as the first project in his overall plan.
Whether it is a manned or unmanned aircraft, the engine is the heart. Therefore, although a longer-term plan has been made, he still does what he should do. It’s just that with a clearer long-term direction and goal, he is not so confused.
Currently, China’s two most advanced engines are WS-15 and WS-20. Some people may think that the WS-20 has a higher number and is pushed out later, so they think it is an upgraded version of the WS-15, but in fact, these two engines are completely two parallel engines of the same level.
The WS-15 is a 1:4 low bypass ratio turbofan engine specially built for fighter jets, while the WS-20 is a high bypass ratio turbofan engine built for large aircraft. The WS-20 currently has two bypass ratio models of 6:1 and 8:1.
The biggest difference is the ratio of the air flow rate between the inner duct and the outer duct of the engine.
When the air enters the engine, it will be divided into two parts. One part enters the combustion chamber through the inner duct to burn and generate energy, and the rest directly enters the outer duct, is directly pressurized and mixed with the high-temperature gas ejected from the inner duct, and then ejected to generate thrust.
If the duct is high, the amount of low-speed cold air in the outer duct is larger, and the high-temperature and high-speed gas discharged from the inner duct will be more buffered and cooled, which will reduce the air flow velocity of the nozzle and obtain higher propulsion efficiency.
To put it bluntly, it means lower fuel consumption and longer endurance, but lower thrust, so it is more suitable for large transport aircraft, bombers and even civil airliners.
The four HP F117-PW-100s used by the C17 transport aircraft of the United States are also 6:1 high bypass ratio turbofan engines. Compared with the WS-20, it not only has a reverse thrust device, but can also achieve short-distance landing. The thrust of 19.5 tons is also 3.5 tons higher than that of the WS-20.
In fact, this is the same as a car engine. Under the same displacement, a good engine can squeeze out higher horsepower and save fuel.
However, the WS-20 is only the first domestically produced high bypass ratio turbofan engine. It is very rare and precious to be able to achieve from scratch in just over a decade, catch up with others’ decades of technology, and solve the problem of aviation engine bottlenecks.
What’s more, the WS-20 is actually not much worse than the F117-PW-100. As long as it continues to improve, it is only a matter of time before it catches up with or even surpasses the F117-PW-100.
However, the WS-30 initiated by Kang Chi is not an improved version of the WS-20. After learning the design principles and technologies of the WS-20, he added the reverse thrust device design of the F117-PW-100, and also added a more advanced and bold turbofan engine technology: natural variable cycle and variable bypass ratio.
(End of this chapter)