In addition, this Composite Materials is really extremely powerful. Not only can it be used as a structural component, it can also absorb and transmit electromagnetic waves. It also has the advantages of light material and high strength!
It can be said to be an almost perfect material! And it also has extremely strong performance in high temperature resistance, which means that it is not a problem to break through the thermal barrier caused by Mach 3 or above.
I'm afraid this is also the reason why the Phantom's speed can reach the ultimate speed of Mach 4! Because its mass is much lighter than imagined!
But now there is a problem... this composite absorbing material... cannot be made!
It can't be said that it can't be made. This Composite Materials is extremely difficult to make! It can be said that there are many perverts with high conditions! If you want to make one now, there is only one thing you can do: make it in a laboratory!
If it were built in a laboratory, the cost of completing a Phantom would not include R&D costs, but construction costs alone. Jiang Yan Hai asked Er Dan to estimate it. Calculated based on current real-life costs, it would be about twice as much as the F22!
The cost of the F22 is US$190 million. Calculated based on US$200 million, a Phantom will cost about US$400 million. Note, this is the cost!
If this thing is from the United States, according to the characteristics of the United States, if it is sold, it is estimated that it will jump into the double digits with at least 100 million US dollars.
Of course, if this thing really exists, it is probably impossible for the United States to sell it.
This price is really unaffordable in China! How much is the current domestic military expenditure per year? Of course, R&D expenses and military expenses are two different concepts.
This means that its research and development expenses are infinitely close to zero. If we follow the American algorithm, it would not be too much to add US$5 billion in research and development expenses to it, right?
If you include the R&D expenses of US$5 billion, the ex-factory price of a single machine of US$500 million should be acceptable. After all, the R&D costs have to be spread evenly.
However, without a large-scale solution to the manufacturing problem of Composite Materials, if you want to use Phantom, you have only two options.
That is, the fuselage adopts a conventional structure, and then just uses Stealth Coating, sacrificing its ultimate speed. In this case, its performance will naturally be equally powerful.
But the power is limited, and if the expensive Composite Materials is used, the result will be very simple, reaching a maximum speed of Mach 4. Without bragging, I can directly get rid of some of the current air-to-air missiles!
No maneuvering or anything like that, just speed and attack hard. If you have the ability, just chase him!
There are currently very few air-to-air missiles that can exceed Mach 4 and above, and the number of Air Defense Missile is also very small.
Of course, it cannot be said that there is no such thing, but the missile is not launched from behind your butt. It must be launched from a long distance away from you. In this case, the effective range of the enemy's missile is greatly shortened.
But the enemy's effective range is shortened, and yours is not.
Can its combat effectiveness be strong? And its bomb load is so abnormal, by then it won't be a problem for one F22 to overwhelm a whole squad.
Jiang Yan Hai Originally thought that the material of the engine was the most important, but now it seems that this Composite Materials is the most troublesome! Because there is another reason, that is, the top Materials Laboratory prepared for him by Li Yun Feng cannot complete the production of this Composite Materials.
It requires the use of some of the country's specific top experimental equipment, and it requires the use of some National Treasure. To put it bluntly, only the country can make such things!
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yan Hai shook his head. This material is really hard to see and touch now. Forget it, I will put this material at the back first. Fortunately, Stealth Coating can be easily manufactured. As for the latter, the most important thing is to increase research and development in this area.
Now J20, F22, including Phantom, are all fourth-generation fighter jets. In the future, fifth-generation fighter jets will definitely move towards full-body Composite Materials. Sooner or later, investment in these aspects will be required, so invest early.
Li Yun Feng has already bought an aero-engine research institute. After Jiang Yan Hai confirmed it, he went directly there.
This aerospace engine research institute was actually half a national research institute before. It could receive national financial support before, but because their research and development progress could not keep up, it could only be naturally eliminated.
Now that it is taken over by Li Yun Feng, the country is naturally very happy, because the country has Taihang as the main engine research institute, and there are two other engine research institutes studying the aviation engines of large civil aircraft.
In fact, there are so many engine research institutes that are not needed, and if there is one among the private sector, it does not need to consume national research and development funds, of course it will be good.
By the time the engine is developed, as long as you can use it yourself, then it won't be a big problem who develops it. Direct procurement by the state is enough, and the price can be higher to give enterprises enough profits so that they can gradually start to compete!
These are all good things.
Therefore, Li Yun Feng took over this research institute without any effort, and the researchers inside, Li Yun Feng, also took over directly for a time. When Jiang Yan Hai came here this time, he did not hesitate too much, but directly took out all the engine design drawings.
In fact, it was Jiang Yan Hai who brought out the design drawings that he had drawn.
"Everyone, this is the engine I designed. It is different from the current mainstream engine designs. I know you may have doubts, but please ask all questions after making it! I have successfully developed its materials before." Jiang Yan Hai said to everyone.
Jiang Yan Hai's tone is very sincere. The reason for this is because there are many famous researchers in this institute, unlike the Materials Research Institute above, which only contains ordinary high-tech talents.
There are many researchers here who are already well-known in this industry, and Jiang Yan Hai's attitude is naturally much better.
And some people here have also heard of the name Jiang Yan Hai, "So you are the guy who researched the latest engine materials, awesome!" The leader is a sixty-year-old man with gray hair. Although he cannot be said to be the top engine design scientist in the country.
But it can be regarded as famous in the next level. After all, this research institute cannot have no capital at all. The old man's surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao Jianguo, which was a relatively distinctive name in those years.
"Old Zhao, you don't have to be so polite to me. It was just a coincidence." Jiang Yan Hai said with a smile.
"There is no chance of doing research. You must have put in a lot of effort in this area, so you will achieve something. However, you let us directly follow your design drawings, are you so confident?" Old Zhao asked with a smile.
"Yes, I think sometimes you need to have confidence when doing research." Jiang Yan Hai said seriously, "I have calculated this countless times myself. I did not refer to the design plans of mainstream engines, so I don't know whether it will succeed or not, but it is theoretically possible."
"So, I hope it can be produced according to my requirements first." Jiang Yan Hai added.