Chapter 858 Variable Cycle Ramjet Engine (Additional Update 2)

However, the key here, of course, is this variable cycle ramjet engine!

If some structures of the engine can be deformed so that it can work in different engine forms such as turbofan, turbojet, ramjet, etc., then it is called a variable cycle engine. Under normal circumstances, this engine is a "turbofan engine" with a low bypass ratio or a "turbojet engine" with an outer duct. Only in this way can the thrust requirements of the aircraft be met when taking off. As the speed increases, the front fan of the turbofan will stop operating and adjust to the lowest resistance and close the outer duct, turning it into a turbojet engine. When the speed is high, the resistance of the turbofan engine is very large, and the advantage of the turbojet is obvious. When the speed is further increased, the air intake of the turbojet engine will also be closed and the outer duct will be started, and it will ignite at the end of the outer duct, turning it into a "ramjet engine."

In this way, a single engine can have the performance advantages of three engines: "turbojet engine", "turbofan engine" and "ramjet engine", and can adapt to various situations from low-speed flight to hypersonic speed.

So far, the only engine that has been put into practical use is the J58 engine used by the Blackbird, which has outstanding performance advantages. However, this engine is very complex and expensive.

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The Soviet Union wanted to have a hypersonic aircraft, and the variable cycle ramjet engine was a breakthrough! At the same time, the Soviet Union was even more abnormal, using liquid hydrogen as fuel, and this engine had better performance.

Unfortunately, it is not so easy to overcome the technical difficulties of this type of engine.

"The problem we just had was with this variable cycle ramjet engine. On our high-altitude test flight platform, this engine was unable to convert freely and repeatedly made mistakes," said Sergey.

In addition to testing the entire aircraft, the Flight Test Institute also undertakes the task of testing the engine. On the high-altitude test flight platform, this engine kept malfunctioning.

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Andrei nodded. The development of such an advanced engine would certainly not be smooth sailing, even for the Soviet Union, which had strong technical strength.

"Our Soviet sky cannot do without our hard-working technicians. If we act according to scientific laws, we will definitely be able to find defects and improve our engines." Andre encouraged.

"Yes, I believe that our new reconnaissance aircraft can be successfully trial-produced. At the same time, we also have plans to convert it into a bomber and update it." Sergey said: "As long as the trial production of this variable cycle engine is successful, in the next stage, we will trial-produce a new aerospace plane based on this aircraft, and achieve the goal of using it in outer space by carrying liquid oxygen."

Aerospace engine...well, this ideal is very beautiful. After all, Andre is not in charge of the equipment department, so he has no reason to block these plans.

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Suddenly, Andre slapped his head and said, "By the way, we are here to see the latest fighter jet from the Sukhoi Design Bureau."

As soon as I arrived, I was attracted by the supersonic passenger plane, and then I was tricked here. Until now, I haven’t seen the purpose of this visit, the new generation fighter jet that has already started its test flight!

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"Of course, please follow me." Sergei said, "Now that the American reconnaissance satellite has flown away from us, we can conduct the next test flight."

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While the northern hemisphere is covered in ice and snow, the southern hemisphere is in the warm summer.

There is more land in the Northern Hemisphere, while there is a lot of sea water in the Southern Hemisphere. The land is mainly Africa and South America.

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In Africa, most of the people are black. They are poor, backward and plagued by wars.

However, in such a world, there is a unique country. This country is the only developed country in the entire third world of Africa!

This country is South Africa!

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South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent. It is known as the Rainbow Country and has beautiful scenery. At the same time, the country's economy is also quite developed. Relying on the production of gold and diamonds, South Africa is very rich. At the same time, South Africa's scientific research capabilities are also extremely developed.

In terms of weapons alone, South Africa has its own self-developed Trumpet tank, Cheetah and Sculptor fighter jets, and it even has a secret nuclear weapons development program!

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For South Africa, all these achievements can be attributed to only one thing, because South Africa is ruled by white people.

In later generations, when the white regime collapsed, South Africa's economy declined rapidly. When the blacks gained control of the entire country and consumed all the wealth, they had no development. South Africa also degenerated from an advanced and civilized modern country into a poor and backward country. Public security continued to deteriorate and the laziness of the blacks was obvious.

Now, South Africa is strong because of the white rule. However, the Western world, which has always advocated democracy and freedom, did not smile at the white government of South Africa. They believed that the South African system was simply inhumane and were even more angry about the apartheid in South Africa. At the same time, the Western world also imposed an embargo on South Africa and demanded that South Africa compromise.

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The white people in South Africa are not the white people in the Western world! On the contrary, there are deep contradictions between them!

The white people in South Africa are the Boers of Dutch origin in South Africa. During the colonial period, the Boers in South Africa also submitted to British rule, and the contradictions between the two sides were very deep. The biggest contradiction was during the Boer War from 1900 to 1902, when the British adopted a very cruel scorched earth policy and detained the Boers in concentration camps. More than 20,000 Boer women and children died in concentration camps due to hunger and disease.

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It was these experiences that deepened the nationalist consciousness of the Boers themselves. In 1910, the South African Party won the general election and then implemented some laws on racial discrimination and apartheid in the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State to the whole of South Africa.

The basis of this law is to determine a person's identity by their skin color. South Africans are divided into several basic groups: whites, colored people (descendants of the marriage between Dutch whites and indigenous Nama people in the 17th century), Indians, Malays, and blacks.

Among them, the black people, who make up the majority of the population, are subject to great restrictions on their freedom. More than 300 discriminatory laws dictate where black people can live, work, eat, travel, who they can marry, and require black people over the age of 16 to carry identity cards and not enter towns where white people live after dark.

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This system is South Africa’s apartheid system. It is this system that gave the entire Western world an excuse to attack South Africa. At the same time, it is also this system that has allowed South Africa’s economy to develop rapidly!

Black people are lazy, and bosses doing projects in Africa have a deep understanding of this. For example, when some bosses receive projects to help African countries invest in infrastructure, even though the wages have been negotiated, the black people will still go on strike from time to time, demanding a pay raise, otherwise they will not work.

Later, the contractors learned their lesson and brought workers from China directly. As a result, the blacks refused to work again! No, the job opportunities must be left to us and let us get employed!

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Now, the South African government has built South Africa into the only developed country in Africa by relying on the regulated black labor force, the management skills of the whites, and endless mineral resources: gold, diamonds, platinum, uranium, manganese, and 90% of Africa's coal reserves.

South Africa is self-sufficient in food and has surplus food for export. It mines three-quarters of the world's gold. It is able to manufacture a variety of products from refrigerators to cars. It is economically self-sufficient and can withstand sanctions from all over the world! This makes European countries, which are now in economic recession, envious and jealous.

Although the white regime in South Africa has adopted a policy of racial segregation against black people, to be fair, the overall living conditions of black people in South Africa are the best in sub-Saharan Africa. They have the highest level of education and can get the best medical care. However, how can these black people be satisfied! They demand more power! They want to rule this country!

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Therefore, the vigorous movement of black South Africans is also in full swing. They only know that South Africa is now a developed country! This country should be theirs!

Democracy and freedom!

Unfortunately, the South African government will not let them destroy it. Previous leaders of the National Party of South Africa, such as Daniel Malan, Johannes Stratton, Hendrik Verwoerd, etc., all believed that abolishing the apartheid system would eventually lead to the destruction of white South Africans. Therefore, on this key issue, South Africa will never back down!

Now, the ruler of South Africa is President Mares Varian, who is also a tough leader. He and his assistant, Prime Minister Peter William Botha, are looking at the American envoy, Secretary of State George.