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Moozimoo needs a small, agile dog fighter that can take off and land on a small patch of ground. The only specifications are that it must be small, it must be a twoseater and it must be cabaple of Mach 2.5. A picture must be provided.

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Probably the only thing which would meet your requirements would be the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), STOVL version.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/x-35b-ladc01_042_57vert.jpg

I can stick an uprated engine into it which would give you close to Mach 2.5 speed (though Mach 2 is a more realistic figure).

I have a VTOL aircraft that would meet all your specifications except the two seater bit. Here is the picture amd stats:

http://www.freewebs.com/phoenixius/PX-103.JPG

The first experimental fighter designed by Valaxian Systems, the PX-E1 is being designed to be the ultimate in dog-fighting ablilities. The design brief was simple - design an aircraft that could easily take on any modern aircraft and win. AVTOL was a must, and passive stealth was to be used as much as possible.

The first rough design was drawn up, and though it was a good design, it lacked the required dog-fighting standard required. That first draft has become the PX-101. The designers went back to work and designed a new, 3D thrust system. Combined with the AVTOL engine system developed and used by the PX-101, and a new computer-aided control system, it allowed amazing agility at even the slowest speeds.

The basic premise was simple - When the plane slowed down to stall speed, the VTOL engine started up, and when the speed increased, the VTOL enigne cut out. However, when this is combined with the 3D thrust engine, the computer worked out the angle the main exhaust was to be angled at, and this led to the plane being able to turn sharply when in normal flight. When the plane slowed down, the thrust system had to work harder to prevent the planes speed dropping to much when in a turn, and hence a sharp fall since the VTOL couldn't work. But when the plane was horizontal, and even inclined up to angles of 20 degrees, the plane could stay airborne, though obviously slipped sideways when inclined. This combined with the 3D thrust engine, allows the aircraft to literally turn on the same spot of air.

Another re-invention was the VTOL engine itself. Whereas previous incarnations only allowed the aircraft to hover the right-way-up, the new version detected the orientation of the plane, and allows the plane to hover upside-down.

With the addition of Hailstorm machineguns, the dog-flighting ability of this plane is unmistakably enormous.

Function: AVTOL aircraft
Crew: 1
Length: 14m
Height: 5m
Wingspan: 11m
Empty Weight: 23,000 lb
Armament Weight: 16,000 lb
Internal Fuel: 18,000 lb
Ceiling: 50,000 ft.
Max Speed (Afterburners): Mach 2.7
Max Speed: Mach 2.3
Suprcruise: Mach 1.9
Range: 1,800 miles
Armament:
2x M82A1 Hailstorm 20mm Single-Barrel Semi-Guided Cannons with 3000 rounds of ammunition, 6x ASMT
Combat systems:
Archangel, 3D thrust engine, MBRI, PAAPR, PDCM, CACS 2.0

Unit Cost: u¢90mil
Production Rights Cost: u¢9bil