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the new XF-42 Deltabird is designed to be a lightweight fighter aircraft for the Apache League. it is a small and agile Machine with 3-D Thrust Vector and Radar-Absorbing Paint. Developed by the FIND (Fighter-Interceptor National Development) team, it is backed by Boeing Inc, who has offices and factories in Mesa, Arizona, one of he larger industrial towns.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 41 ft. 7 in.
Length: 44 ft. 2 in
Height: 13 ft. 4 in.
Armament: 1 20-mm Cannon, 2 Wingtip hardpoints for air-to-air missiles, 1 AIM or AGM in an Internal Bay
Engines: 1 GE F404 Jet Engine
Cost: $20,000,000
Crew: 2 men

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: about mach 1.2
Cruising Speed: 700 mph
Range: about 600 miles
Service Ceiling: 59,900 ft.

The Deltabird is a tough little fighter that can carry up to 2 Sidewinders and 1 Sparrow, allowing it to take out most Air threats. if equip with Anti-Ship Missiles, it can become deadly to any warship.

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/korea/kai/t-50/GE1.jpg

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/korea/kai/t-50/t50pr031002_lr.jpg

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/korea/kai/t-50/GE3.jpg

The Deltabird has a advanced Sensor suite with active ECM and other systems. this allows it to be a budget electronic warfare craft as well as a fighter-interceptor. an interesting addition where 6 Hellfire missiles in the tail section for defense of te plane's rear.

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Change the name. I have copyright rights to the name, "Valkryie".

Change the name. I have copyright rights to the name, "Valkryie".

what?

ooc: http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/vf1s.shtml

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OOC:
Ignore TBD, you can call it what you like, it is often best to look for a unique name to avoid confusion but it doesn't really matter.

As to the design it all seems good until we get to that bit with the pods for 20 Hellfires...
generally it is not a good idea to mount things on top of the wings.
You could quite easily get away with 2 pylons under each wing allowing you to mount 4 racks of 4 hellfires (not that you would want to it would be a pain in the behind to designate all those targets, likely far too much work load for a single pilot, you would be better off with 4 brimstone launcher systems).

Oh and you haven't specified the crew is it 1 or 2? the pictures indicate 2 but the role and load out only calls for 1.

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The weapons load is very small. We managed to get 14harpoints onto the Eagle (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=143560). Otherwise it looks like a great little plane.

OOC: Valkryie would be a copyright of North-American company as they invented the b-70 "Valkryie".

LTD is correct, and also the craft only calls for one pilot, but it shows two. I am interested in this aircraft, becouse my own X-55 Merlin Hawk is under research and it seems very simular to it. I ask however, will it have AIM-150 DRACO missle capabilities?

--Truitt

Change the name. I have copyright rights to the name, "Valkryie".

Since that is the name of a real-life plane, the XB-70, any copyright is futile and thus is just another sad attempt at power projection.

OOC: the name simply cannot be copyrighted as copyright doesn't apply to names only to actual peices of work.
If any intellectual property rights to the name existed at all it would belong to the Vikings as a people and since most of northern europe and america can claim soem descendency from them...

Now for example there is the term hawk, i don't see the manufactuerers of the missile system sueing BAe.


Oh and it still appears that soemone isn't quite getting what hellfires are for...