Chapter 785 It would be nice if the sea suit was also there
It makes sense that not only those weights are needed, but those positions are needed.

"Chief Engineer Gao, can you tell us what you think those positions should be used for?" The comrades in the Air Equipment Bureau are always at the forefront of interest in this regard.

"That's definitely no problem. I came here for this matter, haha." Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

"As a maritime patrol aircraft, the most suitable equipment to install in this tail space is not a cannon, but a magnetic anomaly detector," said Gao Zhendong.

"Magnetic anomaly detector?" All the comrades present were confused. Although they would later propose to install this thing on the Be-6, at that time there were basically no comrades who had any idea about magnetic anomaly detector.

The Citigroup's P-3 anti-submarine patrol aircraft is still under testing, and it is impossible for the Russians to proactively provide information on such advanced anti-submarine equipment. It is even unclear whether they have it themselves.

"I wonder if you have ever come across magnetic field prospecting? In fact, the principle is similar. Magnetic detection equipment is used to detect areas with abnormal magnetic field gradients. Under normal circumstances, the magnetic gradient of an area should be basically uniform and continuous. When a dramatic change in the magnetic gradient of an area is detected, it means that there is a problem in the area. The problem may be mineral deposits or metals. On the sea, if a sea area that seems to have nothing but has a change in magnetic gradient, the biggest possibilities are two: a metal shipwreck or a submarine."

As Gao Zhendong spoke, the eyes of the Defense Work Committee lit up.

As we have made "air-to-submarine-fast" the main direction of our current naval construction, we have a love-hate relationship with submarines. We love them because they are really good equipment for us, but we hate them because they are really difficult to deal with if they fall into the hands of the enemy.

Before Gao Zhendong proposed the concept of large escort boats, the real main force of naval construction was chosen as anti-submarine boats, which were later known as the famous "yellow water battleships". There was a reason for this.

A technician at the meeting understood this aspect: "This idea is indeed good. This method can work whether it is underwater or on the surface of the water. It is not affected by seawater and does not require line of sight. It does not have to contact the water like sonar. For aircraft, it is indeed a good method in theory."

However, he is obviously not the only one who knows something about this: "This situation does occur with steel hulls, but today's ships have begun to use aluminum alloys, or to counter magnetic mines, ships have generally begun to be demagnetized. Submarines cannot use aluminum alloys, but they will still do the demagnetization step. In this way, regardless of whether it is technically feasible, in principle, it is also difficult to detect a demagnetized submarine."

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "Yes, demagnetization will indeed cause the situation you mentioned, but as long as its material is a conductor, the magnetic field gradient will inevitably change when it moves."

Conductor? Movement? Got it!
"Chief Engineer Gao is right! When a conductor moves in a magnetic field, the magnetic field will change. Magnetism generates electricity, and electricity generates magnetism. This is high school physics. I just forgot this principle. I'm so sorry."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "To be honest, this is just an idea of ​​mine. I don't know whether it can be implemented or not. But according to my analysis, Citigroup has already started working on this."

He did not say what the basis of his analysis was or the source of the intelligence, because he had none. He relied entirely on memory. In 62, the P-3 prototype had already come out, and it should have been undergoing flight tests during this period. The P-3 had this equipment on it.

Other comrades did not care about the fact that he did not reveal the basis. Firstly, it might be inconvenient to say it, and secondly, the same material in the hands of different people would produce different analyses. It was normal for someone of Chief Engineer Gao's level to see things that others could not see from ordinary papers and materials.

"If that's the case, I'll entrust the Maritime Equipment Bureau to do some related work." The chief engineer of the Defense Work Committee was very interested in this, but at this point, it would be fine to just leave this chicken butt behind. How to do it, the development of the magnetic anomaly detector itself and other details were all later.

He didn't even ask carefully why this chicken butt was most suitable for the installation of a magnetic anomaly detector. Everyone had no idea what a magnetic anomaly detector looked like. They just knew that Gao Zhendong said so, so it seemed to make sense.

It was impossible for Gao Zhendong to give a long speech about this thing at this meeting. Strictly speaking, the navy was more interested in this thing, and up to now, the Be-6 belonged to the Air Force.

"Let's put the matter at the tail aside for now. After removing the turret in the middle, the space and weight saved can be used to install at least two types of equipment." Gao Zhendong has no idea of ​​pulling out the "Gaoxin XX" of the future for the time being. The technology is not capable of that now, so he will use the most practical and possible things to lure everyone onto the road first, and talk about the other things later.

As long as the comrades in the air and sea equipment have tasted the sweetness, Gao Zhendong doesn't need to say anything, their ideas may be even more fanciful than Gao Zhendong, the time traveler.

"Which two?"

"One is an infrared jammer, and the other is a sonar buoy." Gao Zhendong said.

In addition to countering infrared air-to-air missiles, Gao Zhendong also considered that infrared jammers can also be used to counter infrared portable air defense missiles. Some submarines actually carry these things, and when anti-submarine patrol aircraft use magnetic anomaly detectors, their flight altitude generally does not exceed 1000 meters, which is just within the strike range of portable air defense missiles.

"Infrared jammers? That's fine. It can further improve the survivability of the aircraft." "Are infrared air-to-air bombs already so popular now?"

“I don’t know about others, but we are starting to popularize it.”

"What is a sonar buoy?" This is where everyone is confused, as they have never heard of this thing.

Gao Zhendong had to draw a picture on the blackboard to explain it. Fortunately, although this thing was new, its principle was not complicated. It was just a wireless sonar.

"This thing is interesting. It can solve the problem of not being able to install towed sonar on aircraft."

"And they are very maneuverable. A plane can carry dozens of them and just drop one when needed. It can solve problems very well."

“Can this thing be made so small?”

"I don't know about the technology, but there is no problem in principle. It is worth studying. It would be great if they can find a way to apply it for you. How can you expect them to do it all for you?"

"I can't guarantee whether other people's ideas can be realized, but this person's idea is basically... hehe, it's not a big problem, it's not a big problem."

The chief engineer of the Defense Work Committee felt a little regretful. This thing was a maritime patrol aircraft, so why didn't he think of calling the navy comrades to come over for inspection at the beginning? If so, he wouldn't have to make another trip and relay the information himself.

Since we've come to this point, Gao Zhendong might as well talk about his thoughts on the bracket.

"I have no opinion on the modification of the rack, but I do have a suggestion. Add two more racks, to reach a minimum of six. If adding racks is really difficult, I suggest that the relevant manufacturers consider developing a composite rack, so that one rack can achieve the effect of mounting multiple weapons."

"Zhendong, are 4 racks not enough now?" asked the chief engineer.

"Originally it was enough, but if we want to carry infrared air-to-air missiles for self-defense, four racks are not enough. Two infrared air-to-air missiles take up two of them. Two infrared air-to-air missiles weigh only a few hundred kilograms, and there is more than three tons of mounting margin. There are only two racks left, which seems not enough anyway."

Originally, they had not considered mounting infrared air-to-air missiles for self-defense. Now with this thing, it seems that it is indeed not enough. However, it seems that it is too late to add a temporary rack. Director Liu and his team are more interested in the composite rack: "Chief Engineer Gao, what is the composite rack? Can you introduce it?"

This thing looks simple, but it is actually not. In the high-speed era, the design of composite racks is still very particular, especially the composite racks used for missile weapons, which are more complicated than those used for bombs.

Because the lift characteristics of a missile's body are generally designed to be better than those of ordinary bombs, this brings up a problem: during high-speed flight, the missile is not very obedient, and it is not so easy to separate by free fall due to gravity. That thing really flies upwards, and it is not uncommon for it to stick to the rack and not move away.

As for the composite mount, since the missile is extremely close in distance, there are more things to deal with and consider.

In Gao Zhendong's previous life, the composite mounts we used for guided weapons did not appear until the 21st century. In addition to the fact that there was not much demand, the technical difficulty was also a little bit of a reason.

If this thing can be put forward earlier and relevant units can be guided to take the lead in this direction, it is actually not a bad thing. It is better to have it than not.

Gao Zhendong explained the composite pylon to the other party in detail, and at the end he emphasized: "Liu, this composite pylon is different from the one for bombs. There are more things to consider. If you want to do it, I hope you will not only consider low-speed aircraft such as the Be-6, but also consider the requirements of high-speed combat aircraft such as fighters for composite pylons when using missiles."

The comrade from the Air Equipment Bureau had long been interested in everything Gao Zhendong said: "Yes, yes, yes, this matter must be taken into consideration, Director Liu, you don't know that sometimes our aircraft has enough bomb load, but can't hang any more, which also brings us a lot of trouble. If we can alleviate this problem through the composite hanger, it will solve our big problem."

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the latest model of the Z-6 as an example, it uses a typical mount of 2 fuel tanks + 2 missiles. If you can have this thing, 2 fuels and 4 missiles, it would be so cool.

(End of this chapter)