"The bumblebee that was blown away by the wind is worth 338 million!". Just now, the news reported that the U.S. military salvaged a fighter jet from the sea and determined that the fighter was the F/A-18E Super Hornet that was blown off the deck of the Truman aircraft carrier by the strong wind last month.
Bumblebee is 18.31 meters long, 4.88 meters high, has a wingspan of 13.62 meters, a wing area (total) of 46.5 square meters, weighs about 14 tons, but it cost 338 million yuan to manufacture!
Is this bumblebee worth the price, and you see what it's configured?
First, the cannon model:
M61 Vulcan cannon
Caliber: 20 mm
Ammunition reserve: 578 rounds
Missile:
1. Air-to-air
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM, and
2× AIM-7 Sparrow or 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM
2. Air-to-surface missiles
AGM-65 Maverick Maverick
Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM-ER)
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation Missile AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile
AGM-154 Joint Out of Zone Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
3. Anti-ship missiles
AGM-84 "Harpoon" AGM-84 Harpoon
4. Bombs
JDAM Precision-guided munitions (PGMs)
Paving series of laser guided bombs
MK 80 Series Unguided Bombs Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
CBU-87 cluster
CBU-78 Gator
CBU-97
MK 20石眼II Mk 20 Rockeye II
5. Others
SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod 或Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod 或AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR 锁定莱舱或
Second, the aircraft performance data:
Maximum level flight speed of 1900 km/h (Mach 1.8) (12190 m altitude).
The practical ceiling is 15,000 meters.
The range is 2,346 km (2 AIM-9s).
The transfer voyage is 3330 km.
The combat radius is 722 km.
The rate of climb is 228 m/s.
Wing load 459 kg/m².
G limit (overload) 7.6g thrust-to-weight ratio 0.93.
Third, the power unit:
Engine model F414.
The number of engines is 2.
Engine type afterburner turbofan.
Engine thrust (single) 62.3 kN.
The maximum thrust of the engine (single unit) is 97.9 kN.
Total pressure ratio 30:1.
Thrust-to-weight ratio 9:1.
Length 3.912 meters.
Diameter 0.889 m.
Weight 1110 kg.
Compressor: Axial 3 fan 7-stage compression.
Combustion chamber: ring-shaped.
Engine: Production company GE GM.
Do you still think it's expensive after reading this?
#美军证实航母舰载机被大风吹入海里 #
