Chapter 786 Why does it have to be like this?

With his words, this composite rack actually has nothing to do with the Be-6 modification and is being considered as a standard mounting accessory for the Air Force.

When Commander Liu heard that the Air Force wanted both, he smiled and said, "Then we should walk on two legs. We will make the Be-6 pylon 4 to 6, and we will also make the composite pylon. According to your request, it is no longer suitable to be just a mounting accessory for the Be-6. We need to make it into a brand new standard part."

When the comrades from the Air Equipment Bureau heard this, they not only did not think that they were shirking their responsibilities, but were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what we want. It's a waste to only use this thing on the Beta-6. The Battle-6 and the Bomb-5 attack type you guys are working on can all be used."

Forget about the Z-5, it's outdated.

If the work on the first day was all discussion, analysis, consultation and questioning, then the work on the second day was the highlight, to see whether it was a mule or a horse being pulled out for a walk.

——Launch display of the modified rack.

A performance is a report.

Gao Zhendong was actually quite curious. What could this thing report? In addition to air-to-air missiles, there were also traditional iron bombs, depth charges, rockets, and the like. These things could be dropped without modification. Even torpedoes, we didn't have any torpedoes for the other-6.

However, when the performance started the next day, when Liu Suo and another group of people pushed weapons out and hung them under the wings of the modified aircraft, Gao Zhendong laughed. He really didn't expect it was them. It was a pleasant surprise.

There were two weapons pushed out, one was the Thunder-1 infrared air-to-air missile, and the other was much larger. It was a new type of missile that no one had ever seen, including Gao Zhendong himself. He had only seen a picture but not the real thing, but he could recognize what it was at a glance.

——New type of solid anti-ship missile.

As a missile that Gao Zhendong personally proposed and participated in, and provided a lot of opinions and technologies from the aerodynamic shape to the internal structure, it would be strange if he didn't recognize it. If nothing else, the fact that the missile body and wings are exactly the same as the previous life's Yingji-8 is enough to prove its identity.

Not to mention the guy Su Weihua who was hanging the missiles there.

This missile has no booster and looks shorter than the ship-launched/shore-to-ship version, making it more coordinated and beautiful.

Liu introduced to the participants: "We had modified the rack, but when it came to what to hang on it, we had a hard time. There was nothing to hang. Apart from infrared air-to-air missiles, we had no other guided weapons. At this time, the comrades who were working on air-launched anti-ship missiles found us. We were short of missiles and they were short of aircraft. It was just right."

For Su Weihua and his team, they wanted to test air-launched solid anti-ship missiles, but they could not find an aircraft to carry them. The Z-5 had not been modified yet, let alone the others. The multi-purpose version of the Attack-5 was still under development, and the Tu-4 had not been modified in this direction. After all, their ultimate mission was a special aircraft. It was acceptable to test the long-range dispenser without modification, but there was no need to modify it specifically to launch missiles.

As a result, when the Air Equipment Bureau learned about the Be-6 modification project, the two parties were like a dream come true, and they rushed towards it and hit it off immediately.

"Are you confident about the new planes and new missiles?" asked the chief engineer of the Defense Work Committee.

"We are sure. We have tried it. In order to launch this missile, we have also modified the radar on the aircraft. It may not be enough for actual combat, but it is enough for testing."

For solid anti-ship missiles, as long as they can provide the target distance and direction, they do not need to be too precise, and a rough approximation will be fine. Even in extreme cases, it is theoretically possible to input data manually.

Su Weihua did not have time to come over and talk to Gao Zhendong. After greeting him from a distance, he boarded the plane with the comrades who were modifying the Be-6. He was going to be the shooter and launch missiles on the Be-6. The comrades who were modifying the plane were not as familiar with this as he was.

Gao Zhendong waved and greeted him. The chief engineer of the Fire Protection Committee asked with a smile: "Zhendong, do you know anyone over there?"

"Yes, my college classmate is involved in the guidance system work of solid anti-ship missiles." Gao Zhendong nodded.

"Wow, your class is full of hidden talents." The chief engineer was very happy. The more students like this, the better.

"It's OK. There is another classmate who is the person in charge of the guidance system of portable air defense missiles." Unknowingly, Lin Lianwei and Su Weihua have both reached higher positions. This is nothing. Gao Zhendong knows that the chief designer of several cutting-edge combat aircraft decades later was his roommate in college.

He said this lightly, but other comrades looked at him sideways. What kind of class is this? It involves so many types of missiles, a deputy chief engineer, a subsystem manager, and a core member of the guidance system. It's really awesome.

It can be heard that the major of this Chief Engineer Gao is probably automation or something like that, which can be seen from the fact that his two classmates are the core backbone of the guidance system. As for how he has ideas about magnetic anomaly detection, sonar, etc., this is his own ability. It took a long time to wait for the plane to take off. The most special thing about the Be-6 plane is that its landing gear must be removed after entering the water. It does not have the ability to automatically retract and extend. Push the plane into the water and then remove the landing gear. If you want to go ashore after landing, the process is reversed. Install the landing gear in the water and then go ashore.

Seeing that everyone was watching the ground crew busy installing the landing gear, the captain of the Be-6 explained: "This aircraft is designed like this by nature. It is very troublesome. Generally speaking, we have a special maintenance dock where we can complete loading and general maintenance work without having to go up and down to install the landing gear."

It is impossible to take off and land in water with the landing gear. The thing extends into the water, and the resistance is huge. Although it is not much compared to the aircraft, it is impossible to take off with the mission payload in the water. The same is true for landing with the landing gear. The landing gear enters the water before the aircraft enters the water. The huge resistance has a great impact on the flight attitude of the aircraft. If you are not careful, the aircraft will be destroyed and people will die.

All I can say is that the Russians' habit of "just make do with what works" is really useful when it works, and really disgusting when it works. In fact, even the Russians themselves can't stand it.

Liu explained: "We have also considered improving it to be able to retract automatically, but it was extremely difficult to do so. The original ship-shaped belly did not take into account the storage of the landing gear and the space and pipelines for the related actuating mechanisms. Moreover, retracting it would affect the original buoyancy design. At the same time, if we want to retract it, the landing gear must also be redesigned. The relevant structures, mechanics, automatic control mechanisms, etc. involve too many aspects, which will affect the design of the fuselage itself. In the end, we found that there was no way to start, so we had to give up."

Gao Zhendong's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he suddenly asked, "Why should it be retracted into the fuselage? Why must it be fully automatic?"

When this sentence was said, everyone reacted differently.

Chief Liu was puzzled. Isn't it obvious? If it doesn't automatically retract into the fuselage, then why change it?
The Air Equipment Bureau seemed to be deep in thought. He didn't know what Chief Engineer Gao meant by this, but Chief Engineer Gao must have his own ideas, so this would be very interesting.

The Defense Work Committee's eyes lit up. What does Gao Zhendong think? Whatever his idea is, it will definitely help with this matter. This plane is good in every way, but the landing gear is really disgusting.

The other comrades were completely confused and did not understand what was said.

Seeing that they didn't understand his thoughts, Gao Zhendong explained them one by one.

"First, let's talk about why it must be retracted into the fuselage. This aircraft is a low-speed aircraft, and its aerodynamic shape is already like that. To put it bluntly, even if you hang the landing gear outside the fuselage, it will not have any impact on its basic flight performance, and it will not affect any of its uses. At the same time, this aircraft has such a long range that hanging it outside will not have any impact on the landing gear."

"You want to retract the landing gear because you don't want it to affect its take-off and landing operations in the water, that's all. If you think about it from this perspective, Chief Liu, think about it, why do you have to retract this thing into the fuselage? Wouldn't it be better to fold it backwards and hang it on the fuselage? As long as the folding mechanism is designed properly and the mechanical properties meet the requirements, there is no need to consider the buoyancy of the belly of the ship-shaped fuselage and the space inside the fuselage."

After hearing what Gao Zhendong said, Chief Liu was stunned.

Is this okay?
Uh... thinking about it again, this actually seems to work!
For a moment, Liu's mind was a little confused, and all kinds of thoughts came to his mind.

Is this okay? It seems like this is okay. Is it because I don't take my work seriously enough? If I can't even realize the function, what's the point of being serious...

But the captain of the Bei-6 and the people in the Air Equipment Bureau had much simpler ideas. Damn it, yes, why must it be put inside the fuselage? As long as it can reduce the difficulty of ground maintenance and increase the aircraft's attendance rate, it doesn't matter if it's a little ugly.

"Director Liu, Chief Engineer Gao's suggestion can really be considered."

"Yes, we should focus on the main contradiction and put the secondary contradictions aside for now."

Gao Zhendong pointed at the ground crew who were busy working and said, "The second question is why it must be fully automatic."

He turned to ask the captain of the Be-6: "Comrade Captain, this plane won't take off and land on land, right?"

The captain shook his head: "Basically not."

Gao Zhendong turned around and said, "That's it. The retraction and extension of the landing gear has nothing to do with take-off and landing under normal use. It is only operated after it is stable on the water surface. Isn't that right?"

"That's right." With the posture of installing and dismantling at the same time, it would be impossible to do it without being steady.

"Why does it have to be fully automatic? If we have the capability, we can create an automatic folding and locking mechanism with electrical and mechanical backup to complete the last hurdle after the plane stops or before takeoff."

(End of this chapter)