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We need 360 Tactical Transports for our Airborne Divisions. Please post either links to your storefront or stats with a pic.

I'll do both, but I'd prefer it if you placed any orders on the main EA-80 site:

EA-80 Tactical Transport Plane (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38933)

The EA-80 Transport Plane was developed to fulfill a requirement from the Elias Air Force and the Commonwealth of Severesky. In Elias Service it replaces An-12 and C-130 Types. So far it has proved itself as a remarkambly capable aircraft and exteremely economical to operate.

The aircraft which is slightly larger than a C-130J is designed to be flexible and is an extremely capable aircraft that offers the perfect balance of payload, performance, short field capability and cost effectiveness. The design makes extensive use of composite materials. The capability for short soft field landing and take off is part of the requirement and the aircraft has six-wheel high flotation main landing gear. The need for airdrops and tactical flight requires good low airspeed flight and the aircraft also has long range and high cruise speed for rapid and flexible deployment.

As it can either be used as a strategic or a tactical transport there is no need to operate different sets of planes for different roles.

Features

The cockpit is fully night-vision compatible and provides accommodation for two pilots and an additional crew member for special mission equipment operation. It is fitted with a fly-by-wire flight control system. The flight deck is fitted with five multifunction displays and two head-up displays. The throttle controls are placed centrally between the two pilot stations.


The cargo compartment can be configured for cargo, vehicle or troop transport or air drop, a combination of these and for aero-medical evacuation. A single loadmaster is able to reconfigure the cargo compartment for different roles either in flight or on the ground. A powered crane installed in the ceiling area of the rear section of the fuselage has a five-ton capacity for loading from the ground and for cross-loading. The rear opening door has full compartment cross-section to allow axial load movement, roll-on and roll-off loading and for the air drop of large loads. The cargo bay can transport up to nine standard military pallets (2.23m x 2.74m), including two on the ramp, along with 58 troops seated along the sides or up to 120 fully equipped troops seated in four rows. For Medevac, it can carry up to 66 stretchers and ten medical personnel. Alternatively it can carry up to 2 light helicopters or a single medium helicopter, 5 HMMWVs, a patriot missile system or three LAVs such as Stryker.


The defensive aids suite includes a radar warner, missile launch and approach warner, and chaff and flare decoy dispensers (optional). The aircraft also has armour plating crew protection, bullet-proof windscreens, engine exhaust treatment for infrared emission reduction and inert gas explosion retardation and fire retardation in the fuel systems. The wings have hardpoints for the installation of electronic warfare pods.


Specifications of EA-80A:

Powerplants: Four EPE-3 Turboprops each producing 6,950shp of thrust each.

Crew: 2 pilots, one loadmaster

Payload: 53,000lb of equipment/freight
or 120 fully equipped troops.
More infomraton available above.

Max Range: Empty: 4100nm
Max Range: Max Payload: 2850nm
Max Speed: Max Payload: 350Kt
Crusie Speed:

Dimensions

Length 42.2m
Height 14.7m
Wingspan 42.4m


Minimum Runway lengths: (approximate)
Take Off: 2950ft
landing: 2480ft

EA-80A Standard Trannsport Version : 46 million

Options (apply to all versions)
Air to Air Refuelling Probe: +0.3million
Flare/Chaff dispensers: +1.0million


Other Versions:

-EA-80B Tanker/Trasnport version, same as EA-80A excepts acts as a refuelling tanker for aircraft and helicopters, can be converted to A standard within two hours. 52 million

Equipped with a removable gallon stainless steel fuel tank that is carried inside the cargo compartment providing additional fuel when required. The two wing-mounted hose and drogue refueling pods each transfer up to 300 gallons per minute to two aircraft simultaneously allowing for rapid cycle times of multiple-receiver aircraft formations (a typical tanker formation of four aircraft in less than 30 minutes).

EA-80C gunship version, same as EA-80A with following exceptions: 58 million

Armament: two 20 mm Vulcan cannons with 4000 rounds, one 40mm Bofors cannon with 256 rounds and one 105mm howitzer with 100 rounds.
All weapons are infrared/radar/GPS guided.

Requires 8 additional crew: electronic warfare officer; 7 enlisted (flight engineer, All Light Level TV operator, infrared- detection set operator, four airborne gunners )

EA-80D Psychological Warfare Version, same as EA-80A with following exceptions: 64 million.

Capability to control the electronic spectrum of radio, television, and military communication bands in a focused area, the aircraft can prepare the battlefield through psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts. These planes provide broadcasting capabilities primarily for psychological operations missions; support disaster relief operations; and perform communications jamming in military spectrum and intelligence gathering. One blade antenna is under each wing with a third extending forward from the vertical fin. A retractable wire antenna is released from tail, with a second extending from the belly and held vertical by a 500 pound weight.





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We thank United Elias for submitting an entry but we have already placed orders for C-141s and C-5s.

Imperial Aerospace can offer you the IAe-3 Turboprop Transport Plane

(Our version of the DC-3...)

I haven't posted a picture, since everyone knows what a DC-3 looks like, but the IAe-3 comes standard with ArmourSteel fuselage, PathFinder III On-board computer, EvaTech Industries NOS Turboprop Engines, and all ECM systems.

the IAe-3 holds 48 passengers, or two jeeps, or 1 light tank/armoured car, or about 75 tonnes of cargo.

They can also be easily converted into the AC-47 Gunship by adding a Vulcan Cannon or two...

We can sell them for $500,000 each.