Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 237 [Main Flight of the Dragon]

The entire fuselage has smooth and simple lines, like a sharp dagger, ready to pierce the sky at any time. It adopts a delta wing layout and lacks the traditional vertical tail.

It was the integrated fighter-bomber code-named "Shenlong". Its appearance had not changed much from the superconducting levitation test conducted on this day last year, but the fuselage coating had turned into silver-gray.

This type of fighter is controlled by artificial intelligence and there is no human pilot directly flying it.

Its brain is a highly advanced autonomous flight control system. Its AI agent has basically learned and gathered the flight experience accumulated by the Air Force's best pilots. It can analyze the battlefield situation in real time and make accurate decisions.

The first-generation model is limited by current communication technology and cannot allow pilots to control the fighter in real time through a simulated cockpit on the ground. Therefore, it now relies more on AI agents to make their own decisions and is basically in a managed state when performing tasks.

The power system uses all-electric propulsion technology, which can cruise at a supersonic speed of Mach 5 in the air, and when necessary, can reach an ultra-high-speed flight of Mach 8, which allows it to escape almost any known air defense system on Earth.

Moreover, this fighter has another characteristic, that is, it is big!

This is a super heavy fighter, and its size looks obviously larger than the J-20.

At this moment, the first-generation aircraft is surrounded by a group of busy technicians who are conducting the final inspection and debugging, including a walk-around inspection to ensure that there is no abnormality in the appearance of the aircraft, including inspections of the aircraft's engine, flight control system, etc., to ensure that each system is in the best condition.

The hangar was filled with a tense and exciting atmosphere, and everyone knew that today would be a historic moment.

At this time, a technician came to Jiang Heng and whispered a few words. Jiang Heng nodded to him and came to Xiao Yu and said to him: "Mr. Xiao, everything is ready."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu nodded, then turned and walked towards the flight control command center.

Inside the flight control center, various data indicators of the "Shenlong Fighter" were displayed on a huge screen. Xiao Yu looked around at the data information on the large screens, and a group of technicians in the flight control center were also staring at their respective data.

In addition, there were also military personnel present.

Now all ground checks have been completed, all systems are in good condition, and we are just waiting for final instructions.

Xiao Yu came to the command seat of the flight control center, and his voice rang out immediately: "Fly."

These two words were concise and to the point. After receiving the order, the technicians in the flight control center acted quickly and began to operate on the console.

At the same time, two fighter jets roared over the sky of Linzhou City. The roar of the fighter jets caused people in the city to look up. A citizen in the city was surprised and said, "Huh? Isn't that a J-20 fighter jet? How did it appear in Linzhou City?"

At this moment, many people in the city have seen the two J-20 fighter jets. Because they are flying at low altitude and low speed, they are easy to see and can be distinguished with the naked eye.

Some people have linked it to the fact that in recent days, crazy artificial rainfall has been carried out around Linzhou City. No one knew what the relevant departments were doing and no one paid much attention to it. Seeing the rare appearance of the J-20 over the city made many people link the two things together.

"Wow, the J-20 has appeared in Linzhou City? It was still artificially raining a few days ago..." A young man in the city looked at the sky and talked to himself. He was also a military fan. At this moment, he was suddenly stunned, and then he was surprised and said to himself: "Could it be that the 'Shenlong' sixth-generation aircraft of AVIC Linfei is going to..."

He soon thought further about this, because when it comes to military-related things in Linzhou City, it seems that the only one is AVIC Linfei, and given the city's geographical location, it is unlikely that there will be military operations, and it is not a military stronghold.

The only thing that can be related to the military is the sixth-generation aircraft project of AVIC's "Shenlong Fighter", which caused a sensation on this day last year.

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"Start!" A voice came from the flight control command center, and a newly built hangar in the base had its curved dome open in a spiral shape. At the same time, the take-off and landing platform slowly rose, and the first-generation "Shenlong Fighter" landed on the platform.

After the dome was opened, the light of morning sun shone on the fuselage, sparkling with metallic luster and shining brightly.

Its engine began to roar low, and the sound gradually grew louder, as if a giant beast was awakening.

The superconducting levitation module on this fighter-bomber is made of superconducting materials that only account for about 22% of the fuselage. The fighter cannot be levitated simply by relying on the earth's own magnetic field strength.

But it is designed like this. Firstly, room-temperature superconducting materials are very rare now, and Xiao Yubao's production capacity is not large. Secondly, using too much room-temperature superconducting materials means that the aircraft will be permanently suspended, and the hangar will have to be redesigned, or energy will have to be continuously consumed to keep the aircraft on the ground.

It is actually very simple to make this fighter jet float. Without increasing the proportion of room-temperature superconducting materials, another solution is to strengthen the magnetic field. This is actually similar to the sky train, and it only requires the consumption of some electricity.

The superconducting levitation module allows the fighter to take off the ground and into the air. Its subsequent flight still depends on the aerodynamic layout and the wings to provide lift. Once the wings provide lift, the power output can be turned off to strengthen the magnetic field.

At this time, it doesn’t matter that the superconducting levitation cannot support the weight of the fuselage, because the wings have already provided lift and the plane will not fall from the air.

Only when it is time to land will the superconducting levitation module start working again. The function of this module is to enable the aircraft to complete vertical takeoff and landing.

But at this moment, the fighter jet is slowly raising its landing gear, has left the platform, and is steadily increasing its altitude vertically. The technicians at the flight control center are staring at their screens intently, paying close attention to changes in various data.

"Takeoff is complete and all systems are in normal status." A technician's voice sounded in the flight control center, and everyone was paying close attention to the fighter's floating posture.

After a while, the fighter plane began to move forward slowly and started to fly horizontally. The engine began to generate powerful thrust to push the fighter into the sky. Then the speed became faster and faster, and the fuselage drew a graceful arc in the air. At the same time, it began to climb further and continued to accelerate.

Everyone stared at the data on the screen, paying close attention to the fighter's flight speed and altitude.

At this time, the fighter's landing gear had been slowly retracted.

It is worth mentioning that during the maiden flight test of traditional aircraft, the landing gear is generally not retracted during the flight so that it can land quickly in an emergency.

However, the "Shenlong" fighter uses a superconducting take-off and landing mode, which is very different from traditional aircraft. Traditional aircraft have a short maiden flight time, but this time the "Shenlong" fighter has a lot to test on its maiden flight, including an overspeed flight test, which requires the landing gear to be retracted.

Time passed minute by minute, and the "Shenlong" fighter left the company's R&D base. Not long after it took off, two J-20 fighter jets came to meet it and conduct companion flight observation.

The mission of the two accompanying J-20 fighter jets is to conduct real-time observation of the maiden flight of the "Shenlong" fighter jet, record flight data, take photos and videos, etc.

Somewhere in the city, the young military fan was staring at two J-20 fighter jets hovering low over the city. He was wondering what they were doing. Not only him, but many people in the city looked up curiously, and many took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

At this moment, when the young military fan saw the "Shenlong" fighter appear and merge with the two J-20 fighters, he subconsciously blurted out: "Fuck!"

After being stunned for a while, he immediately said excitedly: "Isn't that the sixth-generation aircraft of the AVIC Linfei project code-named 'Shenlong'? What's going on? It's only been a year, could there be another huge breakthrough? My goodness, the efficiency is too terrifying, my goodness, my goodness..."

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(End of this chapter)