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Rudolfensia has developed a new multirole fighter.
The craft, undergoing further development in an attempt to develop true cloaking technology, has a max speed of MACH145 though it is not recommended that you fly at that speed.
It has advanced radar capable of seeing enemy aircraft and missiles from as far as 70 miles away.
Defense mechanisms include an electronics jammer that jams the computer inside antiaircraft missiles currently on the international market.
It is also capable of jamming enemy communications. Ironically, the power went out in areas the plane flew over when the EJ was activated.
This is another reason the craft is going through further development cause the power going out when a plane is overhead is sure to alert enemy nations that something is up and would spell doom for the pilot.
It uses all air to air, and air to surface missiles currently available on the international market.
The craft, dubbed the Factum 1 multirole fighter is designed for air superiority and ground support missions.

Illl take 100!!
-Money Wired-

IC!!::
*slips 400,000Mil under the counter* Dont sell any to The Fedral Union..

We are sorry, the planes are not yet for sale. It would be irresponsible for us to sell you an aircraft that could cause you to lose pilots in its current form. Losing pilots = losing wars.
But we are accepting reservations for when the aircraft has been fully developed.
Money wired back. :D

Mach145!!! Hehe, the fastest rocket plane has only made about mach6.7!
That was in 1967, broken by the space shuttle etc. Most modern missiles only go up to mach5!!! so in other words it would be unbeatable apart from the G's would pull the plane appart, the plane would run out of fuel, it would trillions of trillions to build in the current age. Also if it was future tech then it would have better Radar, so i suggest you put the speed down, other than that it sounds like itll be a great plane!

Mach145!!! Hehe, the fastest rocket plane has only made about mach6.7!
That was in 1967, broken by the space shuttle etc. Most modern missiles only go up to mach5!!! so in other words it would be unbeatable apart from the G's would pull the plane appart, the plane would run out of fuel, it would trillions of trillions to build in the current age. Also if it was future tech then it would have better Radar, so i suggest you put the speed down, other than that it sounds like itll be a great plane!

(OOC) Yep. It is impossible to get something going that fast in an environment experiencing friction to stay in one piece. Also, is this Mach 145 at Sea Level or altitude, because the true speed does vary.

(IC) H'yuk, H'yuk, planes are for men who are too soft to ride horses.

Ok, so assuming you manage to get the plane to travel at Mach 145, you'll need to improve the radar next.

With a range of 70 miles, enemy planes will appear at the edge of your radar 2.29 seconds before you flash past them at approximately 110,000mph.
They'll be on screen for less than 5 seconds total.

I wouldn't worry about the jamming though, moving at a little over 30 miles per second ought to be enough to avoid any missiles.

It depends of course, like Inbredia said, on whether he is traveling at Sea level or altitude (sound moves at different speeds depending upon air density)....even so it will be abomnably fast.

Actually it's more complicated than that, the speed of sound in air depends on air density/pressure, temperature and moisture content.

The plane will travel at roughly 110,000mph at sea level assuming an air temperature of 20C (68F). It will gradually increase in speed at higher altitudes, up to a point.
Max speed will be between 10,000 and 25,000 feet above sea level, where it will approach 127,000mph.
Once the plane reaches 25,000 feet above sea level, speed will begin to drop again, at 30,000 feet it'll be around 121,000mph.

It doesn't make much difference as far as this plane is concerned, it's far more relevant at speeds at or approaching the speed of sound, when you're talking about Mach 145...what's an extra 10 or 15 thousand miles per hour. :lol:

For some reason when i think of a plane that fast, i seem to think of a giant jet with some short stubby wings on it.


What happens when you launch a missile?


The plane travels so fast, it will fly into the missile :S

That plane is IMPOSSIBLE

G-Force is Not your problem (G-force is related to acceleration NOT speed, Get that into your tiny heads)

The main problem is heat, At that speed the temperature would be so high it would melt anything you tried to use as material to built it.

You couldn't possible build enignies powerful enough to push it to that speed.

Axe Weilding Maniacs: He would NOT fly into his missile, Missiles drop away, he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

Read: 'He would drop it and it would burn up and explode immediately.'

Why in the living hell would you ever need to go that fast?

he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

Read: 'He would drop it and it would burn up and explode immediately.'


IF it was already travelling at that speed, it would have to withstand that speed so it wouldn't just blow up.

he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

Read: 'He would drop it and it would burn up and explode immediately.'


IF it was already travelling at that speed, it would have to withstand that speed so it wouldn't just blow up.

Assuming an external mount rather than a bay; if the missile was in an internal bay it wouldn't be subjected to the air resistance until it was dropped. And seriously, putting an external pylon on a mach 145 aircraft would be insane, it'd burn straight off. Mind you, the same is also true of, say, wings.

he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

Read: 'He would drop it and it would burn up and explode immediately.'

Why in the living hell would you ever need to go that fast?

Ummm...to avoid such missiles? :P

No...I think that the plane's body wouldn't be strong enough to withstand the speed and it would be torn to bits. But that's just my opinion.
A question, though...how fast do space rockets go in order to leave the earth? And what kind of resiliance do they need?

Questions from a relative layman.

A question, though...how fast do space rockets go in order to leave the earth?

[Powers up OMG GOOGLE POWAH!!!1] From the surface of the Earth, escape velocity (ignoring air friction) is about 7 miles per second, or 25,000 miles per hour.

The government of Rudolfensia announces the loss of test pilot Gregory Balko today.
The pilot was killed when his plane overheated and exploded from the heat caused by the great speed of the new plane.
Though we are using a new type of steel, even this steel doesn't hold up very well at the extremely high temps.
Yesterday we lost 2 test pilots when their planes collided cause they could not see each other on radar.
Last week a pilot was killed when he tried to deploy his missile at a mock target. The missile superheated, due to the planes speed and exploded destroying the plane.
For this reason, we now reducing the maximum speed of the craft, for the safety of future pilots.
We ask for a moment of silence for the loss of these 4 pilots and send condolences to their families.

he would drop it and even when it powered up he would be far ahead of it.

Read: 'He would drop it and it would burn up and explode immediately.'

Why in the living hell would you ever need to go that fast?

Ummm...to avoid such missiles? :P

No...I think that the plane's body wouldn't be strong enough to withstand the speed and it would be torn to bits. But that's just my opinion.
A question, though...how fast do space rockets go in order to leave the earth? And what kind of resiliance do they need?

Questions from a relative layman.

This is going a LOT faster than a space shuttle.