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F-57A 'Molniya' Advanced Air Superiority Fighter released

Soviet Bloc
09-12-2003, 19:39
F-57A "Molniya" Advanced Air Superiority Fighter


http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/Future_Interceptor_IX.jpg


The F-57A was designed and developed from the guidelines and requisites set forth by the New Air Force Management and Future Air Force Plan set up a year ago at the last central meeting of the ARSB's Parliament. This aircraft was more acurately designed to replace every other interceptor/fighter in the Soviet Bloc Air Force (as was also said in the NAFM/FAFP agreement). The Future Air Force fleet of the future will consist of the following aircraft: F-52A Advanced Fighter, DP-02A Advanced Multi-Role Aircraft, F-57A Advanced Air Superiority Fighter, F-225A Advanced Steatlh Precision Strike Bomber, B-65A Advanced Medium Stealth Bomber and the F-55A UCAV Advanced Fighter.

The F-57A was designed with three things in mind: superior weapons capability, superior tracking and targetting systems, and superior maneuverability and speed. The F-57A excels beyond each point stated in the FAFP part of the agreement and makes this the most technologically advanced and superior aircraft in the New Future ARSB Air Force. Its name reflects its sheer power and speed, 'Molniya' mean 'lightning'.




Engines

The F-57A utilizes twin ARSB-developed advanced SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation engines which give the F-57A unmatched speed and maneuverability. The massive engines, coupled with the ARSB's advanced turbine system and the ARSB's Advanced Three-Dimensional AQT-80 Vectored Thrust system which can vector the engine's massive amount of thrust at angles up to 80 degrees and using enough speed to complete a full 160 degree conversion in about three seconds, meaning this aircraft can do full S-maneuvers without losing speed, control, or stability. Each engine can put out an amazing 44,000 pounds of thrust which can propel this aircraft to speeds of Mach 3.2 although the normal cruising speed is Mach 2.7.

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/Future_Interceptor_VI.jpg
Caption-Picture of scale model of actual aircraft


http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/Future_interceptor_rear-view.jpg


Design

The F-57A was designed with three factors in mind: intimidation, aerodynamics, and weapons payloadability. It succeeded in all areas. This aircraft was designed to provide optimal control surfaces (note the multiple canards) while still providing a highly aerodynamic frame and body to withstand the stress and heat associated with high-speed flying and maneuvering. Note the seperated engine 'bays', this was a design feature that increased air flow underneat the aircraft, which increases pressure which creates more lift and therefore provides more maneuverability to the aircraft. Each engine compartment was designed to provide optimal air flow and dynamics for increased maneuverability and speed options.

The two following pictures are of the scale model for the actual aircraft:
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/future_interceptor_V.jpg

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/Future_Interceptor_VII.jpg



Weaponry

Being chiefly designed to fulfill the air combat and interceptor capabilities of the Future Air Force, the F-57A was primarily developed to maintain and use air to air munitions of medium to close range type. It has numerous hardpoints for weapons to be mounted on including wingtips, four hardpoints underneath each wing, and three hardpoints underneath the fuselage.

The F-57A also maintains a single 30mm advanced chain gun which uses a small ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II firing solution computer to track targets in a small cone in front of the weapon. This cannon system, the ACST-30 System, uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57A in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control.


Systems (Avionics and Weapons)

The ARC/MSR-57 is the central targetting, tracking, and firing solution computer and branches out into the following other subsystems:

SB-AIRCST-15S which is the ARSB-developed Infrared Search and Track system. This system scans the entire area and at ranges up to 120 km for any heat signature. When a signature is found, the system tracks the target and provides the weapons computer a firing solution, then a missile can be fired and that missile's own guidance system can take over and steer the missile to its target or it can receive updates from the aircraft's computer.

SB-AMRQ/R72 This system is the F-57A's advanced medium range radar.

ARC-57 computer system is the F-57A's tracking portion of the ARC/MSR-57 computer package. Using the IRST and the AMRQ/R72 radar, this system can track nearly three-hundred (300) targets at ranges of nearly 350 km. This powerful system can also bring firing solutions on up to 50 targets in a 100km range depending on the range of the missile and can also identify up to 20 of those targets. The ARC-57 can also identify target headings and trajectories at the farthest range and display them inside the pilot's helmet or on the advanced deep HUD.

MSR-57: This portion of the package is the main targetting computer. It can actively target nearly one hundred of the tracked objects that the ARC-57 is tracking and can bring up firing solutions on 60 of them at once and fire on up to six simultaneously. This system also relies on the IRST and the radar to provide up to date target information for it to process and turn into firing solutions.

AHVDS- The Advanced Helmet-mounted Visual Display system is a three-visor system mounted on the pilot and weapon officer's helmets. One visor folds over the left eye and displays target information as well has current speed, heading, weapons selected, a small forward-facing radar screen cut, and altitude. The second visor folds over the right eye and displays weapon information, fuel, ammunition, lock-on variables, displays arrows to show where enemy fighters are and display a chevron over an enemy fighter when its locked on. The third visor covers the entire face and can track targets across the visor, it displays other information the two smaller visors don't. A fourth visor is the basic sun-visor. But, when the sun-visor is down, the three information-displaing visors change brightness to where the information is easy to read in the darker conditions.

ACST-30 uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57A in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control. the firing solution computer for the ACST-30 is a small version of the ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II.

AMS/MC-MS3: This system links together the motor controls in the wings, aileroins, tail, canards, and the thrust vectoring into one system. Combined, these control surfaces make the F-57A so maneuverable it's almost hard to believe. This system also links them with fiber optic cable technology and advanced servo systems to provide smooth, precise handling and quick response to commands, making this fighter so smooth and agile to operate, a trainee who's flown a trainer jet could hop in one of these and seem like he's been flying it for years.


Armor
The F-57A is outfitted with an extensive, lightweight armor underneath the radar-absorbant materials and frame. Most of the armor is provided by using honeycombed kevlar and epoxy resin with a layer of extremely dense plastic threads, capable of stalling all anti-aircraft rounds and prevening the aircraft from breaking up and improving survivability in event of a SAM hit. The aircraft also uses many new alloys and composites including Titanium Carbonate (CO3) and pure titanium to provide tensile strength in extreme maneuvers and/or crashes.


Crew Survivability

The aircraft maintains twin SB-ASEV-41A ejection seats that meat all ARSB standards for safe operation and have three activation points: between the crewmember's legs, just under the seat; one to the right of the crewmember, next to the seat; and two located behind the crewmember's head.


The cockpit area is armor protected and strengthened. Each crewmember is given the AHAAN protective aerial suit, which is self sealed and has a small back-pack device that contains nearly two hours of oxygen. When the crewmember is sitting in the aircraft's seat, a small nozzle is locked into a reciever unit and oxygen from tanks on the aircraft are diverted into the suit. These suits will protect the crew from NBC threats and are pressurized, they are also G-suits. The entire cockpit is also sealed and pressurized, with heated, breathable air running freely from onboard air tanks. The aircraft can recycle its own air and carries an onboard supply of fourteen hours.

Picture of the AHAAN protective suit:

http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/F-225A_Flight_Suit.jpg




Stealth Features


The F-57A wasn't necessarily designed with stealth in mind although it does have a few notable stealth features:

Radar-absorbing paint, significantly reduces RCS

Advanced heat-dampering systems that fool infrared systems



Countermeasures

The F-57A maintains a single electronic countermeasures system (the AFFC/SIRR-12) which uses a small radar dome underneat the aircraft to locate the incoming radar pulses of a radar-guided missile, it then fires its own radar pulses at a set frequency and size (determined from the missile's radar pulses). This confuses the enemy radar and usually causes it to believe that it has reached its target, it then explodes... The secondary portion of this countermeasures suite is its medium range (40km for this jamming) computer jamming system which can jam radars at their computer core and infrared systems. This usually proves very effective.


The F-57A has three types of disposable countermeasures, numbers listed in ( ) :

Flares- infrared countermeasure (26)

Chaff pods- radar countermeasure (22)

Electrical Disturbance pods- creates a surge of electricity in an area and can mess up a missile's computer (4)


Other

This aircraft has an air-refueling nozzle for boom-type refueling.







http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/Future_interceptor_IV.jpg


Specifications

Role: Advanced Air Superiority Fighter
Crew: 2 (pilot, weapons officer) in a tandem-type configuration
Length: 59.50 ft.
Wingspan: 41.00 ft.
Height: 15.23 ft.

Empty Weight: 41,000 lb.
Maximum Weight: 63,000 lb.
Fuel Weight: 10,200 lb.
Armament Weight: 18,800 lb.

Powerplant: 2x SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation engines
Maximum Thrust: 44,117 lbs per engine
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.2 Cruise speed: Mach 2.7

Initial Climb Rate: 44,000 ft/min
Service Ceiling: 86,650 ft.
Range: 1,670nm (combat); 3,100nm (ferry)
G-Limits: -7 / +11

Weapons: Two wingtip hardpoints, four hardpoints underneath each wing, three fuselage hardpoints TOTAL HARDPOINTS= 13
1x SB-AGX-30 30mm Six-barreled cannon with 250 rounds of ammunition
Total armament weight that can be carried: 18,800 pounds


Cost-
$202 Million USD

Naval Version (Strengthened frame, strengthened landing gear, slightly more fuel load, treated skin and frame, salt/humidity-proof equipment) Cost:
$211 Million USD
Production rights will not be sold
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10% discount to region members
20% discount to allies
The Zoogie People
09-05-2004, 03:51
Excellent job again, Soviet Bloc...although full pulse-det's are about a decade or two into the future for us, we would like to say that this is an excellent aircraft, worthy of any post-modern nation's air force.

With thirteen hardpoints though, it should be able to carry more than 15,000-lbs? I'm pretty sure that the Eurofighter is able to...
_Taiwan
09-05-2004, 03:57
Maybe you should edit the title.
Soviet Bloc
09-05-2004, 06:07
OOC- This... Uhh... Wasn't exactly supposed to come out yet... I had used this incredibly old thread of mine to post data and stuff and use it to ask for opinions... But oh well...
Layarteb
09-05-2004, 06:12
Yep she's a beautiful aircraft I must say. How does the pilot survive those Gs though? -7 is a lot, even with a specialized G suit.
Soviet Bloc
09-05-2004, 06:21
That's the structural limit of the aircraft. Actual limit of G-forces is based on the pilot's limit so therefore, its much less for actual flight.
Layarteb
09-05-2004, 06:22
Ah okay.
The Burnsian Desert
09-05-2004, 06:25
OOC:
Soviet Bloc, check TGs.
Clairmont
09-05-2004, 09:38
OOC: The Super Sylph eh. Its a nice plane, i use the same one myself.
General Aviation LTD
09-05-2004, 10:05
I presume this is a furute tech aircraft?

The cruise speed of the aircraft is very high. With a max speed of Mach 3.2 a cruise speed of around MACH2.0 would be expected in newer aircraft. Mach 2.7 just seem too high.

What is the actual weapons load? You stat in the weights area that it is 18,800lbs but later on you say it is only 11,800lbs. What one is it? If it is 11,800lbs you are not leaving yourself any overhang for a lighter fuel load for a higher weapons load.

If the aircraft is stressed to +11g's i can't see it withstanding -7gs. Negative g's are much harder on on aircraft parts, Aerobatic aircraft that are stresses to +10g usually can handle around 4 to 5 negative gs.
New Empire
09-05-2004, 13:21
OOC:NOOO! Why must you tap into my pic sources, Soviet?! First the bomber, now the fighters! :wink:
Very nice job, though.

Anyway, you might want to know that you're posting pictures of two different planes.
Clairmont
09-05-2004, 15:01
OOC: And i have used those fighters much much longer than either of you :wink: . And yeah, the FFR - 31MR Super Sylph (the two seater plane) and the FFR - 31 Sylphide (stealth fighterish plane) are two different aircraft.
New Empire
09-05-2004, 17:08
OOC: Yeah, that's true. It's just that around 1 month after I find a pic, without him noticing it, it shows up with him... Just a funny coincidence.

And I think the FFR-31MR is supposed to be a recon plane, right? Just what is that thing sticking out the back?
Clairmont
09-05-2004, 18:48
OOC: Yeah, that's true. It's just that around 1 month after I find a pic, without him noticing it, it shows up with him... Just a funny coincidence.

And I think the FFR-31MR is supposed to be a recon plane, right? Just what is that thing sticking out the back?

The FFR-32MR Super Sylph is a surveillance aircraft that was designed to operate in extremely high altitudes and gather battle data and data regarding enemy craft . It is armed to an extent and its a superb dog-fighting plane but mainly its meant for surveillance. And those planes are from an anime series named Yukikaze if you guys didnt know, and they were designed to fight against aliens called the JAM, and their athmospheric fighters.
New Empire
09-05-2004, 18:51
OOC:

I knew the series and background story... So that big fin is a sensor pod, I guess.
Markov
09-05-2004, 18:53
OOC-

Wait.....the pics are two different aircraft.....hmmm
The Zoogie People
09-05-2004, 18:55
:shock: Oooh...sorry, Soviet Bloc.
Soviet Bloc
10-05-2004, 05:08
OOC- Alright, first off, the aircraft here is in no way related to the FFR-31 (and its variants) and only shares the same picture. The specs and equipment on this aircraft were exclusively developed by the ARSB and are, in no way, related to any of the FFR-31 (and its variants) systems or equipment or specs. Any relation is purely coincidental and unintenional.

I do realize that the one picture (with the aircraft in the sunset) is a different aircraft although partially similar. Therefore, I'll probably take it off and anyone else can have, I don't care. At least I'm pretty sure its the only one, either that or its also the drawn rear view as well.

Next... Its a near-future aircraft. I consider myself a modern nation although I do have some tech that goes to about 2020. Yes, this aircraft is probably at the limit of cruising speed capabilities in that year, but its very possible with the pulse-det. engines (I could be wrong?). And, due to our high amount of funding for research and experimental technology, we were capable of producing pulse detonation engines.

The G-limits were found in labratory-type conditions using models, computer simulations and unmanned tests of scale aircraft. Therefore, in most conditions and maneuvers, the G-limits are probably somewhat less, especially the negative limit. However, neither of these limits should matter in any scenario as the pilot cannot take either limit and therefore neither limit should even be attempted and if they are executed, the pilot is most likely dead or incapacitated and the aircraft is doomed anyways.


The weapons payload was 11,800 but was changed to 18,800. Therefore, the munitions payload capacity is 18,800 pounds.


New Empire- Lmao, sorry man.


I hope I didn't miss anything else...
Soviet Bloc
10-05-2004, 19:51
Bump.
Soviet Bloc
12-05-2004, 00:34
Bump.
Soviet Bloc
14-05-2004, 01:45
Hey, what's up with this? Such a strong initial reaction and now this? Hmm...


Bump.
Soviet Bloc
16-05-2004, 00:00
Bump.
Soviet Bloc
22-05-2004, 03:32
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