I don't know if everyone is interested in flying a plane, but Shichao is often pushed to airplane-related videos on Douyin anyway.
I even sometimes think that if I have money in the future, I will have a whole high and low, which is not much more windy than a convertible.
However, there are indeed fewer opportunities in China, and I see that many videos are taken by rich brothers and sisters in the United States.
But as I brushed it, I began to wonder: how can the military green plane flying next to this camera become more and more familiar? There's even an icon for Bayi?
Not only I wondered, but many netizens also wondered.
Not buddy, where did this come to me, our military plane, this has already arrived in the United States?
Should I say it or not, after checking the information, I found that the small plane in the video, which looks like a three-jumper in the air, is actually the famous Chujiao 6, which is an old aircraft that has been used by the mainland for decades, and it is the military aircraft with the largest export volume in the mainland.
As for these beginner 6 videos, they were indeed filmed in the United States, and in fact, many foreign netizens will encounter it when shooting flight videos.
There are even special fan associations among the people, and the organization of the United States Red Star Flying Team (equivalent to the car club) has been established, and there are many members on the forum.
In addition to the civilian, some official aerobatic teams will also use this thing, the market is still quite large, the United States alone has registered hundreds of Chujiao 6, so that the mainland is still producing, more than a dozen units will be sold just after the Spring Festival in 2023.
However, just like the global popularity of the Boeing 737, which came out of two and a half years of construction, a small aircraft like the Chujiao 6 was also built in a hurry, and it only took 72 days from design to first flight.
But getting it fast doesn't mean that the plane is shoddy, in fact, the most important reason why the world's pilots like it is:
As a starter machine, this little thing is so safe!
Since its entry into service in 1962, the Chujiao-6 has flown more than 10 million hours, but there has never been a major accident caused by design or manufacturing quality problems.
That's right, Saab, which is as safe as Volvo, actually built airplanes from the beginning
And the reason why this thing is so safe is also due to the ingenuity of our older generation of scientists.
In terms of appearance, the Chujiao 6 adopts a gull wing design with an anti-angle, so that when the aircraft rolls to the left, the right wing will be warped, and the lift on the right side will decrease;
On the left side, because the wing is already inclined upward, when it rolls over, the upward slope becomes horizontal, thus increasing the lift.
That is to say, when the plane is blown over by the wind in the air, the plane will produce an opposite moment and correct itself back to the state of level flight.
In addition, the aircraft does not have to worry about stalling due to a high head-up (the Boeing 737 MAX is a problem with the anti-stall design).
Once the aircraft stalls and raises its head, the windward angle of the wings will change together, and the outer wings will continue to provide lift, while the wings close to the fuselage will move backwards because of the excessive angle of attack, and the lift will also be backward;
At this time, the lift force forms a moment around the center of gravity again, so as to press the nose down again and resume normal flight.
Therefore, there are often jokes on the Internet that this plane can fly on its own without moving the joystick; The most unreliable thing about the whole plane is the pilot, even if the pilot loses consciousness, the plane can still recover its attitude and glide and land.
There have even been cases where the propeller of an airplane broke in the sky, and in the end, it was gliding and landing safely. No way, after the engine is turned off, the glide ratio has reached 9.6, that is, it can fly forward 9.6 meters if it descends 1 meter.
What kind of concept is this, not to mention the comparison with professional gliders, just the paragliding that everyone plays in scenic spots now, the gliding ratio is only 6 points.
It's better than this thing
In addition to the excellent design, the structure of this aircraft is also quite simple, after all, the control of the wing is pushed by steel rods, and the rudder on the tail is all pulled by wire ropes, and the most expensive part of the whole machine is the 10L displacement 9-cylinder engine in front.
To put it bluntly, this simple and reliable pure mechanical structure, there is really nothing easy to break, and the operation is simple, so it is also said to be the most awesome primary training aircraft on the earth, nicknamed "Flying Immortal", and it is also a machine that novices must try to learn to fly, and its status is probably similar to the three jumpers in the driver's license.
So this is also the fundamental reason why the Chujiao 6 has been in service since the 60s of the last century and is still active at the mainland pilot training ground.
Some people who are engaged in flying also say that the feeling of starting to teach 6 is the same as driving a fighter jet, even if you are a pure novice, you can also experience the joy of the same aerobatics as Ace Air Combat.
However, United States people like this is not a matter of recent years, as early as the 80s of the last century, we produced the Chujiao 6 began to sell to the United States, people call this CJ-A6, the new model in the United States only sold for more than 100,000 dollars, and buy a better car at a price.
But in fact, hundreds of thousands are still high. Because the number of aircraft is really large, and it is too solid, many aircraft that are exported to other countries and then retired can still be sold in the United States, and the price is only tens of thousands of dollars. United States can save a few months of wages to get it, and the performance is just as adequate.
And if it is like United States domestic T-28, T-34 and other training aircraft, the maintenance cost of just one year is tens of thousands of dollars, and it is not as good as our first teaching 6.
Of course, this is also related to the developed aviation industry in United States, there are many small civil airports, and the general aviation culture is also long, so the demand for small aircraft is more than that in China.
But compared to the popularity of domestic small aircraft abroad, it is more difficult for us to have such an aircraft in China.
On the one hand, airplanes are not cheap, and on the other hand, although China has begun to build general aviation airports, it is indeed not enough to make it convenient for everyone to drive.
But fortunately, there are also many flying clubs in China, which can train everyone to fly an airplane and issue a flying license.
For example, the 8th Goddess Champion Chess King War Eagle of Tiger Fighting, Guizhou and Lan Tonghang, where Eagle Dad is located; Even the Condor, which makes people feel weightless on the spot, got a pilot's license yesterday.
Again, it doesn't matter if you can afford it or not, you still have to have the dream of flying a plane. Without him, life is not just an experience.