Chapter 719 Air Brake

Short takeoff and landing is not just for show, it has practical uses.

In modern warfare, bombers are not needed. The first round of ballistic missile attacks can flatten the opponent's main airports! Therefore, the problem faced by many fighters is that they need to take off on the runway after being bombed! In this way, the higher the short-distance take-off capability, the better!

The limit, of course, is vertical takeoff and landing that does not require a runway. For this purpose, Britain developed the Harrier and the Soviet Union developed the Yak-38. However, vertical takeoff consumes a lot of fuel, resulting in an extremely short combat radius of this aircraft, making it unnecessary to exist.

Therefore, short takeoff and landing is a new requirement for fighter jets. Previous second-generation aircraft required a runway of thousands of meters, while third-generation aircraft have shortened this requirement to 500 meters. For example, the Su-27 can take off from a 450-meter runway with air combat mounts.

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But now, the American plane took off at a distance of less than 200 meters, which has to be said to have amazed the audience!

Cruise was flying the fighter plane, but the speed was not very high, so the next thing was to speed up! At this time, the afterburner of the tail engine was still fully opened, and the tail nozzle was facing backwards, continuing to release tremendous thrust, pushing the fighter plane to accelerate and accelerate!

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When the fighter plane disappeared from the sight of the spectators on the ground, a spike of sonic boom cloud appeared at the front of the nose. The F-15 had exceeded the speed of sound!

Next, it’s time for a wonderful performance!

The audience on the ground were waiting with bated breath. Some of them held up telescopes, while others blocked the sunlight with their hands, searching the sky.

Where did that performance plane go? Did it get lost? Should we wait for it?

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It didn't take long, about a minute, before a roar was heard again in the distant sky.

One thousand meters in the air, the red and white fighter plane came roaring, and in front of the fighter plane, there was a ball of steam like a white spike!

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Damn it! Several spectators who saw it first through binoculars were instantly horrified. Some of them stood up and wanted to run back, while others used their hands to cover their ears tightly!

Is the pilot crazy? This plane is still flying at supersonic speed!

Low-altitude supersonic flight is absolutely prohibited. On the one hand, many aircraft cannot fly supersonic in the dense atmosphere at low altitudes. On the other hand, supersonic flight is a disaster for the ground! If this plane comes over, the glass of all nearby buildings will be shattered by the power of the sonic boom cloud!

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Are these Americans here to sabotage the Moscow Air Show? Even if they do, they can’t harm the audience, many of whom are Westerners!

Flying supersonic speed at an altitude of one thousand meters proves the F-15's powerful engine performance, but it is also an extremely irresponsible behavior!

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Unfortunately, no matter how fast the people on the ground move, they can’t reach supersonic speed. That performance plane is roaring towards them!

Closer, closer! Almost less than 3,000 meters away from the audience, all the audience could see the performance aircraft with the white shock wave spike on top. Some people who didn't know what was going on were still quite curious. It was very strange. I had seen airplanes leaving smoke, but that should be behind the plane. Now, could this plane have a smoke device on the nose?

From the perspective of the people on the ground, the F-15 fighter jet in the sky suddenly turned into slow motion.

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Hey, that's strange, why is the speed so slow?

Where is that cone-shaped white mist above my head? Why is it gone? I just raised my camera!

What are the Americans doing?

Only those who are most familiar with fighter jets had pale faces. The Americans' action was like performing an emergency brake in the air!

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Yes, it was an emergency brake in the air! Just as he was taking off the plane and coming to the best viewing position for the crowd, Cruise pressed the button and activated the reverse thrust device at the tail of the fighter.

The thrust reverses the blades, the airflow is blocked by the blades, and it sprays forward, the thrust becomes resistance, and the speed of the fighter drops rapidly in an instant! At the same time, the canard in front also becomes vertical at this time, and together with the speed brake at the tail, it acts as another deceleration device.

The flight speed just now was Mach 1.2, but now it has quickly dropped to Mach 0.7! Cruise felt his body being tightly tied to the seat by the seat belt, and there might be marks on it, and his heart seemed to have flown out of his chest!

Just now, it has endured at least 6G of overload! Isn't this mid-air emergency brake beautiful?

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Beautiful bird! Standing on the tower, watching the plane roaring in, Andre was full of contempt in his heart. If this action was done during landing, the reverse thrust would reduce the taxiing distance, which would still make the audience cheer. But now? It's just a sudden brake in the air, what's the use? The energy air combat theory was proposed by the Americans! This kind of active deceleration behavior is simply courting death! Without speed, there is no maneuverability. Will it be a living target?

Flashy! Just like our Cobra maneuver, but at least our Cobra maneuver looks prettier and is more likely to attract cheers, but now? What's so interesting about this mid-air emergency brake?

"Not good!" At this moment, Andre suddenly shouted loudly: "Quick, evacuate the audience! Fire trucks, ambulances ready!"

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Damn it, I warned him to stay away from the audience, but he wouldn't listen. He even did an aerial emergency brake. Now look what happened, flames are spewing out of the air intake!

The pilot's eyes allowed Andre to quickly see the American fighter plane in the sky in the distance. It was extremely dangerous at this time! It's okay if you fall down, but don't hit the audience below!

Reverse thrust devices are already commonly used on passenger aircraft. They simply add a baffle at the back to push the ejected airflow to the front, providing a deceleration torque. At the same time, it is also easy to implement on passenger aircraft because passenger aircraft all have engines suspended under the wings. The engines do not need air inlets and are directly exposed.

But on a fighter plane, it is not that simple. The engine of a fighter plane is at the tail, and an air intake is needed in the front. The reverse thrust blades are in the middle of the engine. As a result, for some reason, the airflow blocked by the baffle jumped into the air intake!

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This is just ordinary aluminum alloy, which can be melted at a temperature of several hundred degrees! And now, the hot tail flame is rapidly melting the air intake! A flight performance that was determined to win turned into a performance accident!