09-04-2004, 00:26
Putting old crap to very good use: The RF-13
As Raysia phased out their older RF-11 ad Su-37 fighters, the need quickly grew for a way to get rid of the old fighters. With thousands of used jet engines sitting in a scrapyard, as well as about 10 million pounds of scrap metal, they thought they should make them useful just one more time, while simultaneously putting thousands of people to work in substandard factories.
So, introducing, the RF-13 "Scrapper" UCAV
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/scrap.jpg
This little guy is just what it looks like, an engine, sometimes found at random, with 2 wings and some stabilizers stuck on it's body, a UCAV Brother control suite to fly it, and a big dual 50 .cal cannon on top.
This cheap fighter manufactures for $1,000,000, and sells internationally for $5,000,000.
The Scrapper weighs only 8,000 lbs, and has enough fuel to fly for about 120 minutes. It performs drop-launches very well, and thus can basically be dropped out of the back of a cargo plane and sent into battle.
In battle, the scrapper's powered-down thrust-vectoring engine can track some of the world's most advanced fighters with ease and stay on their tail until they destroy their target or are taken down themselves... it doesn't take much to knock one of these guys out of the air.
The scrapper can easily be filled with explosives in replace of it's fuel load, turning this little air bug into a supermaneuverable cruise missile.
The possibilities for these scrap jets are endless... the chances that the thing will explode at random due to shotty manufacturing are about 1 in 100.
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/scrapt.gif
RF-13 "Scrapper" UCAV
Role: Support fighter/Cannon fodder
Crew: Program or Remote Control
Take-off Ability: STO, Drop-startup, or even a vertical launch if given a slight guide rail.
Length: 12 ft.
Wingspan: 14 ft.
Height: 5 ft.
Weight: 8,000 lbf
Powerplant: Varies. Usually way too powerful for it's size, so runs on low throttle most of the time. Typically a Jet Turbofan, or a Jet Turbofan/Pulse Det Hybrid, and is always thrust-vectoring.
Maximum Speed Anything above Mach 1.9 will rip this thing apart.
Stall speed 150 mph
Typical Range: 120 Minutes
Ceiling 60,000 ft (Remember, waaay overpowered)
Armament: 1 Dual 50 Calibur Cannon, 360 RPM alternating fire, 180 RPM fire-linked
g-Limits: +15, - 10; airframe will rip apart near 16 gs
Sensors: Does not carry a radar onboard, receives telemetry from Brother Network. it does have a single camera with motion trackers and infrared. The computer is powerful enough to recognize a target on it's screen.
Typical Protocol: Comes ready to shoot anything that doesn't have a friendly transponder on sight.
Price: $5,000,000
QUANTITY: Sorry, We're sold out! You may by the plans and production rights for $5,000,000, but you're on your own for the materials and used parts!
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/rsig1.jpg (http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/rmtdex.htm)
As Raysia phased out their older RF-11 ad Su-37 fighters, the need quickly grew for a way to get rid of the old fighters. With thousands of used jet engines sitting in a scrapyard, as well as about 10 million pounds of scrap metal, they thought they should make them useful just one more time, while simultaneously putting thousands of people to work in substandard factories.
So, introducing, the RF-13 "Scrapper" UCAV
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/scrap.jpg
This little guy is just what it looks like, an engine, sometimes found at random, with 2 wings and some stabilizers stuck on it's body, a UCAV Brother control suite to fly it, and a big dual 50 .cal cannon on top.
This cheap fighter manufactures for $1,000,000, and sells internationally for $5,000,000.
The Scrapper weighs only 8,000 lbs, and has enough fuel to fly for about 120 minutes. It performs drop-launches very well, and thus can basically be dropped out of the back of a cargo plane and sent into battle.
In battle, the scrapper's powered-down thrust-vectoring engine can track some of the world's most advanced fighters with ease and stay on their tail until they destroy their target or are taken down themselves... it doesn't take much to knock one of these guys out of the air.
The scrapper can easily be filled with explosives in replace of it's fuel load, turning this little air bug into a supermaneuverable cruise missile.
The possibilities for these scrap jets are endless... the chances that the thing will explode at random due to shotty manufacturing are about 1 in 100.
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/scrapt.gif
RF-13 "Scrapper" UCAV
Role: Support fighter/Cannon fodder
Crew: Program or Remote Control
Take-off Ability: STO, Drop-startup, or even a vertical launch if given a slight guide rail.
Length: 12 ft.
Wingspan: 14 ft.
Height: 5 ft.
Weight: 8,000 lbf
Powerplant: Varies. Usually way too powerful for it's size, so runs on low throttle most of the time. Typically a Jet Turbofan, or a Jet Turbofan/Pulse Det Hybrid, and is always thrust-vectoring.
Maximum Speed Anything above Mach 1.9 will rip this thing apart.
Stall speed 150 mph
Typical Range: 120 Minutes
Ceiling 60,000 ft (Remember, waaay overpowered)
Armament: 1 Dual 50 Calibur Cannon, 360 RPM alternating fire, 180 RPM fire-linked
g-Limits: +15, - 10; airframe will rip apart near 16 gs
Sensors: Does not carry a radar onboard, receives telemetry from Brother Network. it does have a single camera with motion trackers and infrared. The computer is powerful enough to recognize a target on it's screen.
Typical Protocol: Comes ready to shoot anything that doesn't have a friendly transponder on sight.
Price: $5,000,000
QUANTITY: Sorry, We're sold out! You may by the plans and production rights for $5,000,000, but you're on your own for the materials and used parts!
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/rsig1.jpg (http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/rmtdex.htm)