Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1301 Two Legendary Figures in the Soviet Helicopters

Going back to normal time development, Jiang Chen and the others were very touched by this transaction.Because Zhang Sai was there during the whole process, and he also wrote a very detailed process report for this, explaining the development process and the cause and effect of the whole thing.So after this, the higher authorities also began to actively adjust the relevant direction.And Zhang Sai, this kid, also started to get busy.

At first, Jiang Chen didn't know about this situation.Until one day, he went to see the fat man there, and asked him for help.It was also at this time that Jiang Chen knew that Zhang Sai had sneaked in himself.But help is certain, not to mention that everyone is a very good friend and brother, but if he is for the motherland, then Jiang Chen and the others will help them.

But Jiang Chen and his team's plan is still going on, and the fat man has gradually expanded his scope, trying to find a way to get back all the things he finds useful.And one of the other major centers is the original army aviation equipment of the Soviet Union.Army Aviation is an abbreviation and a general term.In fact, it is the abbreviation of Army Aviation. In war, the mission of Army Aviation is to cooperate with ground combat troops. All tasks are based on the victory of the ground.In layman's terms, it is the aviation of the army, and the army of the aviation.

So based on this positioning, Road Airlines is mainly equipped with helicopters, and of course it will also be equipped with some light rotorcraft, paramotors and so on.Some countries also equip road aviation with some fixed-wing attack aircraft, such as the A10, or some countries directly include airborne troops in road aviation.Because in their view, the airborne troops are also in line with the positioning of the army, but they just adopt the method of air transportation and airborne assault.

The Soviet Union attaches great importance to helicopters, and it is also one of the countries that develop and manufacture the most types of helicopters in the world.It has always invested heavily in the research and development of helicopters. The main reason is that two units or two people have undertaken the design and development work in this area.

The first was the Kamov Design Bureau, which was established in 1948.The first chief designer, Nikolai Ilyich Kamov, was born in Irkutsk, Russia in 1902.What is more interesting is that he is actually from the same town as Miri, the first designer of another major helicopter design bureau. After reading this information, everyone wonders if Irkutsk is rich in helicopter talents ah. In 1923 Kamov graduated from the Tomsk Institute of Technology and has been engaged in the research of autogyro aircraft since graduation. In 1931, he began to work in the Institute of Fluid Dynamics, and continued to study rotorcraft in the special structure room.Of course, like many geniuses, he quickly showed his extraordinary talents. The A7 rotorcraft he developed played an important role in the Great Patriotic War.

In 1940, Kamov established a rotorcraft design bureau. However, due to the rise of helicopters, the old rotorcraft lost its competitiveness, and the development work was not carried out.So in 43, the Rotorcraft Design Bureau announced its dissolution.Subsequently, Kamov transferred to the development of coaxial twin-rotor helicopters, and successfully developed Kamov in 47.At that time, there was a view in the world that the helicopter with a single rotor and a tail rotor was the orthodox form, and that the coaxial dual rotors would have no future, even the old American helicopter master Sikorsky of Russian origin thought so.

However, Kamov was not discouraged, but continued to go his own way, and in 48 he formed the Kamov Design Bureau.Then he determined the development direction of the design bureau and developed a coaxial twin-rotor helicopter.Because this unique helicopter is compact in structure and small in size, it is convenient for taking off and landing, loading and parking on ships.Therefore, he determined the policy of developing ship-borne helicopters for the navy, and successively launched Ka10, Ka15, Ka18 and other models are all ship-borne helicopters, and won a large number of orders from this side.

Then under this thought, the Kamov Design Bureau has successively, card 25, card 26, card 27, card 29, card 50, card 52, and then card 126, card 128, card 226, etc., and those Unique new aircraft, such as the single-rotor helicopter Ka 60 with ducted tail rotor, the single-rotor helicopter Ka 118 without tail rotor, etc.And because of the unique design concept, the Kamov Design Bureau and the Kaseries helicopters have become a unique and important part of the history of helicopter development.

Another source of Su helicopters is the Miri Design Bureau.Like the Miri Design Bureau, it is also named after a person. Its first chief designer was Mikhail Leondievich Miri, who was born in Irkutsk, Russia in 1909, and That guy Kamov is from the same town. In 31, he graduated from the Novocherkassk Aviation Academy. After graduation, he went to the Institute of Fluid Dynamics to engage in the research of rotorcraft, and later transferred to the research of helicopters. In 1945 he was appointed Director of the Laboratory of the Helicopter Department of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics.After the war, Miri, who had just turned 38, was ordered to form the Miri Helicopter Design Bureau, and he served as the first chief designer.

When the design bureau was first established, it was very simple, without even a fixed office location.Now it moved here, then there, and finally to Rybinskaya Street.It was here that they researched the Mi-1 helicopter, and successfully researched the Mi-48 in 1, and put it into mass production in 1950 and delivered it to the troops.The Mi-1 was the first Soviet helicopter to be mass-produced, which marked the establishment of the Soviet Union's own helicopter manufacturing industry.

Then the Miri Design Bureau successively developed the Mi 4, which is a magical helicopter, and it was developed in just one year.And in terms of load capacity and speed, 7 items broke the helicopter world record at that time and won the gold medal at the international air show.Moreover, the Mi-4 helicopter has been in continuous production for 14 years, and there are more than 40 modifications. In addition to a large number of elder Soviet troops, it is also sold to 34 countries in the world.

Subsequently, the research and development work of the Miri Design Bureau entered the formal stage. They actually developed the Mi-6, the largest single-rotor heavy-duty transport helicopter in the world at that time, and from the Mi-6 until 2012, the Miri Design Bureau was in heavy and super heavy helicopters. Research and development has always maintained a leading position in the world.

Although they have the strength in the next time, they have successively developed a series of helicopters such as Mi 8, Mi 10, Mi 12, Mi 24, Mi 26, Mi 28, and Mi 54.And these aircraft have also played a great role in various fields, and have created one record after another.For example, the Mi-8 helicopter is the most produced helicopter in the world. There are more than 40 modifications, more than 24 of which have been produced, and sold to more than 28 countries around the world.Mi 26, the world's first specially designed and developed combat helicopter.The Mi-56 equipped with ceramic armor and bulletproof glass is the most protected combat helicopter in the world. According to the West, its battlefield production capacity is better than that of the old American Apache.In addition, there is also the legendary Mi-20 among the heavy transport helicopters, the largest single-rotor helicopter ever used in the world, with a maximum take-off weight of [-] tons and a maximum load of [-] tons.

Because of the legendary performance of the Miri Design Bureau, when people mention Soviet helicopters, they naturally think of the Mi series aircraft of the Miri Design Bureau.And the helicopters it has developed and manufactured have already come out of here and are facing the world, and they are also the most used series of helicopters in the world.

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